Plant-based materials: look beyond the label
An NGV exhibition provides a starting point for asking what a material is made of, how it performs and what happens after use.
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Places to understand. Questions worth asking. Useful ideas for design-minded readers, makers and interior businesses.
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Nightingale Village: ask what is shared
The Brunswick precinct is a starting point for thinking about the boundary between a dwelling, a building and a neighbourhood.
Read the guide ↗Read a mid-century object beyond its silhouette
NGV collection examples offer a way to examine construction, migration and everyday use without turning design history into a shopping style.
Read the guide ↗Finding a maker through Craft Victoria
Use a craft organisation as a research starting point, then build a commission around the maker’s actual practice.
Read the guide ↗Outdoor furniture: ask about the second life
Tait’s published environmental statement is a prompt to look at maintenance and repair before choosing a finish.
Read the guide ↗Jardan: what to ask about a piece of furniture
A Melbourne manufacturing story provides a starting point for better questions about construction, fit and long-term use.
Read the guide ↗Heide Modern: reading a house as a gallery
The Bulleen museum offers a useful way to think about domestic scale, circulation and the changing life of a building.
Read the guide ↗The small discipline of complete project credits
A clear credit sheet recognises the people who made a project and helps readers explore their work.
Read the guide ↗How to read a room before photographing it
Look for movement, light and relationships before choosing the first camera position.
Read the guide ↗Write material notes that explain a decision
Move beyond a list of finishes to explain why a material belongs in a space.
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