The home of architecture and design in the Asia-Pacific

Get the latest design news direct to your inbox!

melbourne

Melbourne Design Week 2026: The Review

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. 

Q&A: When Mim met Tim at Royal Oak Floors

Q&A: When Mim met Tim at Royal Oak Floors

A recent Design Talk Series event presented by Royal Oak Floors saw Melbourne-based interior designer, and founder and principal of Mim Design, Miriam Fanning in live conversation with our editor.

Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week

Led by designers: Casting a curatorial eye across Melbourne Design Week

Curator, writer and educator Kate Goodwin was in town for Melbourne Design Week. Here, she reflects on how light-touch organising and designer-led spaces created some of the most impactful, distinctive exhibitions.

An intimate conversation with Mim Fanning of Mim Design

An intimate conversation with Mim Fanning of Mim Design

Join Royal Oak Floors and Timothy Alouani-Roby for an intimate discussion with Mim Fanning, founder and principal of renowned Melbourne multi-disciplinary interior design practice Mim Design.

The Riverside indulgence of Amora Herencia

The Riverside indulgence of Amora Herencia

Embodying quality at its core, Amora Herencia Riverwalk Melbourne is a contemporary 4.5-star hotel on the banks of the Yarra River, where heritage and modern luxury unfold in equal measure.

A new chapter for Melbourne’s North Wharf

A new chapter for Melbourne’s North Wharf

Designed by FK alongside One Design Office, 1 Hotel & Homes Melbourne at Seafarers is part of Riverlee’s long-game regeneration of North Wharf and finds its footing in reuse, restraint and a refusal to start from scratch.

Listen now: SJB hits the half-century

Listen now: SJB hits the half-century

Five SJB directors join STORIESINDESIGN podcast the morning after celebrations at the NGV marking 50 years of practice for the Australian design firm.

Kōri Windsor remixes the ice cream parlour

Kōri Windsor remixes the ice cream parlour

Blurring the line between dessert bar and listening lounge, AIR Design Studio delivers a modular, low-waste fit-out where sound, sustainability and social ritual take centre stage.

Who is Up To Something?

Who is Up To Something?

Spreading its young but mighty wings across Victoria and Tasmania, emerging practice Up To Something blends landscape, art and craft into thoughtful design.

A new hotel opens on Melbourne’s Western edge — with a bar to match

A new hotel opens on Melbourne’s Western edge — with a bar to match

With design by SORA and LiFE, the opening of Mercure Melbourne La Trobe Street introduces a 195-room hotel to the CBD, alongside Foundry Bar and Kitchen — a rooftop-adjacent venue designed to draw both guests and locals.

Wellbeing at its best

Wellbeing at its best

Éthos by Biasol in Brighton reimagines the wellness clinic with sculptural interiors, rich materials and a calm, immersive experience.

Recasting density in the suburban garden

Recasting density in the suburban garden

In Melbourne, Justin Mallia Architecture reshapes a compromised heritage site into a flexible, multi-residential home — balancing density, landscape and long-term adaptability through a careful reworking of form, light and ground.