Kirsty Sier

The winning design of the annual NGV Architecture Commission has dual intensity; outside it’s a dark, cylindrical behemoth, but inside it's a cavernous space, filled with shimmering glass yams.

Bruce Munro – who gave us Uluru’s unearthly Field of Light installation – is back in the NT, this time with eight large-scale installations including ultraviolet Hills Hoists, a rainstorm suspended in time and a mythical Green Flash.

Spotty, wonky cheese plates; pastel-brushed vases that echo terracotta Grecian urns; and colourful serving bowls that channel the soft hues of the 1970s. They’re stocked in Paris and London, but every piece is still lovingly handmade in Melbourne.

The refitted vehicles come with an “anti-Google Maps” app designed to take you off the freeways and onto dirt roads.

Down a cobbled laneway off Gertrude Street, Work Shop is an experimental showroom and store breaking down the boundaries between art and design, from the award-winning designer behind some of Melbourne’s most beautiful spaces.

All the products in this new showroom are handmade in small batches and personally selected by the owners, a husband-and-wife graphic design duo.

It’s hard to pin down exactly what you’ll find at this compact new Yarraville shop, which stocks everything from jewellery, denim, sandals and eyewear, to plants, skincare and books. But Australian makers take centre stage.

An inner-west hub for camping, hiking and travel equipment.

Founded by a former Harper’s Bazaar fashion editor, this luxury label has recently received one of the fashion industry’s most respected plaudits. The woman pulling the strings sits down to discuss being driven by stories rather than trends.

Cult surfboards, award-winning board shorts, Brickfields pastries and Will & Co coffee – this is not your average surf store.

It’s a gym, a sauna and a cafe in stylish surrounds.

Melbourne studio Beeline Design takes the humble corrugated iron shed and pairs it with clean lines and luxury materials to striking effect.