Adelaide Design Week every*where | Adelaide Design Week every*where

Adelaide Design Week every*where | Adelaide Design Week every*where | Photographer: Jonathan VDK

2026 National Architecture Awards Program

Adelaide Design Week every*where | Adelaide Design Week every*where

Traditional Land Owners

Kaurna

Year
2026
Chapter

South Australia

Category
South Australia Creative Collaboration Prize
Builder
Hannah White
Photographer
Jonathan VDK
Media summary

Adelaide Design Week every*where was not commissioned. It was not imported. It was built from within – by creatives, for creatives. 

In 2025, Adelaide’s creative community launched its first city-wide design week –  without lanyards, without gatekeeping, and without waiting for institutional validation. Studios opened their doors. Shopfronts became galleries. Architects, interior designers, students, furniture makers and creatives co-authored installations, conversations and provocations across the city.

every*where reframes Adelaide as an active design culture rather than a quiet one. It exposes process over product and collaboration over authorship. More than a 'design week', it is a working model of how creatives can self-organise, knowledge share and generate new opportunities.

Partnerships formed during the inaugural week have already led to ongoing commissions, research collaborations and cross-disciplinary projects. Adelaide Design Week every*where proves that through a considered lens, excitement stirs. The city just needed the platform, and passion to drive it. 

"You just saved about 50 young people from leaving Adelaide this year [in reference to seeking a cool design hub]." 

  • Matiya Marovich (founding director, Sans Arc)

Project Consultant and Construction Team

Hannah White, Founding Member
Andrew Lymn-Penning, Founding Member
Samantha Agostino, Founding Member
Claire Markwick-Smith, Founding Member
Ashleigh Pinto, Founding Member
James Brown, Founding Member
Lara Merrington, Founding Member
Dre Fuzz, Founding Member

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