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Ola Moszumanska

Ola Moszumanska is a creative writer who seeks to bring a sense of synesthetic poetry into the world of architecture and design. Inquisitive and perceptive by nature, Ola takes great joy in writing evocative stories about the industry’s most captivating projects, creators and products, while her affinity for visual arts gives her craft a vivid and emotive quality. Through her multidisciplinary practice spanning linguistics, journalism, marketing and communications, Ola has produced a wonderfully diverse range of stories for clients and publications across architecture, design and construction, as well as real estate and hospitality. When she’s not writing, Ola doubles as a photographer, working with a number of businesses on the South Coast of NSW.

Stories

Palpable paradise, found: The Tappeti Elysium Rug Collection

Palpable paradise, found: The Tappeti Elysium Rug Collection

In this mesmerising collection of hand-tufted rugs and carpets, Tappeti masterfully articulates the ephemeral feeling of inner bliss through a woven cartography of bespoke landscapes that unfurl into an idyllic underfoot paradise.

The mould everyone fits: 75 years of the Eames Shell Chair

The mould everyone fits: 75 years of the Eames Shell Chair

For three-quarters of a century, the iconic Eames Shell Chair has redefined the very act of sitting with its groundbreaking form, proving that, rather than restrict, the right mould can embrace every space, need and individual aspiration.

Gone, not wasted: Hassell, Autex and The Workshop’s lasting message

Gone, not wasted: Hassell, Autex and The Workshop’s lasting message

Quietly signalling this year’s ArchiBuild Expo’s galvanising optimism, The Workshop’s fleeting presence leaves the industry with a particularly lasting and resonant message: zero-waste is not only possible but scalable.

The edge of absence: The new Meisterstück from KALDEWEI

The edge of absence: The new Meisterstück from KALDEWEI

With a new, slender design, the monolithic KALDEWEI Meisterstück Classic Duo Oval embraces the experience of personal retreat by investigating the tension between delicate restraint and sculptural presence.

Sculptural camouflage: Tangram’s disappearing architecture

Sculptural camouflage: Tangram’s disappearing architecture

With the new Tangram collection for Cesar, García Cumini introduces a timeless system of delightfully winding volumes, artfully concealed functionality and sculptural compositions that move beyond rigid angularity to redefine the social heart of the home with intuitive flow.

Zenith’s Teddy Collection: A cohesive system for the modern workplace

Zenith’s Teddy Collection: A cohesive system for the modern workplace

Teddy, a new collection from Zenith, offers a cohesive design language that extends across a versatile suite of tables and workstations, catering to the dynamic realities of the modern workplace.

Partners and pioneers: Knoll’s legacy of design dialogue

Partners and pioneers: Knoll’s legacy of design dialogue

While the alluring myth of a lone genius can be particularly appealing, Knoll’s enduring legacy was built on a more profound reality: that a singular vision is only augmented through dialogue, proving that collaboration is one of the most transformative tools in design.

Sculpting sounds, layering landscapes: Architectus and Woven Image at Flinders University

Sculpting sounds, layering landscapes: Architectus and Woven Image at Flinders University

Striking a harmonious chord amidst the urban rhythm of Adelaide’s Festival Plaza, Flinders University’s new campus integrates meticulously crafted soundscapes that soothe the buzz of modern pedagogy, settling into the building’s multifaceted context.

Linear lightscapes: Thinking outside the box at St Kevin’s College

Linear lightscapes: Thinking outside the box at St Kevin’s College

Redefining angularity of form as a welcoming architectural gesture, the multi-purpose learning hub at St Kevin’s College embraces the responsive geometry of light and shade to forge a profound connection with its urban locale.

Dynamic dazzle of radical restraint: Gaggenau’s 200 Series Flex Induction Cooktop

Dynamic dazzle of radical restraint: Gaggenau’s 200 Series Flex Induction Cooktop

Gaggenau’s understated appliance fuses a carefully calibrated aesthetic of deliberate subtraction with an intuitive dynamism of culinary fluidity, unveiling a delightfully unrestricted spectrum of high-performing creativity.

An untethered design for a fluid workplace: Joel Sampson discusses the Bay Work Pod

An untethered design for a fluid workplace: Joel Sampson discusses the Bay Work Pod

How can design empower the individual in a workplace transforming from a place to an activity? Here, Design Director Joel Sampson reveals how prioritising human needs – including agency, privacy, pause and connection – and leveraging responsive spatial solutions like the Herman Miller Bay Work Pod is key to crafting engaging and radically inclusive hybrid environments.

Statement stone: At home with Quartzite’s unimposing opulence

Statement stone: At home with Quartzite’s unimposing opulence

Emerging from millennia of geological force, each exquisite slab tells a singular narrative etched by time and tectonic power. And this luxurious dwelling serves as a masterful recontextualisation of this enduring beauty, highlighting the extraordinary aesthetic and uncompromising strength as the ultimate expressions of residential grandeur.

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