ADA x Green Design Show:: MCEC July 16-18, Register Now!
The ADA joins the Green Design Show at MCEC, driving conversations about sustainable practice and authentic design across the sector.
Partnership: (Emerging) Designer Awards/Artedomus + Local Project
We proudly support the second edition of the Emerging Designer Awards in partnership with Artedomus/New Volumes and The Local Project.
ADA Talk: Design Show / From Icons to Imitations, with Cultivated
Sustainable Interior Design & Authentic Sourcing – ADA x Cultivated Talk at Design Show Melbourne 2025 Can the Future of Interior Design Survive the Copycat Era? Join us on Friday, 13 June at 12:50 pm at the [...]
ADAxMDW: Furniture Reuse at Scale, Living Edge, Hassell, Aust Post
Melbourne Design Week Recap: Circular Thinking at Scale with Australia Post. Hosted by Living Edge, in partnership with the ADA, the panel discussion offered an in-depth look at Australia Post’s landmark [...]
ADAxMDW: Future-Proofing Design: from Originality to Impact
Industrial design can play a critical role in addressing the environmental crisis by driving sustainable innovation and circular practices. At MDW25 at RMIT, the ADA highlighted this through the lens of sustainable [...]
ADA Talk : Understanding Copies & Imitations in Interior Design
Have you taken steps to protect your brand from one of your team inadvertently creating or specifying copies? In a world flooded with images and ideas, knowing when inspiration crosses into copying is crucial for [...]
ADA Advocacy :: WIPO Finalising International Design Law Treaty
Next month, WIPO will host a Diplomatic Conference to finalise a Design Law Treaty (DLT). This is the final stage in a multi-year international series of negotiations. WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) [...]
ADA DESIGN FUTURES AWARD :: Meet Our Winner Carl Broesen
Meet the winners! During our ongoing partnership with Design Fringe, a highlight of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, we are proud to present our ADA Design Futures Award to honour a body of work or ongoing practice of [...]
Advocacy Update :: IP Australia Consultation Outcomes
Enhancing Australian Design Protection – Essential read! IP Australia has released the outcomes of the two-year consultation on proposed ways to enhance protection for ‘Virtual’, [...]
ADA 11 :: Sustainability, Authenticity & Circular Practice
Download our latest newspaper for highlights from our touring speaker series spotlighting fast furniture as a growing environmental crisis, unpacking how ADA members invest in tools that help consumers and [...]