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In good hands: Bankston and Sans-Arc Studio put collaboration to the test

In good hands: Bankston and Sans-Arc Studio put collaboration to the test

At a time when collaboration is often leveraged as a vehicle for brand amplification rather than a genuine exchange of ideas, Bankston and Sans-Arc Studio offer a compelling rejoinder.

Products already catching eyes at Milan Design Week 2025

Products already catching eyes at Milan Design Week 2025

These early product standouts — from sculptural forms to reflective surfaces — capture just a sliver of what Milan Design Week 2025 has begun to unveil.

Rethinking Plastics in Product Design: The new book aiming to guide sustainable transitions

Rethinking Plastics in Product Design: The new book aiming to guide sustainable transitions

Geoff Isaac’s book provides industrial designers and manufacturers with the knowledge needed for a transition to sustainable material choices.

2024 Hall of Famers announced by DIA

2024 Hall of Famers announced by DIA

The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) has announced the induction of eight distinguished designers into its Hall of Fame for 2024.

A fine collaboration

A fine collaboration

They’re gorgeous, created through a cross-cultural design collaboration, feature sensational timber and have optimum functionality… don’t you just want to have them?

Crafted Liberation transforms textile waste into symbols of empowerment

Crafted Liberation transforms textile waste into symbols of empowerment

From discarded headscarves to stadium seats, Crafted Liberation leverages material innovation to celebrate Iranian women’s resilience in the pursuit of gender equality.

Behind the Brand with Dowel Jones

Behind the Brand with Dowel Jones

As Dowel Jones celebrates ten years with events at Geelong Design Week, we get to know more about what makes this enigmatic and celebrated team tick.

Highlights from London Design Festival

Highlights from London Design Festival

London Design Festival (LDF) has just finished and, with a number of programmes and exhibitions still running, Kate Goodwin reports on the highlights across the city.

Creating beauty with responsibility: Fisch Designs and ditto

Creating beauty with responsibility: Fisch Designs and ditto

Meet Ash Fischer and Orlando Hayes, a pair behind not one but two brands looking at new ways of making materials sustainable.

Ben McCarthy and gohome: The collaboration behind a “tool for life” and a new showroom opening

Ben McCarthy and gohome: The collaboration behind a “tool for life” and a new showroom opening

With gohome’s Sydney showroom opening set to light up Saturday Indesign, we find out more about the furniture brand’s collaboration with Ben McCarthy.

A formidable collective: Adam Markowitz and the object-makers

A formidable collective: Adam Markowitz and the object-makers

Meet a group of product designers who are making their presence felt not only at home but across the globe.

Design as a vehicle for reconciliation: Balarinji completes latest Qantas design

Design as a vehicle for reconciliation: Balarinji completes latest Qantas design

The Indigenous design and strategy agency is launching its latest aircraft design with Qantas, the sixth iteration of a longstanding partnership.