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Good news for Australian Furniture SME’s
If your annual GST turnover is less than $10 million, you will be transitioned to Simpler BAS reporting from 1 July 2017. The Tax Office has simplified GST reporting for small business by reducing the amount of GST information required in business activity statements...
‘Future retroism’:
BobhubskiWhen the call came through to transform a rundown studio apartment in Falls Creek into “a 1970s Japanese spaceship,” Rodney Eggleston, director of March Studio, grinned and immediately started conjuring an all-white capsule hotel. Having collaborated with the...
MX Drawer System from Häfele – Let life come to you
AFA Member Häfele, believe that time and space are two of life’s luxuries and their new concept lets you make the most of both. The MX Drawer System is the forward-thinking alternative to dark cumbersome cupboard spaces. Why? It makes life better by delivering...
Ice and Snow Furniture by Hongtao Zhou
As we head into the long weekend and the official opening of ski season, we thought this might inspire you. Art student Hongtao Zhou from the University of Wisconsin-Madison constructed furniture made from ice and snow on the frozen surface of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin,...
Tasmanian Designer – Geoffrey Marshall’s latest design
Tasmanian Designer - Geoffrey Marshall's latest design Introducing - The Glacier Chair - which was inspired by a study of glacial forms; acute jagged peaks juxtaposed with the smooth curves of the glacier deliberately carving its niche. Monumental landscapes, reduced...
32nd Hong Kong Houseware Fair
AFA Corporate Communications Manager, Vivienne Forbes, attended the 32nd Hong Kong Houseware Fair and the eighth Hong Kong International Home Textiles and Furnishings Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The two fairs were...
Women designers display objects of protest and empowerment at New York’s Chamber gallery
New York gallery Chamber is hosting a domestic-focussed showcase that features work by only women designers – the second all-female exhibition to open in the city this week. For her final exhibition in Chamber's Collection #3 series, curator Matylda Krzykowski has...
Scholarships for Women
Women in the furniture and textiles sector are advised that a residual pool of scholarship funding is currently available to participate in a range of leadership development programs commencing in the second half of 2017. The funding batch has been provisioned by...
Man About the House, London 2017.
Are you heading to London for the Festival of Architecture in June? If so you may be interested in the Man About the House From June 9 to 16 some of the cities architectural icons will be taken over and be turned into temporary theatres. These include: * A return to...
Design is like a game of chess by Simona Jobbagy Director | Business,Design, Media and ICT Programs Swinburne University
In an age of advanced technology, there is still a wide misconception amongst consumers and manufacturers, that design is only about the aesthetic aspect of a product. This, of course, cannot be further from the truth. Design is about giving consideration to consumer...