What do artistic directors read?
David Sefton, artistic director, Adelaide Festival, loves the random finds from browsing in bookshops.
What! No men in tights?
The Bell Shakespeare production of Romeo and Juliet won't have any boys in hose.
How Porcelain Bear made clay cool
A Melbourne duo are using porcelain to create cool objects that are far removed from chintzy china sets associated with the material.
Aussie theatre wunderkind makes superb film
Simon Stone set Australian theatre alight with his daring adaptations of the classics, now he's made a film – and it's extraordinary.
Designer turns mass-produced into expensive
Welsh designer Bethan Laura Wood finds beauty where others sniff basic.
Create your own Eden
Entrepreneur and eco-science mover and shaker Tim Smit reveals the secrets of making a paradise.
Why a giant shoebox is coming to Perth
Visitors to the Perth International Arts Festival can walk a mile in a stranger's shoes at an exhibit designed to build empathy.
Sell app to Yahoo. Then go back to school
After selling his app for $30 million, Australia’s youngest millionaire Nick D'Aloisio returned to school.
This fashion shoot will make you look twice
As if by magic, the 1930s meets nautical meets surreal.
The future is meatless, with a dash of weeds
Five food trends to watch out for in 2016.
'If it's not successful, we'll all go down together'
Paul Bassat, the man behind Square Peg Capital, is Australia's most connected venture capitalist. He's a man with the future in his hands .....
What Twitter's Australia CEO does when she's not tweeting
Twitter's Australian managing director has kept netball in her life, despite not being able to play any more, by becoming a member of the na...
The future in five cars
Think your car's fancy? Wait till you see what's coming down the highway.
The woman who wants to revolutionise quantum computing
Quantum computers could change the world in unimagined ways, much like the first digital revolution. Sydney-based physicist Michelle Simmons...
Is 3D printing about to cash in?
Designers could be about to take 3D printing into a new dimension.
SurfStitch leads new wave to redefine cool for surfers
Mass market success killed the street cred of the first wave of surf labels. The brands that have emerged in their wake are using technology...
Five wine trends to watch for
Red, white, rose or orange? What will be your wine choice this year?
The shape of watches to come
Face it: the world is not always spherical.
What Carnival CEO Ann Sherry is reading
Anne Summers' Damned Whores and God's Police helped shape my views on women and their role in the world, says the cruise line chief executiv...
Out-of-office: strange but true hobbies of business people
Bees, tribal art, parachutes. Ten business people reveal their other passions.
Meet Australia's most intriguing people
These are our top 10 most-read profiles from the AFR Magazine in 2015.
