As part of Melbourne Design Week, the National Gallery of Victoria and Stylecraft are pleased to announce the winner of the Australian Furniture Design Award (AFDA), as Ashley Eriksmoen for her entry ‘The Dream, or: the view from here is both bleak and resplendent.’ Founded by Stylecraft and first awarded…

An awe-inspiring and timeless design by a multidisciplinary team led by Australian architect Angelo Candalepas and Associates was today revealed by the Victorian Government and the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) as the winning design for NGV Contemporary, Australia’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary art and design. Candalepas and their…

Elizabeth McIntyre, Group CEO, Think Brick Australia, CMAA & ARTA is pleased to announce the Think Brick Awards jury for 2022. Drawing on this years’ theme, ‘A time to build, a time to grow’ the jury panel was selected with a focus on sustainability and creating greener futures. Renowned as…

Design competition Wege Prize has announced its semifinalists for 2022, with teams of students from 17 countries including Zimbabwe, the Philippines, India, and Canada offering powerful ideas for a circular economy. Addressing everything from hunger and climate change to social  equity and pollution, the solutions advanced by 15 teams of…

The Think Brick Awards have always encouraged architects to push boundaries in projects by reimagining the application of brick, block, paver and roof tile in contemporary architectural design. 17 years after Think Brick first embarked on a small project engaging seven architects, the Annual Think Brick Awards now receive hundreds of entries annually…

FORM is proud to present Emergent, an exhibition put together by curators from Aboriginal art centres Cheeditha Art Group, Juluwarlu Art Group, Martumili Artists, Spinifex Hill Studio and Yinjaa-Barni Art, opening to the public at The Goods Shed on 11 February 2022. Bold and experimental, Emergent is an outcome of…

Work on the NSW Government’s $2.4 billion Stage 1 Parramatta Light Rail continues, with Australia’s longest stretch of green track currently being laid along the line. Minister for Transport and Minister for Veterans David Elliott said the unique green track had been rolled out alongside Robin Thomas Reserve, bringing the…

Animated by an eclectic palette of woodgrain textures and bold colour, the Fantales Living Space promises to make daily life, even working from home, an absolute pleasure.  The way we work and live have changed dramatically over the past two years, sparking a strong trend towards greater workplace flexibility. Whilst…

A remote community hospital, set in the water-laden landscape of the Bengal in south-west Bangladesh, designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA, has won the RIBA International Prize 2021, architecture’s highest global accolade for design excellence and social impact. The sustainable and low-cost hospital delivers essential healthcare services to the local communities of…

The Seas That Bind Us, now in its second week at Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide is an exhibition of new work by Mother and Son collaborators; Weaver and Textile Artist, Carol Herbertson and Furniture and Object Designer, Calum Hurley. Conceived in 2020 during the height of Australia’s first lockdowns and…