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Billie Murphy is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Below, the Sydney-based senior interior designer from Gray Puksand talks about her penchant for designing joyful and quirky spaces, her experience working on a primary school project in Vienna and her love of scuba diving. Australian Design Review: How would you […]
After sharing his highlights from among Milan Design Week’s apartment tours, Australian Design Review’s marketing coordinator Alvin Wu rounds up his favourite exhibitions from the event. Taking place from 8 to 13 April, Milan Design Week 2025 was a bustling festival of exhibitions, tours, product launches, presentations, workshops and parties, including the return of the […]
Australian workplaces are becoming more sophisticated as boundary-pushing designers innovate to serve the evolving needs of various stakeholders. Commercial interior designer and Carr associate director Catherine Keys shares some of the influences driving change in the sector and her methods for supporting collaboration, focus and flexibility. As many workplaces around the country strive to become […]
Tamara Glick is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Below, Glick confesses to her lifelong admiration for Charlotte Perriand and shares her passion for using design as a vessel for storytelling. Australian Design Review: How would you describe your work? Tamara Glick: My design approach is driven by the desire […]
At the wheel of Swedish automotive manufacturer Polestar’s colour and materials team, Maria Uggla is redefining what car interiors can be – ethical, sustainable and anything but conventional. Design instinct runs deep for Uggla. Her visceral reactions to art and design act as her own inbuilt compass guiding her to true north. “I tell my […]
Designing for early learning is often about soft corners, bright colours and safe thresholds. But what happens when a space must speak to children who experience the world in wildly different ways? At The Sanctuary Early Learning Centre Health and Knowledge Precinct, architecture becomes a quiet collaborator, shaping experience without instruction. Every surface, volume and […]
Fresh off a visit to Milan Design Week, a yearly pilgrimage which attracts nearly half a million design lovers to the Italian city, Australian Design Review’s marketing coordinator Alvin Wu shares his favourite apartment tours from the event. Alongside the official furniture fair, Salone del Mobile, Milan Design Week features several apartment tours where designers […]
Rothelowman has helped Aria Property achieve its most liveable and sustainable residences to date with Trellis, a multi-residential development opposite Musgrave Park in South Brisbane. Just looking at Trellis, named after the trains of plants that climb up and down its facade, it’s no surprise to learn that its developer, Aria, has a vision to […]
Australian floor covering provider Andersens has collaborated with ResiLoop on industry product stewardship to expand their advocacy for green industry practices. ResiLoop is a not-for-profit scheme backed by major suppliers, aimed at decreasing waste by incorporating circular economy principles for floor coverings. Andersens CEO Rowan Hodge says that ResiLoop aligns with his company’s commitment to […]
From humble beginnings as a healing ale to its newest venture as a bold new landmark, South Australia’s brewing icon proves evolution was always on tap. When legendary South Australian brewer Coopers envisioned a guest-centred public destination that bucked tradition, Studio Nine Architects and interiors gurus Studio Gram leaned into the challenge. Eschewing the tired […]
Andrew Glover will judge the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), joining Jade Whittaker, Melissa Leung, Conrad Lowry and jury chair Paul Hecker. IDEA is Australia’s longest-running independent architecture and interior design awards program with winners selected annually by a panel of expert judges working in the industry. GroupGSA associate director Andrew Glover brings over […]
The Sydney-based contingent of Australian Design Review’s (ADR’s) 30UNDER30 gathered for the first time on Wednesday 26 March – here’s how it went. Kiln was the perfect meeting place for this year’s cohort of interior and product designers. Perched on the 18th floor of Ace Hotel Sydney with views overlooking the popular design destination of […]
Australia’s visual and craft arts workers face deteriorating conditions, a newly released study led by RMIT and the University of Melbourne has found. The four-year study conducted alongside several peak arts bodies revealed that declining conditions in the industry will lead to more workers exiting the sector. The findings highlighted high rates of voluntary unpaid […]
Designers see the world slightly differently from the general population. For Sheridan’s head of design, Bec Burnard, the sources of inspiration for her collections range from the artworks of world-renowned artists to a simple cashmere scarf. With a background in fine arts – painting and drawing, to be specific – it’s not surprising that mark-making […]
Conrad Lowry will judge the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), joining Andrew Glover, Jade Whittaker, Melissa Leung and jury chair Paul Hecker. IDEA is Australia’s longest-running independent architecture and interior design awards program, with winners selected annually by a panel of expert judges working in the industry. Rothelowman associate of interior design Conrad Lowry […]
Leading interior decorator Simone Haag is one of six international exhibitors – and the only Australian – taking part in the third edition of L’Appartamento by Artemest. Set during Milan Design Week, L’Appartamento is a celebration of decoration, inviting interior designers and stylists to each transform a distinct room using only furniture, lighting, art and […]
Set in the gently undulating landscape of Victoria’s Yarra Valley, Chandon’s newly reimagined Homestead is a space that invites guests to slow down, settle in and savour the moment. Designed by Melanie Beynon Architecture & Design, the project is a study in layered warmth – an elegant reflection of terroir, legacy and local creativity; a […]
Daniella Bassin is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Below, we get to know the senior interior designer at Carr, who speaks to the power of practising gratitude in her personal and professional life. Australian Design Review: Do you remember your first encounter with design? Daniella Bassin: My first encounter […]
What if door handles weren’t just functional objects, but sculptural moments within a space? What if a cupboard pull could echo the architectural language of an entire interior? For Bankston, these are not abstract questions but the foundation of their latest collaboration with Sans-Arc Studio – an expansion of the award-winning Super Collection that challenges […]
Alice Blackwood shares her highlights from attending and presenting at Perth Design Week, held from 20 to 27 March 2025. We’ve long pondered the divide between Australia’s west coast design culture and the east. Living and working in different time zones does take its toll on day-to-day communications and business and, as a result, Western […]
Roca Group, an industry leader in the design, production and commercialisation of bathroom furnishings, has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum Medal for Sustainability Performance. The Platinum Medal is the highest recognition granted by EcoVadis, a global provider of business sustainability ratings. The award places Roca Group in the top one percent of more than 150,000 […]
Australian designer Tom Fereday collaborates with Zenith Design Studio to produce the new luxury lounge collection Easel. As furniture designers and curators of the modern workplace, Zenith has long championed Australian design through partnerships with local visionaries. Its latest collaborator, award-winning furniture and product designer Tom Fereday, brings a shared passion for honest design, sustainable […]
British interior stylist, designer and journalist Sophie Robinson is renowned for her bold, vibrant approach to interiors and her fearless use of prints and textures. Here, Robinson takes time out from her busy filming schedule of her own show, Dream Home Makeovers with Sophie Robinson, to share the designer furniture pieces and artworks that spark […]
Studio Shand won the Emerging Designer of the Year award, sponsored by ForestOne, at the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). With an integrated approach to design, realised through essential materials, geometries and tectonics, Studio Shand has worked on projects ranging from single residential and commercial projects to object design for private clients and retail, […]
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