Jacob Stavrakis, an architect working at Sydney-based interior design and architecture studio YSG, shares his reflections from Sydney Design Week, held from 12 to 24 September 2025. As an architect, I’ve learnt that sometimes too much attention to detail can blur the bigger picture. This year for Sydney Design Week, organisers Powerhouse invited us to […]
Thought leaders in the interior design community and their clients assembled for a number of intimate, insights-driven conversations with a focus on sustainability, the circular economy and what the future of design could look like. As part of its illuminating ‘Conversations for a Better World’ series, MillerKnoll hosted a pair of industry events across Sydney […]
Australian architectural firm Cox has identified an increasingly common duality facing the workplace design sector, writes director and interior designer Brooke Lloyd. Macquarie Group’s global headquarters by Cox. Photo: Brett Boardman. Workplace design for professional services has always carried symbolic weight. More than places of work, offices are also instruments of reputation, carefully calibrated to […]
With the construction industry contributing nearly 40 percent of all annual waste within Australia, sustainable measures are needed to reduce the amount of construction material destined for landfill, in turn feeding a more circular economy. The interior fitout sector is a complicated, labour-intensive aspect of the construction industry and poses a very practical challenge: how […]
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