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Events
“A journey into a whole new material world”: Plant Life at the NGV
Curator Ewan McEoin tells us about the NGV’s new exhibition on plant-based materials as alternatives to plastics, synthetic materials and other non-renewable resources.
Project
March on Milan
Rodney Eggleston, Australian architect and founder of March Studio, designed one of Milan Design Week’s standout installations in 2026 as Aesop took over Santa Maria Del Carmine for its ‘Factory of Light.’
Events
3days: Seven ways to get from more to meaningful
We round up the seven projects at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign that best reflected this year’s theme: Make This Moment Matter.
Events
“I’m not trying to design a shape, I’m trying to shape a feeling”: Eugeni Quitllet & Pedrali in Milan
At Salone del Mobile 2026, Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet launched Libre, a new seating collection with Pedrali that focuses on form, function and ergonomics.
Project
The domestic grind: How Foolscap turned a neighbourly bond into Allpress’ latest outpost
In Brisbane, Foolscap Studio continues a longstanding relationship with the coffeemakers at a new cafe-store featuring calm tones and coffee waste materials.
Workplace
Moments of material reuse magic as Hassell designs Arup’s Brisbane office
Reuse, resourcefulness and material transformations bring unexpected stories to Arup’s new Brisbane office, designed by Hassell.
Events
ReStory by ReLove is open!
ReLove has celebrated the official opening of ReStory by ReLove, a social enterprise giving beautifully curated, preloved furniture a second life.
Events
Jessie French and Aesop join forces again for Melbourne Design Week
French’s experimental materials studio, OTHER MATTER, is collaborating across multiple Aesop premises for another exploration of experimental, circular design.
Events
We talk to Arper’s head of sustainability at Milan Design Week
Andrea Mulloni is the head of sustainability at furniture manufacturer, Arper. With a particular emphasis on the evolving Catifa Carta chair, we chatted to him at Arper’s stand during Milan Design Week.
Ideas
Behind the Brand on the eve of Sustainable House Day with Helen Oakey
Helen Oakey is CEO of Renew and, with Sustainable House Day 2025 upon us, she talks to us about the climate crisis and what people can do at the scale of the home.
Events
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.
Project
Another (provisional) boutique in Nudie Jeans’ back pocket
Nudie Jeans’ steadfast, sustainable ethos extends into this Indonesian pop-up store, lacquered in locally sourced timber.
Events
Highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2025
From bio-based innovations to circular design, this year’s fair redefined the role of materials in shaping the future of interiors as sustainable materials and a thoughtful approach to the impact of design on our world took centre stage.
Events
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.
Ideas
Don’t demolish Flemington Estate, says OFFICE – ‘Retain, Repair, Reinvest’
Australia’s only not-for-profit architectural practice, OFFICE, is supporting the residents of Victoria’s housing estates in their fight to save their homes and communities.
Workplace
Aldwin Ong on CCD’s expansion to Singapore, AI integration and hospitality design
This insightful interview reveals how CCD Singapore plans to lead the luxury design industry through design innovation and adoption of AI technology in creating unique user experience.
Ideas
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.
Events
“The future lies in combining advanced technology, holistic thinking and circular economy”
With Tilt’s Tim Phillips having recently sat as a panellist on one of Saturday Indesign’s discussion events, we decided to dig a little deeper into sustainability with him.
Project
A play on curves
A playground in Ahmedabad has been expertly crafted by Hsc Designs, promoting interaction and connection for the children who call it their own.
Ideas
“A perfect example of the design of the future”: Patricia Urquiola and Mater in Milan
We spoke to Ketil Årdal, CEO of Danish green-tech design brand, Mater, as they unveiled the Alder collection at Milan Design Week.
Ideas
From cutting-edge projects to thoughtful interviews, seven stories on adaptive reuse
Adaptive reuse is all the rage across the design industry, and rightly so. Here, we present a selection of articles on this most effective approach to sustainability.
Ideas
Comment: Encouraging children to thrive in sustainable and inclusive outdoor classrooms
Hamish Dounan, Director of Sydney-based landscape architecture studio, CONTEXT, shares his insights on the possibilities of outdoor learning in education design.
Ideas
Radical logics of connectedness and circular economy with Chris Fox
We sat down with Chris Fox to speculate on the future of regenerative architecture, circular economy and experimenting with vegetation in and on buildings.
Workplace
Today Design, tomorrow the zero-waste workplace
In a veritable feast of recycled material, modular efficiency and functional flexibility, Studio Edwards has designed a zero-waste workplace for Today Design.
Events
The Waste Refinery: Beautiful objects made from waste
Running from 6 November 2021 to 16 January 2022 at National Design Centre, the exhibition features 20 international and local creators designing with waste as the starting point.
People
Pushing For A Circular Economy: Saturday Indesign Ambassador Tan Szue Hann
Tan Szue Hann is a man on a mission. Through his role at MINIWIZ Singapore, he wants to see recycling become a way of life here, and show how design can elevate the value of materials considered ‘waste’.
Articles
The changing face of modern recycling
New Zealand’s Method Recycling is changing behaviours and minds regarding how we see waste with their award-winning bins and philosophy of Open Plan Recycling.
Articles
EcoSoft: Diverting plastic waste from the oceans with Upstream carpet tiles
The amount of plastic the world produces is of increasing concern to designers and environmentalists alike. Thankfully, Carpets Inter has a solution – EcoSoft.
Articles
Westpac NZ Bins & Wins With Method Recycling
There is a strong culture around looking after the environment and reducing carbon footprints at Westpac, and nowhere is this clearer than at their New Zealand offices which have implemented Method Recycling.
Project
A top to bottom sustainable office: Visy Melbourne HQ
Taking eco thinking to the next level, the Visy headquarters in Melbourne takes sustainability to new heights.
Articles
Recycling redesigned for the modern workspace
Method Recycling has changed the way we think about recycling – with its signature 60L Office Recycling Bins, the team are shifting waste behaviours while complementing modern aesthetics.
People
5 Minutes With… Tan Szue Hann of MINIWIZ
Tan Szue Hann recently joined Taiwan-headquartered ‘RD&D’ company MINIWIZ as the Managing Director of its new Singapore office. We hear about his passion for producing architecture and design within the circular economy.
Products
The Method recycling bin – a simpler way to recycle
The Method 60L bin is a beautifully designed and simple to implement solution for office rubbish. And what’s more, its design can be behaviour-changing for the better.
Ideas
Alila Transforms Its Bali Operations To Produce Zero Waste For Landfill
The processing, recycling and upcycling of all waste produced at Alila Hotels & Resorts’ four Bali properties addresses the island’s dire pollution problem.