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From a presenter who channelled his best Dr Seuss impression to a winner who really wished he’d had a haircut, the IDEA gala last Friday (28 November) was a triumphant night all round. The attendees at Sydney’s Seymour Centre comprised delighted winners, succinct presenters and a crowd that relished the opportunity to not only party […]
MillerKnoll is a collective that has a central unifying approach when it comes to sustainability – and it’s one that frames design not merely for its aesthetic strengths, but, more importantly, as a tool for maximum positive impact on the world. It is an organisation that has explored and honed its company-wide beliefs and goals, […]
How the accomplished designer and deserving winner of this year’s IDEA Gold Medal, Miriam Fanning, found her feet in the A+D industry. Miriam Fanning credits her mother for her curiosity about objects, places and people with her never-ending desire to find out why, how and what inspires them. “My mother always said to me, ‘ask […]
If we are going to transform the way we live, let’s do it well. The push to higher-density living in Australia is a chance to reset for a better-quality future – in both liveability and sustainability. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. In Australia, capital cities are growing as fast […]
Brisbane-based architecture studio J.AR Office took home three awards at the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) on 28 November, including Emerging Designer of the Year, the Hospitality category and the night’s top prize – Overall Project of the Year – for Central. Below, we revisit our project feature, written by Alice Blackwood, on the […]
Australian Design Review and inside magazine are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), representing the best of interior and product design from across the country. Officially unveiled at the 23rd annual IDEA gala, held this year at the Seymour Centre in Sydney on the evening of Friday 28 […]
Simone LeAmon steps into the role of chief executive officer of the Design Institute of Australia, bringing her vision of design as a cultural, economic and civic force that shapes how the nation lives, works and imagines its future. Strong in her conviction that design is woven into the way Australia lives, LeAmon speaks with […]
Curators of the modern workplace, Zenith examine the shortlist for the Workplace Under 1000sqm category at the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), identifying the key ingredients to success in this sector. Human creativity often emerges from constraints. Take the late French visual artist Henri Matisse. In his sixties, when ill health prevented Matisse from […]
Interface’s ReEntry program demonstrates that circular economy is a ‘team sport’ in design. In Minto, New South Wales, the rhythmic hum of the Interface factory underscores the quiet progression of an environmental mission. For Interface sustainability manager Aidan Mullan, the global flooring solutions company’s ReEntry program is not just another recycling initiative, but a beacon […]
Designer Rugs has launched the exquisite Opal collection, its latest collaboration with celebrated Australian designer Emma Elizabeth. The new series of handmade rugs draws its inspiration from the iridescent beauty and layered mystery of Australian opals, translating the gemstone’s shifting colours into four distinct, textural designs: Fire Sovereign, Celestine, Aurora Terra and Aqua Lumina. Emma […]
A highlight of the annual calendar for ArchiTeam, the organisation that has acted as an advocate for small, medium and emerging architecture practices for over 30 years, the annual awards program this year celebrated its 18th iteration with a ceremony and celebration in the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood on Wednesday 19 November. The event […]
Otomys, a leading contemporary gallery in the heart of Melbourne, celebrates its 15th anniversary with Still Point, a milestone exhibition now open at the historic Villa Alba Museum in Kew. Excuses are hardly needed to prompt a visit to Villa Alba. Any time the 130-year-old Kew mansion opens its doors to the public is an […]
The Robin Boyd Foundation continues to champion the Australian modernist architect’s belief that great architecture should be honest, experimental and accessible to all, using Boyd’s own Walsh Street house as both a living archive and a catalyst for public conversation. Robin Boyd famously attributed a humble design staple as the key to enhancing a person’s […]
Winners of the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) will be announced at the IDEA gala in Sydney on Friday 28 November. Here’s what patrons can look forward to at A+D’s party of the year next week. IDEA is Australia’s premier interior design award. Since 2003, the program has championed the very best in Australian […]
A new national report from workplace strategy and design firm Spaceful has revealed a strong link between workplace design and employee satisfaction and retention, suggesting that the physical office is becoming a strategic business tool. Based on responses from more than 1000 Australian workers and 200 business leaders, the ‘Spaceful Workplace Insights Report 2026’ finds […]
Ross Gardam, founder of the Melbourne-based practice bearing his name, has launched three new glassware pieces at the prestigious Milan Design Week, including two original collections and a bespoke limited-edition piece. Unveiled at Luminescent Duality – the practice’s meticulously designed showcase of lighting pieces – Gardam artfully embodied his studio’s aesthetics-driven ethos through three new […]
Championing the power of design to shape the way we live, work and create. When Herman Miller and Knoll came together in 2021 to form MillerKnoll, it wasn’t a merger in the traditional sense. It was the forging of a collective bound by a shared belief in design as a catalyst for progress. Today, the […]
ForestOne, an innovative force in the timber and decorative solutions industries, thrives on the reciprocal energy of new design studios. Sometimes the most exciting interior design studios are the ones you haven’t heard of yet. The Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) carves out space specifically to celebrate those burgeoning studios operating for five years or […]
What does the term ‘Swissness’ bring to mind? Legendary precision? Exquisite design? Highest quality? All these adjectives and more can be applied to the sanitaryware designed and manufactured by Laufen, which has been utilising the oldest malleable material available to make its products for over 125 years. At a recent intimate dinner, a group of […]
BVN principal Sally Campbell is eager to guide the next generation of designers and architects coming through Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 program – encouraging them to cultivate purpose, breadth and the courage to learn through trial and error. Australian Design Review (ADR)’s 30UNDER30 program provides mentorship and career development in the architecture and design industry, […]
The world-leading Australian rug company weaves a world of colour into its unique creations. As sponsor of the Colour award at the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for two years running, Designer Rugs walks the walk. From the very start, the Marrickville-born rug brand resisted the sedated greys and pinks of the 1980s, injecting striking […]
Paint supplier Haymes Paint has created a bespoke shade, Gamer, for ACMI’s new exhibit ‘Game Worlds’ in Melbourne. Celebrating over 50 years of video game history, the new shade takes inspiration from the heads-up display of modern adventure titles. Running until 8 February 2026, the Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI) is hosting a celebration […]
Laufen continues to breathe new life into one of its longest-running and most successful collaborations with Alessi. ILBAGNOALESSI finds poetry in an unlikely place. When visionary Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni first designed the collection in 2002, he reinterpreted classic bathroom archetypes, giving them an organic, almost sculptural character. His award-winning collection for Swiss bathroom specialist […]
When design vision meets real-world constraints, the results can fall short – but they don’t have to. In PS Health’s new clinic, Cameron & Co and Unita demonstrate how ambitious interiors can materialise, without compromise. It’s a challenge all too common in the interiors industry: in the liminal space between design and delivery, even the […]
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