Countdown to designEX

The 2009 designEX fair opens next week.

April 22nd, 2009

Capturing the passion of design professionals across Australasia for 21 years, the 2009 designEX fair showcases the latest trends and innovations in contemporary design and interior architecture.

This year, designEX returns to Melbourne with the new textiles feature – Kaleidoscope – sitting alongside the favourites of the Latitude platform for emerging designers and the D4S (design for sustainability) showcase.

The fair has attracted more than 35 speakers for its international seminar series, presenting on over 20 different subjects. Celebrated Danish Architect Bjarke Ingels of the multi-award winning practice, BIG, will be the keynote speaker.

Visit designex.info for the full schedule of presentations and to purchase tickets from $65. Pre-register before 5pm on 29 April for free entry to designEX.

Click here to view a preview of some of the exhibitors.

30 April – 2 May, Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

INDESIGN is on instagram

Follow @indesignlive

The Indesign Collection

A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers

Remind

Pedrali

Botanical Planter Screen

Botanical Planter Screen

Stylecraft

Louvre Roofs – Warema

Shade Factor

Acoustic Sheer Blind Fabric

Materialised

Indesign Our Partners

Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!

A collective vision: The whimsical workplace with Intuit, COX and MillerKnoll

A collective vision: The whimsical workplace with Intuit, COX and MillerKnoll

Stepping into Intuit’s Sydney workplace certainly doesn’t feel like walking into an office. Why? In this film, we discover that, when joy takes precedence as a design driver, even a high-performing commercial CBD headquarters can feel like an intuitive wonderland that invites employees to choose their own adventure.

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair

In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.

Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair

Alex Bain on finding his anchor in Herman Miller’s Aeron Chair

In the last instalment of our three-part performance seating series, Alex Bain from Architectus explains why sitting well shouldn’t feel like sitting at all and explores an unexpected success metric of the hybrid workplace: the grounding power of emotional support.

Material integrity at SJB’s Billyard Avenue

Material integrity at SJB’s Billyard Avenue

Natural stone shapes the interiors of Billyard Avenue, a luxury apartment development in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay designed by architecture and design practice SJB. Here, a curated selection of stone from Anterior XL sets the backdrop for the project’s material language.

Related Stories

Designing a symphony at The Australian Institute of Music

Designing a symphony at The Australian Institute of Music

Fender Katsalidis undertook the design task of transforming The Australian Institute of Music into a single campus and all the challenges that presented.

Why Your Design Deserves World Class Panelling Solutions

Why Your Design Deserves World Class Panelling Solutions

No aspect of interior design is necessarily more important than any other, but finishes are certainly one area where a bad choice can ruin the entire aesthetic of a space – which is why Staron has never compromised on quality.

Ideas

A Crystal Palace in Milan

Swarovski Crystal Palace pushes the boundaries of design with an exhibition of â€˜landscapesâ€™ by leading designers during the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile, Milan 2008.

Blok furniture for Telstra

A multi-million dollar fit-out for Queensland’s Telstra headquarters.

While you were sleeping

The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed

Comment: The design story behind storytelling spaces

Ideas

Comment: The design story behind storytelling spaces

What exactly does a theatre consultant do, and why are they an important part of designing the spaces in which we tell the most dramatic stories? Charcoalblue’s Erin Shepherd tells us more.

SyLon Report: Housing as infrastructure, housing in crisis

Ideas

SyLon Report: Housing as infrastructure, housing in crisis

AFK Studios’ Earle Arney joined STORIESINDESIGN podcast last year to speak about SyLon. Here, we reproduce a summary on a recent report with NLA that builds on research into housing as infrastructure amidst a landscape of housing crisis.

Powerhouse Parramatta readies itself for late 2026 opening

News

Powerhouse Parramatta readies itself for late 2026 opening

Scheduled to open later this year on the banks of the Parramatta River, the 30,000-square-metre Powerhouse museum — designed by Moreau Kusunoki in collaboration with Genton — represents a major shift in the geography of Sydney’s cultural infrastructure.

An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced

An architecture of Australian cultural expression: AIA Gold Medal 2026 announced

Architects Neil Durbach, Camilla Block and David Jaggers of Durbach Block Jaggers have been named as joint recipients of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal for 2026.