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...
Dion Hall Strips the Coffee Ritual Back to Its Purest Form at Standing Room Coffee Carlton.Standing Room Coffee strips the ritual back to its purest form—no seats, no distractions, just coffee. The compact fitout by Dion Hall is anchored by sculptural timber poles, rotational shelves and a warm material palette drawn from...
Armadillo’s Linea Collection Reimagines the Language of Pattern.From the warm hand-knotted depth of Allegra and the timeworn elegance of Adagio, to the architectural linen restraint of the new flat-weave Latitude—Armadillo's Linea collection brings quiet authority to the contemporary interior. Six...
Nice Projects Turns a Historic Kyoto Teahouse Into a Cutting-Edge Research Lab.Nice Projects have transformed a historic teahouse in Kyoto's Gojo district into the Artificial Life Institute—a 145 square metre research lab for scientists exploring the intersection of science and art. The London and Sydney-based...
An Heirloom on Wheels: David/Nicolas Turn a 90s Porsche 964 Targa into “Shaha”.Founder of Porsche Centre Lebanon acquired a 1990 Porsche 964 Targa with one intention: to gift it to his daughter Shaha, a practising architect with a strong eye for craft and materials. What followed was an eight-year collaboration with...
Ice Cream Shop Slash Listening Bar Designed as a Kit of Parts Built to Move.Most retail fit-outs end up in a skip bin when the lease expires. Kori Windsor by Air Design Studio is a deliberate challenge to that norm. The 50sqm Windsor ice cream shop slash listening bar is conceived as a suite of relocatable...
A New Collection for Homes Shaped by Life, Not Perfection by RJ Living.RJ Living has launched Roam, its most ambitious collection to date. Spanning living, dining, bedroom, storage and accent pieces, the range draws on mid-century modern principles reinterpreted for contemporary Australian homes. Rich natural...
Crosby Studios and 22 System Turn Electrical Outlets Into Art.Guided by Crosby Studios' philosophy of Transformism and 22 System's patented approach to integrated electrical design, this installation at Matter and Shape Paris reframed everyday infrastructure as both functional object and...
A 19th Century Pub Transformed into Seven Layers of Atmosphere.Eleisha Gray's creative direction of The Waterside Hotel is rooted in production design thinking—atmosphere and sequence first, materials second. At Past/Port restaurant, colour became a shared language between Executive Chef Sarah...
