Architecture and Design

Products
Paola Lenti makes a case for colour confidence
At dedece Sydney, Anna Lenti introduced the Chromatic Alphabet, a new design tool intended to make architects and designers less hesitant about working with colour.

People
The Photographers: Tanika Blair on light, styling and slowing down
Gold Coast-based photographer Tanika Blair brings an interior design eye to her work, capturing architecture through light, feeling and a strong sense of story.

CPD
CPD Live returns in 2026: Registrations now open
CPD Live is back for 2026, bringing four days of essential learning, inspiration, and practical insights for design and construction professionals.

News
Cosentino hosts VIP tour of The Block homes
Guests joined Cosentino for a behind-the-scenes look at The Block homes, discovering new materials and creative partnerships.

Project
Happy New Year, happy new Fish Market
With a date now set for January 2026, Sydney’s landmark project is taking shape as a significant and welcome addition to civic life in the city.

News
On the Move: Key industry and career developments in the first quarter of 2025
The first quarter of 2025 heralded a period of growth and transformation in architecture and design, with practices broadening their influence, experiencing leadership shifts and inaugurating new operations – here’s what you need to know.

News
Designing connections: How the Industry on Arthur event inspires community
This event talked to (literally) innovative design and reaffirmed Designer Rugs’ commitment to building a thriving community within the architecture and design landscape, where guests heard from the likes of the revered Anna-Carin.

News
Dance For Life is back and it is going to be wild!
Dance For Life returns, set to be the biggest yet, bringing together the design industry for a high-energy dance-off, raising funds and awareness for Australia’s leading youth mental health organisation.

Events
Crossing hemispheres with hardware
New York design studio, CIVILIAN, has teamed up with Bankston Architectural to create the new collection, Hemispheres.

Workplace
Long life, loose fit: The ‘chameleon architecture’ of 151 Toorak Road will evolve and adapt
Making a statement in South Yarra, 151 Toorak Road by Bird de la Coeur Architects is both sustainable and adaptable as a design for today and the future.

News
A creative workshop at the Opera House
The Be Like Utzon workshop, which is fittingly located at the Sydney Opera House, inspires participants to reconnoitre architectural innovation through playful design exercises.

Ideas
Atmosphere and composition: Meet photographer, Thurston Empson
In our series, The Photographers, we present those whose professional life involves photographing all manner of commercial and residential architecture and design. Today, meet Thurston Empson.

Magazine
INDESIGN 90 is on sale and it’s all about City Futures
INDESIGN 90’s City Futures special issue is now on sale. Our Editor Alice Blackwood shares a few words about what it means to turn 90, and what you can expect in this issue.

Project
The big reveal: 2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist is here!
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for, and boy does it live up to expectations! See the very best of Indo-Pacific architecture and design, with the 2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist reveal.

Project
Designing for diversity: considered details can create big impacts
Daniel Thompson believes inclusive design has an exciting and important role to play in helping shape our built environment. Here’s how.

Ideas
It’s the story that counts: How The Edit taps into what matters most
Immerse yourself in The Edit: the curated, product-led guide from Indesign that provides industry leading insights into the trending topics and design products of today.

Ideas
Community over catalogue: how The Collection redefines the way we specify
Cut out the clutter and discover the smarter way to specify. The Collection by Indesign is the industry’s gateway to the best design products all in one simple, sophisticated platform.

Events
Let the INDE.Awards 2021 begin…
With this year well and truly underway the INDE.Awards 2021 are open for entries — this is your time to shine!

News
Next week, sustainability goes back to the top of the agenda
Before this godforsaken year tapers to a close, it’s time to regroup as an industry and recalibrate our priorities. The (virtual) place to do so is at the 2020 Sustainability Summit.

People
Integration: The key ingredient of CASE-REAL
One of Japan’s leading architecture and design firms, Case-Real looks to integration as a key element across their practice, both in materials and environment.

News
INDE.Awards 2020 celebrates the Best of the Decade
Share your legacy in 2020 with the INDE.Awards’ Best of the Decade – two new era-defining accolades that honour the lasting impact of architecture and design in the Indo-Pacific.

People
“Technology, automation, globalisation” forcing massive change in workplace design
In order to design into the future, first we must look back. In considering the state of workplace, learning and hospitality design, FRONT.design Ambassador, Simone Oliver of Architectus, outlines the defining influences of our time and design’s role within that.

Ideas
How to Get Over Someone for $2.49
What if your audience got excited over you, couldn’t wait for you, shared you? We’re here to make sure that happens. You’ll never be dumbed again.

Ideas
So, You Think You Can A+D?
2017 marks the inaugural year of the INDE. AWARDS: Indesign Media’s latest offering to Asia Pacific’s A+D community. But does our industry need another award? YES. Here’s why…