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Phrontisterion: The labyrinthine new library of Mona
Occupying the space beneath the mammoth artwork Elektra by Anselm Kiefer, Phrontisterion is the new library within the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart.
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Nature Weave: Jia CURATED returns to Bali for a Southeast Asian design feast
Jia CURATED is happening once again in Bali and this extraordinary design festival is not to be missed!
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Reporting back from a Scandinavian design odyssey
Following a design pilgrimage through Copenhagen, Stockholm and Finland, FK’s Nicky Drobis reflects on 3daysofdesign, the work of Aino and Alvar Aalto, and why great design begins and ends with people.
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Copenhagen special: 3daysofdesign roundtable podcast is here!
Claire Delmar, Eva-Marie Prineas, Jason Gibney and Anton Assaad join STORIESINDESIGN to discuss the charm of Denmark’s capital city and their takes on 3daysofdesign 2026.
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March on Milan
Rodney Eggleston, Australian architect and founder of March Studio, designed one of Milan Design Week’s standout installations in 2026 as Aesop took over Santa Maria Del Carmine for its ‘Factory of Light.’
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Venice Biennale 2026: Evocations of resilience and hope
Arts writer and editor Victoria Hynes reports on the breadth of this year’s Venice Biennale, drawing out highlights from national pavilions including Australia, Morocco, India and the UK.
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3days: Seven ways to get from more to meaningful
We round up the seven projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Make This Moment Matter.
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Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review
With a plethora of talks, installations, exhibitions and happenings responding to this year’s theme (Design The World You Want), the eleven-day festival was the largest to date and arguably the most accomplished since inception.
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Apartments on show during Milan Design Week
From Muuto’s softly lived-in Brera apartment to Artemest’s palazzo-scale grandeur and Studiopepe’s introspective project apartment, these Milan Design Week interiors use the home as a stage for design, feeling and identity.
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Preserving heritage with Yatofu Creatives
Cycling culture and heritage seldom converge, yet the AITASHOP flagship in Beijing is a space where both coexist.
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Jumaadi transforms a Barangaroo thoroughfare into a site of wonder
Unveiled at Barangaroo South, Indonesian–Australian artist Jumaadi’s first permanent public artwork layers sculpture, sound and shadow to reimagine how art is encountered in the city.
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Your highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2025
Well, it’s done and dusted for another year but what a major success and influential event it was! Here are some standout exhibitions and installations for 2025.
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HAS design and research
Practicing architecture and giving back to the next generation of students, Jenchieh Hung of HAS design and research is ensuring that the landscape of Thailand is in very good hands for the future.
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A case study in the evolution of public art
The Heffron Centre in Maroubra, Sydney, stands as a testament to how authentic public art powered by collaborative project teams can transform urban spaces.
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Artworks that transcend the ordinary and elevate architecture: Marion Borgelt
Australian artist Marion Borgelt’s work can be found in some of Australia’s most notable commercial buildings – from 123 Pitt Street, Sydney, to Tower One, Barangaroo and Perth’s Crown Towers. Gillian Serisier steps us through her latest exhibition of work.
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Plus teams up with AXOR to take home People’s Choice at Saturday Indesign
With its inspiring in-showroom installations, The Project is one of Saturday Indesign’s major highlights. The 2023 People’s Choice winner is ‘f l u i d’ by Plus Architecture with AXOR.
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“A mesmerising symphony of light, sound and joy”
There are not really enough adjectives to describe the experiential world of Kaleidoscope by Keith Courtney. This experiential, spatial artwork has been travelling Australia and showing in Sydney until 10 September.
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Landmark Indigenous art installation unveiled on Melbourne’s Westgate Freeway
Tilt and First Peoples artist Lisa Waup have collaborated to bring an Indigenous public art installation to Melbourne’s Westgate Freeway. This artwork integrates Indigenous narratives into the urban landscape in a significant Australian first.
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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.
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An exploration of experience and interior design at NYCxDESIGN
Created with the intention of expanding interior design possibilities, ‘StayDream – A Surreal Reality’ invites an examination of the various ways we perceive indoor and outdoor elements.
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This exhibition by Do Ho Suh will change your whole perspective
Looking for an exhibition to visit in Sydney these Christmas holidays? Do Ho Suh’s major new survey at Sydney’s MCA is extraordinary, writes Gillian Serisier.
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<strong>City Gather Park: Where art, nature and people come together</strong>
In the City Gather Park in Changsha, China, Chengdu-based Dean Design merges natural ecology and urban life with installations to create a memorable and poetic respite in the heart of the city.
