Entries to the 2025 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) are now open, with early bird pricing available until 27 April 2025. The road to the IDEA gala in November – a very exciting date on the Australian interior design calendar – starts today. Entries are officially open to submit your projects into IDEA, which also […]
Mumbai-born, London-based designer Nipa Doshi has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission, a major series inviting globally renowned designers to create groundbreaking new work for the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection. As one-half of London furniture, textiles and product design studio Doshi Levien, Doshi is known […]
Samantha Wardle is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Below, we get to know the Sydney-based interior designer and co-founder of Some Studio, including her roots in Hong Kong, studies in Italy and her passion for designing low-toxic spaces. Australian Design Review: What was your first encounter with design? Samantha […]
For Kate Stokes, one half of Melbourne-based furniture and lighting design studio Coco Flip, the best design objects are those that tell stories. As a design studio, Coco Flip’s process is anything but hurried. The studio emphasises letting ideas unfold over time and allowing inspiration from its travels, community and the artisan makers it collaborates […]
Winners of the 2024 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) show us what their trophies are up to three months on from gala night. For 22 years, IDEA has celebrated the best interior and product design coming out of Australia. Axolotl, an Australian supplier of architectural surfaces, joined this journey in 2010, designing and producing the […]
DKO has designed a sun-soaked steak restaurant at Saltlick, the architecture and interior design studio’s first built project in Bali. Where many other food and beverage venues in Bali lean into the theatrical, Saltlick makes its context the star. Perched above the renowned Ku De Ta beach club, Saltlick takes in Seminyak Beach through frameless […]
Returning for its third year, Perth Design Week is set to host more than 70 events across Boorloo (Perth) and its surrounds, showcasing local design excellence and hosting thought-provoking discussions on issues shaping Western Australia and beyond. As the city’s answer to the world-renowned design festivals in Milan, New York, London and Melbourne, Perth Design […]
For more than 60,000 years, First Nations Australians have fostered a deep relationship with the land, developing structures that merge with the natural environment. These traditional design principles, rooted in sustainability and cultural narratives, continue to inform contemporary architecture. Architecture is an expression. It can act as an explanation of its surroundings or contradict and […]
Baya creative director Hannah Middleton is one of those rare creative individuals who knows how to balance creative design with practical commercialism. Her work for New Zealand soft furnishing company, Baya, gives her the scope to explore innovative design solutions and explore the almost limitless possibilities that arise when tactility, materiality, colour and narratives of […]
MillerKnoll, a global collective of design brands, has unveiled a new sustainability strategy that builds on its legacy of environmental stewardship. The new goals put forward in MillerKnoll’s sustainability strategy representing an ongoing commitment to design for the good of humankind. Their unveiling coincides with the release of MillerKnoll’s 2024 Better World Report, which tracks […]
After a rigorous judging process, Australian Design Review (ADR)’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers cohort for 2024/2025 is revealed below. In 2024, ADR launched its third annual 30UNDER30 stream, turning its attention to emerging interior and product designers for a second time since the recognition and mentorship program first launched in 2022. 30UNDER30 by numbers […]
For Sydney-based stylist and lifestyle presenter Kerrie-Ann Jones, it’s the act of discovering beautiful furniture, art and objects to add layers of visual interest and curiosity that lights her up. Her signature evocative interiors, crafted to evoke a mood and spark conversations, all balanced with a neutral colour palette, have taken her around the world […]
The trans-Tasman design firm, known for designing buildings that provide a resounding positive impact, has revealed plans for the University of New England’s (UNE) Tamworth Central project in central New South Wales. The Tamworth Central project involves designing the foundation building for the proposed campus on the existing Velodrome site on Peel Street in Tamworth’s […]
The small but mighty Collingwood-based practice Chan Architecture expanded a 1920s art deco residence into an inviting, earnest and subtly sleek family home grounded in passive design principles. For 16 years, Chan Architecture has been guided by an immersive, hands-on and collaborative approach to design, constantly motivated to experiment with methodologies and work closely with […]
Hassell has designed a dynamic, flexible and adaptive research space for Australian National University’s (ANU) School of Physics. Hassell has delivered a long awaited and purpose-built science facility – conducive to rigorous engagement and cutting-edge research – that coincides with its eight year partnership with the university. The global design practice’s design has enabled the […]
The upgrade to the exterior façade of Perth’s most recognisable CBD tower will establish a new precedent in design sustainability through a rigorous material recovery and recycling program. The revamping of the exterior facade of Central Park Tower reflects a prioritising of sustainability, with over 150,000 kilograms of materials being recycled and a recovery rate […]
The winners of this year’s awards program will be officially announced on Thursday 16 November at the ArchiTeam Awards Opening Night in Melbourne. ArchiTeam Cooperative has provided small practice architects with support and guidance for thirty-one years. The membership association prides itself on being member-led in encouraging and empowering small practice architects to excel and […]
Global design firm Buchan is thrilled to announce the concept design for the Australian Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, that applauds the beauty of Australia’s natural landscape. Buchan’s design of the Pavilion responds to Australia’s Expo theme ‘Chasing the Sun,’ through saluting Australia’s spirit and diverse landscape. Designing Future Society for our Lives […]
Cumulus Studio senior architect Andrew Geeves believes understanding challenges is essential for architects of all ages and stages who are looking to constantly adapt, learn and excel. Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 program provides mentorship and career development in the architecture and design industry, bringing together game-changers, industry leaders, practice founders, product manufacturers, suppliers and sponsors […]
Arup’s deputy chair, Tristram Carfrae, looks back at the enormous feat of architecture and engineering achieved at the Sydney Opera House half a century ago.
Group GSA has joined forces with Singapore-based landscape architecture firm Salad Dressing to deliver a residential tower akin to a vertical forest in Rhodes, Sydney. GroupGSA took out the title for a competition in April to design a 37-storey mixed-use residential tower for developer Billbergia with Salad Dressing. Billbergia development director of planning and design […]
Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 program provides mentorship and career development in the architecture and design industry, bringing together game-changers, industry leaders, practice founders, product manufacturers, suppliers and sponsors to highlight and empower young architects and innovators of the future. Adelaide-based holistic architectural practice Williams Burton Leopardi is a proud 30UNDER30 practice partner that believes architects […]
A newly announced sponsor of the Institutional category for Australian Design Review’s Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), Crafted Hardwoods champions a highly sustainable approach to producing regenerative hardwood timber for the commercial and residential construction market. Crafted Hardwoods responds to a conundrum – how do we combat climate change with the knowledge that timber is […]
Australian Design Review is delighted to extend a warm welcome to Moo Brew, our craft beer sponsor for IDEA 2023 and to celebrate the launch of its new Hobart nano-brewery, Manky Sally’s. When Moo Brew set out to create Manky Sally’s, its vision was clear – to craft a drinking experience as distinctive as the […]
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