On a night for which the phrase ‘raining cats and dogs’ could have been coined, an impressive number of Australia’s designers and architects braved the downpour and headed to Cult’s huge multi-roomed space in the inner Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford for the 2026 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Designer of the Year presentations. Following on […]
Last Thursday, seven practices from around the country came together at ForestOne’s showroom in the inner Melbourne suburb of Abbotsford to present their portfolios to an invited audience and representatives of this year’s Interior Excellence Awards jury panel. Following the Shortlist Reveal event at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney a couple of weeks […]
The A+D industry turned out in style last Thursday – flocking to the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ Meers Hall to see if their practice’s projects had made the shortlist for this year’s IDEA. Introduced by the team from Niche, the IDEA 2026 shortlist announcement event featured a chat with two of the program’s […]
Every year it just seems to get bigger and better! In 2026 the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) received a record-breaking number of entries, with around 300 of them making the shortlist across all categories. Established in 2002, IDEA is the longest-running and one of the most highly respected design awards programs in Australia. Now […]
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