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Workspace design, diversity marketing, sonic branding, Foucault and more in focus at Mumbrella360 April 21, 2021 8:51 Mumbrella360 is Australia’s leading media and marketing conference After more than a year of disrupted working, famed architectural firm Bates Smart will be presenting at Mumbrella360 for the first time, when director Kellie Payne reveals how to go beyond the cliches when it comes to workspace design. As an architect who has created workspaces for many of Australia’s leading brands, Payne has seen it all – from treadmill workstations to slides that replace stairs, and a...

© Peter Clarke Text description provided by the architects. The new Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne Southbank is the first cross-laminated timber (CLT) high-rise hotel in Australia. Utilising the latest in timber construction technology this project attains new levels in sustainable design. Approximately 5,300 tonnes of CLT were used to add 10 levels to an existing commercial building, offsetting nearly 4,200 of CO2 from the atmosphere. CLT Pushes Urban Adaptive Reuse Even Further The existing commercial office building built in 1989, was able to accommodate an extension of six levels with t...

After Hours celebrates the side-hustle culture among Melbourne's designers Volker Haug Studio has unveiled a Melbourne Design Week exhibition featuring projects created by artists, designers and architects outside of their day jobs. After Hours is a showcase of side projects by eight individuals and studios, celebrating how each has been able to produce work outside the limits of their field. As the exhibition text states, it features "furniture produced by interior designers, functional objects created by visual artists, and installations designed by architects". An asymmetric armchair was d...

Architecture news & editorial desk The Art of Distraction is a new exhibition being held as part of the Melbourne Design Week to showcase how art in the built environment can bring joy, delight and hope when faced with obstacles. Curated by leading Australian architecture and interior design practice, Bates Smart, which continues its association with the Melbourne Design Week, the exhibition explores award-winning illustrator Jane Reiseger’s work at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. The Art of Distraction, which will run from Friday, March 26 until Saturday April 1, 2021, showcases...

… The most important thing you’ve designed to date: The Side Kick pendant, which laid the foundations for the Step & Kick series, is a classically simple design that has led us down a path of refining materials and  an emphasis on detail. We produce a new series every year, so to take a breath and just look back on such a varied body of work is a proud, but short-lived moment before we start seeking out the next thing! Describe the problem your work solves: We make everything by hand to develop a connection between the material and the maker. This allows for flexibility in how others int...