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Victorian Design Challenge 2020: The E-Waste Challenge

13 Sep, 2019

Creative Victoria and NGV are offering a $20 000 major prize for professionals and $5000 for tertiary students who present the best design idea addressing one of Australia’s fastest growing waste problems – e-waste. As part of Melbourne Design Week, NGV will host the third annual Victorian Design Challenge with…

National Landscape Design Awards 2019 winners

11 Sep, 2019

The exclusive and competitive National Landscape Design Awards were held at Melbourne Museum’s Treetops venue on the 31st of August.  The venue provided the perfect back drop with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out to Carlton Gardens. A significantly large number of entries were submitted this year – the highest on record…

Sydney Architecture Festival announces new Creative Director

9 Sep, 2019

The 13th Sydney Architecture Festival will be a week-long festival running from 11-17 November 2019 under the direction of the newly appointed Creative Director, Dr Barnaby Bennett. This year’s theme is Making. Housing. Affordable. At its core, the practice of architecture is a response to the human need for shelter. The festival…

Fringe Furniture 33

6 Sep, 2019

From the reassuringly practical to the confusingly obtuse, Fringe has seen it all, and this year is no exception. With the launch of Fringe Furniture 33 at the Abbotsford Convent from 12 September – 29 September, visitors can expect a boundary-pushing showcase of cutting-edge design that celebrates our individuality, differences,…

Announcing MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0

5 Sep, 2019

green magazine is excited to announce its third MINI collaboration: MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0. The previous two iterations have challenged our understandings of how and where we live in urban environments, and MINI LIVING – INVERT 3.0 continues this legacy. This year the exhibition will focus on laneways, which…

Sydney households diverting food scraps from landfill

5 Sep, 2019

A new City of Sydney trial will see food scraps from up to 4000 homes diverted from landfill and turned into green energy or plant fertiliser. 330 houses and 53 inner-city apartment blocks have been selected to take part in the trial. Participating households are provided with a small kitchen…

Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert opens in Sydney

4 Sep, 2019

In August 2019, a new art and design gallery opens in Sydney – the first of its type in Australia. Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert exhibits a unique collection of limited edition or one-off collectable design pieces from Australian and New Zealand designers (living locally or abroad) exhibited alongside artworks by some…

The Dulux Colour Forecast 2020

4 Sep, 2019

The Dulux Colour Forecast 2020 palettes represent the essence of 21st century trends at a pivotal point in time, not only in design terms but in a global context. Entrenched in the digital age, the pace of life is ever-increasing but, at the same time, there is a growing appreciation…