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Australian Design Review speaks to international design practice Hassell and the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) about their new joint discussion paper ‘Social Value in the Built Environment’. ‘Social value’ has come to the fore of discussions about how we evaluate the impact of the built environment on people’s quality of life. But how […]
Australian industrial designer Adam Goodrum and French marquetry artisan Arthur Seigneur have been awarded the 2024 Melbourne Design Week Award for their collaboration: ‘The Kissing Cabinet’. Announced on the opening day of Melbourne Design Week, Goodrum and Seigneur – working together as Adam&Arthur (A&A) – are the recipients of the annual $5000 prize, which recognises […]
The writing is on the wall — or, at least, the window — for plastics, thanks to an innovative collaboration between Aesop and Melbourne artist Jessie French. In place of the usual petrochemical-based PVC decals, French has been applying algae-based films to the shopfronts of 28 Aesop stores across Australia and New Zealand. These films, […]
Melbourne Design Week 2024 kicks off on 23 May, presenting 11 official days of more than 300 events centred around the theme: ‘Design the world you want’. Now in its eighth year, Melbourne Design Week is a significant annual design festival in Australia, which presents innovative exhibitions, international keynotes, displays, workshops, symposiums and more. With […]
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