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Comment: Can we please stop designing for the set of Blade Runner?

Comment: Can we please stop designing for the set of Blade Runner?

Simon Liley, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Cundall, writes about how cyberpunk dystopias haven’t (quite) come to pass yet – and how designers can avoid them.

Back to basics at Zero Gipps: First-principles sustainability with SJB and Verosol

Back to basics at Zero Gipps: First-principles sustainability with SJB and Verosol

Beau Fulwood and Alison Peach on returning to a low-tech, first-principles concept of design as a strategy to combat climate change.

Facade operability shapes the corner gateway to Cremorne precinct

Facade operability shapes the corner gateway to Cremorne precinct

In what is a growing workplace precinct, Fieldwork has wrapped a distinctive skin of operable screens around this office block.

Tilt’s Tim Phillips on technology and the essence of industrial design

Tilt’s Tim Phillips on technology and the essence of industrial design

We spoke with Tilt’s Managing and Creative Director about industrial design, innovative technology and wellbeing within education spaces.

Comment: Gray Puksand’s predictions for Australian architecture in 2024

Comment: Gray Puksand’s predictions for Australian architecture in 2024

In this comment piece, Gray Puksand’s National Managing Partner, Nik Tabain, outlines some anticipated trends for this year.

How long is the bridge between nature and architecture? One kilometre, says Junya Ishigami

How long is the bridge between nature and architecture? One kilometre, says Junya Ishigami

At Zaishui Art Museum in Ritzhao, Shandong Province, the Japanese architect has recontextualised the connection between architecture, nature and water.

Beyond retail: UNStudio completes Huawei’s flagship Shanghai store

Beyond retail: UNStudio completes Huawei’s flagship Shanghai store

UNStudio, in collaboration with Chinese information and communications technology firm, Huawei, has unveiled the design for a new flagship store in Shanghai.

Woods Bagot’s Russell Fortmeyer: Whose climate is it anyway?

Woods Bagot’s Russell Fortmeyer: Whose climate is it anyway?

In this comment piece republished from INDESIGN #90, Woods Bagot’s Global Sustainability Leader in Los Angeles brings questions of equality to design in the climate crisis.

Comment: Tilt’s top three sustainability priorities for 2024

Comment: Tilt’s top three sustainability priorities for 2024

In this comment piece, Tim Phillips, Managing and Creative Director of Tilt Industrial Design, identifies three key initiatives for sustainability in 2024.

AI, Tokyo Metabolism and the city of the future

AI, Tokyo Metabolism and the city of the future

From INDESIGN #90, the ‘Future Cities’ issue, we consider a precedent from mid-century Japan in terms of confronting crises and rapid technological change.

Robert Puksand comment: Have you ever wondered why you design the way you do?

Robert Puksand comment: Have you ever wondered why you design the way you do?

In this opinion piece, the founder of Gray Puksand reflects on past influences as well as the trends and technologies influencing today’s designers.

Hatch comment: The future of urban regeneration is here

Hatch comment: The future of urban regeneration is here

In this comment piece, Mike Day, partner at Hatch, draws on his three decades as an urban design leader to offer insights into how Australian cities could become fit for the future.