Design as a practice is inherently challenging, but how do we apply right-brain creativity to the running of a business? Multi-disciplinary designer and self-taught artist Evi O will be discussing this and more at this year’s Semi Permanent festival.

Indigenous artists from around Australia will come together on the 1st and 2nd of July 2023, for the fourth National Indigenous Art Fair (NIAF) — a two-day ethical art market and festival taking place on Gadigal Land at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, Sydney.

Holly Hipwell, from The Flower Drum, is one of Sydney’s most eminent floral stylists. We caught up with Holly for an insight into her creative journey and her busy, yet incredibly rewarding work routine.

Claire Lloyd’s latest destination, Rosy Summers, in Lettes Bay, Tasmania, draws on her love for simplicity, light and timelessness.

Based in Sydney, Charlie Bennell’s artworks evoke a dream, of stairs that blend and walls that merge, all in bright, primary colours that complement and soothe.

From her sunlit atelier in Vendée, in western France, Charlotte Talbot from Super Ceramics draws on her industrial design roots, creating delicate and minimal ceramic pieces that are made to last a lifetime.

Set in Brighton, in the south of Melbourne, Slate House by Austin Maynard Architects is a series of interwoven residences with a fossil-fuel-free status – the very first of its kind in the area.

Melbourne-based The Stella Collective director, Hana Hakim, creates world-class distinctive and refined interiors with a rebellious edge – her creative journey has been one filled with sheer determination, hard work and self-belief.

Sydney-based artist Dalin Alejandrino’s upcoming solo exhibition, Provincial Sunset, pays homage to her Cambodian heritage. Her abstract works — channelling Cambodia’s provincial countryside — are driven by concepts of searching for identity and connection.

Sydney-based artist Lana Launay’s latest lighting collection, Feels Like Home, captures the essence of memories living with her father in Los Angeles, California.

Angela Xrisaphina sees the vessel as a vehicle for storytelling. Her ceramic works — unapologetically creative in the truest sense of the word — embody freedom and embrace the beauty of subjectivity.

Henry II, by Altereco, is a respectful restoration of a classic double fronted villa in Northcote, Melbourne – taking inspiration from the previous home designed for the family, on the same street!