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25.01.2022 Partu is a project that started with rubbish and was aided by a beautiful synchronicity between leather-forming skills and contemporary design. Guest contributor and graduate of architecture Nikita Bhopti writes about a fascinating collaboration between Indigenous leather saddler Johnny Nargoodah and Sydney-based designer Trent Jansen. View pieces from Partu at Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert.

24.01.2022 Interesting to see that the Sydney Biennale, normally so focussed on contemporary art, will include design and architecture in its scope for the 2022 edition thanks to artistic director, Colombian curator José Roca.

23.01.2022 Melbourne studio creates open-source Sneeze Screen, My Top 5: Quilt Covers, a new mural at UNSW by Indigenous artists and What is Speculative Design? - https://mailchi.mp/c6d0b145a0b4/kfnz354qc4-4193669

21.01.2022 Who doesn't love a terrazzo floor? And those beautiful arches and spheres, plus soft pink and green - check out Pompei House by Carter Williamson Architects.

19.01.2022 Join me next Friday via Zoom to discuss my book Design Lives Here: Australian interiors, furniture and lighting with Uro Publications.

19.01.2022 I love Goods of Desire's tongue-firmly-in-cheek ultra-modern take on Hong Kong visual culture. Check out my 10 favourite G.O.D. products currently in stock and shipping to Australia. https://thedesignwriter.com.au/top-10-goods-of-desire-via-/

18.01.2022 As the weather gets cooler and many of us are spending a lot more time indoors, check out these five beautiful quilt covers available to buy online from Australian bedlinen brands. sage and clare AURA home Kip&Co, Castle - castleandthings.com.au Bed Threads

17.01.2022 Enzo Mari, Gio Ponti, Achille Castiglioni who's your favourite Italian designer? Check out my list of the best 10 classics of Italian design. Thank you to Space Furniture, Euroluce Lighting Australia, Living Edge: Furniture for Life, Stylecraft and Powerhouse Museum for help putting this together. Stay tuned for the companion piece to this 'Top 10: Italian contemporary design' to be published soon.

16.01.2022 Please join me this Friday at 5.30pm to talk about Australian design and my book Design Lives Here.

16.01.2022 Three Indigenous artists have come together to create a beautiful mural "In her hands" inspired by Aboriginal Elder Esme Timbery at a new UNSW arts building.

16.01.2022 Top 10 Italian Design Classics, Sydney's Pompei House and Arkadia apartments, plus Lucky Charms by Daniel Emma. - https://mailchi.mp/809695b85e9d/kfnz354qc4-4277438

16.01.2022 A pair of Melbourne-based entrepreneurs have created a Sneeze Screen that can be ordered online or downloaded as a file to cut with a CNC router or laser cutter.

12.01.2022 A combination of fun science fiction and a serious investigation into our society and ideologies, Speculative Design has power to expand design into new fields of thought. So what exactly is it?

11.01.2022 My Top 10 Italian contemporary design post is up and it features some of what Italy does best furniture inspired by fashion and luxurious materials like leather and marble. Tag Hub Furniture Cult Design Own World KE-ZU Dedece Criteria Collection Stylecraft top3 by design Spence & Lyda https://thedesignwriter.com.au/top-10-italian-contemporary/

11.01.2022 Adam Lynch and Dale Hardiman from Dowel Jones have formed a new zero-waste initiative, New Model, whose first product is the 1 Hour Bag. Read more on my blog, including how to be the first to watch your 1 Hour Bag being made at a live event: 9 Hour Factory: Melbourne Design Week.

09.01.2022 As part of our series Object Stories, guest contributor Nikita Bhopti explores memory and materiality in the Gridwork Side Table by Melbourne designer Jonathan Ben-Tovim.

09.01.2022 Partu by Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen, Top 10: Italian Contemporary Design, Goods of Desire and Interchange Pavilion - https://mailchi.mp/12c6d6cf5308/kfnz354qc4-4317210

08.01.2022 This secondary dwelling on a large block in Sydney's north west features a pared-back design and skillion roof. The design by Sandbox Studio features two connected pavilions, one in recycled brick and one in metal sheet.

07.01.2022 Australia doesn't report on gender in graphic design with anything like the detail that the US does. What we do know from statistics and awards programs is that women in graphic design are largely invisible. Read more from guest contributor Jane Connory, who just finished her PhD on this topic in Melbourne.

05.01.2022 Who doesn't love built-in furniture? tsai Design has used this and a couple of other neat tricks to create an amazingly liveable space in a mere 50 square metres in this apartment in Melbourne. Read more on my blog now.

04.01.2022 The nearly half a million recycled bricks in Arkadia apartments by Breathe Architecture, DKO Architecture and Oculus Architecture pay homage to the site's location in Alexandria Sydney, where brick kilns once stood. The project is an outstanding example of how to design for community and sustainability. Read the post on my blog The Design Writer for more. #sydneyarchitecture #recycleddesign #sustainabledesign #residentialarchitecture #sustainablearchitecture #recycledmaterials

01.01.2022 Waste recycling with the 1-Hour Bag at Melbourne Design Week, bushfire-ready architecture, women in graphic design and Greg Natale's new store - https://mailchi.mp/253f02a4d348/kfnz354qc4-4145761

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