The distance between a brilliant drawing and a flawless installation is almost always a handover. At Krost’s manufacturing facility in Sydney, design engineering and fabrication share a single footprint. Keeping the entire operation local and in-house brings rare agility to complex custom work, protecting tight tolerances, zero-joint edging details and material continuity from initial prototype […]
Most people, at some point in their work, know the particular satisfaction of a plan landing better than they’d hoped for. This is what that looked like, at 10 metres long, in the middle of Chapter House. When Jon Goulder and Henry Williams were invited to create a work for Chapter House – the cavernous […]
Two exhibitors show how centuries-old timber traditions continue shaping contemporary furniture design in Melbourne today. Now in its 22nd year, Decor + Design returned to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 15 to 17 July, drawing more than 10,000 design professionals and over 200 exhibitors across three days under this year’s theme of ‘Fresh’. […]
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 […]
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