Adelaide-based Aranda artist Alfred Lowe has taken out the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)’s 2025 Rigg Design Prize for his ambitious ceramic vessels titled ‘You and me, us never part’. Now in its tenth edition, the triennial prize is Australia’s highest national accolade for contemporary design bestowed by an Australian public gallery and seeks to […]
Now in its fourth year, Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 program has established itself as the leading mentorship and career development program in the architecture and design industry. The unique program brings together game changers, industry leaders, practice founders, product manufacturers, suppliers and sponsors to celebrate and empower young architects, and interior and product designers of the future. […]
A highly regarded accolade in contemporary Australian design, the Rigg Design Prize celebrates its landmark 10th anniversary in 2025 with a grand prize of $40,000. Among its decorated assembly of 35 finalists are three of Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 program alumni. Presented at the Ian Potter Centre in Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria, the exhibition […]
One woman and her growing community of protégés are leading a renaissance of architectural glass design in Melbourne. Architectural glass design was an endangered sector in Australia after the turn of the century. Veteran Melbourne-based practitioners Donna Kennedy and Dr Bronwyn Hughes conducted a survey on leadlighters in 2012 that revealed an ageing workforce. “The […]
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