Now complete and almost ready to welcome its first residents, Aura by Aqualand delivers everything one would expect of a luxury residential complex. Located centrally on North Sydney’s Walker Street – with unobstructed views to the city, the Opera House, and the familiar, curving shoreline of Sydney Harbour – the facility includes no less than 386 considered, spacious apartments. Conceived with a future of flexible employment patterns and realigned work-life boundaries in mind, these residences are complemented by a 5-star hotel style concierge service, a gym, pool, activity rooms, and extensi ..read more

Right across Milan, hubs of experiential design formed a temporary mecca for the aesthetically minded, a pop-up world where leading brands created sensory encampments to showcase their latest wares. Among these was Pedrali, an iconic Italian manufacturer of contemporary design furniture for contract and residential. With a legacy spanning over 60 years, Pedrali is renowned for its quality, innovation, and their quintessential Italian commitment to craftsmanship and world-leading design. 2024 marked Pedrali’s 35th showing at Milan, and the brand celebrated this occasion with an other-worldy ins ..read more

Tosin Oshinowo is a Nigerian architect with some important things to say, if only there are enough willing to listen. She was in Australia in May for a keynote speech at Melbourne Design Week, as well as speaking to a packed audience at Brickworks Sydney. Oshinowo trained as an architect in the UK and her impressively international record of achievements includes recently curating the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, while, next year, she is set to take up a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard.  DAAR’s Concrete Tent for the Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023, photograph by Edmund Sumner. Speaking ..read more

Sydney’s architecture and design community came together to mark the launch of our latest magazine, INDESIGN #91. The issue, themed ‘Work (Place) & Play,’ is especially notable as the first with our new guest editor model. And not just any guest editor – SJB’s Adam Haddow oversaw the new magazine alongside Gillian Serisier, fresh from the announcement that he is the AIA’s National President-elect. We also once again acknowledge the wonderful role played by our previous editor, Alice Blackwood, who brought the milestone 90th issue to life in 2023. Indesignlive editor, Timothy Alouani-Roby ..read more

“We have a finite environment – the planet. Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist.” This quote from David Attenborough is often seen when approaching the topic of the circular economy, and appears, in fact, as the opening line in the industry standard TM66, which is a guide to lighting design and the circular economy. TM66, among other standards and guides, are the tools we reference when developing our designs and product specifications with best practice in mind. As a concept, we are seeing architects, specifiers and bu ..read more

The Australian Furniture Design Award, complete with $20,000 prize, has gone to Australian-Portuguese architect and multidisciplinary designer, Marta Figueiredo. Presented by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) and Stylecraft, it celebrates the most interesting and innovative furniture and lighting design being created in Australia today. Selected from a shortlist of ambitious new work, Figueiredo’s Chronicles of Resilience cabinet is a personal and vulnerable work that highlights women’s health, with a focus on endometriosis, and is designed as a tangible platform for advocacy to bring att ..read more

What might a self-sufficient city look like? How might it function and, most importantly, form part of the approach to tackling the climate crisis? These are some of the questions at the centre of a three-week exhibition at Powerhouse Ultimo. A New Normal, presented as part of Vivid Ideas Sydney, brings together more than 20 concepts aimed at providing some near-term solutions that could transform Sydney in terms of energy, water and other consumption. As “part-pavilion, part-community space,” the exhibition is led by Jess Miller, former Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, with project ..read more

Across modern history, mass social changes have often been driven by youth movements, with groundswells created by those with the conviction to take matters into their own hands and be the catalysts for social equality. As these movements start to rumble their way through society, we see brands and industries shaped by their influence, with products and art created as an extension of the principles and beliefs of these champions of change. Flashback to 1981 and a small, rural village in France’s Basque country saw a brand rise from the stressors of a sweeping economic crisis, where five friend ..read more

Ahead of the upcoming Melbourne Design Week panel discussion ‘Emerging Bio-based and Upcycled Materials for Everyday Use,’ industry experts Suzette Jackson (KFive Furniture), Riley Aickin (UPPAREL) and interior designer Jade Whittaker (Breathe Architecture) join Collectivity Talks moderator Genevieve Brannigan to discuss the role of bio-based and upcycled materials in a sustainable circular future for the retail sector and beyond. Genevieve: Can you tell me about the importance of circularity and how retail sector can begin to embrace this concept for a more sustainable future? Suzette: It’s ..read more

Elevating established partnerships and Herman Miller’s long-standing legacy in the region, MillerKnoll strengthens its presence in Southeast Asia with new dealerships, signalling a determined commitment to deliver its signature blend of innovation and timeless beauty to one of the world’s fastest-growing design hotspots. The Jakarta connection In Jakarta, long a vibrant hub of culture, architecture and design, Rifyo Design Quarter transitions from solely representing Herman Miller to becoming a leading purveyor of the full MillerKnoll design offering. Rifyo, an Indonesian company rooted in a m ..read more