Events

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Getting hands-on with Savage Design’s Ministry of Metals
Ahead of Saturday Indesign, Savage Design put its new Ministry of Metals experience through a test run, turning material education into something tactile, practical and genuinely interactive.

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A rollicking good story with Richards Stanisich and Royal Oak Floors
Jonathan Richards and Kirsten Stanisich discussed practice, design process and the business of running a studio at a live audience event hosted by Royal Oak Floors in Sydney.

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Indesign x Wilkhahn: Melbourne, where are you working?
Our latest collaboration saw a range of designers come together at Wilkhahn’s Melbourne showroom for a discussion on the workplace dynamics specific to the Victorian capital.

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Meet the 2026 Graduates of the Year
From dementia-inclusive urbanism and home haemodialysis to multilingual typography and regenerative biomaterials, the Design Institute of Australia’s 2026 GOTYA winners point to an emerging generation designing with care, research and social responsibility.

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Saturday Indesign after dark at The Woollahra Hotel
The Official Saturday Indesign Afterparty heads to one of Woollahra’s best-known corner pubs, where a Richards Stanisich refurbishment brings new life to an Art Deco landmark.

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“A journey into a whole new material world”: Plant Life at the NGV
Curator Ewan McEoin tells us about the NGV’s new exhibition on plant-based materials as alternatives to plastics, synthetic materials and other non-renewable resources.

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The inaugural Coastal Design Assembly is about to make landfall in Sydney
Sophie Lanigan, organiser of a new event centring on Sydney’s relationship to water, tells us what the event’s all about, who it’s for and why it matters today.

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Jia CURATED: Bigger and better in 2026
The 2026 Jia CURATED festival in Bali set exactly the right tone for community, education and inspiration over a sensational five days devoted to architecture and design, with sustainability at its heart.

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Indesign Social Club kicks on in Melbourne with Reece
Born out of Saturday Indesign research, our new Social Club is a space for younger, junior designers to meet and discuss the issues of the day — and it just hit Melbourne for the first time.

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We talk to Anupama Kundoo ahead of Living Cities Forum 2026
As the Living Cities Forum returns to Sydney and Melbourne this August, Kundoo — appearing alongside international speakers such as Finn Williams and Ludwig Engel — tells us about time, abundance and care in her work.

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Migrating Modernism: Seidler on show in Sydney
Following a successful exhibition at San Marco Art Centre (SMAC) in Venice, a retrospective exhibition on the work and life of preeminent Australian architect Harry Seidler is open at the University of Sydney’s Chau Chak Wing Museum.

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Nature Weave: Jia CURATED returns to Bali for a Southeast Asian design feast
Jia CURATED is happening once again in Bali and this extraordinary design festival is not to be missed!

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DIA: It’s time to Write DESIGNER at the Australian census
With an in-your-face campaign from the Design Institute of Australia, Write DESIGNER urges every design professional to identify themselves in the upcoming census.

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Now or Never turns Melbourne inside out
From an overnight concert beneath the Royal Exhibition Building’s dome to light works along the Birrarung and a full-scale takeover of Melbourne Town Hall, Now or Never returns with a program that treats the city itself as a stage.

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Singapore and the SIA, a powerhouse of design
Shortlisted in the 2026 INDE.Awards are a plethora of projects from Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Architects’ members. We celebrate the talent that resides in this country, as we showcase design that crosses borders and resonates in our Indo-Pacific region.

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Saturday Indesign memories: Escaping the corporate catch-up trap
Cox Architecture’s Remy Chard reminisces about her interstate trip for Saturday Indesign two years ago, writing that such design events can act as catalysts for connection while countering the ‘catch-up trap’.

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INDE.Awards Gala marks ten years with truly regional scope
At a packed awards night in Melbourne, the design community from all corners of the Asia-Pacific region came together to celebrate an incredible range of winners.

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Celebrating ten years of Indo-Pacific design: 2026 INDE.Award winners revealed
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2026 INDE.Awards recognised the outstanding people, projects and products shaping design across the Indo-Pacific.

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A new chapter of Herman Miller’s design continuum: Kim Colin and Sam Hecht named Global Creative Directors
After two decades of creative partnership, Kim Colin and Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility step into a joint role as Herman Miller’s Global Creative Directors – a reminder that the brand’s ethos isn’t defined solely by their products, but also by the quiet thread of thought that shapes the space in-between, crafting a purposeful, human-centric and enduring trajectory.

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Tappeti marks 20 years of bespoke rug design
At Paddington Town Hall, the Australian rug studio reflected on two decades of bespoke design with an event that brought its archives, collaborations and making processes into motion.

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Metallic magnificence revealed at Milan
When Italian furniture maker, Pedrali partnered with design studio, Formafantasma, the collaboration was always going to result in something both elevated and imbued with impeccable detail and flair.

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The national architecture awards shortlist has dropped!
The Australian Institute of Architects’ (AIA) 2026 National Architecture Awards Shortlist has been revealed, showcasing some of the country’s best new homes, buildings and community spaces before the winners are announced in October.

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Kiwi Architects make their presence felt in the shortlist of the 2026 INDE.Awards
Discover the Aotearoa New Zealand architects and designers shortlisted in the 2026 INDE.Awards, celebrating outstanding regional design excellence.
