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Get to know the prominent and emerging contemporary architecture people and interior design people behind today’s most revered projects and practices.

June 30, 2025

Ben Lornie: Crafting immersive retail worlds

In this episode of SpeakingOut!, Jan Henderson sits down with Ben Lornie of PTID to dive into the immersive world of retail design.

June 30, 2025

Intricacy, intimacy and imagination: Ross Didier’s ANTHROPOCENE

Fine art that informs commercial design has authenticity and soul, and Ross Didier is at the forefront of creativity that is infused with passion.

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An untethered design for a fluid workplace: Joel Sampson discusses the Bay Work Pod

How can design empower the individual in a workplace transforming from a place to an activity? Here, Design Director Joel Sampson reveals how prioritising human needs – including agency, privacy, pause and connection – and leveraging responsive spatial solutions like the Herman Miller Bay Work Pod is key to crafting engaging and radically inclusive hybrid environments.

June 27, 2025

Ong Tze Boon: The visionary

Throughout his life, Ong Tze Boon has made a real difference to both people and place. He is a man of vision who has changed the architectural landscape of Singapore and South-East Asia and strives to make a better world for the future.

June 23, 2025

Cerith Wyn Evans at the MCA

On the eve of Cerith Wyn Evans' first museum exhibition in the Asia-Pacific region, we interviewed the internationally acclaimed contemporary artist in a wide-ranging discussion spanning Japanese gardens, the aesthetics of Buddhism and the Australian light.

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The uncharted plate: Ivan Brehm’s pursuit of crossroads cooking with Gaggenau and human connection.

In this candid interview, the culinary mastermind behind Singapore’s Nouri and Appetite talks about food as an act of human connection that transcends borders and accolades, the crucial role of technology in preserving its unifying power, and finding a kindred spirit in Gaggenau’s reverence for tradition and relentless pursuit of innovation.

June 19, 2025

“My model is to make what I like and hopefully other people will too”: Meet Zachary Frankel

Pairing his honed expertise with a unique design language, Zachary Frankel is shaping his own world his way.

June 17, 2025

“Design for the range, not the average”: Workplace design with Dr Nigel Oseland

The workplace strategist and environmental psychologist was in Sydney earlier this year to give a talk at Haworth on the fallacies of the ‘average’ in workplace design.

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Generative AI and its implications on design: Man x Machine x Material

The Man x Machine x Material collaboration by Jarrod Lim and The American Hardwood Export Council explores how generative AI can enhance design processes while also revealing the areas where human intuition remains irreplaceable.

June 13, 2025

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

The Finding Infinity Principal comments here on the question of balance in city life, with architecture and design highlighted as the key levers for making change.

June 11, 2025

Stepping up for sustainability: Meet Jane Abernethy of Humanscale

Humanscale’s Chief Sustainability Officer is embarking on a tour of Australia, delivering a talk entitled: “Sustainable by Design: Materials Transparency for a Healthier Planet.” At the same time, the company opens a brand new showroom in Sydney. We met her to find out more.

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Ben McCarthy and gohome: The collaboration behind a “tool for life” and a new showroom opening

With gohome’s Sydney showroom opening set to light up Saturday Indesign, we find out more about the furniture brand’s collaboration with Ben McCarthy.

June 10, 2025

Diplomacy, diversity and design with Hicham Lahlou

We spoke to the internationally renowned Moroccan designer on the eve of his visit to Australia as guest of honour for Design & Build Week 2025.

June 6, 2025

Milan reflections with DKO

DKO's Koos de Keijzer and Michael Drescher bring us this personal report from Salone del Mobile 2025 in Milan.

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“It’s a bit like writing a little song or a Japanese haiku:” Patrick Jouin on design, collaboration, and a partnership for the ages

Pedrali and Patrick Jouin celebrate more than ten years of collaboration with new evolutions to their iconic designs

June 5, 2025

“My place defines what type of writings I do”: Meet Baka Bina, Papua New Guinean writer

The fourth edition of the First Nations Writers Festival took place in May 2025, and we spoke to Baka Barakove Bina about the importance of place and home in his writing, as well as the things that make the Pacific region so distinctive.

May 30, 2025

DIY with a difference!

Designer and maker, Josh Carmody, is creating heritage through craft with the Lost Profit Workshop.

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Poetry, essentialism and freedom in kitchen design: Sven Baacke introduces Gaggenau’s new cooktop

Gaggenau’s new Essential Induction is set to transform how we design and use our kitchens. Here, the brand’s Head of Design lets us in on the creative process behind the groundbreaking innovation – and reaching the poetic intersection of form and function.