Melbourne’s New Furniture Studio Makes Art You Can Sit On.Melbourne's newest furniture studio blurs the line between art and everyday objects. Female-founded Escultura creates sculptural pieces using hemp cores and pigmented microcement—materials chosen for both their environmental credentials...
Studio McQualter Transforms Melbourne Literary Icon into MECCA’s Most Ambitious Flagship.In Melbourne's bustling retail precinct, a heritage building with a serious literary pedigree has found its most spectacular incarnation yet. MECCA's ambitious 4,000-square-metre flagship creates authentic dialogue between eras, with over...
Robin Boyd’s Heritage Tree Becomes a Coveted Furniture Collection.When Robin Boyd's iconic Monterey Pine died after 60 years at Walsh Street, it marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Melbourne furniture maker Alexsandra Pontonio's transformation of the heritage timber into...
At Above The Clouds Melbourne Store, Pattern Explores Restraint as a Form of Richness.Above The Clouds' Melbourne expansion showcases Pattern Studio at their most considered. The young practice has refined their signature "unexpected dualities" theme into something more nuanced for the Collins Street store. It's retail...
Glyndon Brings Parisian Elegance to Melbourne’s Camberwell.Lauren Tarrant makes her multi-residential debut with Glyndon, a collaboration with Cera Stribley architecture in Melbourne's Camberwell. The project marries Federation heritage with Parisian elegance through soaring ceilings, natural...
Ergonomics Everywhere: Humanscale’s Melbourne & Sydney Events with Professor Alan Hedge and Yellowtrace.NASA & Fortune 500 advisor, Professor Alan Hedge, brought cutting-edge workplace insights to Australia through a stimulating tour, in conversation with Yellowtrace's Dana Tomić Hughes. The Melbourne and Sydney events were facilitated by...
A Decade in Light and Form: Articolo Studios Unveils Three Collections at Milan’s Euroluce.Celebrating a decade of design excellence, Articolo Studios returned to Euroluce 2025 with three collections that showcased Melbourne-based brand's remarkable evolution. Housed in a Studio Goss-designed travertine-clad sanctuary, their...
Earth, Craft & Hospitality: Clare Cousins Architects’ Warm Minimalism for Fisher & Paykel Melbourne Experience Centre.Within a meticulously restored 1920s garage on Brunswick Street, Fisher & Paykel's Melbourne Experience Centre showcases three distinct kitchen environments through a material palette celebrating local provenance. Clare Cousins Architects,...
Studio Manifold’s Design Double-Header in Melbourne’s Collingwood.In a heritage-listed building on Collingwood's Peel Street, Studio Manifold has designed two distinct but philosophically aligned projects I can only describe as a design double-header. Mane, a gender-fluid retail experience, and Two Birds...
