Architect: Jean Nouvel / PTW
Furnished by: D’Cruz Design Group in association with Fanuli Furniture
Developer: Frasers Property and Sekisui House
Set within the context of an iconic architectural masterpiece, this exhibition apartment is a collection of International and Australian brand furniture and furnishings.
Playfully mixed within are repurposed accessories (books, shoe moulds, phone, typewriter, milk bottles etc.), which provoke references to a past life and draw parallel to the historic nature of the development site and its recent urban renewal (One Central Park – Chippendale, formerly the Carlton United Brewery).
The palette is intentionally neutral, drawing focus on the views beyond the apartment. Sheep and reindeer hide (sourced as a bi-product) with linen, wool and leather adorn furniture pieces and provide a tactile quality to the decorative aesthetic – rich in texture, yet natural and neutral in execution.