Kaurna
South Australia
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)
Client perspective
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