The latest in interiors
A Melbourne CBD intervention achieves warmth, intimacy and a 50 to 75 percent reduction in embodied carbon through keeping what already exists. Across Australia’s major cities, the pressure to reposition ageing commercial assets has become one of the defining challenges of the built environment, and all too often the default response is demolition, a cycle […]
More than a decade after it was founded, RJ Living continues to grow by staying true to the philosophy that built it: furniture shaped by materiality, proportion and everyday use, designed for the way Australians actually live. “RJ Living started with a simple idea – to create beautifully designed furniture that feels considered, timeless and […]
Maeve Mullane is a Sydney-based interior designer who focuses on human-centred work and is led by material choices. As a member of Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026, she excels at challenging conventions through the use of offbeat colours, unconventional forms and unexpected textures. Australian Design Review: What do you enjoy doing in your spare […]
Miele unveiled its latest design concept, ‘Designed to Move with You’, at Milan Design Week 2026, presenting a vision of the kitchen as a flexible, intelligent living space that adapts to modern lifestyles rather than remaining a fixed functional zone. Showcased at both EuroCucina and the newly redesigned Miele Experience Centre in Milan’s Brera Design […]
Faena Hotel’s New York outpost immerses guests in decadent and flamboyant design, from its gilded ceilings down to its floor art by Designer Rugs. Opening to fanfare in September 2025, Faena New York is the third location for the hotel chain that first opened in Buenos Aires in 2005, followed by Miami Beach in 2015. […]
This week Humanscale is hosting Designing Comfort: The Art and Ergonomics of Seating, a livestreamed discussion, with Alan Hedge exploring the ways to combat common posture mistakes, including hunched ‘shrimp’ sitting, and their effects on muscle fatigue, breathing, circulation and musculoskeletal strain. I’m going to be honest here. When you’ve been working in a certain […]
From sculptural furniture and glowing glassware to First Nations storytelling and radical material reuse, this year’s Melbourne Design Week 2026 (MDW) arrives with an expansive program that pushes design beyond object making and into culture, community and conversation. Across 11 days and more than 400 events, exhibitions and installations, the festival will transform galleries, warehouses, […]
Having recently joined Grimshaw, following a stint at AJC Architects, Simone Carmody continues to be driven by her passion for the environment, for promoting regenerative and sustainable design, and for designing spaces that connect people, place and the planet. As a member of the 2025/26 cohort for Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30, she says she’s proud to […]
Following the apartment tours from this year’s Milan Design Week, ADR highlights the top exhibitions we visited during this year’s event. The Factory of Light presented by Aesop For its third appearance at Milan Design Week, Aesop presented The Factory of Light, a multisensory installation at Milan’s Santa Maria Del Carmine. Designed by Australian architect […]
The pioneering podcaster, graphic designer, educator and author is coming to Vivid Sydney in June for an exclusive keynote, imparting wisdom gleaned from decades in practice and more than 700 conversations with creatives. Debbie Millman has breathed deeply with Marina Abramović, discussed humanity with Gloria Steinem, and once had a heated argument with Richard Saul […]
Architectural spaces should sound as good as they look. To achieve this perfect balance of design, form and function, it comes down to the right expertise to bring an architect’s vision to life. europanel saw the need for quality architectural wall and ceiling panelling that challenged the existing ‘one-size-fits-all’ market. This led the business to […]
Senior architect and urban designer at Brisbane City Council, Ben Hovav, studied in Milan and Delft, and founded a design research collective in Rotterdam before returning to Brisbane, where he also currently teaches at Queensland University of Technology. As a member of the 2025/26 cohort for Australian Design Review‘s 30UNDER30, he’s relishing the opportunity to […]
The latest in architecture
The US architect, designer and scholar is set to draw from his own research and practice to illustrate how emerging AI technologies are already reshaping design. According to Joshua Vermillion, the current discourse surrounding artificial intelligence runs along a continuum between two extremes. “At one end is, I think, some folks who are very contrarian, […]
The Robin Boyd Foundation offers a veritable treasure trove of architectural treats through its events, screenings, guided tours and more. Are you a neighbourhood wanderer? Do you amble along the streets where you live and gaze up at the buildings wondering about their provenance? Perhaps you are curious as to who built them and why? […]
A historical sacred meeting ground for the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people has returned to its roots as a modern gathering place, now welcoming visitors from around the world in Melbourne’s Seafarers precinct. Ten thoughtful years of regeneration along the Birrarung (Yarra River), opposite South Wharf, have resulted in the $600 million Seafarers project by Riverlee. […]
The wait is nearly over. Australia’s biggest festival of construction, Sydney Build Expo, opens it doors at ICC Sydney from 9am on 29 and 30 April! This year’s event will be the largest in the show’s history, with a record numbers of attendees, speakers and exhibitors confirmed. More than 28,000 professionals, including leading contractors, architects, […]
Jack Crowe is the videographer and social media manager at DKO Architecture in Melbourne. An ‘innovator of the built world’ within Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 cohort for 2025/2026, Crowe uses visual storytelling to bridge disciplines and communicate design. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Jack Crowe: I entered the 30UNDER30 program […]
For the first time, the Vivid Sydney Minds program brings together a line‑up of leading thinkers shaping the way we design and experience our cities. Vivid Sydney has gradually gathered a broad cross-section of creative industries since its inception as a smart light festival in 2009. Initially focused on art and light projections, the annual […]
Angela Liang’s work explores how people, place and culture shape the spaces we create. Through residential projects, she uses drawing as an influential problem-solving design method and a framework for collaboration. The Rothelowman team member is now looking forward to putting this into practice as one of Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/26. Why did […]
Joining Envirotecture’s Talina Edwards and Andy Marlow – already announced as curators for next year’s conference – Vanessa Girling and Agatha Partyka have been appointed to bring fresh perspectives to the event’s planning. “Girling and Partyka bring diverse perspectives shaped by varied pathways into practice, cultural experiences, and active engagement in advocacy and community-led initiatives,” […]
A surging jobs market, rising salaries and shifting expectations are reshaping how architecture and design studios compete, hire and retain. The architecture and design jobs market is pacing steadily, with a clear pattern emerging from the latest Australian and New Zealand market data. ‘The AU/NZ Architecture and Design Market Report‘ says demand has accelerated with […]
Milica Božić’s research-driven practice focuses on curation and exhibitions about architecture, shaped by her cross-cultural experience across Australia, Italy and Serbia. Named in Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 for 2025/2026, she brings a critical approach to heritage and its representation. Australian Design Review: Why did you enter the 30UNDER30 program? Milica Božić: I entered the 30UNDER30 […]
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will once again see a takeover of the St Kilda Road venue in December 2026 for the next Triennial, following its previous iterations in 2017/18, 2020/21 and 2023/24. Launched by NGV director Tony Ellwood and introduced by the local member for Albert Park Nina Taylor, the next Triennial will […]
Opening last month to a substantial fanfare, Brisbane’s newest performance space, Glasshouse in the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, certainly catches the eye. Arguably more visually impressive than Port Macquarie’s 500-plus seat entertainment space with which it shares a name, but opened 17 years before it, the new Glasshouse Theatre is part of the Queensland Performing […]
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