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“Proud of our people”: Plus turns 25

“Proud of our people”: Plus turns 25

As Plus Architecture celebrates a major business milestone, director Ian Briggs offers insight into how Plus has bolstered its business growth.

SHAU improves social well-being through architecture and urban design

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.

Where Are They Now? Launch Pad Asia 2015 Winner Aaron Lim

Where Are They Now? Launch Pad Asia 2015 Winner Aaron Lim

In 2015, designer Aaron Lim was a Launch Pad Asia winner with his lamp Mirage, which casts watery patterns onto surfaces. Judge David Chiu admired how it both served a function and conveyed an emotion. We tracked down Aaron to see what he’s been up to since and discovered he’s still designing for emotion.

In Real Time

In Real Time

Dutch-designer Maarten Baas has expanded his Real Time series to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Sruli Recht, A Little Controversial

Sruli Recht, A Little Controversial

Icelandic-Australian designer Sruli Recht has been arrested, fashioned a ring from his own skin and created a jacket from the skin of a stillborn lamb – but he doesn’t believe he’s intentionally controversial.

In Profile: BassamFellows

In Profile: BassamFellows

Life beyond the Tractor Stool. We check in with Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows.

In Profile: Sean Dix – IDL

In Profile: Sean Dix – IDL

“What’s really nice about being a designer is this idea that, theoretically, you should be able to design anything.”