INDE.Awards 2019
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The who’s who of product design, right here right now
Scroll through the who’s who of product design in 2022. We’ve rounded up the 12 top-ranking designer products from The Object category of INDE.Awards.
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Crafting an authentic materiality in retail and hospitality spaces
The revival of retail spaces is more prominent now than ever. At a time where clouds of uncertainty loom over the future of physical retail experiences, designers are determined to redefine the way brands engage their customers through memorable and inspiring spaces. And a simplified brick offering makes this possible.
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INDE.Awards 2020 celebrates the Best of the Decade
Share your legacy in 2020 with the INDE.Awards’ Best of the Decade – two new era-defining accolades that honour the lasting impact of architecture and design in the Indo-Pacific.
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Why The ‘Third Place’ Is Revolutionising The Way We Work
According to sociologist Ray Oldenburg, “third places are public spaces on neutral ground where people can gather and interact.” We review two INDE.Award-contending projects that revolutionise the meaning of ‘collaborative engagement’ at work.
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Retail roll call: David Jones and Country Road Group HQ
Six major Australian labels, two buildings, one unified workplace… how does it work? Heidi Smith of Gray Puksand gives us the scoop on David Jones’ and Country Road Group’s stylish new Melbourne headquarters.
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Russell & George On Its Futuristic, Multi-Award-Winning Space & Time Fit-Out
The Work Space is one of the most tightly contested categories in the INDE.Awards. Which is why Russell & George’s self-designed North Melbourne studio was such a worthy winner in 2019.
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Russell & George on its futuristic, multi-award winning Space & Time fit-out
The Work Space is one of the most tightly contested categories in the INDE.Awards. Which is why Russell & George’s self-designed North Melbourne studio was such a worthy winner in 2019.
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Produce’s pursuit of discovery
For INDE.Awards 2019 The Studio winner Produce, design is inseparable from fabrication. It is not a studio built on an established category, rather it runs and thrives on the pursuit of discovery.
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Produce’s Pursuit Of Discovery
For INDE.Awards 2019 The Studio winner Produce, design is inseparable from fabrication. It is not a studio built on established category, rather it runs and thrives on the pursuit of discovery.
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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.
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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.
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Hawker Reload: The social obligation of architecture
The winner of the INDE.Awards 2019 Influencer category (partnered by Careers Indesign) exemplifies the massive impact that a socially-minded vision can have.
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A Social Space With A Message By H&P Architects
S Space in Dong Van, Vietnam, is much more than a cultural and coffee space. The winner of the INDE.Awards 2019 Social Space category (partnered by Woven Image) is also a statement about unchecked development and loss.
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Creating Places For People: Maitland Riverlink
Maitland RIverlink, by CHROFI with McGregor Coxall, shows how design can be a powerful instrument in a community. It won the INDE.Awards’ 2019 Building trophy, partnered by Cult.
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George Livissianis talks shop on the award-winning Usfin Atelier
For George Livissianis, good design is more than just aesthetics; it’s about creativity, personality and functionality. Winner of The Shopping Space category at the 2019 INDE.Awards, presented by PGH Bricks & Pavers, George shares the process behind the genderless salon of Usfin Atelier.
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Creating places for people in the region: The Maitland Riverlink project
What does it mean to design in the region? And how does regional designing impact a place? The Maitland Riverlink project sheds more light.
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Indigenous co-creation: Punmu and Parnngurr by Kaunitz Yeung Architecture
“These projects can stand on the world stage against any other kind of health project, and be successful. They aren’t Aboriginal projects; they are architecture for a specific community, that meets and exceeds the brief,” shares Kaunitz Yeung founding principal, David Kaunitz on the INDE.Award winning Punmu and Parnngurr projects.
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STUDIO WILLS Innovates In A Public Housing Typology With Project #13
With this smart and forward-looking renovation of a 30-year-old Singaporean public housing flat, STUDIO WILLS + Architects topped the INDE.Awards 2019 Living Space category, partnered by Gaggenau.
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A new cross-over typology: Project #13 by Studio Wills
With this smart and forward-looking renovation of a 30-year-old Singaporean public housing flat, STUDIO WILLS + Architects topped INDE.Awards 2019 Living Space category, partnered by Gaggenau.
