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Vicky Wang of WATG discusses the needs of the hospitality industry
The Managing Director, Asia Pacific of WATG and Wimberly Interiors on contextual design and her convivial leadership approach.
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Wilma Wu advocates for better recognition of the value of good design
A protégé of the late-Jaya Ibrahim, Wilma Wu discusses designing with a sense of history, her open leadership style and industry practices.
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<strong>Liza Morales: Building better for her children</strong>
Female architect Liza Morales cut her teeth in a male-dominated industry at The Big Apple before returning back home to The Philippines decades later to start Ecotecture Design Studio.
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Simone LeAmon’s and Ewan McEoin’s aspirations for Australian design
Securing and now celebrating Australian design’s place in the world are design curators, Simone LeAmon and Ewan McEoin.
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Ilse Crawford: From magazine editor to multidisciplinary designer
British design icon Ilse Crawford wants to reshape the world to be a better place – and believes design is our most powerful means to do so.
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Cheshire Architects talks of its journey
Cheshire Architects has forged a name for itself across New Zealand, Australia and abroad, with adventurous clientele who are keen to be taken on a journey.
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Cream Pie: From side hustle to a multidisciplinary design studio
Stephanie Er of Cream Pie discusses human-centric design and the purposeful engagement of materials and space.
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Mark Landini and his ‘blindfold test’ design approach
From flying around the clock, to traversing time zones from home. With severe limitations on international travel, Landini Associates has had to adapt its modus operandi. The process has been illuminating, reports Stephen Crafti.
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OBJKT Studio on culture, craft and nurturing its life-long design vision
Launched in 2020, OBJKT Studio is driven by a continuous quest for new perspectives and insights and an undying passion for discovering complex, innovative methods that fuse design traditions of the past, present and future.
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Richard Archer on balance, form and the human endeavour
Behind every great design is a considered philosophy. For Richard Archer, he believes in creating harmonic environments that inspire creativity.
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How four people are making sustainable change
There’s no time like now to celebrate the nation’s best advocates and aficionados of sustainable design. We take a look at the winners of the Sustainability Awards 2021 – and everything they’re doing to champion change in the industry.
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FARMACY: FARM’s groundbreaking research and experience design arm
With FARMACY, FARM uses deep research, community conversation, and engagement with subject matter experts to chart a way through the complexities of creative projects today.
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Tan Wei Xiang combats isolation with his creation for Discovered
Designer Tan Wei Xiang shares his creative journey in conceptualising his piece for Discovered, a platform created by Wallpaper* and American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) to support design’s next generation.
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Siren Design’s human-centric approach in workspaces
Siren Design’s progressive and unequivocally cool workspaces are grounded by a belief in designing for community and context. It is all the more relevant in our isolating pandemic circumstances, asserts its Singapore managing director Penny Sloane.
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FARMACY: FARM’s research and experience design arm
With FARMACY, FARM uses deep research, community conversation, and engagement with subject matter experts to chart a way through the complexities of creative projects today.
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SHAU improves social well-being through architecture and urban design
Daliana Suryawinata and Florian Heinzelmann of SHAU are dogged idealists when it comes to the transformative power of architecture and urban design. Projects like their series of microlibraries show how social improvements can come one architectural experiment at a time.
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COLOURS works with people to rethink public realms for positive impact
Design consultancy COLOURS tears down the architecture and public space silos to create meaningful places for people and the environment.
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Patricia Urquiola sheds light on design’s direction
As we teeter on the edge of rapid and volatile change, we look to one of the global industry’s leading lights for insight and direction.
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Remembering Art Gensler: 3 impressive projects to mark his demise
Foremost architect Art Gensler died at the age of 85, leaving a great legacy for his eponymous firm and the industry.
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Serie Architects on creating architecture that’s sensitive to urban and cultural context
Serie Architects’ founding principal Christopher Lee has single-mindedly designed with utmost consideration of the city and the cultural and societal norms that come along with it. The resulting works are thoughtful contributions to the cities they inhabit.
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Meet Formafantasma: Shape Shifters in Design
Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi, the Italian design duo who comprise Formafantasma, have been challenging notions of what design can be for over a decade.