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Kirsty Sier
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To the heart of learning: reshaping the early educational experience at St Andrew’s College
The Wilson Architects-designed Learning Hub at St. Andrew’s Anglican College represents a new approaches to educational best practice in design.
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Uncommon encounters: Design at Monash University promotes innovation and autonomy
A university’s purpose is to encourage students to think differently and act autonomously. In Monash University’s Learning and Teaching Building, it is finally being recognised that the architecture needs to mirror this.
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For art’s sake: a chair designed for Australia’s biggest art events
Chris Connell’s new chair design for Schiavello was made specifically to meet the needs of one of the biggest art events Australia has ever seen.
Ideas
What does IKEA’s string of collaborations mean for the design industry?
As ever, the design giant’s movements reflect the industry pulse. So, what does its recent string of fashion collaborations tell us about the future?
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The (un-)dialogue between architecture and fashion
The latest initiative from the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas is out to prove that the relationship between architecture and fashion isn’t as oblique as we think it is.
News
Grant and Mary Featherston in retrospect
Two of Australia’s most significant Modernist designers – one of them terminally underrated – get a spotlight in the Heide Museum 2018 program.
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An architectural hall of mirrors hits the Powerhouse Museum
Four Periscopes by TRIAS is the first-ever Turbine Hall Architecture Commission, and it will change the way you see the museum.
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Editor’s Pick: See, play and learn at Sydney Design Festival
Let’s face it. The world isn’t perfect. But fear not: this year’s Sydney Design Festival theme of Call To Action will explore ways design can contribute to its betterment.
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We like big design weeks (and we cannot lie)
Melbourne Design Week has released this year’s program, and it’s dramatically bigger than last year.
People
5 minutes with DKO’s Head of Interiors Sydney on Minimalism
Newly crowned as Head of Interiors Sydney at DKO, Laura Saunders took some time to talk minimalism and deceptive simplicity with Indesign.
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NGV is on the hunt for the next Architecture Commission
The NGV Architecture Commission Design Competition is calling for entries for its fourth iteration, presenting the opportunity for an architect to propose a temporary pavilion that bridges design and art.