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RONE transports us to post-WWII Melbourne at Flinders Street Station
Melbourne artist RONE creates a time capsule of mid-century Melbourne with an immersive installation in the infamous Flinders Street Station ballroom. ‘Time’ is now open, running until April 2023.
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3 stunning creations by André Fu for Hong Kong Palace Museum
André Fu’s design language derives from his desire to create a cross-cultural dialogue initiated by the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and now he revolutionised the concept of modern luxury articulation for the historical and artistic exchanges that comprise the institution.
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Inspiration and installations galore: Saturday Indesign’s The Project
Visitors to Saturday Indesign have voted, and we are excited to announce your 2022 The Project Collaboration, and take a look back over all the best installations this year’s event had to offer.
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7 memorable installations at FuoriSalone 2022
Alongside the plethora of new pieces released during Milan Design Week, the FuoriSalone is an opportunity to experience creative installations designed to spark inspiration.
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‘+Pavilion explores the future of sustainable construction
Open from 26 May till August 2022 to the public, +Pavilion installation seeks to contribute towards building better lives in Singapore, and beyond.
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Plan your month – our top 10 picks for Vivid Sydney
Sydney’s 12th Vivid is underway. With light shows, musical prodigies, and expert-packed panels, we’ve pulled out 10 events from a pool of hundreds. Our pick of what not to miss!
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Joost Bakker – “You don’t need a grand idea to change the world”
Joost Bakker gives the fashion industry his green thumbs up with outdoor lifestyle brand, Kathmandu.
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Cyril Lancelin: Creating dream worlds through public art
In Singapore for his latest installation, Remember Your Dreams, architect-turned-artist Cyril Lancelin talks about how public art can inspire creativity and convey meaningful messages.
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Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS
From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.
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Artist Lucas Zanotto’s exhibition is sure to lift your MOODS
From CGI animation and blackbox projections to AR installations and life-size sculptures, Lucas Zanotto’s first solo exhibition brings kinetic characters to life.
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5 notable installations from the 2021 London Design Festival’s Designposts initiative
The Designposts project at the 2021 London Design Festival explores the beauty of hardwood while celebrating emerging local talents and the creative history of London’s neighbourhoods.
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SIDFest 2021: 5 exciting programmes not to be missed
Running from 18 June to 18 July at National Design Centre, SIDFest 2021 will focus on the paradigm shift in the interior design industry with an exciting line-up of programmes.
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Standout Asian pavilions at London Design Biennale
The theme of this year’s London Design Biennale, which runs from 1-27 June, is “resonance” – and it’s all about addressing the world’s biggest challenges through design.
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Is open air architecture the future of social interstices?
From the streets of New York to the laneways of Melbourne, Stephen Crafti looks at how architects are reinventing the public realm to support collaboration and connectivity.
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What not to miss during Melbourne Design Week 2021
Melbourne Design Week 2021 comprises a provocative lineup of talks, exhibitions and more, centred around the topic ‘design the world you want’. Here’s our two cents on what events are not to be missed.
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Olivia Lee’s Sci-Fi Inspired Installation for Hermès petit h
The petit h collection of handcrafted objects by Hermès is presented in the brand’s Liat Towers store in an otherworldly installation imagined and crafted by Olivia Lee.
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Six Design Studios Interpreted ‘Community’ For SID With Diverse Installations
Collaborative installations have always been a key component of Saturday Indesign. This year six Singaporean studios partnered with four exhibitors to bring something special to the day. We recap their impressive interventions.
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Fast Slow Disco At Saturday Indesign And Bid A Bunny For Charity!
We proudly present Saturday Indesign’s first silent auction event, courtesy of Journey East, creative studio Feral and seven local artists. Proceeds will be donated to Children’s Cancer Foundation.
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Kengo Kuma Weaves Bamboo And Carbon Fibre Together For London Design Festival 2019
Kengo Kuma has designed a cocoon-like installation for the V&A courtyard that weaves ancient and contemporary materials together.
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What’s On (So Far) At Saturday Indesign!
Now that we have announced the stellar Design Conversation lineup, it’s time to unveil the fabulous programs from our esteemed exhibitors come 12 October!
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Joint Forces: The Collabs And Latest Releases At Saturday Indesign Melbourne
Collaboration is perhaps one of the most powerful tools in the designer’s and supplier’s arsenal. And where better to release the full power of collaborative creative vision than Saturday in Design? Here we revisit 10 top collaborations from this year’s event.
