People

Get to know the prominent and emerging contemporary architecture people and interior design people behind today’s most revered projects and practices.

January 15, 2025

High achievers: The PhD route for interior design

Investigating the process of a Reflective Industry Practice Model PhD Architecture and Design at RMIT University, we discover just what is involved and how the course influences those who participate.

January 6, 2025

“Creative, approachable and ambitious”: Q&A with RIZEN Atelier

Bradhly Le and his team talk us through the foundations of the newly launched practice, RIZEN Atelier.

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The uncharted plate: Ivan Brehm’s pursuit of crossroads cooking with Gaggenau and human connection.

In this candid interview, the culinary mastermind behind Singapore’s Nouri and Appetite talks about food as an act of human connection that transcends borders and accolades, the crucial role of technology in preserving its unifying power, and finding a kindred spirit in Gaggenau’s reverence for tradition and relentless pursuit of innovation.

December 20, 2024

Stories Indesign: Live-audience podcast with John McAslan

The British architect joined Timothy Alouani-Roby for a live recording with an audience of enthusiasts in Sydney.

December 19, 2024

Stories Indesign with Hassan Hajjaj: Where art, photography and design meet

In this episode of Stories Indesign podcast, Timothy Alouani-Roby speaks to world-famous British-Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj, who was in Australia for Sydney Design Week.

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Generative AI and its implications on design: Man x Machine x Material

The Man x Machine x Material collaboration by Jarrod Lim and The American Hardwood Export Council explores how generative AI can enhance design processes while also revealing the areas where human intuition remains irreplaceable.

December 18, 2024

On The Move to wrap up 2024

In the final round-up for the year, there are some practices with a high number of internal changes as well as new studio launches and collaborations.

December 16, 2024

Don’t demolish Flemington Estate, says OFFICE – ‘Retain, Repair, Reinvest’

Australia’s only not-for-profit architectural practice, OFFICE, is supporting the residents of Victoria’s housing estates in their fight to save their homes and communities.

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Ben McCarthy and gohome: The collaboration behind a “tool for life” and a new showroom opening

With gohome’s Sydney showroom opening set to light up Saturday Indesign, we find out more about the furniture brand’s collaboration with Ben McCarthy.

December 16, 2024

Designing for success

Two designers from Aotearoa/New Zealand are making a splash in the world of furniture design, creating objects of desire while carving their individual pathways to success.

December 11, 2024

BVN Associate in the vanguard of Aboriginal women architects

With her recent registration, Tiana Furner is among the first cohort of Indigenous women registered as architects in Queensland and indeed Australia.

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“It’s a bit like writing a little song or a Japanese haiku:” Patrick Jouin on design, collaboration, and a partnership for the ages

Pedrali and Patrick Jouin celebrate more than ten years of collaboration with new evolutions to their iconic designs

December 10, 2024

Climate crisis informs new graphic novel, Cabal

Andrew van der Westhuyzen, one of Australia’s pre-eminent creatives, has launched his debut book Cabal, the first in a series of illustrated science-fiction short story works. 

December 10, 2024

Behind the brand with Singapore-based Liz Teh

The Director of Space Design for Haworth International for Asia and Europe tells us all about her global design journey.

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Poetry, essentialism and freedom in kitchen design: Sven Baacke introduces Gaggenau’s new cooktop

Gaggenau’s new Essential Induction is set to transform how we design and use our kitchens. Here, the brand’s Head of Design lets us in on the creative process behind the groundbreaking innovation – and reaching the poetic intersection of form and function.

December 10, 2024

Newly released toolkit gives architects key strategies for climate-resilient design

Drawing on years of experience, Marra+Yeh Architects has made a new toolkit available online for everyone.

December 10, 2024

From New Zealand to Sydney: Nightworks’ city guide

We recently partnered with New Zealand lighting design studio Nightworks as they toured Sydney – here's their guide to all things great in design in the harbour city.

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Distilling modernity: In conversation with Giulio Cappellini

In an exclusive interview with one of the most iconic figures on the international design scene, Cappellini’s charismatic art director talks about design that transcends time and geographical context, embraces diversity – and captures the elusive essence of our times.