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At HIP V. HYPE’s ParkLife2 building, About Futures and B Local Melbourne hosted a relaxed but pointed conversation about regenerative design – covering nature-positive decisions, material selection, social connection and how stories can help shape how we build.
From carbon-positive buildings to biodiversity-led business models, the most compelling work in the built environment is no longer satisfied with ticking green boxes. The Future of Design is Regenerative is an event inviting the Melbourne’s design community into a candid conversation – hosted at HIP V. HYPE’s Better Building Exchange – this B Local Melbourne event will dive into what it really takes to design places that give back more than they take.
From mushroom leather handbags to seaweed straws and air-purifying paint, the National Gallery of Victoria’s new exhibition is a love letter to the ingenuity of designers reimagining the materials of daily life.
Melbourne Design Week is now in its ninth year, continuing to grow in scale and ambition. I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural event as editor of Australian Design Review — and it’s remarkable to see the shift since then. This year, a surge of shows explores bio-materiality, waste and reuse with new urgency. Here are 10 exhibitions worth adding to your list.
Studio Truly Truly’s latest lighting design for Rakumba, Big Glow is a bold material experiment fusing innovation and sustainability.
Researchers at RMIT University have developed an innovative way to transform spent coffee grounds into a high-performance construction material, strengthening concrete while tackling the mounting problem of organic waste.
The explosion of bio-composites as a new avenue for materials without petro-chemicals is a process that has been going on longer than we might think.
A deep dive into bio-composite materials to uncover the composition, different types, history and the varied applications.
For material science, the future holds immense promise with the emergence and advancement of nanomaterials and biocomposites.
Construction life cycle assessments cover various stages of a building’s design, occupancy and end-of-life, including materials.
The most exciting architecture being built right now is sustainable. About Futures covers the groundbreaking materials, the alternative building processes, and the people reimagining what home can look like when it’s designed for the future.
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