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The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign

The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign

A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.

Comment: Why the most valuable workplace connections are built offline

Comment: Why the most valuable workplace connections are built offline

Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson argues that, in a hybrid era, the office is no longer justified by attendance alone.

Comment: Four design principles pushing beyond the office in 2026

Comment: Four design principles pushing beyond the office in 2026

As 2026 gathers pace, Davenport Campbell Principal Neill Johanson argues that the people-place-process nexus in workplace design just won’t cut it any longer.

Leone Lorrimer: A life in architecture, leadership and change

Leone Lorrimer: A life in architecture, leadership and change

Across four decades, Leone Lorrimer LFRAIA GAICD reshaped Australian architecture through strategic vision, global influence and fearless leadership.

The invisible workforce: Davenport Campbell on the risks and realities of remote work

The invisible workforce: Davenport Campbell on the risks and realities of remote work

Neill Johanson, Principal at Davenport Campbell, comments on what we might be losing and gaining with the expansion of remote work.

Davenport Campbell: Forget ‘future-proof,’ because your workplace is about to perceive, adapt and evolve 

Davenport Campbell: Forget ‘future-proof,’ because your workplace is about to perceive, adapt and evolve 

Davenport Campbell’s Neill Johanson shares insights from WORKTECH25 and the impact of AI on the workplace experience.

Comment: The potential of story-telling in understanding neurodiversity

Comment: The potential of story-telling in understanding neurodiversity

Davenport Campbell’s Anneke Alberto and Kathryn Marshall comment on the fallacy of averages in workplace design.

Inner beauty: The Estée Lauder Companies’ Sydney HQ is a jewel in a Brutalist building

Inner beauty: The Estée Lauder Companies’ Sydney HQ is a jewel in a Brutalist building

High up in the CBD skyline, Davenport Campbell has designed a prestigious, connected and collaborative new workplace for The Estée Lauder Companies.

The Indesign campaign that takes you behind-the-scenes with 8 industry leaders

The Indesign campaign that takes you behind-the-scenes with 8 industry leaders

Presenting Your Moment INDESIGN, an exciting creative campaign brought to you by Indesign Media and eight of Australia’s best known architects and designers. Experience the campaign and hear from these leaders of industry about the design philosophies they live and work by, and how INDESIGN fuels their daily practice.

One architect’s journey from Everest Base Camp to rebuilding education in Nepal

One architect’s journey from Everest Base Camp to rebuilding education in Nepal

Since the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, architect Neill Johanson of Davenport Campbell has been working to rebuild schools and support communities in Nepal’s remote regions. It’s a pro-bono project that has expanded from emergency efforts to a wider and longer-lasting vision.

How does architecture shape employment? The INDE.Awards’ Work Space reveals all

How does architecture shape employment? The INDE.Awards’ Work Space reveals all

What will The Work Space category of INDE.Awards reveal to us in 2022? Last year it shone a light on the changing standard of workspaces and commercial design. Here’s what past shortlisters and category partner, Herman Miller, have to share.

What’s cooking in hospitality design?

What’s cooking in hospitality design?

Indesign #85, the ‘Social Spaces’ issue is out now. Indesign Editor Alice Blackwood brings us up to speed on the retail and hospitality design topics informing this edition’s theme.