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Innovating Within A HDB Typology At Project #13
With this smart and forward-looking renovation of a 30-year-old Singaporean public housing flat, STUDIO WILLS + Architects topped the INDE.Awards 2019 Living Space category, partnered by Gaggenau.
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Reinvigorating public spaces: Short Lane
Designed by Woods Bagot, Short Lane is a mixed-use apartment building that supports the creation of diverse and activated neighbourhood areas. It’s also an oasis providing people with the relief of green spaces in their apartments. No wonder, the project won the acclaimed INDE Gold in the Multi-Residential category partnered with Bosch.
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Reinvigorating Public Spaces: Short Lane
Designed by Woods Bagot, Short Lane is a mixed-use apartment building that supports the creation of diverse and activated neighbourhood areas. No wonder the project won the acclaimed INDE Gold in the Multi-Residential category partnered with Bosch.
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Creating A Village Square: Green Square Library
Tipped to become Australia’s most densely populated precinct, Sydney’s Green Square required a truly memorable gesture for its community hub. The Library and Plaza redefines the meaning of architectural literacy with its incredibly visual and graphic structures. And it also happened to snag INDE Gold in The Learning Space category, partnered with Living Edge.
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Reinventing The Gold Dot
How do the minds behind Dinosaur Designs reimagine a trophy for today’s creative industry? We chat with Stephen Ormandy to find out.
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Creating a village square: Green Square Library
Tipped to become Australia’s most densely populated precinct, Sydney’s Green Square required a truly memorable gesture for its community hub. The Library and Plaza redefines the meaning of architectural literacy with its incredibly visual and graphic structures. And it also happened to snag INDE Gold in The Learning Space category, partnered with Living Edge.
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Produce: Shaping a progressive practice
Singaporean studio Produce was recognised with the Best of the Best accolade at the INDE.Awards 2019, partnered with Zenith. We unpack the innovative and progressive spirit that earned them this ultimate regional honour.
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Reinventing the Gold Dot
How do the minds behind Dinosaur Designs reimagine a trophy for today’s creative industry? We chat with Stephen Ormandy to find out.
People
The long game: Discussing practice with Budiman Hendropurnomo
After winning the INDE.Awards Luminary People’s Choice trophy, Budiman Hendropurnomo of DCM Jakarta shared deep insight into practising in Indonesia during a special discussion at Saturday Indesign in Melbourne.
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Watch the highlights from the INDE.Awards 2019!
With a glittering affair at the Melbourne Museum, the INDE.Awards 2019 showcased some of the outstanding talent from across the Indo-Pacific region – and we caught it on film!
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Watch The Highlights From The INDE.Awards 2019!
With a glittering affair at the Melbourne Museum, the INDE.Awards 2019 showcased some of the outstanding talent from across the Indo-Pacific region – and we caught it on film!
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Why the ‘third place’ is revolutionising the way we work
According to sociologist Ray Oldenburg, “third places are public spaces on neutral ground where people can gather and interact.” We review two INDE.Award-contending projects that revolutionise the meaning of ‘collaborative engagement’ at work.
Ideas
Fostering Dialogues: Why Cult Is INDE.Awards’ Partner For The Building Category
Leading furniture purveyor Cult has been the proud partner of INDE.Awards The Building category to foster broader dialogues in design, and to witness the growth of the regional architecture community.
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INDE.Awards inaugural Editors’ Gold Mark goes to Koichi Takada for Arc
Koichi Takada Architects is best known for pushing people’s perception of architecture. Case in point: the Crown Group’s Arc, which has won the inaugural Editors’ Gold Mark award at the INDE.Awards 2019.
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Cubes 96: Consuming Encounters
What and how are we consuming in the spaces where we socialise, relax, play and shop? How are brand, experience and social interaction colliding in new ways? Cubes 96 takes a broad look at encounters of consumption.
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Cubes 96: Consuming Encounters Is Out Now!
What and how are we consuming in the spaces where we socialise, relax, play and shop? How are brand, experience and social interaction colliding in new ways? Cubes 96 takes a broad look at encounters of consumption.
