Each week, we highlight a selection of global design headlines, from standout projects to innovative product launches and industry moments. Celebrating craftsmanship, creativity and contemporary design, we explore this week’s latest design news from Poliform, studioutte, Ross Gardam, In The Sac, The Design Institute of Australia, Artipelag, Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre and Axel Chay.
Photography by Venturini
studioutte Launches Dedalo for cc-tapis
Guglielmo Giagnotti and Patrizio Gola’s Dedalo collection takes its names, Cardo, Cnosso, Dedalo, Hydra, from ancient systems of spatial order, framing the rug as architecture’s first gesture rather than a surface treatment.
Photography by Venturini
Photography by Alicia Taylor
Poliform Marks 30 Years in Australia With a New Sydney Showroom
Poliform is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Australia with a newly transformed Sydney showroom, the first in the world to reflect the design direction set by the brand’s Milan flagship at this year’s Salone del Mobile.
Photography by Alicia Taylor
Photography courtesy of The Design Institute of Australia
The DIA Calls on Australia to Write DESIGNER This Census
The Design Institute of Australia’s Write DESIGNER campaign, developed with Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, urges the design community to record their true profession on Census Night, 11 August, spotlighting projects from Marc Newson, Romance Was Born and Ludo Studio.
Photography by Aaron Hargraves
Danielle Brustman and Edward Linacre Unveil Meteorite V
The duo’s second collaboration takes its cue from a meteorite’s fall through the atmosphere, translating that trajectory into a conical family of stainless steel furniture and lighting, including two floor lamps, a pendant, and a multipurpose stool-table. On display at Useful Objects, Collingwood, until 22 August.
Photography courtesy of Robin Elkoubi
Axel Chay Reworks Bistrot and Voyage in Black Calfskin
The French designer upholsters his Bistrot chair and stool alongside the Voyage lounge chair and ottoman in short-haired black calfskin, set against polished chrome and stainless steel. Produced in Chay’s family workshop in Marseille.
Photography by Nicholas Caldwell. Styling by Corina Koch.
In The Sac Unveils Setalino
Setalino introduces Australia’s first reversible silk and linen quilt cover sets, featuring Nadia Fairfax-Wayne, pairing lustrous silk with relaxed linen across two colourways, Rosewood Silk with Natural Linen and Ivory Silk with Ivory Linen.
Photography by Thirza Schaap
Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano Curate Inner Child at Artipelag
Trend forecasters Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano have curated Inner Child: Playing with Design, a large-scale exhibition of 100 designers and artists opening at Artipelag in Stockholm on 10 October.
Photography courtesy of Ross Gardam
Ross Gardam Introduces Liminal
Suspended by a trio of central support rods, Liminal sits in the threshold between object and space, with independently switched uplight and downlight offering layered atmospheric control. Available in five lengths and two hang types, hand-finished in brass or aluminium at the studio’s Brunswick East workshop.