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An exploration of experience and interior design at NYCxDESIGN

An exploration of experience and interior design at NYCxDESIGN

Created with the intention of expanding interior design possibilities, ‘StayDream – A Surreal Reality’ invites an examination of the various ways we perceive indoor and outdoor elements.

New tool helps you experience a city like a toddler

New tool helps you experience a city like a toddler

Using a custom virtual reality tool, the Proximity of Care Design guide is intended to help developers and designers create urban environments that are more liveable for pregnant women, children, their caregivers — and in fact everyone.

Hub Australia opens ‘work-near-home’ facility in suburban Melbourne

Hub Australia opens ‘work-near-home’ facility in suburban Melbourne

Hub Local – Box Hill helps meet the increasing demand for flexible and convenient working environments outside of typical CBD locations.

Hayden Cox’s resin furniture capsule for SP01 has landed

Hayden Cox’s resin furniture capsule for SP01 has landed

A collaborative partnership between two Australian design entities with a lot in common, ‘Refract’ combines distinct materiality with light play.

Younghusband marries old Melbourne heritage site with carbon neutral adaptive reuse

Younghusband marries old Melbourne heritage site with carbon neutral adaptive reuse

‘Younghusband’, the historic woolshed site in Melbourne’s inner-north-west, will be transformed into both an A-grade commercial location and a model of sustainability.

We’re loving this residential office-turned-boutique hotel

We’re loving this residential office-turned-boutique hotel

Presenting the Sleeping Lab – Arch by Shanghai’s Atelier d’More. The design studio has led the rebirth of this residential office as a boutique hotel. We invite you to scroll and admire.

Timber, glass and blinds at Macquarie University

Timber, glass and blinds at Macquarie University

Specified at the new Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Verosol Ambience roller blinds are helping the building’s innovative timber structure shine.

Verosol helps usher in change at Macquarie Uni

Verosol helps usher in change at Macquarie Uni

Specified in the new Central Courtyard Building, Verosol blinds are helping create a place in which lessons are learnt and friendships are forged.

Communication, collaboration, and respect

Communication, collaboration, and respect

Whilst unauthorised and inappropriate use of Indigenous designs and cultural appropriation are real and on-going problems, this white paper explains how reputable manufacturers, such as Designer Rugs, are addressing them.

Breakthrough linear drain – a blessing for designers & trades

Breakthrough linear drain – a blessing for designers & trades

Introducing Stormtech’s 120SCS, a multi-function linear drainage system with integrated shower screen support and unique dual-sided operation.

Ensuring the safety of Australia’s botanical treasures

Ensuring the safety of Australia’s botanical treasures

The National Herbarium of NSW houses over a million botanical specimens, some of which are more than two centuries old. Including numerous climate control features, such as Verosol blinds, the state-of-the-art facility is helping safeguard Australia’s natural heritage for future generations.

The Col James student accommodation is changing the face of ‘The Block’

The Col James student accommodation is changing the face of ‘The Block’

Featuring 519 rooms, the Col James Student Accommodation sits on land owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company.

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