Former Foster + Partners illustrator Emily Soley paints Melbourne’s pubs and shopfronts as portraits of memory and neighbourhood attachment. Emily Soley spent years documenting buildings for their function, first as a spatial design student at Central Saint Martins in London and then as an architectural illustrator at the international practice Foster + Partners. Her debut […]
Six Australian creatives have translated personal stories, memories and causes into a collection of bespoke rugs, marking Designer Rugs’ 40th anniversary with an auction that puts design in service of something bigger. What happens when six of Australia’s most celebrated creative voices are invited to turn their ideas into rugs – and, in doing so, […]
Architecture studio Fore Design has completed a new gallery and cultural landmark to house the Hans and Nora Heysen collection in Hahndorf, South Australia. The Heysen Gallery was designed to protect, showcase and interpret the Heysen collection while remaining deeply connected to the landscape that inspired it. Located within The Cedars, the Adelaide Hills property […]
The annual Zero Waste Festival took place over the weekend at Federation Square in Melbourne, bringing speakers, activities and exhibitors together to fight the good fight against single-use plastics and Australia’s waste problem. Upcycled fashion show fills the room In previous years, the Zero Waste Festival has finished with a fashion-focused panel event discussing the […]
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