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5 Minutes With… Robert Warner Of Bosch
Our urban centres hold more and more of our population. Our living environments are shifting. Multi-residential developments sit at a unique point of this state of flux. We find out from Bosch’s Robert Warner about what this means for the products in our apartments and how consumer habits are changing accordingly.
People
Joyce Wang: Great Expectations
Since founding her practice in 2011 Joyce Wang has made an international name for herself. She’s a jet-setting mother of three, but she is not interested in world design domination. Rather, her focus is on upending the status quo.
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5 minutes with Bosch’s Robert Warner
Our urban centres hold more and more of our population. Our living environments are shifting. Multi-residential developments sit at a unique point of this state of flux. We find out from Bosch’s Robert Warner about what this means for the products in our apartments and how consumer habits are changing accordingly.
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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.
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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.
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From The INDE Shortlist: Bank Of Thailand Learning Centre By Creative Crews
Balancing old and new at the Bank of Thailand Learning Centre, Thai design studio Creative Crews opens up a restricted state-owned site and turning it into a much-needed public space.
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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 […]
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Great expectations: Joyce Wang
Since founding her practice in 2011 Joyce Wang has carved out an international name for herself, establishing studios in Hong Kong and London. She’s a jet-setting mother-of-three, but she is not interested in world design domination, rather her focus is on upending the status quo.
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INDE.Awards 2019 day program announced!
The INDE.Awards Gala is sold out, and if you missed out you can still get some of the action through our INDE.Awards Day program, featuring INDE.Awards VIPs, international guests and leading lights from the Indo-Pacific’s design and architecture scene.
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From The INDE Shortlist: Oootopia, An Alternative Dwelling For Millennials
Groundwork addresses Hong Kong’s housing gap for the young and upwardly mobile with Oootopia serviced apartments.
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From The INDE Shortlist: Cloister House By Formwerkz Architects And S H MOK
In Johor Bahru, Malaysia, Formwerkz Architects and S H MOK reinterpret traditional courtyards and vernacular tropical forms with a vast cloistered home.
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From The INDE Shortlist: Z9 Resort By Dersyn Studio
Should the architecture or the site be the dominant player in a resort? At Z9 Resort in Thailand, Dersyn Studio uses built form to communicate a sense of place.
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A retail renaissance
The Shopping Space category for the INDE.Awards focuses on retail projects that exemplify design and caters to changing consumer behaviours.
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The Language Of Regionalism
What makes a project stand out in a particular region? Why does regionalism in design count in today’s world of increasing urbanisation? We explore….
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The language of regionalism
What makes a project stand out in a particular region? Why does regionalism in design count in today’s world of increasing urbanisation? We explore….
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Homegrown heroes: ACME & Co are reshaping Sydney’s hospitality scene
Two years after winning the 2017 Prodigy People’s Choice Award, 2019 INDE Awards Ambassador and co-founder of ACME & Co Vince Alafaci discusses the business of commercial design.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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Where is multi-residential design heading?
Worldwide, multi-residential buildings are designed in response to the growing population while answering the needs of a site and inspire through design. We look back at The Multi-Residential Category at the INDE.Awards for inspiration.
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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 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.
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Design’s next wunderkind. Who are they?
They’re the innovators and the trend-setters, the brave-hearts of design who are breaking with tradition to spark new directions in creative practice. The torch is burning bright for these four design studios, nominated for The Prodigy in the INDE.Awards 2019.
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Design’s Next Wunderkind. Who Are They?
They’re the innovators and the trend-setters, the brave-hearts of design who are breaking with tradition to spark new directions in creative practice. The torch is burning bright for these four design studios, nominated for The Prodigy ‘People’s Choice’ in the INDE.Awards 2019.
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Who is your design hero? It’s time to vote
They’re the leading lights of the architecture and design profession. Luminaries in their own right, these individuals’ ongoing contributions have had, and will have, a lasting impact on their community and industry at large. Here we celebrate four living design icons, nominated as The Luminary in the INDE.Awards 2019.
