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Balarinji comment: Designing with Country offers a unique opportunity for designers

Balarinji comment: Designing with Country offers a unique opportunity for designers

In this comment piece, Indigenous Creative Lead at Balarinji, Johnny Bridges, discusses designing with Country and the environment.

Hayball on inclusivity in education: A diverse range of spaces for a diverse range of students

Hayball on inclusivity in education: A diverse range of spaces for a diverse range of students

Hayball Senior Associate Laura Ulph delves into the diverse needs of contemporary education design, with additional comments from Senior Associate Kerlina Bahari and Principal Harry Nicholas.

The (slowly) evolving workplace: Hassell releases research on hybrid work

The (slowly) evolving workplace: Hassell releases research on hybrid work

New research by Hassell with Density shows North American tech offices are lagging in adapting to hybrid work, resulting in underutilised spaces.

Comment: Innovative playground design sets new benchmark for outdoor play spaces

Comment: Innovative playground design sets new benchmark for outdoor play spaces

In response to climate change, landscape architect and TCL Adelaide Director Damian Schultz shares important design evolutions for global play spaces.

Richard Francis-Jones: Whose city is it anyway?

Richard Francis-Jones: Whose city is it anyway?

Richard Francis-Jones, Design Director at fjcstudio, writes about the search for public space between the consumerism of commercial self-interest and the bureaucratic authoritarianism of the state.

Comment: The fight against mould

Comment: The fight against mould

In this comment piece, Ashburner Francis Mechanical Engineer & ESD expert, Lara Bailey, reflects on her work with Australian architecture practices and the challenges facing design teams in the wake of soaring summers.

Comment: Reimagining the Lifestyle Hotel

Comment: Reimagining the Lifestyle Hotel

In this comment piece, James Huntly – founder and creative director of AboundStudio – considers the meaning of really ‘sleeping with the brand.’

Comment: FK on designing hotels for the modern age and redefining their place within communities

Comment: FK on designing hotels for the modern age and redefining their place within communities

Angela Biddle, Principal and interior designer at multi-disciplinary international design firm FK, comments on how hotel design is evolving.

Comment: Lighting and circular economy on a finite planet

Comment: Lighting and circular economy on a finite planet

In this comment piece, Matt Marshall, Head of Lighting Design at Cundall Singapore, considers circular thinking and how to make a high impact in the right way.

Distilling modernity: In conversation with Giulio Cappellini

Distilling modernity: In conversation with Giulio Cappellini

In an exclusive interview with one of the most iconic figures on the international design scene, Cappellini’s charismatic art director talks about design that transcends time and geographical context, embraces diversity – and captures the elusive essence of our times.

Supporting First Nations artists to deliver authentic stories in urban landscapes

Supporting First Nations artists to deliver authentic stories in urban landscapes

Tilt Industrial Design Managing and Creative Director, Tim Phillips, comments on how industrial design intersects with First Nations artists.

AD-APT: Deep floorplates and adaptive reuse with Woods Bagot

AD-APT: Deep floorplates and adaptive reuse with Woods Bagot

Matt Stephenson, Principal at Woods Bagot New York, discusses a number of adaptive reuse approaches for deep floorplates.