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Exactly how many lamps you need, according to interior designers

If you hate turning on the big light, here’s how you can avoid it altogether.

  • Abby Seaman

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Dysart’s most famous building the University of Technology, Sydney Tower.

Architect much more than creator of brutalist UTS Tower

Michael Dysart was one of Australia’s most significant architects, designing everything from universities to hundreds of schools, and reshaping the project home market.

  • Tone Wheeler

From a naked flatmate to artistic joy – one man’s journey with the Hills Hoist

As a young Englishman in Australia, artist Bruce Munro saw beauty in the everyday.

  • Stephen Brook
Hotels and restaurants are designed to make us feel comfortable, even special. There are shared techniques you can take home.

Room service: Why you should steal these hotel design ideas

Forget stashing towels in your suitcase, the real takeaway from a hotel or restaurant experience are the design ideas – and there’s more to it than nailing the wall colour.

  • Robyn Willis
Liam and Maya VCE design work is being featured in the Top Designs exhibition at the museum, that showcases the best work from last year’s high school students.

Maya has a grandmother with dementia. In VCE, she sewed her a sense of solace

Melbourne’s Top Designs exhibition shows how today’s generation of young people are tackling real-world problems.

  • Jackson Graham
Sheet Society’s Hayley and Andy Worley have tried banning work talk at home, but it isn’t always feasible.

The husband-and-wife team shaking up the solution to a common bedroom problem

Working with a spouse or sibling can seem like a challenging tightrope to walk, but not for these three design duos.

  • Kim Wilson
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SABO founders Thessy Batsinilas and Yiota Kouzoukas.

Kmart, Shein sued by Aussie fashion label Sabo Skirt for allegedly ripping off designs

A Brisbane-based womenswear brand has taken local and global juggernauts Shein and Kmart to court for copying the designs of all or some of its clothes.

  • Jessica Yun
Quandamooka artist Delvene Cockatoo-Collins.

Unearthing the mystery of the Moreton Bay mermaid

Quandamooka artist and fashion designer Delvene Cockatoo-Collins is on the trail of Warrajamba, and enlisting the help of Brisbane locals.

  • Nick Dent
A render of Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom shown to the Commission of Fine Arts on February 19.

Stacked design panel approves Trump’s ‘beautiful’ White House ballroom

The US president fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts last year, then appointed seven new members in January, including his 26-year-old executive assistant.

  • Michael Koziol
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Property sellers found a way to save money and time, but there’s a cost

It can be a quick and cheap way to prepare a home for market, but results can vary widely, particularly if AI is involved.

  • Dan F Stapleton