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“I have a tactile way of working, I often start with a material that interests me,” shares Dutch-New Zealand designer Sabine Marcelis.

If we’re going to disrupt the aged care sector, who better to bring on the journey than Baby Boomers? Futurist and demographer Bernard Salt AM believes they have the perfect ‘get up and go’ disposition to make ‘ageing’ all the rage.

“The site is the generator of all our ideas,” Sri Lankan architect and INDE.Awards 2019 Ambassador Palinda Kannangara shares how architecture expresses the spirit of the place.

In this exclusive interview, the British design icon talks about life, lifetime achievement awards and memorable moments.

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.

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.