Australian Design Review

Central, designed by J.AR OFFICE, has won the IDEA 2025 Overall Project of the Year, sponsored by Miele. The Cantonese-style restaurant, which Jared Webb and his team designed, documented and delivered within a rapid seven-month period, sits at the centre of Brisbane’s CBD resurgence in which “venues are starting to bring the city back to life”. “Brisbane is a city that is coming of age, a play worthy of fantastic venues that push the limits for the city,” Webb says. “As with all our projects, this is more than just a fitout in a building. It’s a project that influences the way people live within our city and contributes positively to that. It becomes a destination.” Read Alice Blackwood's interview with Jared Webb from inside magazine issue 121: https://lnkd.in/gN8VJ5rE

Winners of the 23rd Interior Design Excellence Awards were unveiled in Sydney this past Friday, capturing a breadth of new and known talent in Australian architecture and design. It was a particularly splashy evening for Brisbane-based architecture studio J.AR OFFICE, who took home three awards: Hospitality, Emerging Designer of the Year and the night’s top prize – Overall Project of the Year. Adelaide-based interior design and architecture practice studio gram accepted the coveted Designer of the Year title, while Melbourne interior designer and powerhouse Miriam Fanning was named the IDEA 2025 Gold Medallist. View all the IDEA 2025 winners on ADR: https://lnkd.in/gsxT97vs A massive thank you to overall sponsor Miele, alongside sponsors Crafted Hardwoods, Cult Design, Designer Rugs, ForestOne, MillerKnoll, LAUFEN Bathrooms, Signature Appliances powered by Miele, and Zenith Interiors Pty Ltd. We are eternally grateful for their continued support of IDEA and of Australia’s design community. We are also hugely thankful to our event partners Axolotl, Chandon and Moobrew, who helped the IDEA gala sparkle even brighter this year. ... More gala photos to come x

Simone LeAmon steps into the role of chief executive officer of the Design Institute of Australia, bringing her vision of design as a cultural, economic and civic force that shapes how the nation lives, works and imagines its future. Read the full story on ADR: https://lnkd.in/gEgjv9h4 #design #appointments #DIA

An aeroplane wing left at the edge of a driveway, quiet yet rich with memory, sparked a Brisbane design studio now crafting meaningful work from fragments of history and turning retired aircraft into purposeful design. Read how Zachary Briggs turned passion into product on ADR: https://lnkd.in/gX9rcGjh #art #design #furniture

Interface’s ReEntry program turns circular design into action. Taking back used carpet tiles at the end of their first use, Interface then finds smart ways of repurposing them. The recent ReEntry case study, captured in the video below, traces one journey of Interface carpet from a corporate office in Brisbane, stopping over at Interface’s manufacturing plant in Minto, New South Wales, and concluding at an art store in Mittagong. "Circular economy is a team sport. It involves the building owner, the specifier, the project manager, the contractor and us as product manufacturers to ensure it works," Interface sustainability manager Aidan Mullan says. Watch the full case study on ADR: https://lnkd.in/gWXFWD_m

NGV Australia presents MOTHER, an extraordinary visual conversation on motherhood, unprecedented in scale and depth within an Australian art institution. Opening at The The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia in March 2026, MOTHER gathers more than 200 works from across cultures and generations. Read more in ADR: https://lnkd.in/gTWH-vrF #art #NGV #exhibitons

A meeting of minds and materials has sparked a new chapter at Crafted Hardwoods and Like Butter, one shaped by curiosity, resourcefulness, and a shared belief that circular thinking belongs in everyday practice, not in theory. https://lnkd.in/gPF7PbWS #design #timber #collaboration

In its fourth year, Australian Design Review's 30UNDER30 program continues to amplify the skills and profiles of the next generation of Australian design talent. The shortlist for the next cohort will be revealed very soon, thanks to our judging panel, which this year included HDR design principal, Simon Fleet. He talked to ADR about what the next generation of architects and designers bring to the industry, as well as what makes a standout young practitioner. Read more at ADR: https://lnkd.in/g78sM2-S

Designer Rugs has launched the exquisite Opal collection, its latest collaboration with celebrated Australian designer Emma Elizabeth. The new series of handmade rugs draws its inspiration from the iridescent beauty and layered mystery of Australian opals, translating the gemstone’s shifting colours into four distinct, textural designs: Fire Sovereign, Celestine, Aurora Terra and Aqua Lumina. Read: https://lnkd.in/g568mrQq #Sponsored by Designer Rugs

Winners of the 2025 ArchiTeam Awards were unveiled in Melbourne last night. View the victorious practices and find out which project took out the top prize on ADR: https://lnkd.in/geiWAB3N ArchiTeam Cooperative Ltd