Photographer Phillip Simpson

100% Design Singapore

2009 marks a special year for the Singapore Design Festival with Singapore hosting the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) World Design Congress 2009, and INDEX: Award Exhibition 2009 as the first INDEX: Partner City. The Festival will also present the best of design in Singapore with the President’s Design Award 2009 Ceremony and Exhibition, Singapore Creative Circle Awards and more.

Drawcard for creative athletes: MAAP LaB

With the doors flying open, MAAP’s latest retail store of exposed architectural design promises to represent the ‘creative athletes’.  

Wolf Dual Fuel Range

The Wolf Dual Fuel Range by Multyflex, delivers a classic design in kitchen perfection.

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.

A perfumery with somewhere to sit

For Libertine Parfumerie’s new Armadale boutique, Tamsin Johnson looked to the warmth of the home and the rhythm of old-world shopfronts to make fragrance retail feel slower, richer and more personal.

“It’s a privilege to be able to support”: OFFICE works with Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

The Melbourne-based, not-for-profit practice has designed a new fit-out and outdoor gathering space for the Victorian Aboriginal Healthcare Service.

O’Connell’s Hotel reborn

Fiona Drago Architect refreshes one of Melbourne’s best-known hotels, balancing heritage character with a more open and contemporary hospitality experience.