The world's top design brands and best international products launching in Sydney

July 30th, 2015

We’re just two weeks out from Sydney’s biggest commercial design event of the year, and our Exhibitors are gearing up to reveal their latest releases fresh off the shipping containers.

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Great taste – great sense of humour: Blu Dot is set to reveal the thinking behind its much-loved designs, and share the story behind its international success with two timed talks, in-showroom with Blu Dot co-founder, John Christakos.

From their brand new showroom in Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, SeehoSuinvites you to explore beautiful craftsmanship and contemporary design from Japanese brand Maruni, Danish new-comers New Works, Mud Australia, molo design studio and more.

Pure Concept transports you into a luxury world of indoor-outdoor living with a full-working kitchen, and a premium range of contemporary Italian collections including new pieces from Antonio Lupi.

Spence & Lyda welcomes DCW Editions’ Fred Winkler in Australia to launch new furniture and lighting editions fresh from the Salone in Milan. Also making a star appearance in Sydney is Alvaro De Catalan de Ocon, designer and creator of the PET phenomenon, launching the African collection, ABYSSINIA.

Coco Republic presents the founder and namesake behind Timothy Oulton – Timothy Oulton himself! Timothy’s pieces combine the best of traditional authenticity with daring amounts of innovation in design – it’s a meeting not to be missed! Also joining Coco Republic is Benjamin Brougham, Director of Interior Design at Jonathan Adler. Benjamin has a talent for tapping in to current trends and translating these to suit your clients’ needs and tastes.

Zenith presents Belgium company BuzziSpace. Since its inception in 2007 with fresh and stylish solutions for silence in the office, BuzziSpace has become a world-wide hit. Explore the true beauty of silence with this designer brand.

Cafe Culture + Insitu take design to the next level with Zeitraum. The interactive and engaging display at Galleria invites you to engage with new Zeitraum collections including M11, Morph, Side Comfort – to name a few.

ECC Lighting + Furniturelaunches USM Modular Furniture, the Swiss furniture producer whose products are associated with long life-cycles, unlimited reconfigurations and sustainable design.

Discover NEOLITH, the new sintered compact surface that, thanks to its super-strength properties, is perfect for wet and hot areas, interiors and exteriors. Explore NEOLITH’s extensive range of colours and thickness options for work and leisure surfaces.

Sydney Indesign runs from August 13-16. Pre-register now!

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Cooking from the heart, designing with precision: Chef James Won and Gaggenau’s culinary partnership

To honour Chef James Won’s appointment as Gaggenau’s first Malaysian Culinary Partner, we asked the gastronomic luminaire about parallels between Gaggenau’s ethos and his own practice, his multidimensional vision of Modern Malaysian – and how his early experiences of KFC’s accessible, bold flavours influenced his concept of fine dining.

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.