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'...
Fractal Geometry Echoes the Rhythm of Weaving in This Gallery-like Jaipur Rug Store.Roar's design for the new Jaipur Rugs store in Mumbai takes its cue from the rug itself. The studio built a spatial system around fractal geometry, echoing the steady repetition of weaving. Because the brain reads such patterns as calming...
Côte 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...
Art That Absorbs Sound: Ben Goss’ Acoustic Collection for Woven Image.There's a built-in tension in printing art onto an acoustic panel. The panel wants to recede; the artwork wants the opposite. Woven Image's new collection with Australian artist Ben Goss doesn't pretend that tension away. It begins with an...
Atelier Write’s Unravel is a Tokyo Hair Salon Built to Change its Mind.In Tokyo's Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Atelier Write has turned a former timber warehouse into a hair salon that refuses to sit still. Architect Takuya Sakamoto suspends mirrors and shelving from overhead rails, so the space can shift from salon...
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...
Elton Group Launches the Think Good Micro-Grant, Backing the Ideas Behind Responsible Design.Design tends to get celebrated at the finish line, but the work that moves the industry forward happens long before that. Elton Group's new annual grant supports architects, interior designers, furniture designers, makers and students...
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...
