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Ray Anderson Visits Sydney

InterfaceFLOR are offering a unique opportunity to hear from the world’s leading voice on how business and the environment can co-exist.

Pecha Kucha Brisbane

The Pecha Kucha Night will light up Brisbane design again in 2008.

'Egg' Chair at BiD

To celebrate 50 years, Arne Jocobsen's iconic 'Egg' chair has been given 50 new looks and is set to hit Brisbane in Design in September.

Insitu Sydney Opens

Insitu announce the opening of their Sydney showroom and the launch of the MYTO chair.

Launch Pad

SiD’s emerging design program takes Australian design to new heights in 2008

The Third Geyer Debate

The third in Geyer’s occasional series of debates on design issues was held in Melbourne on Friday 8th of August as part of the lead-up to Saturday in Design. Report by debate mediator, and indesign Editorial Director, Paul McGillick.

An Artistic Gesture

Ainslie Murray’s An Architecture of Thread and Gesture is the last in the Japan Foundation’s Facetnate! series of exhibitions and offers a new perspective on architecture and movement.

Everybody's Talking About SiD 08

Saturday in Design was once again a huge success. Find out what's got everybody talking about SiD 08.

Launched at SiD

One of Australia's most celebrated designers, Alexander Lotersztain, launched products with two different companies at this year's Saturday in Design.

String at SiD

This is just one of the many cool products to be launched at Saturday in Design in Melbourne this week.

Winter Warming

Creswick Woollen Mills are calling for donations to their winter 2008 blanket drive.

Celebrating Swinburne

To celebrate 100 years of design education at Swinburne University, Melbourne, the Pen to Pixel exhibition is showcasing work of past graduates until 3 August, 2008.

Hive of Inspiration

KE-ZU, Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive are calling for submissions to the first Hive lighting design competition.

Hear About ZERO

Sustainability Event: ZERO is a hypothetical Melbourne-based building that has zero net carbon emissions. This August, the firm behind the project, GHD, invite you to hear more about the remarkable concept.

A Pavilion of Ideas

Aussie and global designers have proposed radical ideas for the Aussie pavilion revamp. Exhibition currently showing at the Heide Museum, Melbourne.

Greens in Design

The 2008 Decorate Life design fair in Germany was a cup of tea for Dutch designer, Jurgen Bey.

Not Just Space: Place Makers

The work of 22 contemporary Queensland architectural practices will feature in a major new exhibition at GoMA, Brisbane, this August.

NSW RAIA Winners

The 2008 RAIA awards for New South Wales were announced on July 19th in Sydney. See the full list of winners here.

Before You're Famous

An exhibition of colourful, emerging artistic talent set to hit Melbourne in August

The Dark Side of Design

Discover the Darker Side of Design with MAX Grr! Making its debut at the Melbourne International Design Festival this July.

Premier’s Design Awards Winners

Last night, July 16, the winners of the Premier’s Design Awards were announced at the opening night of the State of Design Festival, Melbourne. Find out who won.

The Great Divide

Until 30 August, Brisbane gallery, Artisan, is holding a stunning exhibition of contemporary artworks that transcend the divide between art and design. Sponsored by Cox Rayner Architects.

Victoria's State of Design

The State of Design festival, a Victorian Government initiative, is set to take over Melbourne from 16th-24th July.

Saab Supports Saturday in Design

Saab is pleased to support local and international design by being the official car partner of Saturday in Design.

Sydney's Underbelly

Sydney's CarriageWorks Arts Centre will be transformed this Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13, as the Underbelly Festival showcases some of the hottest emerging artists in the country.

New Designers Uncovered

Starting in July, bright new talent from all areas of design exhibit at London's Business Design Centre

Saturday in Design – the International Flavour

The 6th annual Saturday in Design weekend is almost ready to take over Melbourne, and the international guest lineup is bigger than ever. Check out who's taking part in 2008.

