“Currently all the indoor play experiences for kids are pretty feral. Everyone’s on red cordial, running around, there is screaming and lots of noise. They’re high octane. Manic is probably a good word for it. So the client had this idea for creating a new kind of experience that would be different. Pretty much the antithesis of the current model.”
Despite the Bondi II's coastal setting, the owners didn’t want a typical beach house. Spread over three levels, it includes a craft room, music room, a library that doubles as a guest room, and a cinema room, draped in blue velvet, with blue carpet and blue walls.
"It’s not every day that a client allows you to use Rachel Whiteread’s Ghost House, Grayson Parry pottery and Paul Smith suits as inspiration for their HQ.” Working closely with Saatchi & Saatchi, Jump Studios has taken a 9200 square metre, seven-storey blank canvas, and created a bespoke workspace that brings the brand's unique character to life.
KPDO's Melbourne penthouse is such a construction: a beautiful, lofty, exploration of colour shifting through space. It belongs to an art collector who wanted his home to be as remarkable as the objects he collects and not a passive gallery-esque expanse of white.
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