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Now or Never turns Melbourne inside out
via indesignlive.com
Later this month, Melbourne’s civic buildings, river edges and public spaces will be handed over to artists working across light, sound, performance and digital media.Running from Wednesday 19th to Sunday 30th August, the fourth edition of Now or Never brings together more than 250 local and international artists for over 150 events, including 20 premieres and festival exclusives. The 2026 program is organised around the theme A Whole New World, with immersive technology, artificial intell
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Duffy Street by Ben Walker Architects
On an elevated suburban block in Canberra, a new residence nods to traditional Japanese architecture with a wrap-around, screened verandah that modulates light and privacy, creating a joyful setting for daily family life.
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Pettigrew-Boyd by Flack Studio
In this extract from Flack Studio’s monograph, clients of the firm’s renovation to the first-ever residence designed by architect Robin Boyd – a 1943 home in Melbourne – reflect on their experience working with founder and principal David Flack.
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The Design Dozen with Alexandra Donohoe Church
Decus founder Alexandra Donohue Church answers our twelve burning questions about design.
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The sound of our cities: why the Australian pedestrian button belongs in our archives
The PB/5 pedestrian crossing button audio is a successful example of audio-tactile signalling and an early example of universal design principles: products and environments that are inclusive for a diverse range of users, irrespective of age and ability.
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The brand spotlighting furnishings crafted with purpose and the skilled design minds behind themÂ
via indesignlive.com
Aware of the way a home speaks to its owner’s personality, selecting furnishings requires a sense of self and confidence. For interior designers and specifiers, who are often armed with a practiced design-eye, access to the high-quality pieces they have in mind is often the top priority. Whether a client or an interior designer, BACHLI’s longstanding relationships with brands have seen them become a furniture design authority with genuine guidance and know-how to offer.Husband-and-wi
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Five Australian-made designer objects
Discover five pieces designed and made in Australia by some of the country's talented designers and artisans.
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Products in Practice: Architect Kerry Kounnapis shares a product he loves for its versatility
In this edition of Products in Practice, Kerry Kounnapis shares how a versatile timber product helped shape an award-winning hospitality interior.
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Bower Street Apartment by Christine Rose Design
Christine Rose Design has reimagined the coastal apartment, replacing whitewashed interiors with a warm, material-rich palette inspired by Manly's sandstone cliffs, native vegetation and golden afternoon light.
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Singapore and the SIA, a powerhouse of design
via indesignlive.com
This year has seen the largest ever cohort of entries to the INDE.Awards from Singapore. As a leader in our Indo-Pacific region, Singaporean architects are certainly staking their claim as dynamic and innovative practitioners as the shortlist attests.As Strategic Partners to the INDEs program this year, the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA), should be justly proud of an astounding 13 shortlisted entries and a Luminary from its members across six categories.The Singapore showcase is represe
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A system in search of a belief: What is architecture missing?
“So much architecture these days is about nothing,” argues Elizabeth Farrelly. She posits that what architecture needs is a set of beliefs fashioned “into a kind of theory to guide architecture and city-making into the future.”
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New Queensland Housing Code and updated design standards announced
The state government’s reforms, which target the removal of “unnecessary red tape” in order to improve housing supply, are proposed to commence on 14 August.
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Saturday Indesign memories: Escaping the corporate catch-up trap
via indesignlive.com
Is everyone else over the corporate version of the ‘catch-up trap’, or is it just me?For those unfamiliar with the term, here’s the synopsis. The catch-up trap is what happens when two people go about their lives and periodically reunite to ‘catch up’ over a series of coffees, drinks and meals, exchanging life updates without ever actually creating any new shared experiences.We tell ourselves we’re making more memories, but really we’re just making more
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Public consultation now open on long-term vision for Victoria Park precinct
The draft plan for Brisbane’s Victoria Park precinct beyond the Brisbane 2032 games retains two-thirds of the park for green space while proposing new public infrastructure for activation, recreation and connectivity.