Living Edge in LA

Living Edge Australia has just opened their first US showroom in Los Angeles

Black Fashion

Stephen Crafti reports on a special fashion exhibition at the National Gallery Victoria, exploring the colour black in fashion - a perennial favourite. Showing until August.

Launch Pad Finalists Announced!

Find out who is a finalist in Australia's Launch Pad Design Competition.

Artists take on Architecture in Psycho Buildings

indesignlive.com's UK Editor, Alexi Robinson, reports on Psycho Buildings - an exhibition which takes its inspiration from the "brutalist outcry of its host building, The Hayward Gallery".

The Gifted Eye of Charles Eames

This July, an exhibition of 100 rarely seen images from the Eames family collection, will be on display in the Living Edge Richmond Showroom as part of the Melbourne International Design Festival.

Design Capital

Part of Victoria's State of Design Festival is Design Capital. This design and business conference brings together leading global innovators, designers, and business figures, to canvass issues relevant to the world of design. From 16 – 18 July 2008.

Established In China

indesignlive's Hong Kong editor, Ben McCarthy, reports on the latest Established and Sons launch, at Lane Crawford, China.

Architecture Through Communication

Kumamoto Artpolis is an ongoing project in architectural culture begun in 1988 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Exhibition at Queensland University Technology, until 27 July 2008.

Metaphorm at Metalab

Metaphorm - an exhibition of hand constructed jewellery and objects by designer, Bridie Lander, is the latest expo to hit Metalab gallery, in Sydney. 3-26th July

International Design Competition 2009

Design for the future: the biggest student furniture design competition in the world is currently accepting entries for 2009.

Do Not Crop

MELBOURNE until June 27: Turning the spotlight on the burgeoning career paths of seven graduate designers, 'Do Not Crop' highlights the variations in the work of graduates across all the design disciplines.

Aussie Designers Talk Italian

Aussie designers Helen Kontouris, Nick Rennie, Adam Goodrum and Abi Alice spoke at Format Furniture about their success in Milan.

Aussie Artist Simon Degroot at Work

Watch footage of Queensland-based artist, Simon Degroot, currently on show in Brisbane, blend art and the streetscape.

Designing for the 10%

Alexi Robinson considers Smith’s Cooper-Hewitt exhibition and related essay, Design for the Other 90%, against her findings at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair.

Visionary Architect Jan Utzon in Sydney

Kinnarps of Sweden and indesignlive.com are giving away 2 tickets to two lucky Sydney readers for the exclusive, invite-only event, June 4th.

Antarctica in Italy

In the spring of 2007, Lucy and Jorge Orta of Studio Orta went on an expedition to Antarctica as part of an artistic project. This fascinating exhibition is the result.

The Story of Australian Furniture

Four week Art Education lecture series with leading expert on Australian Furniture, John McPhee. Starts 3rd June, 2008.

Aussie Artists in Perth

Dale Cox, John Nicholson, William Elcholtz, Cathy Blanchflower represent the Aussie Art world. Western Australia, 4 – 25 May.

Saturday in Design Project Partners

Saturday in Design is almost here again, this year introducing an exciting new initiative called 'The Project' - where select members of the design community will play key creative roles in this years event.

Concrete Culture in Sydney

Group exhibition explores relationship between art and architecture, 29 May - July 5 2008.

Premier's Design Awards, Victoria

Call for Entries: A distinguished acknowledgement of design skills and their contribution to shaping the future in the state of Victoria.

Inaugural World Architecture Festival

Call for entries for the first ever World Architecture Festival. Global architects, submit your buildings.

Spain in the Milan Spotlight

The verdict on the Milan Furniture fair is out and one thing is clear- the Spain Playtime exhibition was a breath of fresh air for all who saw it.

Frankfurt to Come Alive with Decorate Life

This July, for the first time ever, three fairs come together to make Decorate Life – covering everything to do with the home and furnishing in design.

Design for the Other 90%

Cynthia E. Smith, curator of the hugely successful exhibition, 'Design for the Other 90%', comes to Sydney for one Lecture, May 7th.

