Here we are: 2020. The year Indesign celebrates 20 years of publishing industry-leading projects and championing great design to a global audience. When the magazine was first started, produced out of a two-bedroom apartment in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, print was considered gospel.

Back then we couldn’t have foreseen how the information age would force such a drastic evolution in the way we publish, consume and share information. In the year 2020 we find ourselves at an exciting turning-point in what is a rapidly spinning world of progress and innovation. It’s thanks to the boundless energy of our publisher and immense faith of our supporters and audiences that we today bring you Indesign magazine – just as beautiful, strong, insightful and refreshing as it always was. Still the heartland for commercial design in Australia, with a particular emphasis on the workplace – something for which we hold a special passion.

Twenty years on, Indesign the magazine now operates at the helm of a highly interactive stable of brands. From our events – like Saturday Indesign – to our region-leading awards program, the INDE.Awards, and our ever-expanding digital platforms, Indesignlive Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong: we bring your personal stories, creative endeavours and business initiatives to the world in a richly layered, highly experiential format.

This year, we invite you to join us for a year of celebrations, because we’re rolling them out across our entire Indesign Media program. Start by saving the date for Saturday Indesign, 20 June in Melbourne, themed Back To The Future. Need I say more?! Go to melbourne.saturdayindesign.com. Also lock in the INDE.Awards Gala event, 14 August in Sydney – where we will pay homage to the Best of the Decade Work Space and Living Space, alongside all our core industry-leading categories.

It’s particularly fitting that we mark our 80th edition with The ‘Workplace 20/20 Foresight’ Issue. We’ve gathered the forces across architecture, interior and furniture design, property and sustainability to bring you all the insights you need to move forward with expertise and vision.

Alice Blackwood | Editor