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Sophia Watson
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What can design learn from gelato? Molonglo Group’s Nectar Efkarpidis elaborates
Eloquent and intensely creative, Nectar Efkarpidis talks about the experience and process required to make unconventional and non-linear design projects. Ice cream included.
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Kirsten Stanisich of SJB on 12-Micron
SJB’s Director of Interior Design and iconic Australian creative, Kirsten Stanisich, dissects her process and thinking for design in Barangaroo. 12-Micron is one of the most instagrammed restaurants of the past six months.
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A first-class welcome: Designing client experiences
Coming straight out of the latest issue of Indesign is a story that sets the tone for the magazine, and it’s all about the shifts in workplaces. Futurespace’s Angela Ferguson and international design icon Tim Kobe open our world up to new possibility.
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What is health tourism?
While most travellers search for the ultimate destination, others search for the ultimate journey. In one of Bangkok’s busiest transport hubs, Orbit Design Studio augments the experience of being ‘in-transit’ with a premium mind-body fitness centre. Transience has never felt so good.
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5 Mins With Miriam Fanning of Mim Design
You might know Australian designer Miriam Fanning as the founder and principal of award-winning Melbourne-based practice, Mim Design – but there is so much more to this high-achieving, industry wonder woman. We take five with one of Australia’s most significant design thinkers. Here’s what’s she had to say…
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5 Mins With.. DesignByThem On Their 10-Year Milestone
Established in 2007 with the mission to create an Australian design brand, DesignByThem has always aimed to bring together and represent the talent of Australian designers in a collection that is a playful balance of fun and function. Ten years on, let’s see how they got on…
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Designing Like Cats And Dogs: IKEA Launches A Pets Range, And We’re So Here For It
Have you ever felt like your cat or dog wasn’t just a pet, but a member of the family? It’s exactly that focus that led IKEA to make the comprehensive LURVIG pet product range.
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“I Don’t Know How To Feel About This”: Eames x Uniqlo
The Eames Office just announced a collaboration with Japanese fashion house UNIQLO, a global clothing apparel brand with over 1,000 stores worldwide, on its new collection celebrating the work of Charles and Ray Eames.
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AXYL By Benjamin Hubert x Allermuir
Two years in the making, London-based Benjamin Hubert of experience design agency LAYER will launch the AXYL collection for UK furniture brand Allermuir at the 2017 London Design Festival (LDF) next week.
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What Can Design Learn From Kim & Kanye?
You might think “not much”, but there are many industry lessons to be learned from the world’s most famous couple.
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SID17: What Went Down At The Venue?
Global design fairs usually occupy dull exhibition halls, where besuited visitors trudge down rows of same-same stands. SO. BORING. This is why every year at Sydney Indesign, we turned things up a notch at The Venue: one location with one enormous lineup! And it was truly stellar…
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SID17: Did You Make it To B2 District? …Cos It Was Amazing
At Sydney Indesign’s B2 District, we put a spotlight on our industry’s local heritage – its people, its achievements, and its brands. B2 was all about fostering a culture of appreciation for the unflagging passion that underlies the Australian architecture and design industry… And this year’s exhibitors totally nailed it! See why…
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SID17: What Did We Learn At WorkLife?
At this year’s CPD-Accredited WorkLife series sponsored by Flokk, we tackled some of the design industry’s most poignant and controversial topics. Here’s what we took away…
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You Don’t Want To Be Left Behind, Do You?
At Sydney Indesign’s WorkLife Series, you’ll time-travel to the future of the workplace and most importantly, learn how to navigate the fads from the fixtures. WorkLife is proudly brought to you by Flokk.
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The INDE.Awards Social Space: What Even Is ‘Social Design’?
Say Hello to your Shortlist for The Social Space 2017 – celebrating design that imaginatively brings people together. These are impressive spaces where we interact and play. But what about these projects makes them ‘social’?
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The INDE.Awards Influencer: What Makes Them So Influential?
Say Hello to your Shortlist for The Influencer 2017 – a collection of our industry’s most exceptional people, products, projects and ideas. But what is it exactly that makes them so influential?
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Who Is Domenic Alvaro?
Architect and director of Woods Bagot’s global design studio, Domenic Alvaro is one of the industry’s most original thinkers. Working across every imaginable sector the world over, Alvaro’s design philosophy is simple: agitate traditional typologies.
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You Should Tap That
An Australian Classic, Sussex Tapware has re-emerged to remind us that we have major design and manufacturing and talent right here in our backyard.
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VaporScape Hong Kong by H0nh1m x NikeLab
Celebrating the release of their new VaporMax technology, Nike teams up with award-winning designer h0nh1m for The Vision-Airs project with their amazingly cool sound installation: VaporScape.
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It’s Time To Face Facts, Guys: IKEA Has Become Awesome
What used to be one of the design world’s most reviled institutions is now earning a reputation as an authentic design house, committed to investing in original talent. And their efforts at the recent Salone del Mobile 2017 were aimed at emphasising this new era for the brand and for design democracy.