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Events
Saturday Indesign 2026 ends on a high at Woollahra Hotel
After a full day of design across Sydney, Saturday Indesign 2026 continued into the night at Woollahra Hotel, where the architecture and design community came together for the official Afterparty.
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What’s on in Paddington at Saturday Indesign 2026
Discover what’s happening in Paddington for Saturday Indesign 2026, from immersive sound and hands-on workshops to live craftsmanship, new collections, design talks and more.
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What’s on in Alexandria at Saturday Indesign 2026
Explore what’s happening across Alexandria for Saturday Indesign 2026, from immersive installations and material experiments to live craftsmanship, design discussions, workshops and hospitality throughout the day.
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What’s on in Surry Hills at Saturday Indesign 2026
Explore everything happening across Surry Hills at Saturday Indesign 2026, from immersive installations and hands-on workshops to design discussions, live making and hospitality.
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What’s on in Waterloo at Saturday Indesign 2026
Explore everything happening across Waterloo at Saturday Indesign 2026, from design discussions and live demonstrations to hands-on workshops, installations and hospitality.
Events
One city, four precincts: Saturday Indesign 2026 is almost here
With more than 35 showroom locations, 40-plus exhibitors and a city-wide program of talks, installations, workshops and launches, Saturday Indesign returns to Sydney in September with participation firmly at the centre of the day.
Events
Getting hands-on with Savage Design’s Ministry of Metals
Ahead of Saturday Indesign, Savage Design put its new Ministry of Metals experience through a test run, turning material education into something tactile, practical and genuinely interactive.
Events
Saturday Indesign after dark at The Woollahra Hotel
The Official Saturday Indesign Afterparty heads to one of Woollahra’s best-known corner pubs, where a Richards Stanisich refurbishment brings new life to an Art Deco landmark.
Ideas
Beyond the panel: What makes a design event worth attending?
Ahead of Saturday Indesign, architects reflect on why smaller gatherings, unexpected voices, candid discussion and meaningful follow-up can make meeting in person genuinely worthwhile.
Project
A retail fit-out that grows from the street
For The Eye Piece’s fourth store, Ricci Bloch brings general optometry and a dedicated Lindberg shop-in-shop together within a double-height tenancy at Sydney’s EY Centre.
Events
Tappeti marks 20 years of bespoke rug design
At Paddington Town Hall, the Australian rug studio reflected on two decades of bespoke design with an event that brought its archives, collaborations and making processes into motion.
Products
Paola Lenti makes a case for colour confidence
At dedece Sydney, Anna Lenti introduced the Chromatic Alphabet, a new design tool intended to make architects and designers less hesitant about working with colour.
Workplace
The office as a stage: Wilkhahn x Indesign
A recent gathering hosted by Wilkhahn brought designers together to discuss flexibility, technology and the changing role of the workplace.
Events
Four things we learned as Saturday Indesign evolves
Our recent exhibitor session showed a renewed SID moving towards hospitality, process and more meaningful showroom experiences.
Articles
What happens when a chair becomes the conversation?
At Machine Hall, Herman Miller gathered Sydney’s design community to consider performance seating as part of workplace strategy, not just workplace furniture.
Events
The Indesign Social Club opens the conversation
Hosted at Savage Design in Sydney, the first Indesign Social Club brought emerging architects and designers together for a smaller, more open conversation on participation, making and the future of practice.
Project
La Marzocco finds its Sydney rhythm
Inside La Marzocco Sydney, Open Creative Studio has turned a Botany warehouse into a flexible showroom, training space and events venue — one that understands coffee culture as both technical craft and social ritual.
News
A night of design: Greg Natale unveils Cruda and Bosco in Sydney
Tongue & Groove hosted a lively gathering to celebrate two new collections by Greg Natale, bringing together designers and industry peers.
News
Heritage meets harmony: Eva’s Sydney flagship by In Addition
Merging residential living with the retail experience, the latest project from In Addition breathes new life into shopping for the home.
Events
Foster + Partners exhibition is coming to Sydney’s Parkline Place
‘Civic Vision | Foster + Partners’ is the first comprehensive exhibition of the practice’s work to be held in Australia, providing an in-depth look at its global portfolio of work since it was founded in 1967 by Norman Foster.
Project
“Most significant cultural building since the Opera House”: Sydney Modern opens
The North Building at the Art Gallery of New South Wales is complete. Part of the Sydney Modern Project and designed by Japanese practice SANAA, with Architectus as executive architects, it is a magical, ethereal spatial experience and a globally significant building.
Articles
Watch this beautiful collaboration between Helena Geiger and Milliken
In this video, we explore the collaboration between Indigenous Australian artist Helena Geiger and Milliken. Their new commercial carpet collection, Sandhills, is a collection that transports you straight into the Australian landscape, and it’s a story you won’t soon forget.
Products
Smart and sustainable furniture with So Watt
Sydney-based design studio, So Watt, celebrates dynamic collaboration and enhances the workplace with the Rover Team Table.
News
Editor’s Pick: See, play and learn at Sydney Design Festival
Let’s face it. The world isn’t perfect. But fear not: this year’s Sydney Design Festival theme of Call To Action will explore ways design can contribute to its betterment.
Ideas
Sydney’s World Design Capital Bid Is Public And Gaining Some Pace!
Today and tomorrow, Sydney plays host to two VIP representatives from the World Design Organisation, in a move to be declared World Design Capital in 2020.
Ideas
Sydney, it’s Make or Break Time
The Sydney Design 2016 program has just been released, and asks festival-goers to consider creative design that’s a little more turbulent.