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The secret weapon of hospitality design

The secret weapon of hospitality design

In cafés, bars and restaurants, stools do more than fill gaps at counters and bars. They support density, encourage movement across scales – making them a strategically important seating typology to get right in hospitality design.

Fantastical flora: where artistry meets performance and pattern becomes narrative

Fantastical flora: where artistry meets performance and pattern becomes narrative

Materialised’s new Magic Garden Collection with Kingdom Home brings expressive botanical design to Australian interiors through locally printed, performance-grade textiles.

Flipping the mirror ball

Flipping the mirror ball

The absolutely hottest spot in Kuala Lumpur, Lane 23 by K2LD is all about having fun.

The heritage, humanity and provenance of comfort, with KFive

The heritage, humanity and provenance of comfort, with KFive

KFive kicks off a year of 25th anniversary celebrations with an intimate in-conversation about ‘comfort’, at the Melbourne Art Fair.

Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou

Steelcase opens hybrid showroom and workplace in Hangzhou

Steelcase has unveiled one of its largest Asia Pacific showrooms in Hangzhou, merging workplace, brand experience and client engagement in a single flexible environment designed by M Moser.

Art, design and momentum at Melbourne Art Fair 2026

Art, design and momentum at Melbourne Art Fair 2026

Record attendance, $16.4 million in sales and the debut of FUTUREOBJEKT signal a fair confidently expanding its cultural and commercial reach.

Layering time: A Contemporary farmstead in Kyoto

Layering time: A Contemporary farmstead in Kyoto

A contemporary rural home by Tomohiro Hata Architect & Associates reinterprets historic farmstead clusters in a bamboo-forest landscape.

The detail of design

The detail of design

After eight years at Cera Stribley, Jessica Ellis launches her own studio, bringing a refined, hands-on approach to residential, hospitality and lifestyle interiors, beginning with the quietly confident Brotherwolf flagship in South Melbourne.

A village in the sky: rethinking retirement living in Sydney

A village in the sky: rethinking retirement living in Sydney

Architectus reimagines ageing in place with Australia’s tallest retirement community, combining housing, care and community in Sydney.

A vision in silver: TAOA’s new studio

A vision in silver: TAOA’s new studio

A simple and stark silver box juts out into the street. It can be no other than architectural practice TAOA’s new studio.

A museum of Meenakari: Studio Lotus designs Sunita Shekhawat’s Jaipur flagship

A museum of Meenakari: Studio Lotus designs Sunita Shekhawat’s Jaipur flagship

Shortlisted in The Retail Space category at the 2025 INDE.Awards, this new design for brand retailing is so much more than a retail store and is now the jewel in the crown of Sunita Shekhawat.

Pod hopping

Pod hopping

Nestled in the heart of Chandigarh, TuBu is a burger joint that understands its clientele and the city it lives in.