Ideas

The mind-craft microcosm: Incubator spaces upclose

Where do great ideas come from? Tertiary institutions are adopting the ‘ideas incubator’ model to empower students into an entrepreneurial mindset and facilitate a dynamic cross-pollination of ideas.

Projects

Richards & Spence’s jewel in the crown: The Calile Hotel

With the recent opening of The Calile Hotel – Richards & Spence’s latest addition to the James Street precinct they helped to revitalise – we thought it was time to sit down with the practice to explore its unique and transformative approach to design.

Jon Johanssen, photo by Charles Dennington.

People

Indesign Luminary: Jon Johannsen

Jon Johannsen’s career has been about buildings and their context. He is led by the conviction that liveable communities are diverse in their demographic engagement. This is his story.

Projects

India Mahdavi’s pastel-hued, otherworldly interior for Ladurée in Tokyo

Having orchestrated some of the most Instagrammed interiors around the world, India Mahdavi brings her signature aesthetic to Ladurée Aoyama.

Projects

Can design help tell the story of our Indigenous people?

Taylor & Hinds Architects designed krakani lumi, a standing camp in Mount William National Park, that helps to tell the significant story of country and the creation.

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Products

Femme Atelier takes inspiration from the everyday

Bangkok-based design studio Femme Atelier has designed and produced a collection of tables and chairs that draw inspiration from everyday doors and windows.

Projects

A bespoke approach: Infinity Spa by Space Popular

How do you add emphasis and a point of difference when working with a cookie-cutter building shell? Space Popular created a monochrome backdrop to let a collection of custom furniture visually punch through.

2019 INDE Ambassador, and 2018 INDE.Awards winner – Studiomake's David Schafer. Portrait by Adit Sombunsa.

People

Studiomake’s David Schafer on the micro and the macro

INDE.Awards 2019 Ambassador David Schafer, founder of Thai practice Studiomake, talks about the studio’s distinct approach, which sees no boundary between the acts of design and construction.

News

HASSELL’s winning design for Chengdu Panda Land revealed

HASSELL’s winning masterplan proposal for Chengdu Panda Land aims to dissolve the common idea of humans being dominant over nature.

Ideas

The mind-craft microcosm: Incubator spaces upclose

Florian Heinzelmann (left) and Daliana Suryawinata (right) at SHAU's Bandung studio

People

SHAU on the value of the experimental

The founders of SHAU, who won The Influencer with Microlibraries at the INDE.Awards 2018, talk about the potential of the region’s experimental architecture.

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5 minutes with 2019 INDE Ambassador David Schafer of Studiomake

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Finding freedom in simplicity – Billiani’s Layer chair

Defined by a continuity and linearity between design and material is the Layer chair by the award-winning German designer, Michael Geldmacher, for Billiani.

Indesign

Five minutes with … Allen Sammut of Sammut Developments

We’re in the throes of the multi-residential renaissance – but what is really driving buyer demand and design expectations in this space?

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Mixing business and pleasure with Okidoki

Okidoki is the result of collaboration between District and ThinkingWorks, making work life less ordinary in a stylish but functional designer-friendly workstation.

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News

HASSELL’s winning design for Chengdu Panda Land revealed

HASSELL’s winning masterplan proposal for Chengdu Panda Land aims to dissolve the common idea of humans being dominant over nature.

News

11 reasons to Enter INDE.Awards before 29 January

We believe that exceptional design speaks for itself. That’s why we’ve curated 11 INDE.Awards categories that champion the most progressive work in the region.

BLAK BOX, designed by Kevin O'Brien Architects asks users to consider Aboriginal history through an immersive experience

News

BLAK BOX is a light- and sound-filled pavilion that invites deep listening

Presented by Urban Theatre Projects as part of Sydney Festival 2019, BLAK BOX is a full sensory experience designed for sharing a deeper and broader understanding of contemporary Aboriginality.

Somewhere over the rainbow: The Benevolent Society by Futurespace

A rainbow-coloured palette – a symbol of hope and optimism – strengthens The Benevolent Society’s culture and encourages a sense of identity and place at its new national hub.

Projects

Low-tech K Pop minimalism: Ban Ban by Genesin

Ban Ban’s interior by Genesin Studio is a low-tech K Pop minimalism treat for the eyes in the heart of Adelaide’s CBD.

News

11 reasons to Enter INDE.Awards before 29 January

We believe that exceptional design speaks for itself. That’s why we’ve curated 11 INDE.Awards categories that champion the most progressive work in the region.

Arco chair and Wink light by Masquespacio for Houtique.

Products

Distinctly retro furniture by Masquespacio

Quirky colour combos with a decidedly retro influence – Masquespacio’s new furniture collection with Houtique is everything you would expect from this inventive Spanish design studio.

Ideas

“Workplaces in the 21st century are high-performing sanctuaries”

We live in a 24/7 world. What does this mean for the future of workplace design? Veteran workplace interior designer Angela Ferguson shares her observations.

People

5 minutes with Jin Kuramoto

Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto is a practical, hands-on designer. He separates the rational from the imaginative to arrive at design solutions that fit the client, while also inspiring the customer.