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Who Is Your Design Hero? It’s Time To Vote
They’re the leading lights of the architecture and design profession. Luminaries in their own right, these individuals’ ongoing contributions have had, and will have, a lasting impact on their community and industry at large. Here we celebrate four living design icons, nominated as The Luminary in the INDE.Awards 2019.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Prodigy: NITAPROW
INDE.Awards 2019 The Prodigy nominees Nita Yuvaboon and Prow Puttorngul of Bangkok-based NITAPROW chart their progress from prestigious US architecture schools to one of the region’s emerging practices to watch.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Prodigy: Studio Adjective
Hong-Kong based practice Studio Adjective sees design as a vehicle for storytelling. We look at founders Wilson Lee and Emily Ho’s trajectory as they’re nominated as a Prodigy in INDE.Awards 2019.
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Vote for your design heroes: The Luminaries and Prodigies of 2019
People’s Choice voting is now open for The Luminary and The Prodigy. These eight incredible individuals are taking our region to new and exciting places. Have your say and vote for your top Prodigy and Luminary of the year.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary: Yip Yuen Hong
Principal of Singapore architecture studio ip:li Architects Yip Yuen Hong has been selected as one of our INDE.Awards 2019 Luminaries. We retrace the growth of his contextualised and humanist point of view.
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Vote For Your Design Heroes: The Luminaries And Prodigies Of 2019
People’s Choice voting is now open for The Luminary and The Prodigy. These eight incredible individuals are taking our region to new and exciting places. Have your say and vote for your top Prodigy and Luminary of the year.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary: Rachel Neeson
Overcoming personal tragedy enabled Rachel Neeson to establish herself as one of Australia’s leading architects. We reflect on Neeson’s career having recently been announced as a 2019 INDE Luminary.
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The game changer: Rachel Neeson
Overcoming personal tragedy enabled Rachel Neeson to establish herself as one of Australia’s leading architects. We reflect on Neeson’s career having recently been announced as a 2019 INDE Luminary.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary: Jon Goulder
Jon Goulder has been a mainstay of the Australian design industry for 20 years, but it’s only now that he considers his career to be taking off. With a new gig at Snøhetta, and blossoming partnerships with the likes of Spence & Lyda and Rakumba Lighting, Goulder is establishing his own unique design language.
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The late bloomer: Jon Goulder
Jon Goulder has been a mainstay of the Australian design industry for 20 years, but it’s only now that he considers his career to be taking off. We look at the 2019 INDE Luminary nominees career trajectory.
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The storyteller: Budiman Hendropurnomo
“After you make sure that it works, then you try to make it not boring.” Indonesian architect and INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary Budiman Hendropurnomo talks about experimenting at large scale.
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INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary: Budiman Hendropurnomo
“After you make sure that it works, then you try to make it not boring.” Indonesian architect and INDE.Awards 2019 Luminary Budiman Hendropurnomo talks about experimenting at large scale.
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Exciting Results As INDE.Awards Entries Come To A Close
We’ve already been overwhelmed with the positive response to INDE.Awards 2019’s call for submission. Here we share the stats and tell you what happens next.
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Exciting results as INDE.Awards entries come to a close
We’ve already been overwhelmed with the positive response to this year’s call for submission. Here we share the stats and tell you what happens next.
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What is wellness in 2019?
The wellness revolution is well and truly upon us. But what exactly defines wellness and how is it shifting? We reflect on projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards.
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What Is Wellness In 2019?
The wellness revolution is well and truly upon us. But what exactly defines wellness and how is it shifting? We reflect on projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards.
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48 hours to go! INDE.Awards entries close this Friday
Are you ready to make your mark, boost your practice’s exposure, and have your voice heard? Enter INDE.Awards by Friday 8 February 2019.
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48 Hours To Go! INDE.Awards Entries Close This Friday
Are you ready to make your mark, boost your practice’s exposure, and have your voice heard? Enter INDE.Awards by Friday 8 February 2019.
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Tick tock! One week left to enter the 2019 INDE.Awards. DEADLINE: 8 February
The excitement is mounting. The timer is getting closer and closer to D-Day. There’s only ONE WEEK LEFT to enter the 2019 INDE.Awards!
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You Have 7 More Days To Enter INDE.Awards 2019!
Entries extended! New deadline, 8 February. It’s crunch time! The Jury is prepped, the Gala date set. The only thing remaining is to complete that award-winning entry and you have 7 more days! Read the essentials here!
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What Makes You A Design Influencer?
