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GUBI CEO joins the podcast during a visit from Europe

GUBI CEO joins the podcast during a visit from Europe

Arranged with the assistance of Cult, Marie Kristine Schmidt joins Timothy Alouani-Roby at The Commons in Sydney.

Inside the quiet beauty of Setouchi Retreat Aonagi on Shikoku

Inside the quiet beauty of Setouchi Retreat Aonagi on Shikoku

Tadao Ando’s Setouchi Retreat Aonagi conjures luxury through concrete, light, silence and a deeply immersive relationship with nature.

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

Five conversations that shaped how we thought about design in 2025

From city-making to craft, design heritage to material innovation, these standout interviews offered rare insight into the people steering architecture and design forward.

Translating design intent with Klaro’s manufacturing-led approach

Translating design intent with Klaro’s manufacturing-led approach

In an industry where design intent is often diluted by value management and procurement pressures, Klaro Industrial Design positions manufacturing as a creative ally – allowing commercial interior designers to deliver unique pieces aligned to the project’s original vision.

Designing for longevity: the product-led practice of Dirk du Toit

Designing for longevity: the product-led practice of Dirk du Toit

From furniture and homewares to lighting, Dirk du Toit’s Melbourne-based studio Dutoit is built on local manufacturing, material restraint and the belief that longevity is central to sustainable design.

Boronia Apartments delivers affordable housing in Waterloo by TURNER

Boronia Apartments delivers affordable housing in Waterloo by TURNER

Boronia Apartments in Waterloo, designed by TURNER for City West Housing, delivers 74 affordable rental homes that combine sustainable design with long-term community-focused living.

“A framework for continual transformation”: Studio Edwards creates retail apparatus with LOWF

“A framework for continual transformation”: Studio Edwards creates retail apparatus with LOWF

Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has designed Shift+Space, a modular system under the banner of ‘adaptive retail architecture’. Ben Edwards tells us more.

Welcome to the 2026 INDE.Awards – now open! 

Welcome to the 2026 INDE.Awards – now open! 

With the opening of the 2026 INDE.Awards program, now is the time to assess your projects, ensure photography is at hand and begin your submissions. 

Design tricks that make recliners and sofas the star of your living room

Design tricks that make recliners and sofas the star of your living room

Your main seating can be a stylish centrepiece, not just a functional chair.

What makes an outdoor space feel intentionally designed?

What makes an outdoor space feel intentionally designed?

It’s designed for how you live, not just for how it looks.

Shaping the next generation of creators

Shaping the next generation of creators

From the spark of an idea on the page to the launch of new pieces in a showroom is a journey every aspiring industrial and furnishing designer imagines making.

Requiem of Ruins: Multitude of Sins turns leftovers into living design

Requiem of Ruins: Multitude of Sins turns leftovers into living design

Bangalore studio Multitude of Sins elevates true leftovers — not surplus — into a richly layered workspace where waste materials become narrative, structure and sculptural expression.