Design

Celeste and Anna knew their plan to design a house without a single white surface, filled with bold splashes of colour, was daring. What they didn't expect was the impact the blue, yellow and red rooms would have on their moods.

The prolific wallpaper designer reinvented herself many times and embroidered her biography. But years after her death, her murderer is still unknown.

From Vespas to lamps, the bright, bold, post-war designs coming out of Italy quickly spread around the world, bringing a futuristic feel to our homes.

Many of our architectural ideas seep into popular culture not through design publications, but through movies and TV shows, becoming part of our visual and design catalogue.

Having never built a house before, Dan decided his first would be his dream home — a sustainable, off-grid hemp house in Tasmania, rendered with a horse poo mix and with an outdoor composting toilet.

A university has announced the "tough decision" to drop its creative arts programs despite being based in a region renowned for its arts and culture.

When Johno Hams first arrived at Bullara Station in outback Western Australia, he was confronted with a pile of rubbish. He's managed to turn it into something amazing. 

The host of the popular UK lifestyle show says he's grateful for the people willing to let cameras behind the scenes — "sometimes mistakenly" — while they push the boundaries on what's possible in design.

Changing the design of your home — whether you rent or own — doesn't have to be as big as knocking out a wall or redoing the bathrooms. There are lots of little ways you can make a space feel different that cost little to nothing to do.

Ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of flower arranging, is today a female-dominated industry. Meet the men who are trying to change that gendered perception.

The Dutch haute couturier's garments have been worn by a seemingly endless list of Hollywood stars. But her designs are more than couture — they're rooted in nature, dance and technology.

The promise of using AI in architecture sounds amazing — in seconds, you can generate hundreds of design options with no training, no architect, no engineer and no planner required. But would you trust it with your life savings to build your family home?

The home opens up into a lush backyard, providing relief from the Queensland heat while giving the feel of more room inside.

This once-resplendent South Melbourne cottage built by a well-to-do Scottish baker in the 1880s had slipped into ruin, with an alarming tilt to boot.

When costume designer Marion Boyce came upon a yellow Jean Patou hat as a 17 year old, little did she know that decades later it would end up on our TV screens.   

The US government is suing Adobe, accusing the design software giant of "trapping" customers into year-long subscriptions through concealing hefty termination fees and making it difficult for members to cancel.

Known to locals as Little Audrey, the sign standing in Abbotsford today was first powered up in 1970. But the truth is this isn't the original Skipping Girl sign.

When Kirsty and Mark decided to rescue and restore this 170-year-old cottage, they knew there'd be some unexpected challenges. But first they had to reclaim it from the blackberries and weeds "holding it together".

From the bold to the sentimental, the flashy to the quaint, why these restorations are worth knowing about.

The latest documentary from the director of Whitney skirts around the issues raised by the anti-Semitism and subsequent revival of former Dior and Givenchy creative director John Galliano.