From homes to hospitality, the way an interior shapes our experience is remarkable. When the experience is fleeting, as with theatre, dance, opera and performance, the designer’s role is sharply honed. Our performing art institutions deliver impact, ambiance, and story telling, and inside magazine celebrates the talent behind them.
"Copied designs do immeasurable financial damage to independent design brands and makers," says Terri Winter, from top3 by design. In the UK, copied designs are now illegal – with fines of up to £50,000 and 10 years jail – and these dramatic changes provide an example for Australia to follow, with the Authentic Design Alliance leading the way for law changes.
From the tropical forests of Elcho Island comes a range of lighting that simply cannot be replicated. MEZZANINE takes a look at Yuta Badayala (In a New Light) – part of an ongoing collaboration between Sydney furniture studio and store, Koskela, and the Yolngu weavers of the Elcho Island Arts Centre.
Architects in Perth are like sailors, taking their tactical cues from the skies and winds, to deliver homes that do more than merely shelter. MEZZANINE explores a selection of homes that are designed to incorporate and take complete advantage of their natural surrounds.
Bringing Australia’s architecture and design community into focus since 2009.