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Joint forces: The collabs and latest releases as seen at Saturday Indesign
Collaboration is perhaps one of the most powerful tools in the designer’s and supplier’s arsenal. And where better to release the full power of collaborative creative vision than Saturday in Design? Here we revisit 10 top collaborations from this year’s event.
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Benjamin Hubert’s Immersive Installation For Cosentino At Ventura Centrale
Immersion in a surface material is possible! Benjamin Hubert of LAYER shows how using Dekton and light in poetic installation for Cosentino in Milan.
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Calling all creatives! We want you to collaborate on Saturday Indesign
Keen to flex your creative design prowess? We’re hunting for hungry design talent.
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FoldHaus Is Bringing Larger-Than-Life Kinetic Flora To Pacific Place
San Francisco-based art collective FoldHaus will soon install poetic kinetic sculptures that will light up, change colour and sway in response to visitors to a ‘LUMENous GARDEN’.
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Penelope Forlano installation marks a century of women’s achievement
Designer and artist Penelope Forlano is marking 100 years of women’s contributions to art, society and government with an installation in the Parliament of Western Australia.
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Vanishing Workflows at Aloft at Hermès: 4 Things To Know
We caught up with French artist Xavier Antin and asked him to unpick the presentation he’s created at Aloft at Hermès: Vanishing Workflows.
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An architectural palimpsest: MUIR + OPENWORK’s NGV Architecture Commission unveiled
Honouring memory, place and the significance of Roy Ground’s NGV International, the 2018 NGV Architecture Commission by MUIR + OPENWORK has been revealed. Take a drone fly-through and experience it up close.
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5 Installations To See At The Inaugural Design China Beijing
Here is a preview of exciting installations to see at the inaugural edition of Design China Beijing during Beijing Design Week.
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Experiential Media by Moment Factory at Changi T4
Can navigating an airport be delightful? We take a close look at the media installations at Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 and consider the next-level passenger experiences they were designed to create.
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MAD Architects creates a tunnel of light in Japan
For the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, MAD Architects has restored the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel and created several permanent artistic spaces.
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MAD Architects Create A Tunnel Of Light In Niigata, Japan
For the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, MAD Architects have restored the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel and created several permanent artistic spaces.
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You, the designer, are a desirable audience
Putting design on a global stage, the Salone del Mobile isn’t just for showcasing the newest product. Increasingly it’s about the activities outside the fairgrounds, and as commerce moves in at the juncture of art and design, one crowd of people are clearly being targeted.
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An architectural bamboo playground for Barangaroo
Sydney’s redevelopment success story gets its own architecture pavilion, designed by Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia.
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<em>My Canvas</em> showcases global cross-disciplinary design
Kvadrat Maharam has curated a collection of one-off installation pieces, made by a bevvy of international designers, for an installation as part of Melbourne Design Week.
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5 Stunning Installations At Design Shanghai 2018
Cool sculptures, displays and showcases – here’s what you missed at China’s annual design show Design Shanghai this year.
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Editor’s Pick: See, play and learn at Sydney Design Festival
Let’s face it. The world isn’t perfect. But fear not: this year’s Sydney Design Festival theme of Call To Action will explore ways design can contribute to its betterment.
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Paolo Navone celebrates the ubiquitous tartan laundry bag
Paolo Navone has created an installation at the Stockholm Furniture Fair featuring a riot of colours, patterns and textures – all surrounded by the all too familiar plastic tartan seen in cheap laundry bags.
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The Playfulness of Everyday Objects
Thousands of unexpected objects, arranged in creative and clever ways. The We Make Carpets installation is sure to inspire for the NGV Triennial.
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Millennial Pink Prevails at the Lexus Design Pavilion
Showcasing design in a spellbinding, ephemeral way, the Lexus Design Pavilion at the Melbourne Cup never fails to disappoint, as Annie Reid reports.
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai by XEX
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Shine On, You Crazy Diamond! Prismverse Shanghai By Hong Kong Design Studio XEX
When US skincare brand Dr.Jart+ commissioned Hong Kong designers XEX to create an interactive installation in Shanghai, they never could have imagined it would be this remarkable and outrageous.
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Five Mins With… Award-Winning Young Designer Nicole Larkin
Nicole Larkin is a young Australian designer establishing a career in architecture and the arts and winning well-deserved awards and scholarships as she goes.
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888 Collins Street is Getting Lit
Designed by Ramus Illumination for the Woods Bagot project, the illuminated façade of this Melbourne residential development is putting on a good show – just like the local weather.