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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.
Articles
Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen on finding the sweet spot with Herman Miller’s Sayl Chair
In the second instalment of our performance seating three-parter, we turn to DKO’s Michael Drescher and Jacob Olsen to peek behind Sayl’s confident architectural form and explore the ideas of inclusivity, adaptability and freedom to move as hallmarks of what sitting your best actually means.
Articles
Dale O’Brien on sitting easy with Herman Miller’s Verus Chair
In the first instalment of our three-part series exploring what it means to sit your best, we pose the question to Gray Puksand’s Dale O’Brien, who discusses the importance of ease and majority rule when it comes to sitting and reveals why specifying a task chair is not unlike choosing a Volvo.
Events
What is the role of design in a world in crisis?
At the World Design Congress in London, a simple idea threaded through two dense days: design is not an island. It moves inside wider systems of economics, policy, finance and ecology.
Ideas
Prototyping the workplace with Unispace
“Move fast and break things.” It’s a mantra that has defined Silicon Valley and the Zuckerberg-age of technology development. But can the same methodology be applied to workplace design? Unispace thinks so, at least in part.
Ideas
Quantifying human-centered design: Cliff Ho from The Commons
Cliff Ho, CEO and co-founder of co-working group The Commons, pens a think piece that looks at the world of design thinking and how designers can use their talents for better design outcomes.
People
What can design learn from gelato? Molonglo Group’s Nectar Efkarpidis elaborates
Eloquent and intensely creative, Nectar Efkarpidis talks about the experience and process required to make unconventional and non-linear design projects. Ice cream included.
People
5 minutes with Airbnb’s head of design
Head designer of Airbnb Alex Schleifer talks designing for trust and the ingenuity of Airbnb hosts.
Ideas
A first-class welcome: Designing client experiences
Coming straight out of the latest issue of Indesign is a story that sets the tone for the magazine, and it’s all about the shifts in workplaces. Futurespace’s Angela Ferguson and international design icon Tim Kobe open our world up to new possibility.
Ideas
Where to for Design Thinking in 2018?
With the New Year well and truly upon us, we’ve put together the top 5 ways we want to see design thinking evolve in the coming 12 months.
People
Five Mins With… Nest Architecture’s Emilio Fuscaldo
Sure, making grand architectural statements is great, but for Nest Architecture’s Emilio Fuscaldo the transformative power of design lies in small gestures that come from asking revealing questions.
Project
Masters Of Next-Gen Retail: Telstra Discovery Melbourne by Geyer
What is the value of transparency in the process of design? Does the market care? Do our clients? Is it important in defining what our industry can do, or is it just about recognition from our peers?
People
Who Is Domenic Alvaro?
Architect and director of Woods Bagot’s global design studio, Domenic Alvaro is one of the industry’s most original thinkers. Working across every imaginable sector the world over, Alvaro’s design philosophy is simple: agitate traditional typologies.
Ideas
Why Design Needs A Narrative: The Power of Storytelling
The power of storytelling is integral to all creative pursuits and never, in our identity crisis post-digital age, has the need for storytelling been more central to the world of A+D. But how exactly can the concept of the design narrative be used effectively, and why is it so important?