How a discarded rowing vessel morphed into a sculptural circular lighting piece. A damaged rowing shell has found new life inside a sculptural lighting piece by Melbourne industrial designer and artist Edward Linacre, transforming family history and discarded materials into an intimate act of circular design. When a rowing boat named after your mother reaches […]
Design, hospitality and culture are reshaping the workplace into somewhere people genuinely want to be. As hybrid work continues to reshape the relationship between people and place, workplace design is entering a more human-centred era shaped by hospitality, culture and connection. At Melbourne Design Week, Communications Collective founder and director Genevieve Brannigan sat down with […]
There was something different about the 30UNDER30 creative retreat this year and it was an innovation that will definitely stick. For the fourth program in a row, we changed things up a bit. Previously the cohort, in alternating years, has comprised purely architects followed by interior designers along with product designers. Other professionals of the […]
The newly reimagined Newcastle Art Gallery (NAG) has unveiled three major exhibitions signalling a bold new chapter for the institution, and combining large-scale commissions with deeply personal explorations of culture and memory. The exhibitions include the largest solo exhibition ever staged by acclaimed Torres Strait Islander artist Brian Robinson, the first institutional solo presentation by […]
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