BEACON: Four Storeys, Hundreds of Authors
BEACON is a four-storey tower beside the Nerang River on the Gold Coast, made for BLEACH Festival at HOTA by Morag Myerscough and the local company Everybody NOW!, with surfaces painted by hundreds of residents. Read against Corporate Memphis and Xoana Herrera, the largely uncredited illustrator behind Alegria, it works as a case study in how named authorship and a specific community can separate a shared work from a style that only looks like one.
Italy’s Radical Design Pieces Find a Home in Byron Bay
Lumini Collections is a Byron Bay-based gallery specialising in original Italian Radical Design furniture and lighting from the 1960s and 70s. This showroom represents a useful case study in how documented provenance, from a named collaborator’s connection to a piece’s production to an object’s traceable link to the room it was built for, can separate genuine design history from a story that simply sounds convincing.
Cute or Uncanny
Furry Puppet Studio is a SoHo-based design workshop specializing in custom character creation for film, television, and advertising campaigns. This studio represents a fascinating case study in how combining foam sculpture, precise mechanical engineering, and intentional facial calibration can navigate the line between endearing charm and uncanny dread.
Design Is Not Decoration
Jetis is Creative Director of Cabinet of Wonder, a Sydney studio with thirty years of practice behind it. He has built creative identities for Sydney Mardi Gras, B2B Vivid Sydney, and campaigns for Tourism Australia.
Kärcher Pressure-Washed Cherry Blossoms onto Tokyo Geidai’s Gates — and It Might Be the Best Brand Activation of 2026
Kärcher Japan launched its ‘Senden Project’ by pressure-washing cherry blossom art onto the gates of Tokyo University of the Arts. 1.77 million impressions. Zero paint.
The Design Magazine Awards 2026 Are Now Open — and They’re Free to Enter
The Design Magazine Awards 2026 are now accepting submissions across 10 categories. Free entry, blind judging, open to designers worldwide. Deadline 30 September 2026.
Saigon’s Quiet Design Revolution: How Ho Chi Minh City Became the World’s Most Underrated Creative Capital
Inside Ho Chi Minh City’s emerging design scene — from vernacular typography revival to biophilic architecture, the studios and creatives reshaping Vietnamese design identity for the world.
Where to Study Design in Australia: An Editorial Assessment
An editorial guide to studying design in Australia — what to look for in a programme, how education maps to employment, and whether you need a degree at all.
Notable Australian Design Awards: A Guide to Entry, Credibility, and Impact
A guide to Australian design awards — which ones matter, what entry costs, how judging works, and why awards are not a substitute for criticism.
Mambo, Reg Mombassa, and the 1980s–90s Australian Pop Visual Language
How Mambo and Reg Mombassa created Australia’s first globally recognisable pop visual identity — and what the design industry learned from it.