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Top finds at Sydney Indesign 2015, Australia

Words by Yatzer

The only event of its kind in the Asia Pacific, Sydney Indesign brings the region’s leading suppliers of high end design together with top design brands and the global design community in a colourful 3-day celebration of events, installations, launches, presentations, talks and seminars, not to mention beautiful showroom displays.

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Aim lamps by Ronan & Erwan
Bouroullec for FLOS.  Australian lighting supplier, EUROLUCE, collaborated with interior designers, The Uncarved Block, to create a very special presentation of all-new Flos lighting. Photo: Fiona Susanto, courtesy Indesign Media.

Inspired by the knowledge that we are, for the majority of our working weeks, stuck behind our desks, Sydney Indesign aims to entice architects and designers out of their offices and onto the streets where they can meet, network and discover new designer brands and latest product releases.

Beautiful bright and sunny, Sydney is Australia’s most famous bay-side city. Spread across 6 design hubs, Sydney Indesign took over Sydney’s inner city precincts to showcase 300+ design brands and more than 70 exhibitors – many with flagship showrooms and designer retail spaces. Event goers could flag down a complimentary Sydney Indesign bus and ride the #SID15 design circuit, hopping on and off to visit their favourite showrooms and event spaces along the way.

Rolling out the red carpet, designers and suppliers alike put on a show to remember, bringing their products and brands to life with immersive, interactive and highly experiential installations that asked visitors to be led by their senses of smell, touch, sound, sight and even taste!

Aim lamps by Ronan & ErwanBouroullec for FLOS. Photo © FLOS.

Aim lamps by Ronan & Erwan
Bouroullec for FLOS. Photo © FLOS.

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    Spain’s most renowned surface producer, COSENTINO, recreated their beautiful Daniel Libeskind-designed sculpture, Beyond The Wall, using 5 tonnes of sand in their showroom space. You can look, but you can’t touch! Photo: Fiona Susanto, courtesy Indesign Media.

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    For Sydney Indesign the Aussie Blu Dot team welcomed co-founder John Christakos all the way from the US to Sydney, where he met with local designers and design students and shared the story behind Blu Dot. Pictured here, John Christakos and Alice Blackwood in conversation. Photo: Fiona Susanto, courtesy Indesign Media.

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    Responding to the theme of ‘Ritual’, Interface asked designers to create spaces that created a sense of Refuge – the ability to escape and be soothed, or Prospect – to engage and be stimulated. The results were tactile and inspiring. Photo courtesy of Interface

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Own World tested the strength and flexibility of their world-class seating products with acrobatics and antics performed right on top of their furniture! Photo: Fiona Susanto, courtesy Indesign Media.

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Vondom (represented by Ke-Zu in Australia), provided visitors to the Galleria curated exhibition space with a welcome resting point, before they continued their design journey. Photo: Fiona Susanto, courtesy Indesign Media

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DJRD Architects encouraged visitors to take refuge and relax in an exploration of beautiful thinking and space, at Interface. Photo courtesy of Interface

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At the entrance of Interface’s showroom, visitors are greeted by a hint of nature, fused with creative keepsakes from Interface’s design collaborators. Photo courtesy of Interface

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    A forest of tactile hanging fibres encouraged visitors to clear their mind and reconnect with their creative side. Photo courtesy of Interface

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    Global carpet tile brand, INTERFACE, teamed up with 6 multi-disciplinary design teams to explore Beautiful Thinking in space. Photo Courtsey of Interface.

  • A wander through the Interface showroom takes visitors down to quiet hidey-holes where they can sit and play with colouring-in pencils, or simply grab a few quiet moments to chill. Photo courtesy of Interface.

    A wander through the Interface showroom takes visitors down to quiet hidey-holes where they can sit and play with colouring-in pencils, or simply grab a few quiet moments to chill. Photo courtesy of Interface.

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Australian designer Ross Gardam presented his latest lighting collection, Aura, at Galleria. Photo © Ross Gardam.

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    Pinguino salt and pepper shaker by Simon Colabufalo – one of the 2015 
    LAUNCH PAD finalists.

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    One of Australia’s top emerging design programs, LAUNCH PAD invites up and coming designers to submit their design prototypes into the Launch Pad annual competition. This year’s Finalists included Callisto by Drew Spangenberg and Stephen Roy. 

  • Blurring the lines between gallery, retail space and exhibition was Side Project, hosted at The Stables in Surry Hills, Sydney. This forum for designers created by designers, featured one-off and short-run pieces. Pictured here DOC Vases by Porcelain Bear, Super Structure Oil Burner by Page Thirty Three, Carafe + Cup Set by Ode Ceramics. Photo: Bianca Riggio of Page Thirty Three

    Blurring the lines between gallery, retail space and exhibition was Side Project, hosted at The Stables in Surry Hills, Sydney. This forum for designers created by designers, featured one-off and short-run pieces. Pictured here DOC Vases by Porcelain Bear, Super Structure Oil Burner by Page Thirty Three, Carafe + Cup Set by Ode Ceramics. Photo: Bianca Riggio of Page Thirty Three