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Celebrating local with nau 2021

Cult Design’s in-house brand, nau shines a light on the beauty of locally-made design with their new 2021 collection featuring inspiring products from some of the country’s most prolific designers.

The New Black – Cult Design’s Black Friday Sale

As far as Black Friday sales go, this one with Cult Design is not to be missed with up to 20% off the best local and international design brands.

Products

We just can’t get enough of this year’s Milan Design Week

We’re back again for another showcase of our favourite moments and pieces from Milan Design Week 2021. Read on to discover a selection of some of the globe’s most remarkable designs from the past year.

Indesign

Milan Design Week 2021 with Cult: A kaleidoscope of creativity, innovation and craft

Didn’t get a chance to attend Milan Design Week this year? Jump aboard. We’re heading to the Mediterranean to see what September looked like in the Italian capital of design.

Products

Welcome, Fredericia! Cult Design unveils its new partnership

As one of the country’s most comprehensive purveyors of Danish design, Cult Design is thrilled to announce their new partnership with Danish brand Fredericia.

Indesign

This chair redefines home ergonomics and everyday wellness

Hailing from across the pond, noho’s move chair is backed by extensive research and the determination to create ergonomically outstanding home furniture.

Products

When great design brings the home office to life

In this new edition of The Indesign Edit, the founding and managing director of CULT, Richard Munao speaks about the importance of great design within the home-workplace as we take a look at the brand’s extraordinary offering of iconic furniture pieces.

Projects

No longer memories past: Woods Bagot’s Next Hotel Melbourne

Woods Bagot serves up the nostalgia of ‘now’ at Melbourne’s new Next Hotel.

Projects

The Golden lesson in designing open plan, flexible work spaces

The flexible work spaces of RMBL’s new head office, designed by Golden, have transformed the mortgage manager’s conventional practices in favour of an activity based working model.

Indesign

Cult’s environmentally conscious Considered Collection

Residing within three different credentials – sustainable materials, sustainable manufacturing or ethical production, Cult’s new range does their bit for the Earth while looking sensational.

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What not to miss during Melbourne Design Week 2021

Melbourne Design Week 2021 comprises a provocative lineup of talks, exhibitions and more, centred around the topic ‘design the world you want’. Here’s our two cents on what events are not to be missed.

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Cult joins the circular economy with sustainability initiative

In the fight for sustainability, Cult Design has announced the launch of its in-house initiative, Cultivated, which offers buy back, refurbishment and recycling services for well-loved items of authentic design.

Indesign

Six portable lamps to light up your next project

With portable lamps only growing in popularity, Indesign takes a look at six lamps that could serve as the finishes touches on your next project.

Products

Unexpected forms, dreamy landscapes and powerful tones: Inspiring design products for the new year

Get excited and find your inspiration. Here are some of our favourite and fantastical design pieces from the colour wheel and beyond to welcome another year of great design.

Indesign

The N02 Recycle Chair – Good Design, Good for the Earth

From nendo comes the Fritz Hansen N02 Recycle Chair – a new, all-purpose chair made of upcycled plastic household waste.

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Love to support local? Here are our top picks for your Super Design experience

Super Design doesn’t just look at the best of regional and global design, it also celebrates all the amazing things happening locally!

Indesign

Exclusive Discounts On GUBI Icons

For the month of November, Cult are offering a series of amazing savings opportunities on a range of iconic products from the GUBI collection in two exclusive discounts.

In Conversation with Carla Sozzani & Christian Andresen

By Cult Design

Cocktail Hour! Four Pillars Gin x Cult

By Cult Design

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Super Design is here: November 16-27

From the team that brought you Saturday Indesign, get ready to revolutionise your design world and immerse yourself in the year’s most action-packed line-up for design lovers around the globe

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We need to talk about delivering fit for purpose

The onus is on architects and designers to create places and spaces that are suitably fit for purpose, even if final say over a project’s FF&E schedule is not.

Indesign

Revamp the WFH routine with your very own ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’

Change up the daily routine! CULT’s new ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’ offers three dream setups to take your work from home experience to the next level.

Products

The Indesign Edit On Working The Workplace

Welcome to the first edition of The Indesign Edit. In this issue, we focus on commercial projects and feature three of the best that workplace design has to offer.

