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• Tappeti marks 20 years of bespoke rug design

  29-07-2026 09:00 via indesignlive.com
  
  Tappeti has marked its 20th anniversary with Teatro Tappeti, an event held at Sydney’s Paddington Town Hall last month.Founded by Karinna Gobbo in 2006, the studio has grown from a bespoke rug business into a design house working across residential, commercial and hospitality interiors in Australia, Singapore and further afield. Its rugs and carpets are developed through an in-house design studio and produced by specialist weavers in Nepal and India using hand-knotting, tufting and looming
  
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• OK House by Stephen Collier Architect

  29-07-2026 08:51 via architectureau.com
  
  In a coastal town where houses typically revere the view, this joyful dwelling instead looks inwards and upwards, creating a private haven that unfolds around a courtyard.
  
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• Seven design fallacies worth challenging

  29-07-2026 07:17 via indesignlive.com
  Design events work best when they give the industry something substantial to discuss. New products and polished installations draw people through the door, but the exchange of experience, ideas and disagreement often stays with us longer.In the lead-up to Saturday Indesign, we asked six practitioners to identify the misconceptions they encounter in their work. Their answers reveal how easily familiar ideas about size, luxury, restraint and heritage can become accepted as rules.K5 Furniture event
  
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• Remembering Winston Barnett 1935–2026

  29-07-2026 07:14 via architectureau.com
  
  Elizabeth Farrelly recalls the impact of the British-born architect, academic and artist who “brought urban design in his suitcase” when he arrived in Australia in the late ’80s.
  
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• Metallic magnificence revealed at Milan

  29-07-2026 04:45 via indesignlive.com
  
  This is the genesis of Estratto, a sophisticated range of mono-material coffee tables and consoles representing an alchemical fusion of material and design imagination.  The range was first revealed to the world at Salone del Mobile. Milano 2026 in April, as part of the #PedraliGentleHabitat installation.The Estratto pieces shone in scenarios representing scenes ranging from casual, relaxed sophistication to formal luxury, mirroring the potential of the range for curating spaces amidst gard
  
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• Designers turn to plants in new NGV exhibition

  29-07-2026 02:33 via architectureau.com
  
  A new Melbourne exhibition will explore how designers are replacing plastics with plant-based materials, revealing a future where fungi, hemp and Indigenous knowledge reshape the way we make, build and live.
  
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• Interiors on the 2026 National Architecture Awards shortlist

  29-07-2026 01:25 via architectureau.com
  
  Sixteen commercial and residential interiors from across Australia and one home overseas are in contention to win the Australian Institute of Architects’ 2026 National Architecture Awards.
  
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