Category: Interiors
Crafted Hardwoods challenges the obsession with select-grade timber, inviting designers to embrace character and variation. In the pursuit of perfection, something vital gets lost. For too long, the Australian design industry has given privilege to the pristine. Clean grains, uniform tones and the absence of knots have become synonymous with quality. But timber does not […]
Global bathroom furnishings brand Roca Group has acquired Phoenix, an Australian tapware company in the mid-to-high-end market segment. Roca announced the acquisition on Thursday 10 July, after more than 35 years in the Australian market for Phoenix. In that time, Phoenix has become a leading tapware brand in Australia, designing, assembling and marketing a wide […]
Julia Prell is among Australian Design Review’s 30UNDER30 Interior and Product Designers for 2024/2025. Here, we speak with SJB senior interior designer about her formative experiences in Copenhagen, the importance of timelessness, transcending trends and overcoming impostor syndrome. Australian Design Review: What has been a highlight in your career so far? Julia Prell: A very […]
What does it mean to have a sense of place? Where does it come from? Is it innate and immutable – the result of a perfect collision between environmental, constructed and human elements? Or can it be generated from ‘nothing’, shaped deliberately and consciously? On a recent visit to Melbourne property development group Salta’s first […]
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