Fascinating technology is turning up in often unlikely places. Here are some cool examples,from a self-driving,AI-equipped pram to a fitness device a fraction the size of a smartwatch.
Burkey Belser compared the finished product — which he later adapted to over-the-counter drugs — to the Apple iPod.
More than 30 years after he left Australia in a blaze of controversy,Jørn Utzon was approached again by the Opera House. The main players reveal their roles.
What else did Jørn Utzon design? From inspiring personal projects to an unbuilt glass pagoda to houses reminiscent of Ancient Rome ...
The London-based Australian has been recognised for his stellar career which includes designing Qantas lounges,a concept jet and now a public toilet in Tokyo.
With a series of strategic courtyards merging indoor and outdoor spaces,this transformation of a Federation-era home in St Kilda has won a slew of gongs.
The Silo Project offers up the chance to admire an 85-year-old industrial ruin that’s as much a design marvel as those works it’s temporarily filled with.
When photographer Catherine Opie was documenting the AIDS crisis in California,she had little sense of how important her images would become.
Far from the dark and institutional spaces that typified types of co-housing in the past,two Sydney projects were driven by research about what their residents wanted.
Many talk about living more sustainably. For acclaimed Melbourne chef Jo Barrett – and cheesemaker,woodcarver and sugar-sculptor – it’s her entire being.
Politicians have given basket weaving a bad name,but its slow,hypnotic rhythms might be the ideal antidote to this fast,digital life.