What happens when big businesses knock off local designers? When a major retail chain advertised an identical product to one they’d borrowed for a photo shoot from a small Melbourne brand, it’s no [...]
Ahead of next week’s Decor+Design show, Design Online speak with ADA director AMS about the problem, the solutions and why the industry must be more aware! The ADA has worked with D+D since 2016 to eradicate [...]
PREVIEW NEW WORK BY 2022 FINALISTS Australia’s longest-running design competition celebrates its 19th anniversary shining a spotlight on early-career furniture, lighting and object designers. VIVID has kick-started [...]
Occupying a heritage-listed building in one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs is Design Week’s most surprising and stellar exhibition. The dilapidated 1880s mansion hosts a sublime showcase of innovative [...]
We are proud to support the Australian debut of SAY IT LOUD, a global initiative that cultivates and elevates the contributions of BIPOC designers to raise the visibility of their contributions to the built [...]
ADA Design Futures Award Winners Discover work by five new designers at our Interiors Australia I Denfair installation. Melbourne Fringe Furniture, now DESIGN FRINGE, debuted a rebrand and a new venue partnership [...]
The 18th Vivid Design exhibition showcased an incredible lineup of work by local talent. Our ADA Award recipents Samual Burns and Zachary Hanna, joined award winners Dean Norton, Isaac Pelchen, Julia Quirk and [...]
The Australian design industry contributes $67.5 billion annually to GDP, equal to the construction industry. So with design theft now rife in both retail and the interior design sector – how can you harness [...]
Calling early-career furniture, lighting, and object designers! Entries are now open for vivid design competition 2021 // Entries close May 2nd. Open to professional designers who have been practicing for less than [...]
Best known for massive outdoor steel sculptures that can be seen across Australia and around the world, the late Australian-American artist Clement Meadmore (1929-2005) was also a prodigious industrial designer. In [...]