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Seddon only takes on work within a two-hour drive – “understanding the local terrain is important.”

It’s about planning ahead: Kate Seddon’s switch from advertising to landscape designer

Great gardens and backyards should never be an afterthought, says the Melbourne-based designer.

  • Stephen Crafti

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Johnson at home. “She puts together pieces from different eras in a breathtaking way,” says one client.

‘Tactful disharmony’: An interior designer’s offbeat path to success

Mixing the old and the new as well as “the weird and the super polished”, Tamsin Johnson’s approach is winning fans from Byron Bay to Dubai and Hollywood.

  • Luke Benedictus
Communal bathing space The Bathhouse has been nominated for this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards.

High honour: Cannabis dispensary, luxury bathhouse nominated for design awards

Against the ever-expanding global wellness market, two Brisbane venues have been nominated for Australia’s top interior design awards.

  • Courtney Kruk
Maison de Sabre co-founder Omar Sabre (left) has slammed the popularity of dupe products as “completely unacceptable”, as Sportsgirl pulls its imitation fruit-shaped bag charms off shelves.

‘They’re fakes’: Maison de Sabre founder condemns dupes as Sportsgirl pulls items

Just as there are Ferraris and there are Hondas, the Australian-based luxury accessories brand has said Australians shouldn’t accept dupe products.

  • Jessica Yun
Tadao Ando’s concrete pavilion at the Queen Victoria Gardens has been offered to the City of Melbourne.

Serene and stunning, this beloved concrete slab has its own security guard

Over 300,000 people have made the pilgrimage to MPavilion 10. Now this Melbourne icon faces its own Eiffel Tower moment.

  • Norman Day
Keith Herft is brining his Oscar-nominated talent back to Australia. He isn’t the only one.

This major visual effects studio is bringing Australia’s best talent home

Weta FX is officially setting up base in Melbourne, further strengthening the country’s already burgeoning screen industry.

  • Nell Geraets
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A ‘perfect’ inner-city pad set on 30 square metres? One architect’s ‘Goldilocks’ rule

Adam Haddow’s own house is set on a tiny plot. Now he’s focused on his Victorian home town with designs that are not too big, not too small – but just right.

  • Luke Slattery
Beyond the Grave examines everything from people planning their own funerals to how cemeteries are designed. Tania Davlidge, executive director and curator of Open House, and Bjorn Nansen, University of Melbourne professor, specialist in digital death commemoration.

Designer deaths: From ocean paddles to sneakily scattered ashes, we’re doing things differently

Funeral at the pub? Sure. A digital avatar to remind loved ones about you? Why not. Death may be a constant, but our approach to it is changing dramatically.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Part of the Wangaratta District Specialist School, designed by Sibling Architecture. The project was 2024 winner of the AA Social Impact Award.

Who doesn’t need a hug? This exhibition will lift your mood

It’s a weighty issue, designing spaces for sensory needs. These architects invite you to be tucked into their sculptures.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
The variety of succulents and abstract art on the neighbour’s brick walls capture desert scenes.

Award-winning inner-city sanctuary gives a nod to the ’80s

The innovative Six Ways House, named after an intersection at its front door, has set neighbours’ tongues wagging.

  • Stephen Crafti

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