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Ideas
HDR predicts seven megatrends to shape Australian architecture and design in 2026
In the New Year, architecture will be defined by its ability to orchestrate relationships between inside and outside, public and private, humans and ecology, and data and intuition.

Workplace
The changing workplace and why it demands good design
With Steelcase having reopened its refreshed WorkLife Showroom in Singapore this year, we spoke to Navedita Shergill about some key workplace macro shifts identified in their research.

Ideas
Technology, AI and more with Gensler’s Robbie Robertson
The Asia Pacific and Middle East regional leader for Gensler’s Digital Experience Design (DXD) practice discusses technology, AI, Scotland and the meaning of human-centred design in this episode of Stories Indesign.

People
Creating the spatial economy: James Calder’s latest venture
James Calder is renowned as a maverick in the world of workplace design and now with his new practice, Placing, he is set to shake up the establishment and carve a new path forward in how and where we work.

Events
Stories Indesign with digital creator, Paul Milinski
In this episode of Stories Indesign podcast, Timothy Alouani-Roby speaks to the Melbourne-based creative who is working with some of the world’s top luxury brands.

Ideas
Robert Puksand comment: Have you ever wondered why you design the way you do?
In this opinion piece, the founder of Gray Puksand reflects on past influences as well as the trends and technologies influencing today’s designers.

Ideas
How consumer habits are influencing the blend of physical and digital in design
The designers of physical retail and hospitality experiences are well aware that the digital presence of a project has rapidly grown in importance. With this evolution has come almost an entirely new understanding of how the physical and digital interact.

Events
The tool that can change the way architects work from home
A new tool developed from a UNSW associate professor and Cox Architecture is helping the Architecture industry move work to the digital world

News
The tool that can change the way architects work from home
A new tool developed from a UNSW associate professor and Cox Architecture is helping the Architecture industry move work to the digital world

Ideas
Trapped in your home? National Gallery of Victoria has opened a virtual collection
The Corona virus may have us quarantined, but you can still be a patron of the arts thanks to the NGV virtual collection.

People
UNStudio’s Caroline Bos on the relevance of technology for architecture
UNStudio is a global practice with a strong foothold in Asia. Caroline Bos, founding partner of the studio, was recently in Melbourne to present a proposal for Southbank by Beulah and opened up about changing technology and the changing gender gap in architecture and design.

Project
Collectible architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio
Wouldn’t mind having a work by UNStudio in your backyard? Filipino prefab company Revolution Precrafted has released a digitally developed, hand-woven pavilion designed by Ben van Berkel.

Events
Everything Design Professionals Need To Get In FRONT In The Tech Age
The conversation about technology in commercial and hospitality spaces is only just getting started. Here are the key terms you need to get involved with this critical point in design history.

Ideas
Everything design professionals need to get in FRONT in the Tech Age
The conversation about technology in commercial and hospitality spaces is only just getting started. Here are the key terms you need to get involved with this critical point in design history.

Ideas
Art, science and digital fabrication with UNStudio
UNStudio is known as an innovator of digital technology with architecture. A recently completed shopping mall in Shanghai by the Dutch studio, Lane 189, offers an opportunity to explore formal complexity and a deep integration of façade and interior space – all inspired by art and science.

Events
A Prize For the Love of the Drawing
When was the last time you drew with a pencil rather than a mouse? The World Architecture Festival has announced that a hand-drawn and digitally conceived hybrid has won its inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize.

Events
Cubes Issue 87: Design is Digital
How are digital techniques affecting the practice and outcomes of design? Cubes Aug/Sept finds out.

Articles
AIS – Architectural Information Services
AIS enables architecture, design and building firms to manage product information and stay abreast of latest developments