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Events
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.
Events
Much more than three days’ worth
Fast becoming the coolest global design event, Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign saw a number of standout product releases.
Events
3daysofdesign promises a collective recalibration from ‘more’ to ‘meaningful’
After Milan Design Week’s ‘festival of consumption’, 3daysofdesign offers a much-needed reset, an opportunity to ‘make the world a better place’ and perhaps even a soft-launch of the future.
News
Kvadrat launches in Australia, building on its global design legacy
After 23 successful years operating jointly as Kvadrat Maharam, Kvadrat and Maharam will continue as independent entities from 1 July 2025.
Events
Behind the Brand with Kvadrat Senior VP, Njusja de Gier
As Kvadrat announces its full independence, Njusja de Gier shares some insight on her fascinating and rather unorthodox career path.
Events
3days of dreaming: Reporting from Copenhagen’s design festival
We round up the eight projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Dare to Dream.
Products
How to make a Bellini: Kate Stokes gives us the design masterclass
Kate Stokes of Coco Flip recently launched the Bellini collection, a series of seats that responds to a gap in the market for comfortable bench seating. It feels both laid back and luxe.
Products
“We’re fascinated with how colour behaves”: Up close on the dynamic visual tapestry of Studio Truly Truly’s new textile range with Kvadrat
Capturing the vibrant rows of Dutch flower fields, Studio Truly Truly has designed Suunta, a textile range developed in collaboration with Kvadrat. Find out more about the inspiration behind this new offering.
Project
Inside Woods Bagot’s award winning Sculptform showroom
A statement showroom in the middle of Melbourne’s CBD gave Sculptform the opportunity to truly showcase its handcrafted philosophy and design credibility.
Project
M+ Cinema, part of landmark visual culture museum in HK, now open
Designed by global firm Herzog & de Meuron with furnishings by Kvadrat, the new facility is set to broaden the possibilities for cinema-going Hong Kongers.
Products
Luxury personified in Moroso’s new textile collection for its sofas and chairs
Textile partners Kvadrat and Rubelli create a sumptuous textile collection that offers a new interpretation of Moroso’s hallmark products.
Furniture
5 highlights from Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign 2021
All the creative stewing over lockdown has culminated with 3daysofdesign 2021 being Denmark’s annual design event’s best year yet.
Products
6 office acoustics solutions for harmony in the hybrid workplace
Could office acoustics be the key to finding harmony as we adapt to new and hybrid ways of work? Here are our top six acoustics solutions for hybrid workplaces.
Project
A home of substance via. House of Madison
Hong Kong has a new shopping experience that will tempt and tantalise. House of Madison has launched and it’s a destination like no other.
Articles
Fat, but definitely fit for purpose
Available in Australia through Living Edge, the newly extended Tom Dixon Fat seating collection is everything you could want and need when specifying your next fit out… and more.
Articles
Revamp the WFH routine with your very own ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’
Change up the daily routine! CULT’s new ‘Ready-To-Ship Home Office’ offers three dream setups to take your work from home experience to the next level.
Dissections
David Jones and Country Road Group, by Gray Puksand
Six major Australian labels, two buildings, one unified workplace. Graydelviered David Jones and Country Road Group a stylish new Melbourne headquarters.
Project
A Lesson In Pedagogical Innovation By Henning Larsen
Rather than relegating learning to only classrooms, Henning Larsen’s Hong Kong studio has designed the entire French International School of Hong Kong as a playground for exploration, education and eco-friendliness.
Ideas
A new age of sustainable products as seen at Salone del Mobile
There’s a surprisingly sparse emphasis on sustainable products during the world’s biggest furniture-design week. We’ve been scouring the brand offerings in Milan for beacons of progress. Here are some we’ve found.
Products
Are We Serious About Sustainable Products?
There’s a surprisingly sparse emphasis on sustainable products during the world’s biggest furniture-design week. We’ve been scouring the brand offerings in Milan for beacons of progress. Here are some we’ve found.
Events
Design For Survival Or Legacy? ‘Broken Nature’ Exhibition Seeks Ingenuity Amidst Hard Truths
The Triennale Milano’s current exhibition Broken Nature: Design Takes On Human Survival explores the concept of restorative design in the face of humanity’s severely compromised relationship with the natural environment.
Dissections
Yancoal Sydney Workplace, by Hammond Studio
Encouraging the evolution of company culture is no mean feat, particularly when said company is in an industry as notoriously conservative as mining. Yet with their new Darling Park office for Yancoal, Hammond Studio managed to do just that.
Ideas
Material Culture: Bio Composites, Softness And Sustainability At Orgatec 2018
What kinds of new materials will find their home in the ‘softer’ workspaces that are emerging today? We look at the latest innovations from Orgatec 2018.
