After a standout 2026 exhibition debut, Object Massive looks ahead to 2027, collaborating with Adriana Hanna Of ice to open a call for new chess sets at Melbourne Design Week 2027. Object Massive and Adriana Hanna Office are inviting designers and artists to submit expressions of interest for a group…
Global design practice Hassell has thrown its weight behind a new push to solve one of Australia’s most urgent national challenges: how to build enough good, affordable homes — and build them fast enough to matter. Officially launching this month, the ThriveInspiration™ International Design Lab is a collaboration bringing together…
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) have launched Community, a new project following five of Australia and New Zealand’s most exciting design talents as they each create an original piece of furniture in American hardwoods. Fine furniture is widely admired, but the process and skill behind its creation, and the…
A remarkable collection of more than 150 Tasmanian maps, globes and objects assembled by Melbourne collector and dealer Philip Graham will be presented in MAP TAS at bruny NORTH – 18 Bruny Island Main Rd, Dennes Point. It began with a map in a shed. In the first week after…
X Keulemans26 September 2026 – 10 January 2027 JamFactory is proud to present X Keulemans. X Keulemans is the third in the biennial series of exhibitions presented by JamFactory in partnership with Adelaide University which seeks to highlight research outcomes of key members of the creative faculty. This year’s exhibition offers a focus on the collaborative…
Geelong Design Week unveils biggest program yet, headlined by inaugural Victorian Regional Design Fair Geelong Design Week will return from 1-11 October 2026 with its biggest program yet, presenting more than 100 exhibitions, workshops, talks, tours, performances and public activations. Staged across Australia’s only UNESCO City of Design, the biennial…
With Australians embracing electric vehicles at an unprecedented rate, Everything Electric AUSTRALIA is set to return to Sydney, running over three days from September 18th to 20th, 2026 at Sydney Showground. With this year’s event shaping up to be the biggest global show to date, Everything Electric Sydney will offer…
Small projects often carry the greatest responsibility. When Nelson + Koo was commissioned to create new rehearsal spaces for Theatre Works within the heritage-listed Christ Church Complex in St Kilda, the brief appeared straightforward. The completed project demonstrates how thoughtful design can extend beyond a building to strengthen cultural institutions,…
Issue 111 comes out September 7. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. Cover photography by Ben Hosking. Featuring architecture by studio Smith and Carmody Our first architecture feature, ‘Memory Box’; on Victoria’s Surf Coast, an architect and builder starting their family eschew the usual ‘think big’…
Thought-Provoking Outdoor Exhibition Activates Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne as a Living Gallery. This spring, a thought-provoking outdoor exhibition Design X Nature will activate the Australian Drylands Precinct at Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. From 25 September to 18 October Design X Nature turns the Gardens into a living gallery, inviting audiences…
Yorta Yorta Country/Shepparton, Australia: Kaiela Arts, an Aboriginal art centre located on Yorta Yorta Country in Shepparton, Victoria, has announced respected Kwat Kwat artist Norm Yakaduna Stewart as the artist for its 2026 Kaiela Arts Editions release, created in collaboration with Melbourne studio Spacecraft. Kaiela Arts Editions expands creative and commercial opportunities for First Nations artists, building on…
A partnership between MINI and green magazine presents a video series on residential architecture that is at the cutting edge in terms of energy usage and adaptability. Future-proofing and adaptability were key considerations when Chris Botterill of JCB Architects designed Sweetwater house. The home needed to accommodate transitions, not fight…
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