innovation
Workplace
From floorplate to cityscape
M Moser Associates has reimagined DuPont’s Shanghai R&D Centre as a network of connected neighbourhoods, using local references and workplace strategy to support collaboration, flexibility and future growth.
Events
“Nothing lost, everything gained”: Michael Jones returns and reflects in the Byera Hadley diaries
AJC Architects’ Michael Jones has completed his travelling research scholarship in Europe and reports back on initial findings — with much relevance for Sydney and beyond.
Project
A high-tech, future-ready extension for Mumbai’s automobile design hub
Designing for the future, SJK Architects has completed a workplace for automobile designers, Mahindra & Mahindra in Mumbai, that embraces technology but also has the all-important human touch.
News
Lights, camera, craft and action
We caught up with Abramo Manfrotto, CEO of Venetian decorative lighting brand LEUCOS, during a visit to Australia with dedece.
News
“Designers can no longer claim they don’t know the consequences”: Q&A with curator Ewan McEoin
At the NGV’s Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday, design becomes a force for repair. From algae-based vinyl to mycelium earplugs, the exhibition proves that rethinking the ordinary can reshape our collective future.
Products
Knoll’s material world: A legacy of excellence, a future of innovation
From the industry-defining impact of the humble fabric swatch to the resonant statement on relevance and innovation at this year’s Salone del Mobile, Knoll’s material excellence continues to shape the world of design. Here, we explore this extraordinary legacy and look at how it informs the brand’s contemporary expression and the future of design.
Articles
Vert: A practical solution to creating greener cities
Vert, an innovative demountable pergola designed for urban greening, is reshaping the way we think about sustainability in urban architecture.
News
Geelong Design Week showcases a UNESCO City of Design
This November, a ten-day festival in Geelong will showcase various events, celebrating culture, craft and creative vision.
Articles
The uncharted plate: Ivan Brehm’s pursuit of crossroads cooking with Gaggenau and human connection.
In this candid interview, the culinary mastermind behind Singapore’s Nouri and Appetite talks about food as an act of human connection that transcends borders and accolades, the crucial role of technology in preserving its unifying power, and finding a kindred spirit in Gaggenau’s reverence for tradition and relentless pursuit of innovation.
Ideas
Putting back better: Circularity and regeneration, not sustainability
Following a recent panel discussion during Melbourne Design Week, Collectivity Talks Founder, Genevieve Brannigan sat down with Sally Evans, Director of Graphic Design and Product Development at Nexus Designs, to interrogate the role of biofabrication.
Articles
Making waves in Australian design: Stormtech receives Good Design Award for innovation
Stormtech’s Wave Grate has been honoured with distinction at the prestigious 2023 Australian Good Design Awards. We give you the rundown.
Articles
A decade of divine inspiration
This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of Pedrali’s widest and most successful collections. This is Babila.
Events
2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist revealed for The Learning Space
The Learning Space category at the 2023 INDE.Awards exemplifies great design that supports education through best practice architecture and the shortlist this year proves the point.
Events
The Design Wall at NGV is epic, here is how Hassell designed it
With raw, elemental features, Design Wall 2023 honours Melbourne’s vibrant product design scene and encapsulates a commitment to sustainability.
News
Inside the agency crafting Sydney’s third CBD
In our own backyard, the Western Parkland City Authority is tasked with creating Sydney’s third city, the parklands city. We speak with its CEO, Sarah Hill, about what it takes to shape a city.
News
Brave new worlds made possible with Tilt
Ostensibly an industrial design consultancy, Tilt was born of the observation of an increasing gap between architectural ambition and construction capability. The skill set lies in facilitating the inherently creative bent of architects, landscape architects and artists with engineering and industrial design solutions.
Ideas
Intersecting innovations: Accelerating advances in science through collaborative infrastructure
In this comment piece, Graeme Spencer, national director of science and education at HDR, discusses the state of scientific and technological innovation across the design industry.
Events
27 educators, tech trailblazers and innovators honoured
A science educator, a parliamentary science champion, an international force for tackling climate change, solar panel innovators and computer science advocates are among the game-changing group of Fellows elected this year to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
Events
The brave new world of brick
In this second part of a series on Brickworks, we move on to the future of brick. Exciting innovations are taking place, pushing design and material technology in new directions.
Articles
This emerging tech solution from Zenith is helping digitise workplaces
Delivering inspirational experiences to people at work has become an imperative of the modern workplace. It’s thanks to the likes of Zenith Connect that designers today can tap into emerging technology to transform building operations and entice workers back into the office.
Events
The 2020 Innovation Summit: A Guide To A Better Future
This November, the Digital Innovation Summit East Asia 2020 will see thought leaders and experts coming together to discuss how we can design a more resilient and sustainable future.
Articles
The history of James Richardson Furniture
Family owned and imbued with a sense of designer pride, the history of James Richardson Furniture is one driven by integrity, and exemplifying the story of Australia’s interest in design.
News
Innovation through connection at FRONT 2019
FRONT 2019 returns to Sydney’s Carriageworks this 29 & 30 August, delivering only the innovative and forward-thinking products that commercial interior designers, architects, property developers and consultants need to be specifying.
Project
Putting innovation centre stage: IQX @ UWA
Taking the opportunity to create a space to foster innovation for recent graduates, while connecting the university and industry, IQX @UWA is a new kind of working co-share typology.
People
Designing Culture As Well As Spaces With Fulton Trotter Architects
Architects help drive workplace culture, but Queensland practice Fulton Trotter show how best practice begins at home.
People
Going Solo: Formerly the ‘Edwards’ in Edwards Moore, Ben Edwards establishes his very own Eponymous Studio.
Yes, you heard right, Ben Edwards has established a new practice and it’s everything we hoped it would be.
Project
Symbolic Gestures
Which Australian city boasts the world’s best adaptive reuse project?
Videos
Roca leads the way in breakthrough toilet innovations
Learn more about the Roca Meridian In-Tank and The Gap Rimless – two toilets utilising breakthrough technology to change bathrooms as we know it.