Picasso the Collector

For the first time outside Europe, Picasso comes to Queensland's Gallery of Modern Art this June.

Best stand design at designEX 2008

A stand at a design fair is as important as the product on display. designEX 2008 awarded Axolotl with the title of best stand. See why here.

An Aussie Force Opens in New Zealand

Corporate Culture and Designer Rugs have opened a joint showroom in Auckland, New Zealand

Design Now! at Object Gallery

National Graduate Exhibition at Object Gallery, Sydney, until 15th June 2008.

Australian International Design Awards

For the first time, Australian designers are competing against international rivals in the 2008 Australian International Design Awards. Marc Newson, Miele, Audi, Rado and Philips get set to battle it out on May 30.

BVN Win Big at Interior Design Awards 2008

The 2008 Interior Design Awards were announced at the Sydney Hilton on Friday night. indesignlive.com was there to witness the presentations and is pleased to congratulate BVN Architecture who took home the Premier Award.

Pulling Design Strings

Winners of 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Set Design performing in Brisbane this April

The Captivating Crystal Palace Steals the Show

The indesignlive.com team, and friends, offer our final verdict on the fair that is still on everyone's lips and minds.

Andreu World Design Competition 2008

Get ready for the next big thing in furniture design

indesignlive.com’s ‘must see’ guide to Milan

The team at indesignlive.com present to you our personal ‘Must See’ guide to I Saloni 2008, Milan.

More Time to Enter Launch Pad

Now in its fifth year, Launch Pad has been launching the careers of Australian designers since 2004. Entries for the prestigious design competition are now extended until 5th May.

Art's Future Ten

Ten of Australia's best emerging young artists selected for showcase during Art Melbourne

A Crystal Palace in Milan

Swarovski Crystal Palace pushes the boundaries of design with an exhibition of ‘landscapes’ by leading designers during the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile, Milan 2008.

Design Opinion: Truly Gifted Danes

indesignlive.com's UK Editor, Alexi Robinson, visited Copenhagen for 'The Danish Gift' exhibition. Such a showcase of legendary Scandinavian designers begged the question- do the Danes do it better?

Realise Your Dream Program 2008

The program offers six UK scholarships to talented and creative Australians between 18-30 years of age to work with a nominated UK professional of their choice.

Spanish Delights

A recent trip to Ofitec, Madrid, produced opportunities to see many exciting developments in the bustling city. Special report by Alaana Fitzpatrick, editor of Design Quarterly Magazine.

The Architect and his Powerful Ten

Award winning architect Frank Minnaërt opens the public's eye to Town Hall's architectural prospects with his 'Power of Ten' exhibition

Montblanc Sculptures Stand Tall in Martin Place

A Montblanc event welcomes the arrival of the acclaimed shopping bag sculptures to Sydney's Martin Place

Who's on the Interior Design Awards Shortlist?

After receiving hundreds of submissions for Australia’s most influential awards program for design professionals, the Interior Design Awards has released its much anticipated shortlist for 2008. indesignlive.com has the list right here.

Emeco CEO in Oz for Living Edge

Gregg Buchbinder, owner and CEO of Emeco visited Australia in March. It takes 77 steps to make one of Emeco's famously indestructible chairs. Watch the video footage here.

Teknion Marketplace launch in KL

Guests gather in Kuala Lumpur for Teknion's latest desking systems

Registration for Saturday in Design 08

You're invited to the event of the year. Register online now.

Pecha Kucha Hits Australian Cities Throughout March

20 slides, 20 seconds each- The world renowned free event for creative minds comes back to Oz for another anticipated series.

Equinox: An Exclusive Event for Interior Designers

Equinox, the design networking evening hits Sydney March 6th.

20th Annual designEX This Week

10th–12th April 2008, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour

Design for the Mind

Cargo 08, a new design installation to test the minds-eye by Melbourne-based artist Yandell Walton.

