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Room service: Why you should steal these hotel design ideas
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (976+ words) April 15, 2026 " 5: 30pm Most people love the experience of staying in a well-appointed hotel. From the attendant who opens your car door to entering your room for the first time, it's a series of moments designed to make you feel special, even…...
Before you renovate, visit these destinations for the best in design inspiration
1+ week, 3+ day ago (538+ words) April 5, 2026 " 3: 00am If travel once offered escape, it now also offers perspective. A beautifully resolved hotel room, the sensory pull of time-worn stone and timber, the quiet choreography of light and shadow " authentic experiences like these are subtly recalibrating our expectations…...
How could Perth become a 24-hour city?
4+ week, 51+ min ago (844+ words) March 20, 2026 " 2: 00am Could Perth become a 24-hour city? It's a big dream, but one that Perth Design Week co-founder Sandy Anghie thinks is a possibility if the right moves are made " starting with more amenities and accommodation in the CBD. While…...
The ties that bind: a new exhibition at NGV explores motherhood
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (1263+ words) March 18, 2026 " 9: 00am When Kate Just met her son, two-year-old Harper, he came to the door of his foster carer's home, shook her hand and said: "Hi Mum. Two years later, Just knitted that suit and called it An Armour of Hope…...
Australian performers win prestigious award at Venice
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (453+ words) February 20, 2026 " 2: 30am In a historic moment for Australian arts and First Nations performers, Bangarra Dance Theatre has been named the recipient of a Golden Lion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Bangarra is the first Australian recipient of the Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement…...
The value of fighting injustice through art
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (74+ words) Ignorance is bliss, says actor Keiynan Lonsdale, but his starring role in Sydney Theatre Company's The Normal Heart has given him a newfound appreciation of the nuances of speaking truth to power. Updated February 19, 2026 " 10: 28am, first published 9: 51am...
Mood lifting interior design trends for 2026 (for people who don't follow them)
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1189+ words) December 30, 2025 " 4: 17pm Ask any experienced interior designer or stylist about trends for the new year and you're likely to be met with the same answer: "I don't do trends." Which is nothing to be ashamed of. In that spirit, we've spoken…...
The small addition to the Opera House steps that has caused a big backlash
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (794+ words) December 29, 2025 " 8: 30am A proposal to install handrails on the grand stairs of the Sydney Opera House has snowballed into a debate over how to preserve the city's heritage landmarks while ensuring they also comply with modern building standards. The Opera House…...
Seeking timeless interior design? The professionals break it down
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (955+ words) Remember the chandeliers in the bathroom trend of the 2010s? How about dark grey grout with white tiles? Heck, how about grey everything? Although we all like to think of ourselves as individuals, the truth is we are all susceptible to…...
The Perth artists using technology to give a new perspective on the city's shot-hole borer toll
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (977+ words) Cassandra Tyler's pitch to her fellow Perth creatives couldn't be more madcap: "I want to make a musical about the shot-hole borer." However, Tyler's idea for a musical was not the kind that would play at Crown Theatre but an…...