You Can’t Fake Energy: Dana’s Notes from 3 Days of Design Copenhagen 2026.At 3 Days of Design, Dana Tomić Hughes went looking for the thing no budget or brand history can buy—the feeling that a space is actually alive. Across several shows and installations, including one chance encounter, she traces the gap...
The Honest Conversations are Happening in DMs: Dana’s Notes from Milan Design Week 2026.Sixteen years on from her first Milan Design Week, Dana Tomić Hughes returned alone for the first time. What she found was a design industry that has engineered honesty out of itself, where the brand activation has overtaken the design...
Sightline 2026: What Happened When We Asked the Design Industry to Be Honest With Itself.Across two sold-out sessions in Sydney and Melbourne, Sightline delivered a clear-eyed diagnosis of the forces flattening design culture—and mapped six territories where the most compelling work is pushing back. The response was unlike...
Introducing Sightline: A Half-Day Design Intelligence Briefing with Dana Tomić Hughes.Design has the power to shape how we live, work and experience the world. With this understanding at its core, Dana Tomić Hughes—one of design's most trusted voices—is launching Sightline, an insightful download of design's...
My First 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen Changed How I Think About Design Events.What happens when a design week prioritises presence over performance? Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design provides the answer. Operating within Denmark's trust-based society during summer solstice, this event transforms the entire city into a...
Does Design’s Biggest Event Reflect a World in Crisis? Dana’s Unfiltered Take on Milan 2025.Milan Design Week 2025 reflected our broader cultural moment: confused, transitioning, searching for meaning. With the world in crisis, genuine creativity struggles, while marketing machines dominate. Fashion brands have invaded design...
Nic Brunsdon’s Inflatable Sphere Highlights a Universal Truth of Life on Earth.A compelling ephemeral architecture firmly rooted in concept, what I loved the most about this breathing installation is how epic yet unassuming its presence was. Whether you see it as a ‘giant burrata’, a ‘Chinese spy balloon’, or...
A Week of Reflection.A message to our community: we are taking a week of silence across all our channels to honour innocent lives lost and acknowledge the myriad of human experiences and deep suffering happening globally. Read our founder's full statement...
Interview with Design Publicist and Founder of Hello Human, Jenny Nguyen.New York-based design publicist, Jenny Nguyen, shares practical PR tips, tactics and resources you can implement in your independent creative businesses today. Jenny’s cause-driven flat-fee PR agency, Hello Human, embarks on a new phase...
