Kath Dolan

Designing The Democratic Workplace With Archier

When Melbourne City Council’s Creative Spaces program found vacant ground-floor retail space below a Southbank residential tower, it enlisted Archier to create a transparent, flexible HQ on the leanest of budgets.

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University of Melbourne Arts West By ARM And Architectus

What the hell is ‘salon learning’ and how is design responding to this new educational format? Arts West, Melbourne Uni’s riotous new Arts Faculty by ARM and Architectus, reimagines on-campus learning via a landmark building shaped, inside and out, by the philosophy of object based learning.

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Five Mins With… Nest Architecture’s Emilio Fuscaldo

Sure, making grand architectural statements is great, but for Nest Architecture’s Emilio Fuscaldo the transformative power of design lies in small gestures that come from asking revealing questions.

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What is “Salon Learning” and How are Designers Responding to this new Education Format?

Designed by ARM Architecture and Architectus, the University of Melbourne Arts West showcases object-based-learning in a cleverly playful, richly decorative, digitally integrated ‘cabinet of curiosities’.

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STOP! Collaborate and Listen: Craig & Karl

Assumed long-distance relationships were a recipe for heartache and angst? Clearly you haven’t met Australian graphic designers Craig & Karl; collaborating across the world with brands like Apple and Chanel – and all remotely!

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Can Humble Gestures Create Great Change?

For Nest Architecture’s Emilio Fuscaldo the transformative power of deslgn often lies in small gestures prompted by searching questions.

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Lonely Planet’s Guide to the Galaxy

Siren Design’s stunning fitout for Lonely Planet creates a memorable journey through space and time at Carlton’s iconic former CUB site in Melbourne’s inner north.