From Modern to Contemporary: Snedons Landing Home by Rick Cook.In Snedons Landing, COOKFOX founder Rick Cook has updated his 1970s modernist home. Originally designed by Charlie Winter, the renovation respects the home's "of the landscape" ethos while introducing contemporary...
Reviving a Piece of Architectural History: Monty Sibbel by Nuud Studio.In the quiet suburbs of Melbourne lies an example of the 70s architectural rebellion born in search of an affordable modern Australian home. This is where young architects from Nuud Studio embarked on a mission to breathe new life into a...
Olivia Cognet’s Ceramic Pieces Mix Modern Brutalism with Sensual Femininity.After spending six years in Los Angeles learning to model clay, Olivia Cognet has returned to her native South of France to pursue her work as a ceramic artist. Continuing to develop panoramic murals, sculpture–lamps, mirrors and vases...
Gemstone-inspired Tones & Forms: Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Uchronia.In a Haussmannian building in Paris’s famous Golden Triangle is an apartment that dazzles like a jewel box. And not just figuratively. In terms of design, the owners, both jewellery designers, were keen to conjure allusions to stones,...
70s Come Alive in this 40-square-metre Madrid Apartment by Puntofilipino.The petite home in the Spanish capital presents one curiosity after another, as evidenced by the PP225 armchair—an original Hans J. Wegner design since edited by PP Møbler—perched casually by the fireplace. With a stainless steel...
Familiar and Futuristic: Pidapipo Laboratorio Fitzroy by Dion Hall.Melbourne’s beloved Pidapipo has a new Italian dessert destination in the heart of Fitzroy. With interior architecture by Dion Hall, Laboratorio is enveloped in stainless steel, taking cues from the high glamour of the 70s, in this...
Unagi Japanese Bistro in Paris by Uchronia.Uchronia has brought some fun to the 16th arrondissement with a new popsicle coloured Japanese bistro. Unagi draws on both the traditions of an izakaya as well as the neighbourhood itself, with its nostalgic 70s apartments and inventive,...
A Space of Curiosity: Stable Project by Studio Manifold.Not wanting to pigeonhole the space into a specific era, Studio Manifold selected fittings, vintage lights, hardware and finishes from an eclectic mix of eras for Aussie brand Stable’s new boutique in Melbourne’s Albert Park. The...
Kitsch Chic: Paris Apartment by Studio Akademos.After launching on to the Parisian design scene with their debut furniture collection earlier this year, Studio Akademos backs it up with their first interior project. A renovation of a 1936 late-Art Deco apartment on Rue De Levis in the...
