A long-vacant caretaker’s apartment within Melbourne’s heritage-listed Fairlie building has been transformed into a boutique wellness centre for residents. In one of Melbourne’s earliest and most architecturally significant high-rise residential buildings, a modest ground-level project, designed by award-winning architects Wood Marsh, has reactivated a space that sat empty and deteriorating for years. Completed in 1961 […]
As Paola Lenti collects Italy’s highest design honour, sister and CEO Anna Lenti touches down in Melbourne to unpack the philosophy behind the brand’s 44 colour families. When Paola Lenti accepted the XXIX Compasso d’Oro Career Award at Milan’s ADI Design Museum in May, she made a point of sharing the credit, telling the audience […]
Evolve competition winners Anne-Marie Randall and Maggie Craig found colour, craft and calm at 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen. Winning a national design competition is one thing, but being flown to Europe’s most influential design week to see how the best in the business live and work is quite another. Anne-Marie Randall, an architect at fjcstudio, and […]
NAU’s appearance at Copenhagen’s 3daysofdesign signalled a new chapter for Australian furniture on the world stage. When NAU, the furniture label born from Richard Munao’s Cult stable, landed in Copenhagen for 3daysofdesign, it arrived with intention, presenting a carefully curated exhibition of Australian design held at the The Social House, Store Regnegade 12, 1110 København, […]
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