Motel Bones, Ibiza Spirit: Inside The Whale Narooma on the NSW Far South Coast.Some hotels are designed to be photographed. The Whale has been designed for the slower business of sitting still. Opened this June in Narooma on the NSW far South Coast, the boutique hotel pulls the spirit of 1970s Ibiza up against the...
Round and Round: Burr Turns a Madrid Apartment Into a System of Passage.Burr knows how to have fun with colour, material and shape without ever tipping into excess. AZ06, a Madrid apartment reworked for a family of five, rotates around the building core and operates as a loop rather than a sequence of closed...
Strutt Studios Reworks Black Blaze’s Paddington Flagship as a Study in Restraint.Six years into its Paddington home, Australian fragrance brand Black Blaze asked Strutt Studios to deepen its flagship rather than reinvent it. The 36-square-metre store trades spectacle for restraint: warm timber joinery, cork-clad walls,...
Margesherwood’s Seoul Flagship Is Part Retail Space, Part Sculpture Garden.Margesherwood's first flagship in Seoul's Seongdong-gu district isn't really a shop in any conventional sense. Designed by Studio Uneg, the two-storey space translates the Korean accessories brand's archive-driven sensibility into spatial...
This Milan Beauty Studio Proves the Clinical Wellness Space Is Officially Over.Wellness spaces are finally catching up with hospitality and residential design, and RedDuo's beauty studio in Milan is a sharp example. Custom furnishings, Alpi wood, a vanilla-and-chocolate colour story, and collaborations with Kerakoll,...
Marz Designs’ Terra 0.5 Wall Light Balances Craft and Precision.Byron Bay lighting studio Marz Designs has expanded their signature Terra collection with the introduction of the Terra 0.5 Wall Light. This compact fixture combines hand-shaped ceramic forms with precision-machined metal brackets,...
Milanese Magic: Opus Atelier Transforms Fashion District Workshop into Refined Pied-à-Terre.In Milan's fashion district, Opus Atelier has transformed a former workshop into a refined 90-square-metre pied-à-terre. The space exemplifies clever concealment of functional elements, material contrasts between warm walnut and sleek...
Chess Moves: A 70s-Inspired Family Home Transformation in Byron Bay.This family home takes on new dimensions and depths with its Rubik’s cube of textures, tones and interventions. The original identity of the house exists somewhere between the exposed red brick walls, heavy timber beams and the all too...
Elegance in Miniature: Studio Greca’s Ode to Italian Entryways.In Rivoli, Studio Greca's Interno A project is a love letter to the Italian entryways. Nestled in a historic residence once graced by the Savoia family, this 50sqm apartment posed a unique challenge. From a custom-made portal that...