Projects

Not your ordinary doctor’s office

Adopting a Wellness philosophy this clinic has enlisted the help of three separate architecture firms to build a relaxing, tranquil space.

People

HAY’s Hee Welling on democratic design in the age of globalisation

In Australia to launch a new series of chairs for HAY, Hee Welling pauses to chat with us about evolution, democratic design and drawing classes.

Products

New Volumes c/o Artedmous right at home with Cult

New Volumes can now be found in Cult showrooms across Australia, making for a textbook example of perfect synergy as both brands are steadfast supporters of local designers and makers.

Indesign

The soft form and inviting comfort of the Silhouette Sofa

From Copenhagen-based design studio GamFratesi comes the Silhouette Sofa series – an inviting collection characterised by an elegant curve featured in the sofa’s back.

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Indesign In Focus: A list for learning

Modern education is changing, so too are the spaces where learning takes place. We look at some of the products that are helping to reshape this new learning landscape.

Projects

Creating places for people in the region: The Maitland Riverlink project

What does it mean to design in the region? And how does regional designing impact a place? The Maitland Riverlink project sheds more light.

King Street Coworking Space, by Kennedy Nolan

Could your office headquarters double as a collective workspace? Kennedy Nolan’s vivid reimaging of 25 King Collective for Excelon Group brings modern functionality to an historic tenancy.

Caulfield Library Refurbishment, from John Wardle Architects

What are students’ expectations of academic libraries? This is a question John Wardle Architects tackled when renovating and expanding Monash University’s Caulfield Library.

News

INDE.Awards 2019 Gala: Towards progressive design thinking

A night to celebrate and honour the best in architecture and design in APAC. Here’s what went down at this premier design awards…

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Who wins gold at the INDE.Awards 2019? Here are the winners

The day has arrived… the INDE.Awards 2019 Gala. The winners have been revealed in a glamorous affair at Melbourne Museum, here we showcase them all.

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Who will take home INDEs Gold?

In just under three weeks, the winners of the INDE.Awards 2019 will be announced at a grand gala event in Melbourne. Here’s the full download ahead of the big night.

Indesign

How the Chameleon adapts to any office

From designer Adam Goodrum and the team at NAU comes the Chameleon – a flexible and design conscious table system.

Indesign

HayShop.com.au is now live!

HayShop.com.au is the all new way to get the latest and greatest from Danish design giants HAY, thanks to the ever diligent design experts at Cult Design.

Products

Solid timber makes a comeback

Is it being fuelled by a retreat from technology, a focus on crafting, or the will to slow down and pause? Simple, robust, solid wood furniture seems to be making a comeback.

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“Innovative and awe-inducing” – Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist

The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.

Products

The Indesign Salone del Mobile chair wrap-up

Salone del Mobile Milan certainly has more on offer than just furniture. But among the installations, FuoriSalone events and everything else, chairs in particular remain a special highlight. We look at the latest releases right from Milan.

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Introducing your 2019 INDE.Awards partners

As the INDE.Awards continues to be a true reflection of design and architecture from the Asia Pacific region – it is our partners, through their support, that show what the industry has to offer.

Ideas

A new age of sustainable products as seen at Salone del Mobile

There’s a surprisingly sparse emphasis on sustainable products during the world’s biggest furniture-design week. We’ve been scouring the brand offerings in Milan for beacons of progress. Here are some we’ve found.

Indesign

Exploring the office with Poltrona Frau

Italian design house Poltrona Frau has over a century of design expertise, and thanks to Cult, this knowledge is available down under.

People

The humble beginnings of HAY

Founded in 2002, Danish brand HAY has built a global cult following – we speak with co-founder Rolf Hay about the impetus behind starting a democratic design company.

Indesign

Bodil Kjær receives a new lease on life from Carl Hansen & Son

Bodil Kjær – Danish mid-20th-century architect and professor – once designed an iconic, extensive range of furniture for both indoor and outdoor use. In 2019, this is coming back.

Products

NAU and David Jones: where a designer brand meets a retail icon

The Australian designer furniture of NAU will now be stocked by iconic Aussie retailer David Jones.

News

Here’s a taste of what’s to come at Saturday Indesign 2019

Come behind the scenes with what went down at the exclusive Saturday Indesign event evenings – the who, the where and most importantly what to expect come June.

