A Private Family Office in East Melbourne by Studio May.Most workplaces are built to perform—a client to impress, talent to attract, a brand to broadcast behind reception. A family office carries none of those obligations. Studio May's East Melbourne project sits closer to a private members'...
CĂ´te Basque: A Melbourne Restaurant Defined by Everything Left Untouched.Melbourne's most-watched restaurant opening in years landed this month, and the most compelling thing about its design is everything Acme decided not to touch. Twenty-five Crossley Street has housed just three businesses in seven...
Borrowed Light by Shelby Ann Studio Is a Study in Elevating an Ordinary Suburban Home.The story usually goes that living beautifully requires a blank site, a serious budget and a willingness to wait until life settles down. Borrowed Light dismantles all three. In Melbourne's Preston, Shelby Ann Studio has renovated a plain...
Studio Shields Proves the Most Memorable Interiors Are Layered by Many Hands.Synthesis transformed the Bishop's Parlour at Abbotsford Convent into an immersive domestic interior for Melbourne Design Week 2026. Curated by Ruby Shields, the installation united more than 45 Australian artists, designers and...
Considered by Design: Camberwell House by Above Zero, Cera Stribley & Golden.Above Zero returns to Camberwell with Camberwell House, a design-led collection rising above Camberwell Junction. Architecture by Cera Stribley, interiors by Golden, landscape by Florian Wild and feature lighting by artist Nicole Lawrence...
Meet the Melbourne-Born Lighting Range Built on Ideas.Melbourne-based Andro started with a sketch and a prototype—a humble track light, developed at the HQ of lighting consultants Ambience. A group of lighting, design, and product professionals set out to develop a range that was distinctly...
William McRoberts and Joseph Gardner Bring Serious Design Cred to Swop South Melbourne.Forget what you think you know about second-hand shopping. Conceived in collaboration with designer William McRoberts and Joseph Gardner of Studio Gardner, Swop South Melbourne draws on New York warehouse energy and a furniture edit that...
Coffeyhallett Turns Love Isabelle’s Armadale Store Into a Domestic Retreat.Coffeyhallett's Love Isabelle Armadale resists everything the typical luxury jewellery store reaches for. No marble, glass cabinets, or formal geometry. Instead, the space is conceived as a living room — warm timber walls, generous...
Streifen’s Sentimental Pull: A Tender Exhibition About the Objects We Can’t Let Go Of.Melbourne studio Streifen has never been interested in design for design's sake. Founded by Madeleine Murdoch and Frances Normoyle, the practice begins with feeling—and Sentimental Pull, their March exhibition was perhaps the clearest...
