This Month
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Stuck for ideas? Two top Australian designers share their wish lists
You’re bound to be inspired once you read what designer Blainey North and architect William Smart have chosen.
- Stephen Todd
November
In Pictures: The restoration of a 10th-century chapel in Provence
Photographer Alex Roxburgh Reyto spent a weekend with an Australian family who have restored a 400 year old chapel in Saignon, a tiny hilltop town in Provence.
- Nicky Catley
The 70s furniture trend making an unlikely (but welcome) comeback
This humble yet sustainable material is getting a high-end makeover.
- Stephen Todd
Singapore layover? Check out New Bahru
This well-designed collection of creative businesses – from food to wellness and retail – will easily account for a day.
- Stephen Todd
Good old tiles are making a comeback
Ugly public structures are being transformed with bold and intricately patterned mosaic works of art. The trend is in play in fashionable houses, too.
- Stephen Todd
The stories behind the world’s top-selling jewellery
Symbols of luck and love, empowerment and experimentation, these pieces have endured across generations.
- Hannah Tattersall
Homewares that last forever? How is that good business?
The CEO of one of Europe’s oldest companies says sustainability and recycling are the key to its vintage brands’ survival.
- Glynis Traill-Nash
October
Macquarie’s new home is one to admire for its smarts
The investment banking and trading giant’s new office at 1 Elizabeth Street in Sydney brings building materials, and a metro station, to the fore.
- Matthew Drummond
Japan’s unlikely export success
The surging global popularity of anime has lifted the industry’s value to the likes of semiconductors or steel.
- The Economist
Outback-inspired pieces set to go on show at Design Miami fair
Trent Jansen explores Australia’s cross-cultural history through his furniture collaborations with Indigenous artisans.
- Stephen Todd
An Australian’s revolutionary wine glass has floored French experts
It looks intriguing and glassware designer Denver Cramer says it can “age” its contents by four to five years.
- Paul Best
Hit films and now a hit hotel: The design genius of Luca Guadagnino
The director behind Challengers and Call Me By Your Name has a new movie, a new five-star hotel in Rome and a just-opened craft festival.
- Maria Shollenbarger
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September
Interior design maestro pays tribute to his famous colour muse
David Flack was inspired by abstract painter Sydney Ball as a schoolboy; now he is curating an exhibition of the late artist’s work.
- Stephen Todd
The interior decorators in the spotlight for their beautiful spaces
Looking for a home refresh to enhance your signature style or soften hard lines? These three women have the know-how.
- Stephen Todd
An edgy Hollywood hotel brand makes its Australian debut
It may have its origins in Los Angeles, but The StandardX has embraced the gritty hipness of its new location in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
- Stephen Todd
August
Keep building ambition, says key architect behind Sydney Metro
UK-based John McAslan says Sydney Metro was a smoother ride than London’s recent Elizabeth Line.
- Matthew Drummond
Hermès for your home? See what the luxury brand has in store
These covetable products may be new, but they include plenty of retro nods.
- Stephen Todd
‘In a class of its own’: a radical new racing yacht sets sail
Two driving forces of Australian sailing have come up with an ingenious new type of craft, with a specially designed keel.
- Stephen Todd and Nicole Shrimpton
Jessie French turns algae into art, and conjures a PVC alternative
The materials researcher found a way to make art – and replace petrochemical-derived plastics – with algae.
- Stephen Todd
July
These are the top Australian designs picked by our design editor
Eight of the most original, thoughtful and certainly beautiful new creations from local creatives.
- Stephen Todd
The Sydney-born solution to NYC’s paragon of inefficiency
Architect Ben Berwick’s modular glazing system for saving energy costs is more than window dressing.
- Matthew Drummond
Sydney’s new aquatic centre was worth the wait
It’s won the Sulman Medal for public architecture and the hearts of locals with its empathetic design and impressive facilities.
- Stephen Todd
Stop ‘chopping’: What your cushions say about you
Do yours have the right filling and requisite roundness? Or do they have ‘bunny’s ears’ and unspeakable foam? Here is a purist’s guide.
- Serena Fokschaner