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Tick tock! One week left to enter the 2019 INDE.Awards. DEADLINE: 8 February

The excitement is mounting. The timer is getting closer and closer to D-Day. There’s only ONE WEEK LEFT to enter the 2019 INDE.Awards!

University of Adelaide, by ARM Architecture

The dynamic upgrades ARM Architecture made across two buildings at the University of Adelaide are proof that creating effective learning environments is about more than providing practical outcomes for students.

Indesign

Fritz Hansen N01 – a modern chair for the modern home

N01, by Japanese studio Nendo for Fritz Hansen, is a modern chair for the design and quality-conscious home, now available from Cult.

Indesign

Christian Flindt sculpts soft wall illumination for Louis Poulsen with Flindt Wall

After redefining the beauty and effectiveness of bollard lighting with Flindt Bollard, Christian Flindt has renewed indoor and outdoor wall lighting with the softly illuminating Flindt Wall.

Products

Six decades of Poul Henningsen Classics

2018 marks 60 years since Danish designer Poul Henningsen gave the world the iconic PH 5, PH Artichoke, and PH Snowball lights, redefining modern illumination.

Indesign

Terrace seamlessly blends into the groove of everyday life

Introducing Terrace by Adam Cornish for nau: a collection of durable stainless steel furniture pieces, with a motif of organic lines and classic silhouettes.

Indesign

Louis Poulsen and six decades of Poul Henningsen Classics

2018 marks 60 years since Danish designer Poul Henningsen gave the world the iconic PH 5, PH Artichoke, and PH Snowball lights, redefining modern illumination.

News

The Cologne Convo: Australians take over Orgatec 2018

We came out in droves for Orgatec 2018 – the year that Australians dominated the German commercial furniture fair quite unlike ever before.

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Indesign’s Orgatec soirée

The grey skies of Cologne were not enough to dampen the spirits for an Aussie design cohort. Coming together at the Radisson Blu, our Orgatec event was the perfect backdrop for the community to share a drink and swap stories.

Indesign

Cult’s Nanimarquina rugs

Established by Nani in 1987, family-owned nanimarquina is driven by a creative background and a very clear goal: to design unique and surprising rugs for people to fall in love with.

Indesign

Nanimarquina – Spanish pioneers in rug design

Established by Nani in 1987, family-owned nanimarquina is driven by a creative background and a very clear goal: to design unique and surprising rugs for people to fall in love with.

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Cult Design Asia welcomes Tait

Cult Design Asia has announced a new partnership with outdoor Australian furniture brand Tait. The complete Tait outdoor collection will now be available in Singapore and surrounding South East Asian regions through exclusive distribution by Cult Design Asia.

Salamanca

The new Parliament Square development symbolises the current rejuvenation of Hobart and the Salamanca Building is the key.

Red Energy Melbourne

Pavilions, hubs, neighbourhoods, precincts and the like are fast becoming a popular staple in the agile workplace diet – but why? In their latest project for Red Energy Melbourne, iconic studio Carr sees the significance of these spaces as allowing users to claw back some personal ownership of their working environment.

Mercedes Me Melbourne

When is a showroom not a showroom? Whenever Mercedes-Benz launches a new Me Store. Mercedes Me Melbourne inhabits a shell by Woods Bagot, as part of the Rialto Towers street level refurbishment.

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A celebration of women in construction at the 2018 NAWIC Awards for Excellence

A look at the 2018 NAWIC Awards for Excellence proves that there is plenty of innovation and inspirational leadership being done by women in construction.

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INDE.Awards 2018 Gala: The night that brought APAC A&D together

‘Community’ was the dominant theme at the INDE.Awards 2018 Gala in Singapore. It was a celebration of outstanding design, architecture, material and culture as well as an opportunity to knit together a stronger fabric for our regional industry.

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Approaching ‘future architecture’: The best buildings of Asia Pacific in 2018

The Building award is granted to a project that facilitates architecture of the future and its ability to respond to place-specific, cultural needs.

Products

It’s made of material waste but it’s been declared the best design object of 2018

What makes a design object an instant icon? So asked our INDE.Awards jury, and they’ve found one that stands above the rest. It’s not what you think!

