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Call for entries: Melbourne Design Week 2026 marks a decade of design excellence

Call for entries: Melbourne Design Week 2026 marks a decade of design excellence

Celebrating ten years of creative impact, Melbourne Design Week 2026 invites designers, studios, and collectives to submit expressions of interest for its statewide program and the Melbourne Art Book Fair.

“Designers can no longer claim they don’t know the consequences”: Q&A with curator Ewan McEoin

“Designers can no longer claim they don’t know the consequences”: Q&A with curator Ewan McEoin

At the NGV’s Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday, design becomes a force for repair. From algae-based vinyl to mycelium earplugs, the exhibition proves that rethinking the ordinary can reshape our collective future.

The future, today

The future, today

NGV exhibition ‘Making Good: Redesigning the Everyday’ is open – and be prepared to be amazed and delighted by great creative design.

The unexpected in the everyday: Drez on agency, architecture and art

The unexpected in the everyday: Drez on agency, architecture and art

The Melbourne-based artist works at the intersection of art and architecture. In a new exhibition at MAGMA Galleries, he turns his focus on urban space and agency to a smaller scale.

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

Ross Harding: What about the work-life balance of our cities?

The Finding Infinity Principal comments here on the question of balance in city life, with architecture and design highlighted as the key levers for making change.

Your highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2025

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.

Reporting from a whirlwind Melbourne Design Week

Reporting from a whirlwind Melbourne Design Week

What a week! With so many events still to come, Jan Henderson gives us a taste of what the 2025 edition has been like so far.

Volker Haug awarded Melbourne Design Week Prize

Volker Haug awarded Melbourne Design Week Prize

The announcement of Volker Haug as this year’s recipient of the Melbourne Design Week Prize starts the event on a high note.

Hundreds of events planned as Melbourne Design Week returns

Hundreds of events planned as Melbourne Design Week returns

Melbourne design Week is just around the corner and here’s a glimpse of what to expect!

London-based Nipa Doshi heads to Melbourne for NGV Women in Design Commission on IWD

London-based Nipa Doshi heads to Melbourne for NGV Women in Design Commission on IWD

The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has announced Nipa Doshi as the recipient of the 2025 MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission.

Home Truth at NGV: Breathe confronts the elephant in the oversized room

Home Truth at NGV: Breathe confronts the elephant in the oversized room

Melbourne-based architects Breathe have constructed an unfinished house at the NGV that puts the question of house sizes in Australia on the agenda.

Map out your Melbourne Design Week with these 12 highlights

Map out your Melbourne Design Week with these 12 highlights

Melbourne’s epic Design Week is almost upon us. I put it out to my friends and colleagues, asking what they can’t wait to see, and have collated a top 12 program highlights list for you here.