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It’s all in the details: how to create maximum impact with just one product

It’s all in the details: how to create maximum impact with just one product

Hansgrohe’s new faucet line has the performance and aesthetics to elevate any wetroom.

Convenience, connection, creativity: Bosch’s AI-powered Series 8 Ovens herald a new era of cooking

Convenience, connection, creativity: Bosch’s AI-powered Series 8 Ovens herald a new era of cooking

Bosch is ushering in a new era of culinary innovation with its AI-powered Series 8 Ovens. Here, Bosch’s Head of Product Design shares how they’re transforming the kitchen experience.

“We just need to make the revolution irresistible”: A story about hemp

“We just need to make the revolution irresistible”: A story about hemp

In the second of a two-part exploration of hemp in today’s built environment, we consider risk and reward.

The age of hemp? Aesthetics, legalities and the promise of carbon-neutrality

The age of hemp? Aesthetics, legalities and the promise of carbon-neutrality

In the first of a two-part exploration of hemp in today’s built environment, we consider aesthetics and why the material hasn’t been used more widely.

Putting back better: Circularity and regeneration, not sustainability

Putting back better: Circularity and regeneration, not sustainability

Following a recent panel discussion during Melbourne Design Week, Collectivity Talks Founder, Genevieve Brannigan sat down with Sally Evans, Director of Graphic Design and Product Development at Nexus Designs, to interrogate the role of biofabrication.

Performing arts hubs: A case for cross-disciplinary creativity and community with Hayball

Performing arts hubs: A case for cross-disciplinary creativity and community with Hayball

In this comment piece, Hayball’s Owen West, David Tweedie and Emma Parkinson make the case for an important dimension of education design.

Cesar’s Dante Chester on AI integration, bespoke design and material exploration

Cesar’s Dante Chester on AI integration, bespoke design and material exploration

Dante Chester, Managing Director of Cesar, outlines the brand’s commitment to pushing boundaries and the infinite opportunities for customisation with the aid of technology.

Culinary artistry, illuminated: Gaggenau’s 200 Series Fridge Freezer turns the kitchen into a creative atelier

Culinary artistry, illuminated: Gaggenau’s 200 Series Fridge Freezer turns the kitchen into a creative atelier

With the exceptional 200 Series Fridge Freezer, Gaggenau once again transforms the simple, everyday act of food preservation into an extraordinary, creative and sensory experience, turning the kitchen space into an inspiring culinary atelier.

Introducing the Here Before Collection, a collaboration celebrating Indigenous art

Introducing the Here Before Collection, a collaboration celebrating Indigenous art

Dreamtime Flooring, a 100 per cent Indigenous-owned business, has partnered with renowned carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst to launch the Here Before Collection.

Poetry, essentialism and freedom in kitchen design: Sven Baacke introduces Gaggenau’s new cooktop

Poetry, essentialism and freedom in kitchen design: Sven Baacke introduces Gaggenau’s new cooktop

Gaggenau’s new Essential Induction is set to transform how we design and use our kitchens. Here, the brand’s Head of Design lets us in on the creative process behind the groundbreaking innovation – and reaching the poetic intersection of form and function.

“A perfect example of the design of the future”: Patricia Urquiola and Mater in Milan

“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.

Comment: Can we please stop designing for the set of Blade Runner?

Comment: Can we please stop designing for the set of Blade Runner?

Simon Liley, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Cundall, writes about how cyberpunk dystopias haven’t (quite) come to pass yet – and how designers can avoid them.