Robert Gordon and HotHaus Glass Studio Celebrate the tactile language of the handmade for Melbourne Design Week 2026. For the first time, heritage Australian potters Robert Gordon and contemporary glass studio HotHaus Glass Studio collaborate to present Hand of the Maker. Debuting at Melbourne Design Week, this exhibition explores the…
Abbotsford Convent will come alive from 14-24 May as a major hub for Melbourne Design Week 2026, transforming the historic precinct. Over 20+ free exhibitions, installations, talks and workshops led by Australia’s leading designers and creatives will take over the Abbotsford Convent, inviting visitors into many of the spaces that…
For two days during Melbourne Design Week Breathe Architecture is hosting a series of speakers and panel discussions in a deep dive into low-carbon, low waste, circular materiality. The discussions will take place at Breathe’s offices in 7 Alfred Street, bringing together a small, dedicated audience of designers and specifiers…
An industry first bio-materials event exclusive to Melbourne pops up for the opening weekend of Melbourne Design Week. Susty Spec: Biomaterials Exhibition and Launch Party features Australian made regenerative and zero waste building materials as a follow up to the successful UPFRONT Podcast series launched on Spotify in 2025. About…
Issue 109 comes out May 4. Order on its own or as part of a subscription. Cover photography by Saskia Wilson. Featuring architecture by studio Trias. In this issue, our feature Chameleon brings together four very different approaches to prefabricated and modular homes across Australia and New Zealand, showing how…
Step inside the studios of the Victorian Woodworkers Association and meet the five current Artists in Residence: Freddy Mata Mendoza, Wanda Gillespie, Emily McRae, Caleb Biffanti, and Margot Feast. During the Melbourne Design Week 2026, the open-studio exhibition will offer a rare glimpse into contemporary woodworking practice, from early sketches…
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…
20–26 April 2026 Milano Design Week 2026, Alcova, Baggio Military Hospital, LAVANDERIA – L5, Milan, Italy. The contemporary world is drowning in textile waste, and the pace of mass production is unsustainable. What happens to the places we live in when we produce more than we can consume? Wasted Waste,…
South Yarra’s layered architectural heritage, streetscape and social history character make it one of Melbourne’s most iconic suburbs. It’s the neighbourhood where Australian modernist architect, author, critic, and public educator Robin Boyd designed his family Boyd House II, or ‘Walsh Street’, as locals fondly refer to it, in 1957. The…
Aesop Reveals the Stories Behind its Stores for Melbourne Design Week This Melbourne Design Week, Aesop spotlights the many ‘hardworking hands’ behind some of the brand’s most enduring store designs—through a limited-edition publication and in-conversation event. On Wednesday 20 May, friends and customers can join in a discussion with the…
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