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“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
Behind the brand with Singapore-based Liz Teh
The Director of Space Design for Haworth International for Asia and Europe tells us all about her global design journey.
Workplace
Highlights from ORGATEC 2024
The reimagined format of ORGATEC for 2024 has reinvigorated the world’s leading trade fair for workplace design, resulting in the most successful edition to date. Read on to discover highlights and new trends from ORGATEC 2024.
Events
Saturday Indesign is less than one week away – here’s what you need to know
Make sure you’re there for the year’s best day of design.
News
Win over $35,000 worth of prizes at Saturday Indesign with the all new Design Passport
Win big at design’s most loved event and take your favourite brands home with you
Events
Some of Australia’s best showrooms are opening for Saturday Indesign
Start planning your Saturday Indesign experience for 2024.
Events
Saturday Indesign is back and registrations are officially open!
Confirm your attendance with your free ticket today
Furniture
Seating designed for everyone
In collaboration with Sydney artist Bella Rose, Haworth’s reimagining of its classic Zody chairs are a celebration of inclusivity, diversity and self-expression.
Project
Designing with Integrity: A look inside Milliken’s collaboration with Gumbaynggirr Artist, Brentyn Lugnan
This collection of six carpets shows how authenticity and integrity can create a positive impact.
Ideas
The latest ‘Whole Of Lifecycle Furniture’ initiatives: In review
In Australia alone, 6.4 per cent of all waste generated comes from furniture and furnishings. In this article, we review today’s most impactful Whole Of Lifecycle Furniture practices.
Articles
Reimagining the third space with Haworth
Haworth turns public areas into beautiful spaces that foster social connection and creativity with thoughtfully-implemented furniture solutions.
Articles
Enter Haworth’s world to create your own
Transcending the boundaries of the physical world, the global furniture manufacturer’s Virtual Showroom takes clients and designers on a journey through the ‘ideal workspace’.
News
Calling all architects and designers to Dance For LIFE, 2022!
No thanks to Covid-19, the Australian architecture and design industry’s biggest mental-health fundraising event has had a hiatus. But it’s time to dust off your dancing shoes and pull your costumes out of storage, because Dance For Life is back!
Events
Why we are so obsessed with this acoustic panel collection
As objects fill the places in our lives, those that contribute both beauty and afford wellbeing are to be given due recognition.
Ideas
Catch every INDE.Summit insight you missed, now on demand
Did you miss out on the industry’s most anticipated regional architecture and design conference? Fear not – the full programme is now live on demand!
Project
And the well deserved 2021 INDE.Awards wins go to…
The 2021 INDE.Awards winners have been announced, and each is a testament to the design excellence of the Indo-Pacific!
Events
The 2021 INDE.Awards Winners are here!
The 2021 INDE.Awards winners have been announced, and each is a testament to the design excellence of the Indo-Pacific!
Events
Discover architecture’s best for 2021 at this year’s INDE.Awards
You’re invited to our annual celebration of Indo-Pacific architecture and design! Find out more about this year’s INDE.Awards here.
Products
Objects of Desire
Welcome to the shortlist of The Object, where the ubiquitous becomes impressive, the luxurious is desired and clean, and pared back minimalism highlights function and form.
Events
2021 INDE.Awards: The Object Shortlist
Welcome to the shortlist of The Object, where the ubiquitous becomes impressive, the luxurious is desired and clean, and pared back minimalism highlights function and form.
Project
The INDE.Awards 2021 shortlist has delivered the goods
Granting a moment of sweet relief from the months’ of anticipation building around this year’s INDE.Awards, the 2021 INDE.Awards shortlist has been announced.
People
Patricia Urquiola sheds light on design’s direction
As we teeter on the edge of rapid and volatile change, we look to one of the global industry’s leading lights for insight and direction.
Articles
Have you heard the news about Stylecraft x Haworth?
Stylecraft x Haworth are entering into a long-term partnership in Australia, effective 1st July, 2021 to better serve corporate clients and design firms across Australia.
