Design

Fresh local produce, goods crafted by local creatives, and vintage bargains — Melbourne markets are some of the best, and well worth a Sunday morning peruse with coffee in hand.

Never underestimate the power of a decor-centric gift.

January is creeping up on us once again, and the NGV has served up a free after-hours festival set to shake up your summer nights, for 10 days straight. The Triennial EXTRA offers a little piece for everyone to enjoy—from pop-up artist talks and immersive gallery activations to vibe-providing DJ sets. 

From designer-inspired pet beds to stylish cat trees, window hammocks, and chic water bowls, this pet furniture will ensure your home is a paradise for your cat or dog. 

If you live in Melbourne, it means you live close to some of the best galleries our great nation has to offer. So, in the spirit of Urban List Art Month, here’s our round-up of some of the best galleries you can feast your eyes on in Melbourne when you’re starving for some culture.

The Triennial may have just wrapped up, but the NGV’s stacked winter season has only just begun across the two renowned galleries. Their Winter Masterpieces exhibition is, no doubt, slated to be the blockbuster of the year, but there are several others that should be on every culture vulture’s radar coming into the cooler months, like the just-opened We Change The World at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia.

It’s no secret we love design in Melbourne. We’re city people who love sleek interiors and we’re obsessed with that old-meets-new, industrial-chic aesthetic—give us some exposed brick and a vertical garden any day. So with that in mind, it’s no surprise that Melbourne Design Week is packed with over 300 events and exhibitions in the program. It all kicks off this Friday 26 March, but don’t stress if you haven’t had time to comb through the program because we’ve done it for you. These are the highlights for you to check out this Melbourne Design Week.

The 2020 Houses Awards were awarded earlier this month with a couple of Melbourne houses coming up big. Fitzroy North House 02 by Rob Kennon Architects took home wins the 'New house Under 200 Square Metres' and 'House In A Heritage Context' categories, and Ruckers Hill House by Studio Bright winning in the 'House Alteration And Addition Over 200 Square Metres' category.

With the help of Moo+Twig, you can set about making a new DIY leather bow tie dog collar for your precious pooch.

Crockd is all about getting out of your head and into your hands. It’s a DIY pottery kit that can be delivered right to your front door, so there’s no need to break quarantine to get your craft on. 

Silver K Gallery's massive Star Wars and superheroes exhibition is open now with works on show from OG comic book artists, and it’s sticking around until the end of March.

If you’ve been looking for an excuse to expand your LEGO set collection, this news is about to hit you like a ton of bricks: Alceon Group just named Westfield Doncaster as the location of its first Victorian LEGO® Certified Store.

This is not a drill, people: famous Japanese art collective teamLab is part of this year's Melbourne Festival. Various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects form teamLab and together, create some pretty breathtaking installations.

We’ve compiled a list of the best art classes, walks and tours happening around Melbourne, so you can become the cultural expert you’ve always wanted to be.

There have been a lot of reasons to visit Werribee Mansion in the last few years. But during the last weekend of July, you won’t need an invite or a ticket to a special event to visit Werribee Mansion: it’ll be open to the public for free as part of Open House Melbourne.

With some unbelievable works from 35 Australia and International booksellers, you can expect a diverse and wide range of work at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair.

If you’re a Marvel fanatic, then head over to the Shot Tower in Melbourne Central next month and shower your eyes with 80 years worth of Marvel art.

If you too have been suffering from seasonal affective disorder, let me just throw some words out there for you: fireworks, flame jets, fire twirlers and flaming sculptures. This year, the City of Melbourne is planning its biggest ever iteration of Firelight Festival and we’re bloody excited.