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Jia CURATED: Bigger and better in 2026
The 2026 Jia CURATED festival in Bali set exactly the right tone for community, education and inspiration over a sensational five days devoted to architecture and design, with sustainability at its heart.
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Nature Weave: Jia CURATED returns to Bali for a Southeast Asian design feast
Jia CURATED is happening once again in Bali and this extraordinary design festival is not to be missed!
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“A dialogue between advanced digital technology and traditional craftsmanship”
Southeast Asian craft traditions meet French high fashion in Thailand, as Enter Projects Asia completes Hermès with an emphasis on rattan materiality.
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Copenhagen special: 3daysofdesign roundtable podcast is here!
Claire Delmar, Eva-Marie Prineas, Jason Gibney and Anton Assaad join STORIESINDESIGN to discuss the charm of Denmark’s capital city and their takes on 3daysofdesign 2026.
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Finding quotidian design joy at Melbourne Design Week
Designed to be touched, picked up and played with, ‘New/Relic’ was a Melbourne Design Week exhibition of every fixture you’ve never thought about twice.
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3daysofdesign diaries with Jason Gibney
The Sydney-based director of Jason Gibney Design Workshop travelled to Copenhagen for this year’s Scandinavian festival of design, reflecting on what makes the event — and the city — so special.
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Ruth Allen and Nicole Lawrence bring shared material intelligence to Melbourne Design Week
At r.a.g.e Hot Glass Studio, the glass artist and furniture designer will trace the making of two sculptural wall sconces through live glassblowing, discussion and process-led collaboration.
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Jia CURATED 2026 expands its horizon with Nature Weave
From a beachfront transformation in Bali to a cross-cultural prelude in Tokyo, Southeast Asia’s leading design platform returns with renewed urgency and regional ambition.
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Melbourne Design Week 2026 expands design’s role
From robotics and Blak design to food, furniture and climate-responsive sportswear, Australia’s largest design event will return in May with more than 400 events across Melbourne.
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Australian Design Centre set to cease all operations by mid-year
After 62 years dedicated to presenting the country’s best craft and design, Australian Design Centre is set to close permanently by 30th June, 2026.
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The heritage, humanity and provenance of comfort, with KFive
KFive kicks off a year of 25th anniversary celebrations with an intimate in-conversation about ‘comfort’, at the Melbourne Art Fair.
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Inside the workshop of Simeon Dux
Designer-maker Simeon Dux creates finely crafted timber furniture with longevity, precision and heritage at its core.
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Made in Geelong: A new exhibition honours 160 years of textile innovation
At the National Wool Museum, a new exhibition traces the evolution of Godfrey Hirst and its long-standing role in shaping Geelong’s industrial and design identity.
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Adam Markowitz: Architect, maker, advocate
Architect, designer and craftsman Adam Markowitz bridges the worlds of architecture and fine furniture, blending precision, generosity and advocacy to strengthen Australia’s craft and design community.
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Dinding Design Office captures the art of watchmaking
Inside Bangkok’s Siam Paragon Mall, L’Atelier by Dinding Design Office celebrates the artistry of independent watchmaking through a space defined by light, craft and meticulous detail.
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Inside Precinct 75’s build-to-rent transformation
COX Architecture uses saturated colour and hotel-style amenity across the historic St Peters location, designed for Coronation Property.
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Lexus unveils reimagined Birdcage pavilion for Melbourne Cup Carnival
Melbourne interior designer Brahman Perera creates three-level trackside space exploring synthesis of craft and technology.
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Rattan Reimagined: Enter Projects Asia for Massimo Dutti
Crafting form and creating function with rattan, Patrick Keane and Enter Projects Asia’s latest project is proving to be a draw card for shoppers at the dynamic fashion house Massimo Dutti.
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KEEP: Forever Objects by six Australian architects
AHEC’s KEEP exhibition at Cult Sydney sees six Australian architects craft lasting furniture pieces, on view until 4th October.