Ideas
What sort of advancement, value and growth do we really need in the world?
Consisting of four CPD accredited discussions, the inaugural INDE.Summit is to be held on 5 August 2021 and will cast a discerning light over the notion of civil ‘development’.
News
Celebrating the INDE.Awards 2020, better late than never
Rainy Sydney played host to the INDE.Awards mixer event: an opportunity for the industry to come together and celebrate a 2020 programme unlike any other.
News
INDE.Awards entries extended to April 1st!
Get your photography ready and your project details in order, because you’ve got until April 1st to enter INDE.Awards 2021!
Events
Objects of Desire
Objects shape our lives as they bring beauty and function to our existence. Every year, through the INDE.Awards, we are privileged to showcase new iterations of objects that vie for the title of icons of the future. Great design is timeless and within The Object category there is the opportunity to present object design at its very best.
Project
Untitled project
With this year well and truly underway the INDE.Awards 2021 are open for entries — this is your time to shine!
News
Could colour be the antidote to save 2021?
On Wednesday 23 September {small} bytes of happiness in conjunction with Wattyl will present the Wattyl 2021 Colour Forecast – Colour Antidote.
News
{small} bytes of happiness acknowledges mental health month
The next {small} bytes of happiness session will be light and practical, presented by Krisztina Javor of ReachOut, attendees will walk away with helpful suggestions on building or rebuilding feelings of strength and resilience in challenging times.
Project
Why INDE 2020 was our Best Yet!
2020 INDE’s brought our community together from across the globe to celebrate the excellence in architecture and design from across the Indo Pacific
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The 2020 INDE.Awards Winners are here!
The 2020 INDE.Awards Winners have been announced. Discover the best in the Indo Pacific
News
Break bread with a culinary king
Homemade bread has reached unprecedented popularity in 2020 and for this next session of {small} bytes Chef Kasper Christensen will teach us this activity can be about more than passing time.
Articles
Get creative with The Bold Collective
On Wednesday 29 July, The Bold Collective and {small} bytes of happiness will host a digital arts and crafts workshop online, presented by Haworth and Milliken-Ontera.
News
Dance like nobody is watching
For the second iteration of {small} bytes of happiness, Haworth and Sydney’s Dance Central have come together for a high energy, fun loving, virtual JAZZY-CISE class.
Articles
Future Proofing with HAWORTH
As a supporter of the 2020 INDE.Awards and sponsor of The Object category, Haworth understands the importance of products and their role in creating inspiring spaces. Collaborating with ‘object’ designers is a part of the DNA of the company and partnering with Indesign Media Asia Pacific shows a commitment to design that resonates not only with those who design but all who appreciate fine furnishings.
News
You only get out what you put in
{small} Bytes of Happiness is a bite-sized wellness series from Haworth designed to nourish and revive the mind and body.
News
“Breathtaking and exciting” – Announcing the Official Shortlist for the INDE.Awards 2020!
At last the results are here! The Official Shortlist for the INDE.Awards 2020 had been announced.
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“Breathtaking and exciting” – Announcing the Official Shortlist for the INDE.Awards 2020!
At last the results are here! The Official Shortlist for the INDE.Awards 2020 had been announced.
News
Dance For Life cancelled due to COVID-19
A huge event for the Architecture and Design community as well as an important event for raising funds for charity Reach Out has unfortunately been cancelled due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
News
Architects turned Artists
Bespoke creations by Australia’s top Architects go under the hammer for Dance For Life
News
On the Town!
From Futurespace’s famous client party to a restaurant opening and an intimate fine dining experience – here’s what’s been happening in the industry. Have you been out and about on the town?
Products
5 minutes with Tom Fereday on OMNI
Developed in collaboration with Earp Bros, OMNI is an entirely new design direction for designer Tom Fereday. We get the insights about the winner of The Object category from the 2019 INDE.Awards.
