Design

Malcolm Lowe wanted to be a rock star. So he gave up furniture making and started making guitars. 

The memory of champion racehorse will not be forgotten but his statue won't quite make full scale as a dedicated country turf club member pushes on with a hometown tribute.

BJ Graham is a 70-year-old retiree whose passion for sign-writing is as strong as when he first started in the trade at 19. We brought him together with visual communications student Hallie, to share how to sign-write letters.

Comedian Celeste Barber is no stranger to the absurdities of the fashion industry, but even she was taken aback to learn the extent to which some clothes – and the women who wore them – were policed in our nation’s past.

Previously, when tourists stopped at Coolgardie's visitor centre for souvenirs, there were none. It gave Rose Mitchell the idea of making some. Then, with her town's support, her dream of creating wearable art, and a high-end fashion show, became a reality.

As regulators try to navigate the impact of artificial intelligence, could it outpace them, and will fashion models and the people behind their photo shoots be some of the first casualties as avatars take over?

Swedish influencer Matilda Djerf and her clothing line, Djerf Avenue, are facing backlash from content creators with smaller audiences who claim her company is unfairly issuing copyright strikes against them.

From striking art installations to one-of-a-kind costumes, two designers are transforming marine debris into "beautiful things" that highlight a scourge that plagues our beaches.  

Anthony Albanese praised an Aboriginal advisory group who helped create Yarrila Place on NSW's Mid North Coast, likening the process to how the Voice to Parliament could operate if successful at the upcoming referendum.

The MTV VMAs are bringing their fair share of the show-stopping fashion you'd expect. Here are the biggest red carpet arrivals and who wore what.

A 2013 promotional video about the creation of the urban wetlands with landscape architect and environmental scientist Josh Byrne.

Looking like citrus peel, sections of fibreglass are being manufactured and flat-packed on the outskirts of a rural Tasmanian town, destined for Antarctica or even Hollywood.

It's one of the greatest buildings of the 20th century. Fifty years after the Sydney Opera House opened its doors, we look at how this bold experiment has shaped Australia. 

Whether it's the stealth wealth clothing that we're lusting after or the elevated sportswear that we're living with – our clothes are increasingly vanilla. And so are our homes.

It's one of the biggest fashion weeks in Darwin's calendar. And it started with a record-breaking runway event showcasing top Indigenous designers.

It's the running joke of home renovation shows — no-one delivers their project on time or on budget. Host of Restoration Australia, and professor of architecture, Anthony Burke warns it's not the only area where would-be renovators and home builders come unstuck.

The murder of the influential wallpaper designer in her Sydney factory in 1977 remains unsolved. Now her granddaughter wants answers.

She was a burgeoning talent in Australian tennis but almost 60 years after giving up the professional sport, Madonna Schacht hopes fashion can keep her fond memories alive.

After a successful career in business management Stephanie returns to her "heart work", making couture. Her passion for fashion made from paper is now being noticed in the art world. 

Gender-neutral, inclusive and sustainably produced fashion is at the heart of Gary Bigeni’s latest collection, but it’s taken the better part of two decades for him to find his feet.

Pin-up models like Jessica Woods represent a growing community embracing the style and nostalgia of yesteryear while inverting many of its patriarchal views.

Poppy Taylor and Mat Hinds discovered Edith Emery's architecture legacy after they were asked to renovate a house she designed in 1958 by its new owners.

From using AI to create more beautiful versions of existing streets to harnessing machine learning to help cities respond to climate change, emerging technology is helping shape the future of our public spaces.

Before blueprints took hold, many boats were made using wooden models and a pantograph tool, with a piece of that history being uncovered on the NSW Central Coast.

Somali-Australian designer Asia Hassan has debuted the first modest fashion runway at Australian Fashion Week.