New Zealand-based soft furnishings house Baya, owned by 86-year-old textile specialist Furtex, is opening its first Australian showroom. Australian Design Review takes a closer look. Laid out like an open gallery, where every display serves as its own unique artwork, the newly opened studio of New Zealand-based producer of rugs, cushions and throws, Baya occupies […]
Global independent publishing and media business Hardie Grant required a new office that mirrored its focus on creativity and collaboration. Designed by Carr with timelessness front of mind, Hardie Grant’s new office in Collingwood, Melbourne, serves as a celebration of storytelling and creativity. With accents of colour and varied spaces for both pause and collaboration, […]
Hicham Lahlou is arguably one of the most accomplished and important multi-hyphenate designers in the world. His prodigious talent and innate understanding of the power of design to communicate across cultures, borders and genres earned Lahlou numerous accolades over his 30-year career, including recognition among the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in 2021, […]
Named after the racehorse whose winnings paid for the Edwardian red-brick home, Melbourne-based interior decorator Alessandra Smith’s Kazoo vision spans both modernity and heritage. Following significant renovations in 2014, the sunlit Caulfield East home – fittingly located opposite the Caulfield Racecourse – was in need of a fresh aesthetic identity that more closely served the […]