International architecture firm BVN has branched into a grassroots solution for COVID, bringing people together safely and supporting hospitality businesses that are re-opening after lockdown. The solution they found for New York might just be the answer for Melbourne’s COVID summer. Re-ply, the brainchild of BVN’s New York studio, capitalised…

The tightly contested competition for the title of Australia’s best architecture in 2020 moved a step closer today with the release of the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards shortlist. For the first time in the pre-eminent architecture award program’s almost 40-year history, anyone from around Australia, and around…

JamFactory is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2020 FUSE Glass Prize is internationally renowned New South Wales-based glass artist Cobi Cockburn. 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…

There are some that might argue the beauty of creativity lies in its ability to overcome challenges. What better opportunity to test this belief than in the midst of a global pandemic? Alt. material’s latest exhibition, ingenuity, did exactly that in September: bringing together 22 Australian designers to respond to…

After an extensive international search, the Biennale of Sydney is delighted to announce Colombian curator José Roca as the Artistic Director of the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, which will take place 12 March – 13 June 2022. José Roca is the Artistic Director of the non-for-profit contemporary art space FLORA ars+natura in his home city of…

The Good Design Award Best in Class accolade represents the pinnacle of design excellence in each sub-category and the very best projects within the Awards. From a record 835 projects submitted to the Good Design Awards this year, only 34 of the most outstanding projects qualified for the Good Design Award Best…

Australasia’s international art fair, Sydney Contemporary, today announced it will present a new, experiential digital initiative designed to support the arts community and respond to the issues resulting from COVID-19. Running from 1 until 31 October 2020, Sydney Contemporary Presents 2020 is a month-long project inviting viewers to engage with more than 450 new…

The Dulux 2021 Colour Forecast palettes represent the immense change of sociality and connectivity as we know it. With work and home life colliding, with no precedent, the curated palettes reflect people’s desire for greater balance and continuity within their spaces, driving comfort from familiarity and nostalgia. The 2021 Dulux…

Australian cabinet maker, Martin Johnston is raffling off one of his signature pieces of furniture, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to MND and Me Foundation. The initiative was inspired by Martin’s father, Bruce’s recent diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). As Bruce taught Martin the traditional techniques…

Fed Square has announced its family-friendly Sustainable September, a month of virtual events and activities featuring some incredible personalities and headlined by the return of the Little Food Festival, all coming together to serve as a reminder that while we might not be able to come together right now, we…