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FUSE Glass Prize 2024 Winner Announced—Tom Moore

12 May, 2024

JamFactory is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2024 FUSE Glass Prize is South Australian based artist Tom Moore. This biennial non-acquisitive prize for Australian and New Zealand glass artists is Australasia’s richest prize for glass. It provides a platform for artists to push themselves and their work to new limits…

Next Wave: the Melbourne Art Book Fair rolls into Torquay

9 May, 2024

WHAT: Next Wave: the Future of Independent Publishing WHEN: 6 – 7.30pm, Thursday 30 May WHERE: Patagonia Torquay. 116 Surf Coast Hwy, Torquay An extraordinary free panel discussion on the future of independent publishing will be held in Torquay, featuring celebrated local creatives and independent publishers. Next Wave will feature…

Touchwood: Hands That Touch the Timber

9 May, 2024

Uncover timber’s journey: “The Hands That Touch the Timber” an exhibition showcasing the beauty, potential and sustainability of timber during Melbourne Design Week is presented by Elton Group and Tongue & Groove, in collaboration with Green Magazine.   Melbourne Design Week is set to host a captivating and immersive exhibition titled “Touchwood: The Hands That Touch the Timber”, inviting attendees to experience its…

Green Design Show at Decor and Design

8 May, 2024

Australia’s premier interior design trade event, Decor + Design, celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024 with the theme of Evolution and the launch of an important new Green Design Show, in partnership with the Green Building Council of Australia and Circular Design Thinking. Helping to Shift the Design Paradigm With…

Simple Sample launches

8 May, 2024

Simple Sample, a pioneering platform dedicated to sustainable material sourcing in Australia, is proud to announce its official launch.  Simple Sample is an online technology enabled platform that simplifies and accelerates the material selection process by providing access to an extensive selection of samples from leading Australian suppliers on one…

Powerhouse Museum revitalisation seeks community feedback

7 May, 2024

The community is being encouraged to share their feedback on the proposed design to revitalise the much-loved and iconic Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo. On exhibition until 30 May 2024, the new design honours the heritage of the buildings by retaining the Wran building, and transforms the heritage listed Boiler House,…

Issue 97

Issue 97 comes out 6 May. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. There is a long history of prefabricated housing in Australia. Mostly it offered an affordable and quick solution during times of population growth but we are now seeing increasingly sophisticated systems that provide solutions…

2024 Victorian Architecture Awards Shortlist Revealed

22 Apr, 2024

The Australian Institute of Architects has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Victorian Architecture Awards, with the largest number of entries of all Australian states, and a total of 228 submissions across 15 categories including Sustainable Architecture, Regional Architecture, Heritage and the popular Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing Category.  In…

Overlay: A New Australian Heritage | Melbourne Design Week 2024

22 Apr, 2024

There is a tension in the Australian design industry. The desire to preserve and celebrate our heritage architecture is reckoning with a worsening housing crisis, a changing climate and the increasingly urgent call to find more sustainable ways to live. In Overlay: A New Australian Heritage, 15 creatives including architects,…

Melbourne Design Week 2024 – Design the World You Want

20 Apr, 2024

Australia’s largest and leading annual design festival presents its eighth edition in 2024 with 11 days of 300+ innovative exhibitions, displays, symposiums and talks throughout metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. Highlights in the 2024 program include a keynote from Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo, a symposium exploring speculative riverside designs for…