diversity

Events
“When we design for neurodiversity, we design for everyone”
The Altro Neurodiversity Forum 2025 gathered leading architects, designers, thought-leaders and advocates in March at the Manly Pacific Hotel in Sydney.

Workplace
“Design for the range, not the average”: Workplace design with Dr Nigel Oseland
The workplace strategist and environmental psychologist was in Sydney earlier this year to give a talk at Haworth on the fallacies of the ‘average’ in workplace design.

Ideas
On healthcare and inclusion with BLP’s Tracy Lord
Healthcare design expert Tracy Lord joins us on the Stories Indesign podcast to discuss her varied inspiration and the need for nuance in her sector.

Workplace
Comment: The potential of story-telling in understanding neurodiversity
Davenport Campbell’s Anneke Alberto and Kathryn Marshall comment on the fallacy of averages in workplace design.

Events
MillerKnoll and Living Edge partner with Queers in Property for uplifting panel talk
A packed audience at Living Edge was treated to an insightful panel discussion on ‘The Queer Wish List’ as part of Queers in Property NSW.

Ideas
Hayball on inclusivity in education: A diverse range of spaces for a diverse range of students
Hayball Senior Associate Laura Ulph delves into the diverse needs of contemporary education design, with additional comments from Senior Associate Kerlina Bahari and Principal Harry Nicholas.

Events
Queers in Property put on a night of celebration in Sydney with largest event yet
QIP recently held a significant event in Sydney, bringing together LGBTQI+ people across the property and construction industry.

Events
Cubes 104: Diversity & Inclusion is out now!
Cubes 104 explores the desire in creating livable cities for all, fostering equitable workplace culture, embracing cognitive inclusion in learning environments and more.

Events
PRIDE festivities continue with Architects Ball at Pleasures Playhouse
Have you ever seen such a joyous gathering of costumery, colour and diversity – in all its forms? Relive the highlights from the Architects Ball during Sydney WorldPride 2023.

Ideas
Wellness-driven cities can be an antidote to loneliness
What makes a healthy town centre in 2022? HDR director, Alex Wessling, comments on how important it is for architects to place wellness at the very centre of neighbourhood and town centre design.

Ideas
Diversity in design: Herman Miller x Cox explore Australia’s Indigenous story
Cox looks to Australia’s Indigenous story, as well as the design team’s own individual backgrounds to reinterpret the iconic Herman Miller Bubble Lamp around themes of diversity and inclusion.

Project
All manners of design align in one manor
What happens when you put twenty of San Francisco’s best interior designers in one huge old house and assign them each a room, with carté blanche?

Project
What does it really mean to “design for diversity”?
How can designers look beyond their own experiences to meet the needs of a broad spectrum of end users?