Updates

Supercyclers launches the Sustainablist Masterclass

2 Sep, 2020

To mark its 10th anniversary, supercyclers has launched the Sustainablist Masterclass, an online course focusing on the creation of sustainable outcomes in design. Intended for anyone making tangible, material things for the world. As a designer, curator, founder and creative director of sustainable design initiative supercyclers, Sarah K has been…

Designers turn live stream of tree into music

2 Sep, 2020

Initially a collaboration between Jesse Bennett Studio, and the Studio of Adam Lynch for Melbourne Design Week as a part of the Friends and Associates “Life and Death” show, the static/dynamic piece initially asked the question: “What would a tree tell us if it could talk, and we were able to…

Habitat for Humanity launches bushfire recovery housing program

2 Sep, 2020

Habitat for Humanity Victoria (HFHV) are excited to announce the launch of Build Back – a Bushfire Recovery Housing program, the first of its kind for the organisation. Habitat for Humanity Victoria will be building temporary houses for bushfire-affected families so they have a safe and secure place to live…

Knit! By Kvadrat showcases the work of Australian designers

1 Sep, 2020

Knit! by Kvadrat is a series of work by 28 different designers exploring the potential of knitted textiles by Kvadrat Febrik. Knit! debuts in Copenhagen during 3 Days of Design (3–5 September 2020) physically and as a digital, interactive exhibition that can be viewed worldwide. This marks the first time…

Issue 75

28 Aug, 2020

Issue 75 is on its way to subscribers now. Order on its own or as part of a subscription to receive next week. On sale in newsagents on September 3. The meaning of essentiality is more topical than ever this year, but scrutiny of what one does and doesn’t need has always…

Southgate redevelopment to deliver Melbourne’s newest elevated park

24 Aug, 2020

Major plans to redevelop the prominent Southgate complex on Melbourne’s Yarra River have been announced by ARA Asset Management (ARA Australia), owners and managers of the iconic office and retail precinct. The city-shaping project will reimagine and rebuild the two-hectare Southgate site, which is strategically located on the edge of…

The Powerhouse announces two new exhibitions

20 Aug, 2020

The Powerhouse has announced two new exhibitions launching September 2020; Design for Life, which explores the role of design in medicine and Hybrid, an exhibition investigating the future home. Opening on 12 September, Hybrid aims to interrogate the contemporary urban condition and explore the role of the home in 2030. The Powerhouse, in collaboration…

Aussie bush receives lifeline from US philanthropists following summer bushfires

20 Aug, 2020

Environmental not-for-profit Bush Heritage Australia says an AUD$2.4 million donation from US NGOs Earth Alliance and Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) will prove critical to furthering bushfire recovery efforts and restoring damaged ecosystems following Australia’s Black Summer bushfires. Bush Heritage was one of three Australian organisations, alongside Aussie Ark and WIRES…