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Melbourne Design Week

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

It’s design festival season! Melbourne Design Week asks us to ‘Design the world you want’

With over 300 events planned, the eighth edition promises another marathon week of design and its theme is at once a proposition of hope and an urgent call-to-arms.

3 ways our cities can adopt adaptive reuse – a discussion

3 ways our cities can adopt adaptive reuse – a discussion

Fender Katsalidis partner, Nicky Drobis, was recently on a panel discussing adaptive reuse and its potential to redefine our cities’ skylines. She outlines 3 ways our cities can increase adoption of adaptive reuse projects.

Futures Collective takes over Villa Alba at Melbourne Design Week

Futures Collective takes over Villa Alba at Melbourne Design Week

The Futures Collective returned to Villa Alba Museum for Melbourne Design Week 2023. This event united a cadre of designers under the umbrella of three thought-provoking pillars — Transparency, Currency and Legacy.

Launching OKO OLO at Melbourne Design Week

Launching OKO OLO at Melbourne Design Week

With outstanding track records in design, Genevieve Hromas and Juliet Ramsay have been working on the found and the formed with OKO OLO.

Melbourne Design Fair shows collectible Australian design at its best

Melbourne Design Fair shows collectible Australian design at its best

The second Melbourne Design Fair presented a vibrant tableau of modern Australian design. The fair balanced aesthetic allure and thoughtful discussion by showcasing a dynamic array of contemporary and collectible designs.

Tune in for these 5 talks with Indesign’s team at Melbourne Design Week

Tune in for these 5 talks with Indesign’s team at Melbourne Design Week

Melbourne Design Week kicks off this week. We’re thrilled to be involved – come down and say hi as the team moderates 5 exciting panel discussions.

Design the world you want, with Melbourne Design Week

Design the world you want, with Melbourne Design Week

The 2023 program for Melbourne Design Week is now live online, and it’s taking over the city, as well as the state. Here’s a taste of what’s to come.

Reconciliation through architecture: a discussion

Reconciliation through architecture: a discussion

Indigenous-settler reconciliation is not just an intention, or even an outcome, writes Nicky Lobo. It’s an ongoing creative process that will challenge, reveal and ultimately transform relationships.

News from the editor’s desk

News from the editor’s desk

Entries for the INDE.Awards close this Thursday, 31 March. Our Indesign editorial lead, Alice Blackwood, gives you the big deadlines and regales you with highlights of the past fortnight in design.

Canberra designer Ashley Eriksmoen wins Australian Furniture Design Award

Canberra designer Ashley Eriksmoen wins Australian Furniture Design Award

2022’s Australian Furniture Design Award goes to Ashley Eriksmoen, for her entry ‘The Dream, or: the view from here is both bleak and resplendent.’

Australia’s first design fair reveals just how collectible Australian design is

Australia’s first design fair reveals just how collectible Australian design is

Melbourne Design Fair opened last Wednesday and it’s an event not to be missed. We give you a run-down on what you can see – and collect, too.

Melbourne Design Fair to fill a key gap in local market

Melbourne Design Fair to fill a key gap in local market

An initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria in collaboration with the Melbourne Art Foundation, the inaugural Melbourne Design Fair runs from 16 – 20 March.