August 2010

Horm have unleashed their 'Zero Gravity' 2010 catalogue... and the contents?  Breathtaking. Having explored cutting edge timber-bending, thrown a nostalgic eye over the works of Ray and Charles Eames, married light with load bearing and fluidity with functionality... this collection is about to turn heads.  Italian design and manufacturing at it's best. Horm have brought together Deigo Vencato, Orlandini...

The October/November issue of Belle Magazine goes out today with a cracking cover shot and some brilliant content... Gracing the cover is Greg Natale's "Tierney Watson Residence" featuring our 'miami cool' Veranda Chair collection from EMU, Italy.  Suitably paired with the sleek extending Piano Table (also from EMU), the whole scene is beautifully shot by the master of light...

BEAMED LIVE INTO THE LIVING ROOMS OF THE NATION AS A CONTESTANT ON CHANNEL 9'S HOMEMADE IN 2009, STACEY KOUROS SOON EARNED HERSELF A LOYAL FOLLOWING FOR HER DISTINCT PUNCHY, OFTEN THEATRICAL APPROACH TO HER INTERIORS.  HAVING STUDIED AT THE UNSW AND HONED HER OWN SKILLS WHILST WORKING WITH ESTEEMED DESIGNER GREG NATALE, STACEY DECIDED TO GO IT ALONE AND IS...

1965, The Netherlands, and Frenchman Pierre Paulin introduces us to one of his most acclaimed collections.  Designed for a traditional Dutch furniture manufacturer redefining itself in an era of change under the guidance of Kho Lieng Ie and the new moniker: 'Artifort'.  Paulin presents us with Tulip and Little Tulip ... and the world falls in love. What drives...

As an emerging designer, there is nothing more frustrating than persistently being branded an "up and comer" or "the next big thing"... so we wont, suffice to say this is a name you can expect to hear plenty more of in coming years!  Rowen Wagner, was a recent exhibitor in both Workshopped 10 in Sydney and LaunchPad 2010 in Melbourne. ...

The ADA have announced this months winners in their ingenious 'Beauty Ruined' competition.  Check them out here. In supporting the push for greater IP protection for designers and their original designs, the Authentic Design Alliance encourage you to submit your unhappy snaps of fake or 'replica' design pieces that you may encounter out and about. This naming and shaming process...

June 2010 saw some of the best names in the European design community descend on Cairo for +20 Egypt. Curated by Italian design queen: Paola Navone, the event was a showcase of selected products from the best Egyptian design companies, as well as international brands. The final result was ...a fascinating juxtaposition of tradition and innovation, local and international, classic...

ANSON SMART IS A GENIUS. THE CREATIVE EYE BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST EVOCATIVE EDITORIAL, PORTRAIT AND ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY GLOBALLY.  AN EXPERT AT TRAINING HIS LENS ON EVERYONE FROM CATE BLANCHETT TO ELLE MCPHERSON, HE WAS COMMISSIONED TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIAN TOURISM COMMISSION, CONVEY THE ATMOSPHERE OF COUNTLESS INTERIOR AND ARCHITECTURE SHOOTS FOR BELLE, VOGUE...

As the dust settles on another Saturday Indesign, we all hurriedly flock back to the office and flick  through our photos and thumb through notes gathered over a frenetic two day gallop around inner Melbourne. Networking, over working, over indulging... whatever your approach or game plan, it's clear from doing the rounds that the Saturday Indesign format seems to...

So you tear yourself away from Thira and the immense views over the caldera, the crater rim dotted with cascading white terraces and the ocassional blue church dome.  You hop on your scooter and you head South, to seek out one of Santorini's best kept secrets... You turn off the main road, down a rather rough, unsealed "track" that...