Victorian biotech skincare start-up ROPA is turning Australia’s marine pest crisis into commercial opportunity by harvesting invasive seaweed and destructive sea urchins already devastating native marine ecosystems. Founded in 2023 by Henry Cole, whose career in the maritime industry forged a deep sense of responsibility toward ocean environments, ROPA sits…
The Presence of the Absence exhibition is now showing at the Cullity Gallery on the Design Campus at UWA from 5 – 15 March, presenting two works that explore intentional absence as a creative and design proposition. Part 1: a story set in the near future II First presented…
After 62 years dedicated to presenting this country’s best craft and design, Australian Design Centre is set to close permanently by 30 June 2026. In the early 1970s, Jane Burns received funding of $10,000 from H.C. ‘Nugget’ Coombs to support the craft organisation that would become the Australian Design Centre…
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed the 52 projects shortlisted for the 2026 RIBA International Awards for Excellence, celebrating outstanding architecture from 18 countries that responds to global challenges including climate change, limited resources, social equity and rapid urban growth. The biennial awards highlight exceptional architecture from…
Artists from across Victoria unite in RAGE, the inaugural festival of recycled art to be held in Euroa over Easter weekend, 2 – 8 April 2026. These 30 artists will present 60 artworks made from between 95 – 100% recycled materials, demonstrating that discarded materials are not the end of…
Australian-made timber is appreciated by designers and builders due to its strength and durability and inherent natural beauty. By choosing locally sourced timber from Big River Group, the assurance comes with knowing exactly where – and how the material has been sourced and processed. Timber is inherently organic. It brings…
Melbourne Design Week 2026 returns as a national platform for design innovation and imagination from around Australia and the globe, with a program spanning cane toad couture to interior design trends, robotic limbs to sportswear for a changing climate. Across 11 days from 14 – 24 May 2026, the Week…
Issue 108 comes out on March 2. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. Cover photography by Prue Ruscoe. Featuring architecture by Luigi Rosselli. In this issue, our feature looks at five multi-residential buildings centering good design and community in inner city locations, and putting residents at…
The globally renowned, award-winning Younghusband redevelopment – a $400 million-plus adaptive reuse investment in Kensington – has secured a run of multi-year leases across its Stage 1 Station Building, with all Level 1 spec suites now fully leased, signalling continued leasing momentum in a cautious office market. The latest leasing…
Powerhouse Parramatta has announced a landmark partnership with the internationally recognised Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, a dynamic new space for food education, sustainability and community. Each year the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program will provide up to 10,000 regional NSW and Western Sydney primary school students with hands-on learning across…
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