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There is something exciting and grassroots about an inaugural design week, and for the short 24 hours that Alice Blackwood was in Adelaide last week, she caught the lightning bolt of energy that was circulating among galleries, curators and designers alike. Here, she shares some of her highlights from every*where: Adelaide Design Week. Design weeks […]
Driven by a desire to increase the accessibility and affordability of home wellness, Nook Saunas delivers and installs well-designed infrared plug-and-play saunas to the homes and commercial spaces of Australians. Nook Saunas’ director James Billingham cites the memorable experience he had using a sauna on a retreat as inspiration for creating a service that seeks […]
A historic Tasmanian sandstone barn will soon be the setting for the 2025 Clarence Prize, one of Australia’s most prestigious awards for contemporary furniture design. This highly anticipated event and exhibition officially opens on Saturday 6 September at the charming Rosny Farm Arts Precinct, just outside of Hobart. The biennial awards program has been an […]
Herman Miller and Eames Office are celebrating 75 years – and more than 2 million permutations – of the Eames Shell Chair. It’s hard to imagine a world without the Eames Shell Chair, but the market had not seen anything like this unique seating configuration when Herman Miller introduced it in 1950. Making its mark […]
With their modern-retro take on high-end speakers, Tasmania’s Pitt & Giblin have embraced aesthetic appeal without forsaking the principles of acoustic design, writes Engel Schmidl. Room acoustics play a transformative, yet sometimes mysterious, role in how we perceive, interact and engage with a space. Often, however, the aural character of a space is a lower […]
Dedicated to workplace innovation and research-led design for almost 60 years, Schiavello Furniture has heralded the next evolution of its online presence – a new digital space designed to inspire. Beyond aesthetics, the aim was to create a dynamic, purposeful tool that blends technical resources with endless inspiration and creativity. This new digital design destination […]
Dalton Stewart is one of Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. In this Q&A, Stewart shares why experimentation is central to his creative process, one in which he questions, reframes and challenges current narratives around our built and cultural environments. Australian Design Review: Do you remember your first encounter with design? […]
The boutique rugs specialist marks its fourth collaboration with the lauded interior design studio. Australian Design Review takes a look at what’s in store for the new collection. Led by famed interior designer Meryl Hare, recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia for contributions to interior design and recently announced as the final […]
Melbourne-based furniture upholstery designer Zenn Design has unveiled the Elba seating collection. Designed and handcrafted in Caulfield South, the Elba collection conjures the essence of conscious design, subtle structure and refinement. Elba has been developed as a natural progression from the Archie stool collection and introduces a trio of purposefully designed options: a stool, bar […]
Through shifting styles and restless trends, the Series 7 chair by Fritz Hansen remains a quiet classic with nothing to prove. At 7.14am, on the northern edge of Copenhagen, the sky puts on a quiet spectacle: pink melting into blue, yellow flickering over green. From the coastline, the view towards Sweden becomes a soft gradient […]
Regional Victoria’s celebration of craftsmanship and creativity, Craft Lab 2025, will be held at the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange over two weekends in May. The City of Ballarat has partnered with Craft Victoria and the Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades to showcase the region’s investment in its creative economy. Together, these cultural bodies […]
Autumn in the Garden State is synonymous with many things – the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, fluttering brick-coloured leaves, footy scarves galore and Melbourne Design Week. The globally celebrated design week returns on 15 May and patrons can expect 11 memorable days packed with more than 350 events, exhibitions, talks and installations. Melbourne Design Week […]
As the world shifts towards conscious consumption, the way we access everyday essentials like water is undergoing a quiet revolution. For BRITA, this isn’t simply about filtration. It’s about designing systems that look good, work hard and tread lightly on the planet. In a landscape where sustainability, accessibility and smart technology are shaping the future, […]
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 […]
Danish design brand Vipp has turned its attention Down Under, building its 11th guesthouse into the sloping hills and bushland of Tasmania. Bruny Island, a short 20-minute ferry ride from Hobart, is known for its natural beauty and local oysters. It is also the location of the Vipp Tunnel guesthouse, designed in collaboration with Hobart-based […]
Vincent Tsang is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Here, we get to know the industrial designer at Vert Design, who talks about his creative influences, Jony Ive and Ivy Ross, and his career highlight working with Zero Co. Australian Design Review: Do you remember your first encounter with design? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Our music choices say a lot about us – make the wrong choice when on the AUX cord and risk side eyes from your coworkers. There are the crowd-pleasers you know will get most of the office tapping their feet, and then there are the songs so special to us that we dare to share […]
Chilean-born, now Sydney-based interior designer José Chandia has an artist’s sensibility. Through his interior design practice, a throughline connecting the cosmopolitan energy of cities with the grandeur of the natural world serves as a unifying creative ethos. For Australian Design Review’s (ADR’s) Designer Selects series, Chandia shares the pieces that inspire his elegant, dramatic, timeless […]
Australian-born product designer and lighting specialist Leah Martin is set to debut her new lighting collection exclusively through Bloomingdales Lighting in April. Leah Martin with one of her designs from the Remmy collection The new three-piece Remmy collection explores the contrast between functionality and aesthetics, steering light in various directions to the user’s discretion, with […]
Visitors to Melbourne Design Week can expect a display of 100 lights by more than 100 artists, a renewed exploration of design and death, and a run club past landmarks produced by women when the event returns from 15 to 25 May 2025. Now in its ninth year, Melbourne Design Week has become Australia’s largest […]
HAY has unveiled its latest furniture collection, blending timeless design with modern innovation. This new range reflects HAY’s commitment to quality and accessible design, offering stylish and functional pieces suited to contemporary living. Featuring both revived classics and fresh designs, the collection represents a dedication to craftsmanship and aesthetics. One of the standout pieces is […]
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