Unpacking Nic Graham’s Design Approach for W Brisbane.We caught up with Australia’s leading hotel designer – Nic Graham, about one of his latest projects – the highly-anticipated W Brisbane which opened earlier this year. As the first five-star hotel to arrive in Brisbane CBD in 20...
First Look at Gabriel Cafe in Fitzroy, Melbourne by Flack Studio.Flack Studio’s ‘flackification’ of the Fitzroy institution fluently combines the elements of the surprising and the familiar. “Gabriel is ingrained with a rich history. Within its fabric are many wonderful moments, meals,...
RYU Japanese Restaurant by Ménard Dworkind in Montreal, Canada.Montreal-based architecture & design studio Ménard Dworkind employed a contemporary design approach underpinned with a Japanese sensibility for the design of Ryù restaurant. The duo prioritised hand-worked natural materials that would...
Martin Jonsson’s Surreal & Enigmatic Oil Paintings.Stockholm-born Åkersberga-based artist Martin Jonsson has taken a nebulous theme and applied it to his subjects, putting a whole new spin on having your head in the clouds. Cumulus engulfs his solitary subjects, their puffy, cotton-like...
Interview: Sibling Architecture.They say that two heads are better than one. Then five heads together must be bloody amazing. And if Amelia Borg, Nicholas Braun, Jane Caught, Qianyi Lim & Timothy Moore from Sibling are anything to go by, you too will want to rush out...
Interview: Perth-Based Interior Architect Jen Lowe Of Ohlo Studio.Unlike many of our interview subjects, I’ve never personally met Jen Lowe, but I've met one of her projects, and that's practically the same thing, right? I distinctly recall visiting a small interior she designed while in Perth a couple...
The Alchemy of Things by Karen McCartney.I suppose you can call me a Karen McCartney groupie. I am genuinely in awe (and a little bit in love) with this talented, passionate woman whose work ethic has cemented her as one of most respected experts and authors in the world of...
Interview: Alexandra Donohoe Church of Decus Interiors.I always knew Alex was going to do great things. We met over a decade ago while working at a leading architecture practice, and I distinctly remember her helping me pull together a concept finishes scheme for a large workplace project I...
Fleeting Parts by Milena Naef at Studio Oliver Gustav, Copenhagen.Milena Naef's new part-performance, part-sculptural collection Fleeting Parts is a tense melange of pale flesh and heavy stone. Carefully cut-out slabs of marble reveal humble human segments of the artist herself—an elbow and knee,...