Products
5 Minutes With… Tom Fereday On OMNI
Developed in collaboration with Earp Bros, OMNI is an entirely new design direction for designer Tom Fereday. We get the insights about the winner of The Object category from the 2019 INDE.Awards.
Products
2 days, 2 floors, 60 brands and less than 2 weeks to go
FRONT.design is a two-day trade event that is your golden ticket to research the commercial design market, make new and meaningful connections and source innovative products and solutions… and do it all under one roof. Here are some useful tips and ideas on making your visit count.
Articles
Furniture, friends and fun
Created to challenge the traditional preconceptions of a conventional meeting room, BoPo by Haworth activates the space in front of the Bowery Lane café and encourages a new way of conversation.
Dissections
Microsoft Technology Centre, by Tom Mark Henry
How to make a global tech giant with a transient workforce feel at home? Find out with Sydney’s new Microsoft Technology Centre.
News
INDE.Awards 2019 Gala: Towards progressive design thinking
A night to celebrate and honour the best in architecture and design in APAC. Here’s what went down at this premier design awards…
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Who wins gold at the INDE.Awards 2019? Here are the winners
The day has arrived… the INDE.Awards 2019 Gala. The winners have been revealed in a glamorous affair at Melbourne Museum, here we showcase them all.
Events
And Here Are Your 2019 INDE.Awards Winners!
Selected by our esteemed jury from over 430 entries from 14 countries, the Winners and Honourable Mentions of the INDE.Awards 2019 represent the most progressive architecture and design in all its diversity and dynamism within the Indo-Pacific region.
Events
Proudly Presenting Your 2019 INDE.Awards Winners!
In 2019 we received not only a record-breaking number of entries, but saw some of the most exciting and progressive work that exists within our vast region. We have been energised by the raw talent of our regional design community, and humbled by the Jury’s commitment and devotion to meticulously reviewing this year’s submissions. This […]
News
Who will take home INDEs Gold?
In just under three weeks, the winners of the INDE.Awards 2019 will be announced at a grand gala event in Melbourne. Here’s the full download ahead of the big night.
News
“Innovative and awe-inducing” – Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
Events
Announcing INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist
The results are out! We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
Events
The Official Shortlist Of INDE.Awards 2019
“Innovative and awe-inducing” – We’re excited to introduce you to your INDE.Awards 2019 Official Shortlist. Read on to find out which entries made the final cut.
Events
Introducing Your 2019 INDE.Awards Partners
As the INDE.Awards continues to be a true reflection of design and architecture from the Indo-Pacific region, it is our partners – through their support – that show what the industry has to offer.
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Introducing your 2019 INDE.Awards partners
As the INDE.Awards continues to be a true reflection of design and architecture from the Asia Pacific region – it is our partners, through their support, that show what the industry has to offer.
Products
World Furniture History Lessons From 8 Brands At Salone 2019
From Bond villain’s favourite seat to timeless classics with updated and expanded finishes, here our pick of the best reissued pieces at Salone 2019.
Products
Are We Serious About Sustainable Products?
There’s a surprisingly sparse emphasis on sustainable products during the world’s biggest furniture-design week. We’ve been scouring the brand offerings in Milan for beacons of progress. Here are some we’ve found.
Events
Digital Transformation And Company Culture Were Dominant Themes At WORKTECH Singapore 2018
Clouding the workforce, open company culture, ecosystem-based business models, flex and core real estate, and work-life integration – these are some of the workplace concepts you need to know now.
Ideas
Top 5 tips for thinking like an agile designer
The desire to be an agile designer is strong in today’s busy design community, but what does this mean exactly?
Dissections
RMIT New Academic Street
The redevelopment of RMIT’s so-called ‘grey ghosts’ signals a much-anticipated final instalment in the University’s long – decades in fact – campus transformation.
Dissections
NAB Place
The National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Brisbane Headquarters, NAB Place, designed by global architecture firm, Woods Bagot, sets a new benchmark in collaborative workplace environments.