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“A magic you can’t prescribe, control or manifest”: Trent Jansen’s new exhibition at Studio ALM
Trent Jansen’s first Sydney solo exhibition in years celebrates the poetry and stories that grow from collaborative making as well as the importance of co-creation.
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“Architecture is always about more than form; it is about meaning”: In conversation with Lina Ghotmeh
As French-Lebanese Architect Lina Ghotmeh prepares for lectures in Melbourne and Sydney, we hear about the philosophy shaping her internationally celebrated practice.
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Funding cuts are an existential threat to Australian Design Centre
The Australian Design Centre (ADC) is facing a crisis as core funding cuts leave NSW without a government-funded organisation dedicated to craft and design practice.
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“My model is to make what I like and hopefully other people will too”: Meet Zachary Frankel
Pairing his honed expertise with a unique design language, Zachary Frankel is shaping his own world his way.
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Ballarat’s UNESCO Creative City status drives craft renaissance and economic growth
With events such as Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway, the city of Ballarat is centring design and craft for an economic reawakening.
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The cultural value of craft: How craft communities strengthen regional identity
As a UNESCO Creative City of Craft and Folk Art, Ballarat is hosting Craft Lab and The Great Takeaway this month. Nicole Durling, Executive Director at Craft Victoria, tells us more.
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Jessie French and Aesop join forces again for Melbourne Design Week
French’s experimental materials studio, OTHER MATTER, is collaborating across multiple Aesop premises for another exploration of experimental, circular design.
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An ode to the tactility of the handmade
With craftsmanship and contemporary form at its core, Boyac and Origine present a special showcase as part of Melbourne Design Week.
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Geelong Design Week showcases a UNESCO City of Design
This November, a ten-day festival in Geelong will showcase various events, celebrating culture, craft and creative vision.
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Mud Rock Ceramics resurrects the craft of ceramic-making in Singapore
Leading by example, Michelle Lim and Seok Har Ng of Mud Rock Ceramics are on a mission to redefine the art of pottery and remind people of Singapore’s longstanding history as a dynamic ceramics production hub.
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Curious problem solver: Vipoo Srivilasa excels in “innovation, creativity and progression”
Vipoo has taken home the winning title in the biennale MAKE Award for Australian creatives. Learn who took home second prize and highly commended in what is Australia’s richest, non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia.
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Book review: Earth & Fire, the timeless fundamentals of working with clay
A new – and beautiful – book written by Kylie and Tiffany Johnson takes an in-depth look at ceramics and the work of the artist from clay to kiln. Covering a wide variety of artists, Earth & Fire also ranges from porcelain and sculpture to everyday functional pieces.
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Craft Vic captures the wild and experimental in The Chair
From the dawn of time the chair has been an integral part of furniture history. The shapes and styles are multifarious however, a chair sets the scene wherever it is positioned. And so, the backdrop is set at Craft Victoria, with an exhibition of chairs that affords a bird’s eye view of some of the many interpretations and concepts that have been developed into a chair.
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Archifest 2019 Festival Director Alan Tay On Craft And Its Marginalisation
Archifest 2019 opens tonight! We find out more from this year’s Festival Director Alan Tay on the theme ‘Craft’ and its relevance and marginalisation within the context of Singapore’s architecture.
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Naoto Fukasawa Exhibits Mingei – Another Kind Of Art
Curated by Naoto Fukasawa, an exhibition championing the unassuming everyday Japanese mingei handicrafts is currently on show at 21-21 Design Sight in Tokyo’s midtown.
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Indonesia Now By Potato Head And Bobobobo
Will you be in Bali this Saturday? Lifestyle brands Potato Head and Bobobobo will launch Indonesia Now, a one-day festival showcasing the country’s contemporary creative scene.
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The Craft of the Machinists
A new book tells the stories of the last generation of industrial craftspeople in Jalan Besar, and investigates the histories and futures of craft.
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What Happens To The MPavilions When We’re Done With Them?
MPavilion 2016 is off to Melbourne Zoo. Gifted by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation to the City of Melbourne, the handmade pavilion will provide a new communal venue for communication and connection.