Tasked with designing Australian fashion label Henne’s first ever bricks-and-mortar store in Melbourne, Brahman Perera sought inspiration from art and the artisan craftsman, both local and far-flung. It’s a scene from another time, the sort of experience that Melbourne does so well – or did so well, before COVID – the rise of fast fashion […]
Founded on ideals of quality, aesthetics and social sustainability, door hardware designer, Halliday + Baillie is as finicky about detail as ever. “I joined Halliday + Baillie in the year 2000 when everyone was up in arms about Y2K,” says Tanya Rive with a laugh. “So, it seems fitting that I should be celebrating my […]
The director of Moby Architecture and Interiors takes inside on a tour of his country home in Creswick, a former gold mining town north-west of Melbourne. How long have you lived here? My partner Mari and I have lived in this home for two years now. We spent a lot of time in Creswick visiting family […]
In accepting the MPavilion 2022 design commission, Bangkok’s all(zone) forges permanence in favour of lightness, sustainability and, above all, joy. “I always wonder why if it’s sustainable, it has to be brown,” Rachaporn Choochuey says from the office of her Bangkok studio. “We live in a world where material scientists are doing incredible things with […]