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Vert: A practical solution to creating greener cities

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.

Geelong Design Week showcases a UNESCO City of Design

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.

The uncharted plate: Ivan Brehm’s pursuit of crossroads cooking with Gaggenau and human connection.

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.

Putting back better: Circularity and regeneration, not sustainability

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.

Making waves in Australian design: Stormtech receives Good Design Award for innovation

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.

A decade of divine inspiration

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.

2023 INDE.Awards Shortlist revealed for The Learning Space

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.

The Design Wall at NGV is epic, here is how Hassell designed it

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.

Inside the agency crafting Sydney’s third CBD

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.

Brave new worlds made possible with Tilt

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.

Intersecting innovations: Accelerating advances in science through collaborative infrastructure

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.

27 educators, tech trailblazers and innovators honoured

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).