Ideas
Materiality At Work: Insights From Orgatec 2018
The rise of ‘softer’ workplace designs and blurred typologies leaves an opening for a new kind of materiality. We look at how this area was explored at Orgatec 2018. Hint: it’s about the convergence of technology and materials.
Ideas
Materiality at work: An insight from Orgatec 2018
The rise of ‘softer’ workplace designs and blurred typologies leaves an opening for a new kind of materiality. We take a look at how this area is being explored at Orgatec 2018. Hint: it’s about the convergence of technology and materials.
Products
Really Responsible: Kvadrat And Really Address Textile Waste In The Fashion Industry
A truckload of clothing wasted every second across the world. Kvadrat has been doing something about it with Really and a host of fabulous international designers.
Products
Really Responsible
A truckload of clothing wasted every second across the world. Kvadrat has been doing something about it with Really and a host of fabulous international designers.
News
<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.
Dissections
Vive Active by Siren Design
Vive Active, designed by Siren Design, is energising the Pilates workout with an immersive sound and light experience.
Dissections
Place-making at Plenary by Woods Bagot
Woods Bagot takes a people-centred approach to Plenary’s new Melbourne office, using place-making strategies more often seen in urban and landscape projects.
Dissections
The Working Capitol, Robinson Road Singapore by HASSELL
Has co-working been up-staged by the pervading popularity of an out-of-office culture? The answer is, not quite yet! In their latest design for The Working Capitol Robinson Road Singapore, HASSELL expertly subverts pop culture tropes to re-envisage co-working as a progressive yet playful model that speaks the language of the Millennial workforce.
Dissections
University of Melbourne Arts West by ARM Architecture & Architectus
What is ‘salon learning’ and how is design responding to this new educational format? Arts West, Melbourne Univeristy’s riotous new Arts Faculty by ARM Architecture and Architectus, reimagines on-campus learning via the philosophy of object-based learning.
Dissections
Rhoda Hong Kong
The future of hospitality is multi-sensory: touch, smell, sound and so on. How then are we personifying our clients in the design of their spaces, and how can we pull this off without being gimmicky? A new Hong Kong restaurant and bar by Joyce Wang Design Studio takes a different approach, encapsulating the chef’s character and culinary style in the space itself.
Dissections
Ovolo Sydney, by Hassell
Is hospitality the future of agile working? If it is, the new multi-user focused Ovolo Hotel Sydney, designed by Hassell, is a wondrous glimpse into that future.
Events
What’s Shining at Ventura Lambrate?
Young, edgy and spontaneous. This hip child is always a must see at Milan Design Week. In April, in line with the return of Euroluce, visitors to Ventura Lambrate can expect a lively and exploratory interest in lighting illuminates.
Events
A Study In Textiles
Fifteen students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) participated in a six-week workshop to find new functions for textiles.
Events
An Exclusive Design Experience at SGID16 (Part II)
From international designer presentations to special product reveals and more, we capture more of the key moments at Singapore Indesign 2016 (SGID16).
Events
Rethink Materiality With 5 Stunning Installations
At Singapore Indesign 2016, experience creative installations inspired by the merits of some of the industry’s most cutting-edge products.
Events
Guest Speakers You Should Not Miss at SGID 2016
Visitors of Singapore Indesign 2016 are in for a treat. Five international speakers will grace the design event this year with talks, presentations and networking sessions that are bound to inspire.
News
Kvadrat’s Asian Collaborations In Milan
Three core collaborations marked European textile company Kvadrat’s efforts at Milan Design Week.
Finishes
New Kvadrat/Raf Simons Collection Goes Bold In Stripe
The new collection takes inspiration from Modernist furniture, pop and contemporary art, fashion textiles, and music.
Articles
From Fibre to Product: The Exciting Journey of a Textile
In a learning session organised by Moroso, designers in Singapore got to deepen their knowledge of textile – and design their very own iconic Fjord armchair.
Articles
See What Kvadrat Is Unveiling at the Winter Fairs
Kvadrat has announced the new products launching at IMM Cologne, Paris Déco Off and Stockholm Furniture Fair. Also included is a colourful stand at IMM Cologne designed by Werner Aisslinger.
Magazine
Indesign magazine #62 dissections directory
A full directory of the contact information for every company referred to in the project dissections of Indesign Magazine #62.
People
Hella Jongerius: Directing Danskina
Hella Jongerius is the newly appointed Design Director for contemporary made-to-order Dutch rug company Danskina. We caught up with the designer during Milan Design Week to hear more about her creative vision for the company.
Project
Kvadrat’s Divina Exhibition
At Milan Design Week 2014, 22 designers created one-of-a-kind objects using Kvadrat’s Divina fabric, with some very colourful results.
Events
Vitra and Kvadrat Xmas Bash
Eat, drink and make merry! In December, Vanguard Interiors played host a highly festive Vitra and Kvadrat Christmas party complete with a scrumptious spread of British, Danish and local delights, and music by DJ Dowager.