design community

Ideas
Beyond the panel: What makes a design event worth attending?
Ahead of Saturday Indesign, architects reflect on why smaller gatherings, unexpected voices, candid discussion and meaningful follow-up can make meeting in person genuinely worthwhile.

Products
Paola Lenti makes a case for colour confidence
At dedece Sydney, Anna Lenti introduced the Chromatic Alphabet, a new design tool intended to make architects and designers less hesitant about working with colour.

Events
INDE.Awards celebrates ten years with shortlist reveal at Zenith
The design community gathered at Zenith’s Sydney showroom to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the INDE.Awards and the official unveiling of the 2026 shortlist.

Ideas
More than a showroom crawl: what Saturday Indesign means to the industry
As Saturday Indesign prepares to return to Sydney this September, architects, designers and exhibitors reflect on what has kept the event relevant for more than two decades.

Workplace
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.

Events
Four things we learned as Saturday Indesign evolves
Our recent exhibitor session showed a renewed SID moving towards hospitality, process and more meaningful showroom experiences.

Events
The Indesign Social Club opens the conversation
Hosted at Savage Design in Sydney, the first Indesign Social Club brought emerging architects and designers together for a smaller, more open conversation on participation, making and the future of practice.

Events
EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026
Adelaide Design Week returns in October 2026 with the theme every*one, inviting designers, makers, studios, collectives and creative thinkers to submit expressions of interest.

Events
Adelaide launches its first dedicated Design Week this August
Adelaide will debut its first city-wide design festival – every*where: Adelaide Design Week – from 20th to 24th August 2025.

Products
A stone centrepiece – CDK Stone’s Selection Centre is a hub for designers
CDK Stone’s new Selection Centre is crafted specifically for the design community, providing a dedicated space for architects, designers and specifiers to explore, collaborate, and take clients on an immersive journey through premium natural stone.

Events
Design’s big day out! Melbourne delivers a sun-drenched Saturday Indesign
Saturday Indesign was bursting with energy and excitement in 2023. We bring you the wrap on all the insights from this year’s design extravaganza.

Magazine
INDESIGN 90 is on sale and it’s all about City Futures
INDESIGN 90’s City Futures special issue is now on sale. Our Editor Alice Blackwood shares a few words about what it means to turn 90, and what you can expect in this issue.

Events
A spectre is haunting the workplace – the spectre of flexibility
We are all settling into a new way of working now that the pandemic is somewhat behind us. However, changes are occurring within the very structure of work itself across the architecture and design community, with flexibility, health and wellbeing taking centre stage.

News
The powers of Herman Miller and Knoll combine
Here’s what the acquisition means for both companies, stakeholders and the design community as a whole.

People
Changing perceptions: Phillip Nielsen on working in regional NSW
Our ambassadors for Saturday Indesign are at the forefront of the industry. Find out what makes them tick in our profile series. First up, Phillip Nielsen – we got to pin Phillip down before he jetted off for the 2019 Dulux Study Tour!

Ideas
The house always wins… Stephen Todd reflects on the Sydney Opera House being the “biggest billboard”
In case you missed it, Sydney’s design community rallied together to try and stop the sails of Sydney Opera House being turned into a glorified billboard…

Events
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.

News
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.