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Laid-back living done right in this Australian home

Laid-back living done right in this Australian home

Looking to engage with the streetscape and environs, this family home offers a fresh take on coastal living with a strong focus on sustainability.

Volker Haug’s illuminating designs with playful edges

Volker Haug’s illuminating designs with playful edges

Committed to the artful illumination of spaces, Volker Haug Studio amps up its well loved lighting collections with two new additions.

Curious problem solver: Vipoo Srivilasa excels in “innovation, creativity and progression”

Curious problem solver: Vipoo Srivilasa excels in “innovation, creativity and progression”

Vipoo has taken home the winning title in the biennale MAKE Award for Australian creatives. Learn who took home second prize and highly commended in what is Australia’s richest, non-acquisitive prize for craft and design in Australia.

A chair for you and your inner-child

A chair for you and your inner-child

DesignByThem’s newest release leans into nostalgia to create a chair that’s simultaneously playful and practical.

The Upper gets Luchetti Krelle’s Australian influence

The Upper gets Luchetti Krelle’s Australian influence

Australian craftsmanship meets Japanese luxe in Luchetti Krelle’s exciting and luscious restaurant design for The Upper Tokyo.

Delicious design: Furnished Forever serves up  Waffle

Delicious design: Furnished Forever serves up Waffle

Emphasising the differences between hard and soft surfaces, the geometric planes of the Waffle’s upholstered grid offers a satisfying squish of comfort.

Studio Tate pays forward with its pro-bono design programme

Studio Tate pays forward with its pro-bono design programme

Carley Nicholls and Alex Hopkins of Studio Tate are passionate about making good design accessible to all. The studio’s pro-bono social impact programme has transformed its working culture, and the everyday lives of its clients.

Greg Natale’s Cotton On campus makes work look like luxury

Greg Natale’s Cotton On campus makes work look like luxury

What would entice you back into the office? For the Cotton On campus in Geelong, Australia, Greg Natale solves the dilemma with a set of luxe and soulful facilities. Work never looked so good!

Mark Landini and his ‘blindfold test’ design approach

Mark Landini and his ‘blindfold test’ design approach

From flying around the clock, to traversing time zones from home. With severe limitations on international travel, Landini Associates has had to adapt its modus operandi. The process has been illuminating, reports Stephen Crafti.

Sophie Solomon finds beauty in gentle tensions

Sophie Solomon finds beauty in gentle tensions

Sophie Solomon of SSD Studio designs living spaces that evoke emotion and connection. She was drawn to the Luna Chair by King for its fine blend of contrasts and the power of this to touch the individual.

Magnetic moments with Tom Mark Henry’s Jade Nottage

Magnetic moments with Tom Mark Henry’s Jade Nottage

King recently teamed up with three Sydney designers of note, to explore the deep connections they hold to particular furniture pieces. In this first instalment, Tom Mark Henry’s Jade Nottage contemplates meaningful moments and lasting legacies with the Issho Dining Table.

Marc Newson discusses his drive to create the impossible

Marc Newson discusses his drive to create the impossible

Marking the 20th anniversary of his Powerhouse Museum exhibition ‘Design Works’, Marc Newson reflects with creative director Stephen Todd on his archive of iconic designs and why his deep fascination with how things work drives him to create the impossible.