Inflection Journal
Inflection is a student-edited journal based at the University of Melbourne, focused on gathering and sharing ideas about design and the built environment.
At Inflection we believe in the power of the printed word, the beauty of printed text and the potential of the designed physical object to re-ignite a culture of discourse. Inflection aims to provoke discussion of issues relevant to theory and practice today. It is a platform for dialogue, aimed at promoting a culture within the MSD and emerged from a desire for a medium for student ideas and explorations in printed form. Email us: [email protected]
21/05/2026
Inflection copies up for grabs at the Built Environment Book Fair next weekend! Come along!
Link in bio
24/04/2026
Inflection Journal Art Book Fair
15-17 May
Come say hi!
26/03/2026
Deadline for abstracts approaching…..
Inflection Journal - Abstract submissions: March 31st
Email: [email protected]
*Reference: The Architectural Detail. Edward Ford. 2011. 1st Ed. Princeton Architectural Press
30/01/2026
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Inflection Volume 13: DETAIL
The architectural detail is a site of pride for architects where practice and theory are expressed; where intent and outcome are most potent.
It is at the level of the detail where designers are simultaneously challenged and comforted. While the visceral precarity of international political and financial realms is felt in increasing detail, our anxieties can be soothed by the fetishization of a favourite space at a certain scale. Inflection vol. 13 explores the potential of detail to understand, alter, and improve the built environment. We invite multidisciplinary contributors to create scholarly insights that explore detail.
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Abstracts (500 words) of academic and practice-oriented pieces can be submitted to [email protected] until Tuesday March 31st 5pm
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Full call for submissions text in link in bio.
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Image courtesy of Max Creasy
21/01/2026
A big thank you to everyone who came to the volume 12 launch, and to all who supported and contributed their time.
Photos by John Gollings and .louis
17/01/2026
Inflection Vol 12 - Love is now available to order on our website.
Cover image by Ali Tahayori
26/11/2025
Join us the celebrate the launch of Inflection Vol. 12: LOVE !
December 12th at Ando’s MPavilion
6:00–8:00 PM.
Ticket link in bio.
Poster artwork by
architecture
26/10/2025
A fantastic evening of talks in the sun soaked Japanese room.
A heartfelt, thank you to all who attended and donated to the journal, and to our incredible panel of guest speakers:
Toby Reed and Anna Nervegna
Thomas Essex-Plath
William Ward
Celeste De Clario
The wine was generously donated by
17/10/2025
Join us next Friday, October 24th, in the Japanese Room for an evening of talks presented as part of our ongoing series.
Hear from:
• Nervegna Reed Architects
• Thomas Essex-Plath
• William Ward
• Celeste De Clario Davis
All proceeds from the event will support the upcoming and future publications of Inflection.
Details:
•Japanese Room, Level 4, Glyn Davis Building
•5:30–7:00 PM, Friday 24 October 2025
•Drinks provided by Konpira Maru
We look forward to seeing you there.
13/10/2025
Archival Inflection Journal Sale!
We will be selling past Inflection journal publications and other design books this Wednesday 15th of October. The sale will take place at the opening of ‘Pedagogies‘ - as part of the Parts of Practice exhibition.
100% of profits from sales will go towards producing the upcoming, and future issues.
•6-8pm
•Wednesday 15th Oct 2025
•The Design Gallery, Glyn Davis Building (MSD)
About Parts of Practice - Pedagogies:
The entanglement of architecture practice and design education has a long history with many renowned architects supporting the early stages of their careers through critical engagement with tertiary pedagogies.
Studio and electives enable emerging practitioners to test ideas, briefs and methodologies outside of their architectural practice and explore these with a student cohort of young thinkers of the upcoming generation. Yet, pedagogical practice remains largely unacknowledged despite its generative and enriching contribution to an architect’s practice.
Join Simona Falvo, James Bowman Fletcher, and Anna Jankovic to hear about the multiple ways that pedagogical practice is a valuable and integral part of practice. This panel discussion will focus on the symbiotic relationship between emerging practitioners and architectural education, with a focus on the multiple, and often subtle, ways in which practice and teaching influence each other.
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