People

Who came out on top? Presenting your INDE.Awards Winners for 2018

The wait is over! Couldn’t make it to INDE.Awards Gala on 22 June in Singapore? Don’t fret! Here are your official 2018 winners …

Indesign

Select your favourites from Louis Poulsen and other Danish design brands via AR

Augmented reality is transforming the way we consume design. With new AR apps such as Danish Design AR, leading brands including Louis Poulsen are smartly empowering consumers with a personalised product experience.

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What makes Good Design?

Last week saw hundreds of products across a wide range of categories awarded in the annual Good Design Awards. Here we highlight the projects and products that remain close to our heart – architecture, interiors and furniture.

Indesign

60 years of iconic design with Fritz Hansen

Showcasing elegance and the beauty of ageing, Fritz Hansen releases a special update to the classics in honour of turning 60.

Indesign

True to intent: Louis Poulsen brings Verner Panton’s 1971 vision to reality

It’s been nearly 50 years in the making, but Verner Panton’s original fully metallised vision for the Panthella lamp is now a reality. Louis Poulsen presents Panthella MINI Chrome.

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A look back: INDE.Awards 2017 winners and themes

Your INDE.Awards Official Shortlist for 2018 is about to be announced. We cast our eyes back to the successful entries of 2017. What new directions will 2018 bring?

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Announcing… Your official INDE.Awards 2018 shortlist

Over 400 incredibly diverse projects, people, products and ideas from all over Asia Pacific were submitted for the 2018 INDE.Awards and our esteemed jury have made their selections. And here are the nominees…

Products

Konstantin Grcic domesticates industry for Magis

Following his cast iron Brut collection for Magis, this year Konstantin Grcic translates industrial steel cabinet production to new uses. We spoke at the Magis stand at the Salone del Mobile.

People

5 minutes with Oki Sato in Milan

Oki Sato of Nendo needs no introduction. He has achieved cult status among designers and design-lovers alike, with a prolific output of products that range from cheesecake to robots, furniture items and more.

People

5 mins with Daniel Heckscher of Note Design Studio

We talk design strategy and a multidisciplinary approach with Daniel Hecksher of Swedish collective Note Design Studio during the Salone del Mobile Milan.

NAB Place

The National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Brisbane Headquarters, NAB Place, designed by global architecture firm, Woods Bagot, sets a new benchmark in collaborative workplace environments.

Suncorp

Sometimes the most highly evolved designs are incomplete. When conceptualising the new Suncorp headquarters in Sydney, the interiors team at Geyer worked to the idea of ‘designing to 80%’. The result is a radical take on the oft-used idea of workplace flexibility. While the building caters to the needs of its residents in the present, it comprehensively avoids dictating what these needs will be in the future.

Mirvac HQ

When builder/developer Mirvac decided half-way through the development process for the EY Centre at 200 George Street, Sydney to move their headquarters into six levels of the building, it was a vote of confidence in their own project.

Indesign

The experience of light with Louis Poulsen

Louis Poulsen’s displays at the Light + Building fair in Germany, designed by Henning Larsen, went far beyond the visual by offering a rhythmic experience of light and an ideal representation of the brand’s DNA.

People

Indesign Luminary: Adam Goodrum

Collaborations with iconic brands and recognition by international museums have confirmed Adam Goodrum’s reputation as a truly world-class designer.

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Celebrating 20 years of design with Cult

Two decades of great design is something to truly celebrate, so for their 20-year anniversary, the design experts at Cult have expanded their Sydney showroom, and partied in style.

TVNZ Television Centre

With all this buzz around ‘human focused’ design, architects and designers are having to think far more creatively around how to best integrate ‘responsiveness’ into workplaces – especially if your client is a rapid live news outlet. For New Zealand firm Warren and Mahoney, the design of Television New Zealand’s new Auckland headquarters was driven by their interest in the ‘power of people’ and the translation of their collective behaviours into the built form.

Willinga Park Equestrian Centre by Cox Architecture & Sally Heiatt Interiors

Place-specific design is so very de rigueur. But beyond the obvious, how is place-driven design being strategically integrated across both macro and micro aspect of a mega development? This was Terry Snow’s objective for his best-in-class Willinga Park Equestrian Centre – and Cox Architecture have delivered.