Michael Young to Speak at designEX 2008: Helping Celebrate 20 Years

Michael Young to head up this years design seminars in Sydney to reveal global future design trends

Looking Ahead in Design Game

Ensuring product and service relevance in constantly changing market

The Vibe is Back with 'Store it'

The Creative Vibe Furniture Competition 2008 submissions close April 30th.

What do Australian Designers Think of Valentines Day?

indesignlive.com asked some of our favourite Australian designers to share their thoughts on commercial ventures such as gift giving on the 14th Feb.

Counting Down to qdos

Queensland Design on Show: last call for entries- closing Friday!

Inaugural InterfaceFLOR WA Design Award Winners

Bollig Design Group and HBO+EMTB floors the competition at Western Australia's InterfaceFLOR design awards

Exclusive Designer Rugs Competition Launch

Announcing an exciting new competition: the inaugural Seidler Texture Rug Award is now open for submissions

Putting the Art in Heart

Sydney Art exhibition to support heart research in coop with valentines day

Interior Design Awards 2008

Australia's most influential awards are calling for registrations for the 2008 event, to take place at the Hilton Sydney in April.

2008 Australian International Design Awards

Competition between big names for this year's event

Design Competition Call for Entries

'Samsonite' nursery collection design competition. Let your design journey begin...

Talent at UTS Design Exhibition

Design 07 exhibition shone light on some promising young designers

Canberra Quiddity Design Exhibition

The Canberra Institute of Technology design graduates put on impressive exhibition

Pixel Nest

The designers of our future, UTS architecture students nurture a new kind of nest for creativity

Fly Forbo & Fly Free to Europe

February deadline for Fly Forbo 2008 design competition

Electrolux Design Lab 07 Winner Announced

Levente Szabo wins international award for eco-friendly washing machine

2008 Workstation of the Future Design Competition

Iken design competition due for judging mid 2008

imm Cologne Trade Fair

Worldwide furnishings and trends come together for diverse show

Rado's Golden Birthday

Rado turns 50, celebrating five decades of innovation in Tokyo

Zumtobel Light Capture Photographic Competition

Zumtobel announces the 2007 competition winners

Billy Blue Graduates Exhibition

2007 graduating graphics students exhibition

IDEA Awards 2007

Cockatoo Island plays host to The IDEA Awards

100% Design Tokyo 2007

What went on at Japan's premier interiors event this year

The Great Indoors Award 2007

Wonderwall named as Interior Design Firm of the Year

SOYA

Qantas supports the Spirit of Youth in Australia

Victoria's Best Young Designers

Lab.3000's 2007 Best of the Best student design award winners

Official Coinma Launch

Coinma Australia Prepares to Launch 'TABLE' and 'Portico'

Akira for Designer Rugs

Akira Isogawa's new collection for Designer Rugs launched

Whitehouse Exhibition Evening

Interiors, fashion, styling and the launch of a Bachelor of Design

Sydney Welcomes Kartell Flagship Store

Kartell's big opening at Sydney's Bondi Junction

Rome Flaunts Fashion in Sydney

The Lazio Lifestyle in Australia showcased Italian style from 6-8 November 2007

Australian Prints from Venice

Experiences in the Italian city inspire etchings

Silver on Display at Object

Marian Hosking jewellery at Object Gallery

QUT Industrial Design Expo

Post-graduate industrial design students on show in Brisbane

Sculpture by the Sea 2007

Sydney-based artist awarded coveted sculpture prize

Australian Architecture at 2008 Venice Biennale

Next year's Biennale is Australia's time to shine

Asher Bilu in Australia

Sydney and Melbourne galleries feature work by Asher Bilu

Design Indulges Inner Child

Belgium exhibits design for the younger

Aussie Architecture in Germany

25 top Australian architects on display in Germany this month

Exhibition Stands Matter

The importance of the humble stand at exhibitions

Isidro in Asia

Isidro Blasco exhibits in November

Blue and Brown Rugs

Rugs collaborate with Blue and Brown

Black Rubber Art

Emerging Aussie artist prepares for her first solo expo in Sydney

Eames' Gifted Eye

Rare images of Charles Eames on display in commemorative celebration

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