In the age of the social influencer, we believe it’s your design actions that define you as a game-changer. Here are three celebrated projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards that have positively impacted people’s lives.
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Designing bricks-and-mortar retail in the digital age: Hecker Guthrie’s showroom for Schiavello
Retail is in a state of flux. Schiavello’s Melbourne showroom, designed by Hecker Guthrie, brings a biophilic response with an architectural sensibility. We take a step inside the 2018 INDE.Awards shortlisted project.
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What makes you a design influencer?
In the age of the social influencer, we believe it’s your design actions that define you as a game-changer. Here are three celebrated projects from the 2018 INDE.Awards that have positively impacted people’s lives.
People
Palinda Kannangara captures the spirit of place
“The site is the generator of all our ideas,” Sri Lankan architect and INDE.Awards 2019 Ambassador Palinda Kannangara shares how architecture expresses the spirit of the place.
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5 Minutes With… Chui Lai Judy Cheung Of Cheungvogl
INDE.Awards 2019 Jury member Chui Lai Judy Cheung, co-founder of Cheungvogl (with Christoph Hoelscher Vogl), tells us about poetic pragmatism, progressive clients and what she’ll be looking for in this year’s entries.
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Entries Extended! New INDE.Awards Deadline, 8 February
Here’s the good news – we’ve extended the entry period for the INDE.Awards. You now have until Friday 8 February.
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INDE.Awards Winner Marina One and Singapore’s Evolving Garden Story
As we near the close of submissions to the 2019 INDE.Awards, we look back at one of Singapore’s most exciting high-rise projects, Marina One – winner of an Honourable Mention in The Building category of the 2018 INDEs.
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A cellar door designed to make you shop: Domaine Chandon
“An exquisite reinvention of the cellar door experience,” was the jury citation on Foolscap Studio’s 2018 INDE.Award-winning Domain Chandon.
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A futuristic library upgrade = INDE.Awards gold
As the 2019 INDE.Awards entries get ready to close, we take a look back at a colourful and futuristic library refurbishment that received an Honourable Mention for The Learning Space at the 2018 INDE.Awards.
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Studiomake’s David Schafer on the micro and the macro
INDE.Awards 2019 Ambassador David Schafer, founder of Thai practice Studiomake, talks about the studio’s distinct approach, which sees no boundary between the acts of design and construction.
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The mind-craft microcosm: Incubator spaces upclose
Where do great ideas come from? Tertiary institutions are adopting the ‘ideas incubator’ model to empower students into an entrepreneurial mindset and facilitate a dynamic cross-pollination of ideas.
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SHAU on the value of the experimental
The founders of SHAU, who won The Influencer with Microlibraries at the INDE.Awards 2018, talk about the potential of the region’s experimental architecture.
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Studiomake’s David Schafer On The Micro And The Macro
INDE.Awards 2019 Ambassador David Schafer, founder of Thai practice Studiomake, talks about the studio’s distinct approach, which sees no boundary between the acts of design and construction.
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11 reasons to Enter INDE.Awards before 29 January
We believe that exceptional design speaks for itself. That’s why we’ve curated 11 INDE.Awards categories that champion the most progressive work in the region.
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Enter Now! 11 Reasons To Enter INDE.Awards Before 29 January
We believe that exceptional design speaks for itself. That’s why we’ve curated 11 INDE.Awards categories that champion the most progressive work in the region.
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Indesign Luminary: Jon Johannsen
Jon Johannsen’s career has been about buildings and their context. He is led by the conviction that liveable communities are diverse in their demographic engagement. This is his story.
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The Edit: INDE 2018 Project Picks
At the start of the new year, the editorial team reflects on last year’s INDE.Awards, selecting some projects that deserve another round in the spotlight.
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The edit: INDE 2018 project picks
As the year comes to a close, the editorial team reflects on this year’s INDE.Awards, selecting some projects that deserve another round in the spotlight.
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An Xbox shaped building: CSIRO Canberra by BVN
CSIRO’s Synergy building entices scientists out of their labs and into open, collaborative spaces. It was an ambitious proposition from the architects, BVN, but in making the hypothetical a reality the team has created a workplace that is nothing short of award-winning having taken out The Work Space category at the 2018 INDE.Awards.