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Tickets for the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) are on sale now. Join the best of Australia’s design talent for a night to remember! Book now! IDEA 2018 is excited to invite you to an evening of celebration as the hotly anticipated winners of this year’s awards are revealed. The Gala will take place at the […]
Shaun Lockyer Architects has transformed an old Queenslander from a small timber cottage into an expansive family home where there is room to entertain family and friends in contemporary comfort. It is not unusual for a family to settle in a place they love, to put down roots and stay for years, but the progressive […]
Shaw Contract has introduced a new carpet tile collection that aims to create impact and moments of pause in our busy, digital lives. Named Off The Grid, the collection is deeply textural and can be used to create subtle or dynamic shifts in scale and texture density. The design of the tiles was inspired by […]
Sydney-based INK interior architects has transformed an Italian restaurant lacking in warmth and personality into a space with a moody and intimate quality, which reflects the richness of hearty Italian cooking. Located in Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building, Vanto has been renovated to enable an easy transition from a day to a night venue. Previously, the restaurant only […]
Ikea has announced that it has inked it’s first Australian partnership and will be working alongside Australian Indigenous artists from Pwerle Gallery to explore how stories can be interpreted into art. The Swedish furniture company says it’s on a quest to “democratise art” and is “especially curious about how art is influenced through different parts of the world”. “We […]
Loke Architects has designed the latest Melbourne studio for pilates brand KX Pilates, with a focus on creating a bold and edgy personality in combination with luxurious post-workout facilities. KX Pilates is a fusion of traditional reformer pilates with cardio and endurance training and so the studio had to nurture physical workouts while also nourishing […]
AAP residence is a quintessential Mim Design project with creative director Emma Mahlook creating an interior rich in style that translates to pure and simple elegance, writes Jan Henderson. As a contemporary home for a family of four, AAP residence proudly showcases authenticity at the heart of its design. With a restrained palette in both […]
David Jones and Country Road Group’s new corporate headquarters makes its mark at the Shaw Contract Design Awards. Gray Puksand’s work for the first stage of the new David Jones and Country Road corporate headquarters has recently been announced as a final winner in the 2018 Shaw Contract Design Awards, chosen from a pool of […]
Meet three designers who work separately yet together. It’s a smart move to pool knowledge and resources when you’re making your way in the world of product design and Michael Gittings, Jonathan Ben-Tovim and Makiko Ryujin are leading the way through their talent and collaboration. These days collaboration in design is approached as a meaningful […]
March Studio, a multidisciplinary architecture practice, has been a leader in design since it was established in 2007. It has amassed a critical portfolio of completed projects that are truly individual, embrace new ideas and directions and inevitably set trends. In the latest issue of inside directors Rodney Eggleston and Anne- Laure Cavigneaux discuss their […]
Studio Ongarato has injected a uniquely Queensland feel into the W Brisbane hotel, which is the first 5-star hotel to open in Queensland’s capital in more than 20 years. The project is the latest in a string of engagements for Studio Ongarato with the W brand, with the studio having worked on W Shanghai and […]
Continuing its mission of recognising the creative vision of architects and designers, Shaw Contract has announced the winners of the 2018 Shaw Contract Design Awards. The 13th year of the awards attracted over 500 entries submitted from 36 countries around the world. A panel of expert international judges, who were drawn from across the industry, […]
The shortlisted projects for the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards were revealed at a sold-out event in Melbourne last week, where talented members of the Australian design community gathered to celebrate. Two hundred and seventy-seven projects were shortlisted across 13 categories and five special awards and the night also provided the Designer of the Year […]
Two hundred and seventy-seven Australian projects have been shortlisted across 13 categories and five special awards in the 2018 Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). The high calibre awards program is now in its 16th year and has continued to grow in scale each year. The selection of shortlisted entries was announced at a sold-out event at […]
Starting her own business in 2012, Adele Bates has established her practice relatively quickly. Refusing to be pigeonholed to any particular aesthetic, she shows a consistency of materiality evident in her projects – from the plush layers of Stokes Street to the stark stone expanses of Q le Baker. “How the light makes you feel […]
inside co-editor Gillian Serisier sets her foot on the stage, as Chenchow Little’s latest office, for real estate brand BresicWhitney, once again challenges the commercial sector with an interior like no other. Dramatic, theatrical, sumptuous, functional and to both budget and Heritage restrictions, this project sees Chenchow Little continue to explode conservative notions of what […]
Kerry Phelan and Stephen Javens lead Melbourne-based interior design and architecture studio K.P.D.O. (Kerry Phelan Design Office). Preferring to stay a little quieter among the frenetic noise and pace of the design profession, Phelan and Javens work to create beautifully considered spaces for their clients. inside co-editor Jan Henderson visits them At Home to discover the […]
As Hassell promotes senior associate of interior design Emily Moss to the role of principal, ADR speaks to the eight-year Hassell veteran about her favourite spaces in Australia and where she draws inspiration from. Can you tell us a little about your background and how you first became interested/involved in architecture? I grew up with a […]
Anchovy Bandit is located outside of Adelaide’s CBD below a new cinema complex, which was built in a ‘new-art-deco’ style. Sans-Arc Studio took this design intent and gave the space a slightly Italian, timber, art deco spin. While the cinema provides a steady stream of customers, the venue needed to cater to different groups, at […]
The owners of this row house in Brooklyn, New York wanted to find interesting ways to bring in colour and light, as well as accommodate their pets. The client, an artist, poet and professor and her husband, a poet and administrator required spaces for each of them to live and work and to display their extensive […]
Stylecraft is entering an exciting new phase with the opening of the doors to its new StylecraftHOME showroom in Melbourne. StylecraftHOME opened its flagship Sydney store in early 2017 where it quickly gained the attention of the design industry and this acclaim has spurred the rapid growth and development of the brand. “Our Melbourne showroom […]
The design of Adelaide restaurant Shobosho was inspired by its name, which translates from Japanese to fire house, and is adorned with charred wood. Designed by Studio-Gram, the space’s defining feature is the use of Baltic pine both in a natural finish, and a charred finish, achieved through the process of Shou Sugi Ban, an ancient […]
As we continue to see a domestication of the workplace, Zenith has launched a new modular seating range, Platforma, which brings with it a soft residential aesthetic With the continual blurring of the lines between work and home life, it makes sense that companies are increasingly investing in workspaces that mirror our own homes. What […]
A new project designed by Doherty Design Studio is full of detail and layering of materials that combine to create a consummate and timeless interior. Located in one of Melbourne’s leafy outer suburbs, Heather house sits comfortably within a landscape of tree-lined streets and large family homes that are both old and new. The home […]
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