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INDE.Awards Gala marks ten years with truly regional scope
via indesignlive.com
In its milestone tenth year, the INDE.Awards was celebrated in style at 1 Hotel Melbourne on Thursday 30th July. Distinctive for its Asia-Pacific region-wide scope, the awards were especially notable in 2026 for the sheer geographical breadth of winners and honourable mentions — with around a third of named awards going to projects or people outside of Australia.Categories ranged from residential to all kinds of commercial designs, such as learning and workplace spaces, as well as the two
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Gilgandra Library and Community Hub by Dunn Hillam Architecture and Urban Design
Designed to foster cultural continuity in a regional town, the adaptation of a former store into a library and community hub has made it a civic anchor and a catalyst for local culture to develop.
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What AI data centres really mean for Australia's water supply
While viral claims about data centre water-use don’t hold up, the real story is worth understanding. It comes down to where these centres are built, what water they use and how they report it.
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2026 Sunshine Coast Open House program preview revealed
Celebrating 10 years this year, the 2026 festival program offers the opportunity to visit a diverse range of public and private spaces united under the theme “sustainable inclusive design”.
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The 2026 INDE.Award Winners are Revealed – Celebrating 10 Years of Indo-Pacific Design
via indesignlive.com
On the evening of Thursday 30 July, the winners of the 2026 INDE.Awards were announced at a special 10th anniversary Gala at 1 Hotel Melbourne. The evening celebrated the outstanding people, projects and products shaping architecture and design across the Indo-Pacific.Now in its milestone 10th year, the INDE.Awards is regarded as the premier awards program for architecture and design in the Indo-Pacific.Each year, the INDEs showcase the region’s most exceptional projects, people and produc
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Celebrating ten years of Indo-Pacific design: 2026 INDE.Award winners revealed
via indesignlive.com
On the evening of Thursday 30 July, the winners of the 2026 INDE.Awards were announced at a special 10th anniversary Gala at 1 Hotel Melbourne. The evening celebrated the outstanding people, projects and products shaping architecture and design across the Indo-Pacific.Now in its milestone 10th year, the INDE.Awards is regarded as the premier awards program for architecture and design in the Indo-Pacific.Each year, the INDEs showcase the region’s most exceptional projects, people and produc
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A new chapter of Herman Miller’s design continuum: Kim Colin and Sam Hecht named Global Creative Directors
via indesignlive.com
Kim Colin and Sam Hecht – an architecturally trained Angeleno with degrees from UCLA and SCI-Arc and a London-born industrial designer trained at Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art – seem like the obvious choice for Herman Miller’s momentous appointment.As the founding principals of their Clerkenwell-based practice, they have created works for brands like Emeco, Mattiazzi, Muji and &Tradition, with some of their most consequential designs on permanent displa
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‘Profound’ architectural intervention wins 2026 ArchitectureAu Award for Social Impact
A new pavilion and homestead renewal on a significant site for Tasmania’s Palawa people, this year’s award-winner offers a literal and symbolic means for community to return, gather, remember, care for and speak truth on Country.
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2026 ArchitectureAu Award for Social Impact: Winner
Truth Telling at Wybalenna by Taylor and Hinds Architects with the Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania.
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2026 ArchitectureAu Award for Social Impact: Commendation
Fitzroy Neighbourhood House by Kennedy Nolan.
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What's on in August 2026
This month, hear from architects and designers at events in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth as they discuss their first and last projects, their designs for adaptable spaces with long lifespans, and their work at the intersection of coastal and urban environments.
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House in a Garden by Edition Office
Edition Office has embraced the rare opportunities and extreme constraints of a site on Melbourne’s Birrarung/Yarra River to create an introspective urban refuge embedded in foliage.
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Tappeti marks 20 years of bespoke rug design
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
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
via indesignlive.comDesign 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
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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