Design Excellence with Marc Newson

As part of the Design Excellence Forum for the City of Sydney’s Green, Global, Connected initiative, Marc Newson spoke to journalist Jenny Brockie.

Flexible Reflections

Takahiro Iwasaki’s Reflection Model, now on show at the NGV in Melbourne, gives form and substance to both spirituality and a young boy’s imagination. Alice Blackwood reports.

Parlour Inc presents Portraits of Practice: At Work in Architecture

Parlour Inc, a not-for-profit organisation that promotes gender equity in the architecture industry, will hold its first Sydney event at the University of Sydney next month.

Filtration Fields

An exhibition as interested in you as you in it, Filtration Fields responds to the daily movement of people in the UTS Design, Architecture and Building Courtyard.

Two smart-skin surfaces made of laser-cut Perspex and robotically controlled by servo motors and sensors, will line up either side of university traffic creating a hyperspace of live particle-flow patterns.

Filtration Fields draws on PHD research conducted by Architecture academics Joanne Jakovch and Jason McDermott as well as design led research taught in the Master of Architecture Design studio Computational Environments.

You can see it and be seen by it, between April 30 – May 22 at the DAB LAB research gallery located on the Level 4 Courtyard, 702-730 Harris Street, Ultimo.

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.

Splendour is the sum of many parts

In the crucible of design, the fire of inspiration transforms pragmatic elements into the burnished objects that add a flourish to places and spaces. This is the art of Buster + Punch.

Some special commercial pieces from Salone del Mobile

Milan Design Week means more than lounging in luxury and the latest in bathroom beauty. We pull out a handful of exciting commercial furniture highlights.

Nine Ways to Turn AI into Your Business’ Secret Weapon: A CPD Live presentation

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