Author: Marcus Piper
With a generosity of spirit and well-crafted sense of humour, Dale Hardiman is fast-emerging as an exciting new face in the Australian design crowd. Marcus Piper chats to the new-comer for MEZZANINE.
Looking beyond the roundabouts and political machinations, our nation’s capital is fast becoming a breeding ground for a new generation of Australian furniture and object designers, as MEZZANINE finds out.
"Light in its purest form is about perception. It literally changes the way in which we see the world,” says Melbourne-based lighting designer, Volker Haug. MEZZANINE talks to Volker and other designers about new technologies that are bringing aesthetic opportunities to their work, and allowing them to set a new mood of sustainability.
Mezzanine's Marcus Piper chats with Keith Melbourne, a new breed of furniture designer who is fusing industrial processes with creativity to help local industries forge ahead.
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