Australian furniture designer

Khai Liew: The bespoke master

Khai Liew has literally designed an amazing life and career. He is the epitome of the quiet achiever who has reached the ultimate in his profession as an object maker and designer.

People

The things that really matter, with Melinda Huuk

The Studio* Collaborative’s Melinda Huuk sums it up perfectly when she says, we can rationalise beauty to ourselves but it “needs to be underpinned by purpose and responsibility”. She highlights the Fleur Sofa by King for its responsible manufacture – a quality that takes its beauty beyond skin-deep.

Indesign

Woods Bagot and local designers collaborate for Stylecraft

Stylecraft’s new Adelaide showroom, designed by Woods Bagot, brings a welcoming lightness to the mezzanine of 11 Waymouth Street.

People

We highly recommend you keep watching this space

Bold and unexpected, Markian has recently burst onto our local design radar. And so far, we’re remarkably impressed by what the design brand has to offer.

Products

Smart and sustainable furniture with So Watt

Sydney-based design studio, So Watt, celebrates dynamic collaboration and enhances the workplace with the Rover Team Table.

Products

Art and design come together in Luxxbox’s GOMA Chair

Brisbane-based lighting and furniture studio Luxxbox has developed the GOMA chair, designed initially for the Gallery of Modern Art Restaurant, it’s the perfect chair for long lunches and deep conversation.

Products

Truly fantastic plastic

DesignByThem’s newest collection elevates 100 per cent recycled plastic to a covetable material palette in furniture pieces that are all about colour, form and functionality.

Products

Homegrown Heroes: Australian designers to keep your eye on

Practical, stylish, and transitioning easily between spaces, Australian furniture design is imbued with healthy doses of all the things that make our nation distinct: playfulness, a hardworking attitude, a diverse range of international influences, and a comfortable humility.

People

Indesign Luminary: Caroline Casey

A meticulous and intuitive designer, Caroline Casey has a diverse range of outstanding products to her name.

People

Indesign Luminary: Helen Kontouris

One of Australia’s most successful product designers internationally, Helen Kontouris is a star whose career has taken a stellar trajectory.

Ideas

The Real vs Fake Debate

With the Productivity Commission’s final report on Intellectual Property Arrangements due to be handed to Government later this month, the discussion on copyright protection for designers has reached a crescendo.

Ideas

What’s in a name? King Furniture’s new identity

For Australian brand, King Living, which started out as King Furniture in 1977, it has been a journey of continual evolution. And while the word Furniture has simply replaced Living on the otherwise original logo, there’s a lot more to this soft rebrand story.

Australian furniture designer

Khai Liew: The bespoke master

The things that really matter, with Melinda Huuk

Woods Bagot and local designers collaborate for Stylecraft

We highly recommend you keep watching this space

Smart and sustainable furniture with So Watt

Art and design come together in Luxxbox’s GOMA Chair

Truly fantastic plastic

Homegrown Heroes: Australian designers to keep your eye on

Indesign Luminary: Caroline Casey

Indesign Luminary: Helen Kontouris

The Real vs Fake Debate

What’s in a name? King Furniture’s new identity

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