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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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Putting A Value on Good Design Through The Legacy of Boyd
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Putting A Value on Good Design Through The Legacy of Boyd

The Robin Boyd Foundation is days away from reaching its fundraiser target for its ‘Amplify Our Voice’ campaign. Join the mission to help design advocacy in Australia.


“We are calling on our community of designers, architects and enthusiasts to support the need for ongoing design advocacy in Australia,” says Tony Isaacson, Chair of the Robin Boyd Foundation Board. “There is much to learn about the importance of design and its ability to influence broad areas of society, ecology and culture. Our mission, is to continue Boyd’s legacy in embracing a sense of moral responsibility and professional capability to shape the future together, through design.”

Supporting the foundation’s mission to “develop and deliver programs that encourage a wider understanding of the value of design and how design can improve our world”, the initiative calls for support in helping elevate and communicate the role design plays in improving the world around us. Funds raised will enable new advocacy projects that amplify the voice of architecture and good design in Australia.

The campaign comes following the release of ‘After The Australian Ugliness’ a new book that explores Australia’s design legacy 60 years after the publication of Boyd’s seminal work ‘The Australian Ugliness’.

As an architect Robin Boyd (1919 – 1971) played an active role in communicating design to the public, helping to engage people in a way that pushed Australian design and vernacular forward.

Today, the Robin Boyd Foundation carries on that work as an independent, not-for-profit.

The latest fundraiser will close on Sunday 6 June and is a ‘Plus 1’ initiative with Creative Partnerships Australia matching every donation dollar for dollar up to the value of $25,000.

Donations can be made via Pozible

Lead photo: Walsh Street House by Robin Boyd, now the Boyd Foundation headquarters, photo by John Gollings


About the Author

Aleesha Callahan

Aleesha Callahan is the editor of Habitus. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Aleesha seeks out the unique people, projects and products that define the Indo Pacific region. Aleesha was previously the editor of Indesignlive.com and has written and contributed to various publications and brands in her 10 years in the architecture and design industry, bringing intimate insight to her stories having first trained and practised as an interior designer. Her passion for mid-century design and architecture began while living and working in Berlin.

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Issue 59 - The Life Outside Issue

Issue 59

The Life Outside Issue

Introducing the Life Outside issue of Habitus magazine. With life increasingly being absorbed into a digital space, there is never a more important moment to hold something tangible. In this context, the power of nature to have a physiological impact on our sense of wellbeing has never been more important. So how can we cultivate the benefits of the our natural environment in the most intimate of places – our homes? This was the question that helped to bring this issue of Habitus to life.

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