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Kate Ballis is a Melbourne-based artist who travels the globe photographing otherworldly landscapes and subjects. She is intrigued by the concept of making the unseen seen. Her book Infra Realism, published by Manuscript Publishing, was launched in A

In the last issue of Artichoke I wrote about the value of design, arguing that we need to shift our thinking about how it is communicated and understood, especially given the shifts in our own approaches – designers don’t just use design in order to

At the time of writing, I’ve just returned from Business of Design Week (BODW) in Hong Kong, Asia’s most important design conference. For this year’s BODW, Melbourne was the partner city and more than one hundred Victorian designs – across architectu

The Adamas wall light by Savage Design is machined from solid brass or stainless steel. With its warm precious metal creating a feature point on the wall, Adamas works effectively as a single light, or it can be lined up in numbers down a hallway for

“Who said sequels suck?” This is Flack Studio’s bold declaration about Caravan II, the second in a series of cafes and bakeries recently opened by husband-and-wife team Adam Kane and Jessica Chung in Seoul, South Korea, all designed by Flack Studio.

When the McDonald brothers opened their new drive-in in San Bernardino in 1948, it was a revolution in food service that ushered in a new era of fast-food automation. The McDonalds rationalized the commercial kitchen, streamlined processes and invent

Inspired by urban graffiti and calligraphy, New Ink Series is a new work by Melbourne lighting design specialist and artist Luke David. It comprises a series of “linear gestures” that create dynamic lighting solutions for contemporary spaces. These l

Amy Sellick and Susan Chung from Made By Pen brought Australian design to the French at Maison&Objet. Among the products on show was the Sway lamp by Nick Rennie – a floor lamp that is untethered to a power cord enabling it to move around the house,

The design for Locura, a new bar in Byron Bay from hospitality group Three Blue Ducks, is defined by the use of tactile materials in a largely undecorated space. Given a brief to create a contemporary interpretation of a “Mexican restaurant in Austra

The catchcry “convenience is king” reflects an impulsive and instantaneous attitude to consumption. When almost anything can be bought without leaving home, it seems bricks and mortar retail could someday be a thing of the past. Musing over how techn

The Artichoke Magazine Prize for design communication is awarded to one graduating student from each of the institutions in Australia and New Zealand that offers interior design/interior architecture degree courses, and which are members of the Inter

Design has historically included some people while excluding others. The invisibility of women in design mirrors women’s struggle for visibility in society more broadly. We know that the effort required to surface women’s contributions is a long and