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, this week’s highlights include new releases and must-visits from Westwood | Kawakubo for NGV, JOV, IDEA 2025, Heide, The Future Perfect, and Alcova Miami.
Westwood | Kawakubo to open at NGV this summer
A world-premiere exhibition pairing the radical design legacies of Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo, featuring more than 140 works from global museums and the NGV Collection, on display from 7 December 2025 to 19 April 2026.
IDEA 2025 Gold Medal winner, Miriam Fanning
IDEA 2025 winners announced
The Interior Design Excellence Awards reveal this year’s standout work in Australian interior and product design, celebrating studios and makers shaping the country’s contemporary design landscape.
The Future Perfect debuts new exhibition at Villa Paula, Miami
At the historic Villa Paula in Little Haiti, the gallery presents new works from Bower Studios, Autumn Casey, John Hogan, Chen Chen & Kai Williams, Källemo, Orior, Reinaldo Sanguino, Shore Studios, D’Haene Studio and Volker Haug, reimagining the former Cuban Consulate as a setting for contemporary design.
JOV debuts Sussurro by Laurids Gallée
Following a preview at Milan Design Week 2025, Belgian hand-tufted rug brand JOV unveils Sussurro, a trio of cloud-like carpets by Rotterdam designer Laurids Gallée.
Alcova Miami 2025 opens at the Miami River Inn
Returning for its third chapter, Alcova transforms the historic Miami River Inn with more than 40 exhibitors and daily talks, presenting site-specific installations and material-driven projects across the landmark’s 1908 mansions from 2–7 December.
Heide unveils John Nixon survey ‘Song of the Earth 1968–2020’
A new suite of paintings by Zoe Young captures the immediacy of everyday life through quick, instinctive gestures.