emerging designers
Events
Meet the 2026 Graduates of the Year
From dementia-inclusive urbanism and home haemodialysis to multilingual typography and regenerative biomaterials, the Design Institute of Australia’s 2026 GOTYA winners point to an emerging generation designing with care, research and social responsibility.
Products
Beyond new perspectives with Muuto
Twenty years after its founding, Muuto used 3daysofdesign to look beyond the idea of novelty and towards a more reflective future for Scandinavian design.
Events
The Indesign Social Club opens the conversation
Hosted at Savage Design in Sydney, the first Indesign Social Club brought emerging architects and designers together for a smaller, more open conversation on participation, making and the future of practice.
Events
Living small, thinking circular
Joanne Odisho has been named the 2026 Australian Furniture Design Award winner for Mod-u, a modular lighting system made from eggshell composites and bio-filament.
Events
EOIs open for Adelaide Design Week 2026
Adelaide Design Week returns in October 2026 with the theme every*one, inviting designers, makers, studios, collectives and creative thinkers to submit expressions of interest.
People
Studio Nicholas: Redefining Australia’s Interior Design Identity
With experience across fashion, styling and interiors, Nicholas Gilbert launches Studio Nicholas with a mission to elevate Australian design on the world stage — and to champion a more rigorous, professional future for the industry.
Events
The things we discussed at Saturday Indesign 2025
Curated by the Indesign editorial team and hosted at leading showrooms, the Design Discussions series provided thoughtful reflection and debate on key issues shaping the industry.
Events
5 Australian design studios to watch: The Indesign round-up
Leanne Amodeo rounds up our top 5 emerging designers and design studios – each producing projects that prove Australia really does have some of the best design talent in the world.
Events
Look at the emerging design talent AHEC has Discovered
An extraordinary group of emerging designers from around the world have been Discovered, thanks to American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and Wallpaper*.
Products
Christoph Hefti rug designs: worn by all the fashionable floors
Stepping out of Dries Van Noten’s Antwerp atelier and onto our radar, we love the expressive use of fibre and colour of Christoph Hefti’s hand-knotted rugs.
Ideas
Next gen designers turn isolation into inspiration
Wallpaper* and AHEC have teamed up with The Design Museum to launch a new project supporting and promoting the work of 20 next generation designers from 16 countries.
News
Fresh out of JamFactory and onto our radar
Soon-to-be alumni furniture associates of JamFactory, these three emerging designers/makers are destined for acclaim — but not without an official introduction.
People
Tomorrow’s Greats: Presenting the top emerging talent of Asia Pacific
Launch Pad nurtures the next generation of design talent in our region. Meet the up-and-comers that inspired us this year.
News
Mentoring the future faces of industrial design: Launch Pad 2018 live judging
Six finalists, together with an esteemed jury, all came together in Schiavello’s Sydney showroom for a morning of mentoring, followed by the live judging for Launch Pad 2018.
Project
Sleek is an understatement: Candlefox HQ by Tom Robertson Architects
Minimalism is having its day in the sun. Taking a crisp white background, punched up with strong contrasting geometries Tom Robertson, of Tom Robertson Architects, has brought a minimalist design edge to Candlefox’s workplace.
Ideas
Beyond the Prototype
We’re on the lookout to really make a difference in some emerging designers’ lives. Helping get those prototypes out into production, our Launch Pad programme is really an incredible opportunity. But how has it evolved?
Ideas
Calling All Emerging Designers!
Find Your Big Break With Launch Pad Like More Than A Decade of Winners Before You.
Articles
Settled, but still setting standards: How one company is building the next design generation
We all must lead by example, but how can you lead an industry and, thereby, lead the future? We look at how Schiavello is nurturing tomorrow’s design greats.