Interiors
Interiors
Born in Oviedo, Spa in in 1961 Patricia Urquiola is an architect , a student of Achille Castiglioni and an exceptional designer. When recently in Sydney to celebrate Space’s 20th birthday and the launch of the new range for Kartell, she spoke with Gillian Serisier.
Things like cabinets, kitchen apparatus and storage areas are traditionally placed on top and around the bench, but the new range assimilates these objects and structures into newly assigned spaces or 'islands'.
When beauty and sophistication come together in a project the designer has achieved the brief. Miriam Fanning and Lauren Foy of Mim Design have done just this with a perfect marriage of style, substance and complexity in their design for the Little Group offices.
This year's show will present a select range of the latest high-end designs in interiors and soft furnishings and also feature an International Industry Seminar Series with local and international experts.
As fans of simple beer establishments with a slight industrial feel, the clients wanted to bring a well-worn and character-filled design aesthetic to their new office premises.
Designer Jan Habraken's Chairgenics project revolves around ‘breeding’ the ideal chair by applying the principles of genetic engineering to design inanimate objects.
Cai Guo-Qiang's current exhibition, Falling Back to Earth, is an immersive experiential delight that coddles the audience just long enough for the artist’s concerns to slip into the collective psyche.
One of ADR's new online contributing editors reviews the Biennale of Sydney, an event that has evolved into one of Australia’s biggest and most popular contemporary art festivals.
Sydney-based textile company Rouse Phillips' latest range of products includes hand-painted fabrics in bespoke designs and a series of kilims and hand knotted rugs.
The interiors of this Chapel Street bar have been created by Hecker Guthrie and the design is all Shanghai with deference to one of the city's most famous area, The Bund.
Taking a sticky stroll through the magical confection that is Elenberg Fraser’s Zumbo – a new Melbourne-based patisserie designed for celebrity chef Adriano Zumbo.
This article is the next in line from one of our newly appointed contributing online editorial assistants and reviews Sydney’s Art Month, observing the Pechua Kucha style presentations of notable Sydney practitioners.
The recent launch of a new range of products from Instyle and Workshopped reflects an Australian success story where grower, artisan, manufacturer and retailer meet and together they share a vision of fine Australian products.
The second iteration of White Night was staged on Saturday 22 February with more than half a million people walking Melbourne’s streets and laneways, partaking of and participating in a virtual feast of cultural events and artistic happenings. Text and Images: Jan Henderson
Interior designer Robert Kaner and architect Rafael Berkowitz have collaborated on the redesign of an apartment in a 17-storey Manhattan tower.
The floor houses the women's wear section of the Seibu store in Tokyo and draws inspiration from the wrought iron fences that surround various parks and public squares in European cities. Images: Masaya Yoshimura
The ‘Never Too Much’ furniture collection from Kueng Caputo is a mix-and-match splattered series of hand-painted stools, benches, bowls and lamps.
The newly opened five-star alpine resort seeks to combine luxury and natural aesthetics in a classic, timeless manner.
There is something enchanting about the Aviatrix range of wallpapers. Part adventure, part whimsy, part flight of fancy: the range is very well-named in its ability to conjure the romantic ideal of a tomboyish adventuress ready to take on the world. More than an idea, it is a style that runs through the imagery from […]
Inspired by the design sensibilities of Brazil in the 1950s, an era of tropical modernism, Studio Swine‘s 'São Paulo Collection' of furniture is a clean re-invigoration of this characteristic Brazilian style.
In a growing trend observed by Smeg, consumers are opting for compact appliances to give their kitchens a homogenous look and more efficient arrangement of appliances.
Barcelona-based Alien and Monkey describe themselves as the makers of 'stories and objects', being the collective practice of illustrator Daishu Ma and product designer Marc Nicolau.
Berlin's newest upmarket hotel looked to Kaldewei for innovation in its bathroom fittings.
Rather than limit its appeal to one type of interior style, Victoria + Albert presents a varied range of bathtub personalities with its extensive series of bathtub designs.
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