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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.

Natural Habitat: The biophilic office with Adam Cornish and District

Natural Habitat: The biophilic office with Adam Cornish and District

Adam Cornish and District present Habitat, where nature and the indoors perfectly align for the workplace.

How to make a Bellini: Kate Stokes gives us the design masterclass

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.

Building a culture of product stewardship: Cultivated 10 years on

Building a culture of product stewardship: Cultivated 10 years on

In 2013 Cultivated launched as a restoration service, today it is a full-service product stewardship business, buying back, refurbishing and recycling authentic design pieces. In this article we continue the conversation around whole-of-lifecycle-furniture.

Volker Haug’s illuminating designs with playful edges

Volker Haug’s illuminating designs with playful edges

Committed to the artful illumination of spaces, Volker Haug Studio amps up its well loved lighting collections with two new additions.

Telegram from Stockholm and Paris Design Weeks

Telegram from Stockholm and Paris Design Weeks

With just a few days to explore both Stockholm and Paris Design Weeks, one merely scratches surface of an extravaganza of creativity. Jan Henderson reports.

Brisbane Designscape returns with a jam-packed full-day event: Here’s everything you need to know

Brisbane Designscape returns with a jam-packed full-day event: Here’s everything you need to know

Register now – Brisbane Designscape returns to the river city, 4 November, with a one-day event packed with speaker sessions, workshops and a networking afterparty. Here’s a snapshot of the program and what you can expect.

Red Dot Award 2023: 15 impressive sustainable designs

Red Dot Award 2023: 15 impressive sustainable designs

From materials to innovative packaging solutions, from appliances to aviation technology, these designs demonstrate brilliance and creative commitment to a better, eco-conscious future.

“We’re fascinated with how colour behaves”: Up close on the dynamic visual tapestry of Studio Truly Truly’s new textile range with Kvadrat

“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.

In review: Spectra widens the lens on Queensland furniture design

In review: Spectra widens the lens on Queensland furniture design

‘Spectra – Contemporary Queensland Furniture’ recently opened at Artisan in Brisbane, greeted by a community of cross-industry creatives hungry for Queensland furniture design content, writes Nicky Lobo.

A lot of luxury at bedtime – this is the Hästens’ effect

A lot of luxury at bedtime – this is the Hästens’ effect

Travelling to Sweden to sleep in a bed is extreme but this artisanal handmade bed isn’t just any bed, it’s a Hästens. Jan Henderson reports from Sweden.

Spotlighting human centric design: Winners at DIA’s Graduate of the Year Awards

Spotlighting human centric design: Winners at DIA’s Graduate of the Year Awards

Graduates’ portfolios embodied their commitment to harnessing design as a force for social improvement at the DIA’s Graduate of the Year Awards 2023.