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Trent Jansen

The inside of outdoor success: 30 years with Tait

The inside of outdoor success: 30 years with Tait

As Tait celebrates 30 years, we congratulate Gordon and Susan Tait for investing in Australia, taking a chance and being successful!

Trent Jansen’s Venice design residency: Uncovering the dark and salty side of the city

Trent Jansen’s Venice design residency: Uncovering the dark and salty side of the city

Spending a month in residence in Venice, Trent Jansen has worked with the sublimely talented Vetralia Collectible, where artisans and artists work on contemporary art and design using Venetian craftsmanship. It all takes place in a Renaissance workshop, exploring a wide range of techniques and materials.

The next step: Axolotl goes global

The next step: Axolotl goes global

Always the innovator, Axolotl is taking its products worldwide, offering boundless possibilities for architects, designers, and everyone in between.

Craft Vic captures the wild and experimental in The Chair

Craft Vic captures the wild and experimental in The Chair

From the dawn of time the chair has been an integral part of furniture history. The shapes and styles are multifarious however, a chair sets the scene wherever it is positioned. And so, the backdrop is set at Craft Victoria, with an exhibition of chairs that affords a bird’s eye view of some of the many interpretations and concepts that have been developed into a chair.

Exhibit A of innovative things by Australian designers

Exhibit A of innovative things by Australian designers

Australian Design Centre presents the 20th anniversary exhibition of the design industry’s much anticipated annual program WORKSHOPPED20 – the very best in new Australian design by emerging and established designers.

Telling the story of Australian design: Broached Commissions retrospective

Telling the story of Australian design: Broached Commissions retrospective

In a new exhibition, the work of Broached Commissions is put on display for Design Storytellers at the NGV’s Ian Potter Centre.

Fair Game: A look at Australian design

Fair Game: A look at Australian design

As globalisation opens Australian designers up to the international marketplace, we find ourselves at a unique pitching point. ‘Australian’ is the new design commodity. Yet we continue to search for the words that best articulate our most desirable, differentiating qualities. Beyond a can-do, make-do culture, what sets Australian design apart from its contemporary counterparts?

A Singular Beauty: Broached East

A Singular Beauty: Broached East

Elana Castle talks to Lou Weis about the historical inspiration for the collective’s latest limited edition design collection