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The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that something as microscopic as a virus is enough to weaken our strongest city technology.
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In 1964 Dennis Jackson, a design engineer for Wiltshire cutlery in Melbourne saw a US market survey that showed that 80 percent of Americans didn't know how to sharpen a knife. Rather than respond with better knife sharpener he saw an opportunity to create a self-sharpening knife.
Housing rental is one of the many sectors in Australia that’s been pummelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the first three months of 2020 alone, Aussies spent close to $30 billion on renovations, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
We’re a sports mad lot, by which we mean Australians generally, not us in particular. But as Roy and HG say, if it moves and sweats, we’ll watch it.
More than 90 percent of Australians live at the green edge, where the climate is relatively benign; less than 10 percent live in the bush, the dry interior or the deserted centre.
You may have noticed that the MSM press has recently taken to describing sectors of society by the colour of collars. We investigated and were surprised at the variety of colours now on offer, but disappointed to find that there was not one singled out for designers or architects.
The ‘ute’ is an all-Australian invention. The word that is, not the vehicle design. Testament to our infinite ability to shorten words (utility), our infuriating habit of copying things (US pick-ups) and an infantile obsession with bad DIY (the ute muster).
When it comes to architecture, imitation could be the sincerest – and most sensible – form of flattery.
Design is a team sport, and no sport relies on teamwork more than yachting, especially the America's cup.
The architecture profession is questioning how COVID-19 will shape future cities and their buildings.
The recent controversy over the lockdown in apartment towers in Flemington and North Melbourne caused many to ask: “What are those awful buildings?”, not least Annabelle Quince who produces the excellent Rear Vision program ABC RN, found here. The answer has a similar arc to last week's episode about Daceyville: a triumph of design, a failure of society.