Dissections
Suncorp
Sometimes the most highly evolved designs are incomplete. When conceptualising the new Suncorp headquarters in Sydney, the interiors team at Geyer worked to the idea of ‘designing to 80%’. The result is a radical take on the oft-used idea of workplace flexibility. While the building caters to the needs of its residents in the present, it comprehensively avoids dictating what these needs will be in the future.
Dissections
Mirvac HQ
When builder/developer Mirvac decided half-way through the development process for the EY Centre at 200 George Street, Sydney to move their headquarters into six levels of the building, it was a vote of confidence in their own project.
Articles
Why is it important for brands to invest in R+D?
Our industry now understands the value of data, science, and the importance of supporting the wellbeing and health of the end-user. But what is the value of R+D to the ‘best practice’ of design?
Articles
Sit Well, Work Well, Feel Well: Meet FERN!
Wellbeing has definitely taken over the working world – with many brands now investing millions into research and development to improve our overall health. One design in particular has really taken this a step further … meet FERN!
Ideas
The Agile Insight Handbook: Technology, Trends And Choice For 2018
Vice President of Haworth International, Glen Foster, shares his insights into the changing face of the contemporary professional landscape.
Ideas
The Agile Insight Handbook: Technology, Trends, Choice and Organisational Objectives for 2018
Vice President of Haworth International, Glen Foster, shares his insights into the changing face of the contemporary professional landscape.
Articles
What Can We Do For Our Industry’s Next Generation?
With so many talented individuals and practices crowding our country’s A+D sector, how does one break through and gain global recognition? Well, it’s a matter of getting a helping hand!
Furniture
Haworth Launches The New Penumbra
The long-awaited launch of ‘Penumbra’, the winning design from Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Contest, has the A+D world enthralled!
News
Haworth Launches The New Penumbra
The long-awaited launch of ‘Penumbra’, the winning design from Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Contest, has the A+D world enthralled!
Dissections
Deloitte Perth, by Geyer
How does the world’s most influential auditing firm self-audit? Designed by Geyer, the new Deloitte Head Quarters in Perth is a stellar case study for self-analysis and designing for the (sometimes opposing) needs of many in a single space.
Dissections
Western Sydney University, by Woods Bagot
Integrated technology might be commonplace in the workplace, but in education spaces it’s still a fairly new phenomenon. At Western Sydney University, Woods Bagot’s vertical campus design raises the bar in more ways than one.
Dissections
Jemena Melbourne by Woods Bagot
In an era where technology and the ‘digerati’ rules all, we feel a strong need to make close online connections with the world at large. But how does this sense of connectivity and community translate to the physical workplace, and by extension, its design? In Jemena’s new Melbourne headquaters, seven floors and 800+ people have offered up a juicy challenge in exploring how design might create a sense of communal familiarity in a large-scale environment.
Events
A Luxe Evening With Luxxbox
Luxxbox (with partner Haworth) hosted members of the design industry for a social evening at a rooftop bar in Singapore last week.
Articles
Furniture for Conversations
If hospitality is a crucial part of the future workplace, what will be the effect on commercial furniture? Haworth’s observations indicate some emerging trends.
Ideas
Let’s Get Real About AGILE… yeah?
Why is ‘agile working’ so confusing? Why is it impossible to wrap our heads around what it means? Well … welcome to your education. Let’s get to it!
Articles
Let’s Get Real About AGILE… yeah?
Why is ‘agile working’ so confusing? Why is it impossible to wrap our heads around what it means? Well … welcome to your education. Let’s get to it!
People
10 Minutes with Josh Carmody: Haworth Great Design Winner
Indesign catches up with one of Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Winners, Josh Carmody. Here we find out about the story of design in Melbourne, Milan and Shanghai: a truly global journey.
People
10 Minutes with Josh Carmody: Haworth Great Design Winner
Indesign catches up with one of Haworth’s Celebrating Great Design Winners, Josh Carmody. Here we find out about the story of design in Melbourne, Milan and Shanghai: a truly global journey.
