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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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City Gather Park: Where art, nature and people come together

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.