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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
We are thrilled to have the team from makedo on the Guest Blog this week sharing some of their favourite creations using the makedo system! As part of State of Design, makedo are creating a HUGE maze at Federation Square and they would love for you to be involved- places are limited, click here for all the details. Makedo have also offered a giveaway as part of their Guest Blog, just leave a comment between now and 10pm on Thursday to be in the draw to win a FreePlay Kit for Three!-Jenny x
What better way to kick off a week of makedo guest blogging than by introducing our very first, and bestest friend… Makedog.
Made by Industrial Designer and makedo’s playful inventor PJ (Paul Justin), Makedog was the first-ever creation made using makedo’s reusable connectors and up-cycled materials (see him made here in our one-minute video). Ever since then… well, he’s kind of hung around.
Makedog embodies the playful creativity we hope makedo inspires in all who use it. He’s become our literal ‘poster child’ for just how easy it is transform boxes, tubes, plastic lids and the like into objects of play. He’s our loyal and trusty pal who's always by our side…
But after 3 years of shleping around with us, Makedog is adamant that he needs some friends of his own kind. So we’re putting the call-out for you to create a best friend for our best friend - whether he or she be Schnauzer, German Shepherd, Pug or Poodle!
We have made up these how-to instructions just for you that have never before been shared! Follow our illustrated instructions below.
Happy making!
- makedo x
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