Products
A Place for Ideas
From simple whiteboard to multi-functional documentation hub, the mobile Wedge Thought Board from Luxxbox is the ultimate tool for recording ideas.
Articles
Mid-Century for New Times
Enduringly appealing mid-century Scandinavian design is faithfully reproduced and translated into new forms by Shanghai-based brand MatzForm, which is reaching into the contract market through its partnership with Haworth’s x Friends program.
Articles
Organic Workspaces: The Future of the Workspace
To what extent can the workplace be an evolutionary environment? Haworth sees the future of the workspace as ‘organic’ by necessity, and offers a range of capabilities to put flexibility within reach.
Articles
Products for a Playful Office
Is fun part of the future of the office? Yes, says Jason Bird of Luxxbox, who develops products for workspaces where home, work and playfulness exist together in a modern mash-up.
Articles
Your Latest Digital Resource for Specifying + Designing
Haworth has launched a new site intended to be a one-stop home for specifiers looking for the best for their projects.
Products
The Power of the Experiential Showroom
Haworth is applying a new vision for its Asia Pacific showrooms, and in the process, providing a physical representation of its ‘organic workspaces’ strategy.
Products
Finding Privacy in the Modern Workplace
The workspace is buzzing with a dedicated focus on open-plan and collaborative workplace design, but how can we achieve a piece of privacy within such a crowded and distracting space?
Project
Exchange Place
Architecture, interior design and furniture work together at the new Philips APAC Center in Singapore to support collaborative exchange in a matrix-like environment. Critical to the mix are a variety of working and collaborative settings from Haworth.
Products
The Art of Spanish Collaboration
Design icon Patricia Urquiola collaborated with Haworth and fellow Spanish design heavyweight GAN to create a series of sumptuous rugs that add a pop of personality to any workspace.
Events
Pop the Bubbly: Announcing the Winners of the Haworth Design Contest
From countless entries to a handful of finalists to one final winner, Haworth has crowned a team from Woods Bagot Melbourne the winners of the Celebrating Great Design contest.
Articles
Designing Happiness
Does a ping-pong table make for happy, engaged workers? According to new research by Haworth, there’s much more at play than that.
Events
Dining Over the Workplace
After the WORKTECH16 workspace seminars, pioneers Haworth hosted an intimate dinner for industry leaders to connect and continue their discussions about what the future brings for workplace design.
Ideas
Pop the Bubbly: Announcing the Winners of the Haworth Design Contest
From countless entries to a handful of finalists to one final winner, Haworth has crowned a team from Woods Bagot Melbourne the winners of the Celebrating Great Design contest.
Articles
Finding Privacy in the Modern Workplace
The workspace is buzzing with a dedicated focus on open-plan and collaborative workplace design, but how can we achieve a piece of privacy within such a crowded and distracting space?
Articles
From New Zealand to the World
Fletcher Vaughan, the founder of New Zealand-based commercial furniture brand Fletcher Systems, develops smart modular commercial furniture that taps into contemporary design trajectories and the ways we dwell in shared spaces.
Products
From New Zealand to the World
Fletcher Vaughan, the founder of New Zealand-based commercial furniture brand Fletcher Systems, develops smart modular commercial furniture that taps into contemporary design trajectories and the ways we dwell in shared spaces.
Products
Orgatec 2016: Editor’s Pick
Here are a few products that caught our eye in the halls of Orgatec 2016.
People
Famous Faces To Spot At Orgatec 2016
Couldn’t make it to Cologne this year? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Check out the Top 6 Famous Faces we’ve spotted at this year’s Orgatec, on the ground.
Articles
The Art of Spanish Collaboration
Design icon Patricia Urquiola collaborated with Haworth and fellow Spanish design heavyweight GAN to create a series of sumptuous rugs that add a pop of personality to any workspace.