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Sep 27, 2024 • 20min

The last notebook of Louis Kahn

When Estonian-born American architect Louis Kahn died in 1974, he left behind a collection of notebooks that revealed the sketches and musings of a creative mind.His daughter Sue Ann Kahn shares what the recently published 'Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook' tells us about her father.
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Sep 27, 2024 • 19min

Tackling the housing crisis

How can governments address the housing crisis and what role can good planning play?Patrick Fensham, principal and partner at SGS Economics and Planning, weighs into the debate.
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Sep 27, 2024 • 9min

Springtime in the gardens

Former director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Tim Entwisle takes us on a Springtime stroll and shares some of the stories behind his favourite spaces in Melbourne's Kings Domain including the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden.
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Sep 20, 2024 • 16min

Designing for space

Melodie Yashar is a space architect, technologist and researcher with ICON, a company that has been contracted by NASA as it works towards missions to the Moon and Mars.She was a guest at Sydney Design Week where she explored what terrestrial lessons can be learned from designing for space.
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Sep 20, 2024 • 16min

Printing social housing in 3D

Brad Draper is the CEO and managing director of Aboriginal Sustainable Homes, a company that specialises in designing and constructing culturally appropriate homes for First Nations people.He is a partner in a project commissioned by the NSW Government to use 3D printing for social housing in the hope the technology can be rolled out elsewhere.
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Sep 20, 2024 • 21min

Annie Smithers on Kitchen Sentimental

Annie Smithers takes us on a cook's tour of the kitchens that formed her journey from apprentice chef to regional restaurateur in her new memoir 'Kitchen Sentimental'.
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Sep 13, 2024 • 16min

The cultural language of food labels

Dr Alison Barnes is a senior lecturer in  Visual Communication at the University of Western Sydney and a scholar in residence at the Powerhouse Museum.As part of her residency she is exploring what the food labels of firm W C Douglass tell us about the history of food production and graphic design.
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Sep 13, 2024 • 5min

Colin Bisset's Iconic designs: kitchen comforts

In this series on the evolution of comfort in the home, Colin Bisset explores the way comfort has been expressed in the kitchen over time.
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Sep 13, 2024 • 14min

The Makers- Lindy de Wijn, lacemaker

Lindy de Wijn first became entranced with making lace as a child.She gives us a demonstration of how her 'dancing' bobbins can create a thing of great intricacy and beauty.
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Sep 13, 2024 • 18min

Combatting sexual harassment in hospitality

Jamie Bucirde is a sexologist and advocate who started a grassroots movement in Adelaide collating the experiences of sexual harassment and assault in the hospitality industry.She has co-authored a report alongside Anna Edwards from Melbourne University's Centre for Cities titled 'Not So Hospitable'. They discuss what needs to change in the hospitality industry.

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