Jackalope Hotel Mornington Peninsula by Carr

Luxury used to mean the consumption of precious objects and items. Then it became the consumption of exclusive services. Now, it’s all about “transformative experiences” – this is luxury 3.0. And Carr is pioneering this outrageous new archetype with one of 2017’s most Instagrammed projects.

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Design as Culture: A Limited-Edition Classic From Louis Poulsen

What do classic designs bring to our lives? A special collectors’ edition of the PH 3½-3 lamp shows the cultural value of design quality, relevance and human resonance.

News

A Taste of Danish Design: Cult x Vipp

Cult welcomed guests in both Sydney and Melbourne to announce the launch of Danish design brand Vipp is Australia.

Indesign

Louis Poulsen’s Doo-Wop: An Enduring Spin On Craft

The same humanistic design formula that first got Doo-Wop noticed in the ’50s comes through like never before in the latest brass, copper and stainless steel versions of the pendant.

Indesign

The Timeless Charm Of Louis Poulsen Lights

You’d be hard-pressed to find a designer or design enthusiast who hasn’t heard of Louis Poulsen – and with good reason! There are many explanations for their notoriety, including: imagination, experimentation and leadership.

Chifley Plaza Sydney by SJB

The shopping mall is making a comeback – but not in the way you might expect. SJB reimagines the retail experience at Sydney’s iconic Chifley Plaza through a clever pairing of Manhattan Art Deco nostalgia and a design strategy that appeals to our hearts and our feet.

Collins Square Events Centre by Carr Design Group

Carr Design Group combines corporate, residential and hospitality design principles for a diverse and flexible function space at the Collins Square Events Centre. Have they created the ultimate new design typology for next-gen hospitality? We think yes…

Gilbert + Tobin Barangaroo by Woods Bagot

Design that reflects its local environment is a huge focus for practising architects and designers, and Sydney’s Barangaroo development is a hotbed for this kind of thinking. Gilbert + Tobin’s new Barangaroo workplace, designed by Woods Bagot, draws inspiration from the rich history and landscape of the site, while nestling nicely into Sydney’s new commercial identity.

Russell McVeagh Auckland by Warren and Mahoney

The legal sector has traditionally adhered to a strict workplace hierarchy, with senior staff allotted a private office and entry-level employees assigned to the ‘open-plan’. Designed by Warren and Mahoney, the new head office for New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh, challenges the antiquated workplace approach with a daring, material-rich agile strategy.

PwC Melbourne by Futurespace

The old-school ‘client showroom’ is in desperate need of a shake-up – but where to start? Designed by Futurespace, PwC’s new Melbourne headquaters is purpose-built to break down traditional barriers between staff and clients. The results are extraordinary.

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Celebrating the Launch of Nau

Last week saw Cult celebrating 20 years of serving the Australian design community in launching Nau – a contemporary design brand from Australia’s most curious and spirited designers…

Products

You’re Prayers Have Been Answered – Melbourne Is Getting A HAY Pop-up

The much-loved Danish design brand is popping up in Melbourne for a limited time, with the HAY Accessories Market in Carlton.

People

Who Won At The Inaugural INDE.Awards?

On Friday 30th June, we announced winners of the very first INDE.Awards program. Couldn’t make it? Don’t stress! Here are your offIcial 2017 winners…

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Meet Your INDE Nominees – The Building

We’re unveiling the INDE shortlist! It’s time to meet your nominees for The Building award, Sponsored by Cult.

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How Does Architecture Affect our Psychological Wellbeing?

What is A+D’s role in our emotional wellbeing? To create buildings that lift and inspire us on a daily basis through colour, light and form.

People

Live On The Ground At ICFF NYC With Cult’s New Aussie Brand NAU

ICFF (The International Contemporary Furniture Fair), now in its 29th year, is a vast but tightly edited showcase of some of the world’s most aspirational residential and contract products in New York City. We visited the Cult stand, the furniture and lighting company, which leveraged ICFF to launch NAU – their new in-house Australian collection.

University of Melbourne Arts West by ARM Architecture & Architectus

What is ‘salon learning’ and how is design responding to this new educational format? Arts West, Melbourne Univeristy’s riotous new Arts Faculty by ARM Architecture and Architectus, reimagines on-campus learning via the philosophy of object-based learning.