Artifort

Salone Mobile 2011 kicks off in Milan in April and the buzz is already evident from all the way over here in Sydney. We know many of you are going to be on the ground in Italy in coming weeks so we wanted to share some of the upcoming, not to be missed launches and installations.

In furnishing London's venue Circus, designer Tom Dixon turned to design classics as well as his own. Paulin's famed Mushroom Chair being one of the welcome additions to this intriguing hot-spot.

Hurricanes' famous ribs taste all the better thanks to the beautiful Lolita Chairs and Little Tulip Stools.

YOU-ZU catches up with jeweller Adina Jozsef and gets inside her creative process!

THIS WEEK WE ARE CHUFFED TO HAVE THE ALWAYS DELIGHTFUL CAROLINE CASEY ON BOARD. ONE HALF OF THE BRILLIANT CASEY BROWN PARTNERSHIP, CAROLINE'S FURNITURE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR RESIDENTIAL, HOSPITALITY AND COMMERCIAL USE GLOBALLY AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA'S PERMANENT COLLECTION. FOR MORE ON HER BEAUTIFUL WORKS DROP BY THE CASEY BROWN WEBSITE.  TO HEAR ABOUT HER...

'Mistress of the Melange' or 'Queen of Clutter' - however you respond to the works of US native Kelly Wearstler, you can't help but be drawn into the depths she constructs.  An explosion of colour that ripples unapologetically through layer upon layer of texture, bold choices in form and brilliant, constantly competing, finishes. With a distinct Hollywood Regency flavour, the...

The Hyde: Sydney's most significant high-rise residential development since Harry Seidler's 'Horizon', was officially opened this morning by Lord Mayor and Member for Sydney: Clover Moore, bringing a close to 6 years of design, development and construction. At a breakfast function set in the building's light-filled lobby, surrounded by bubbling water gardens, guests heard Professor Jennifer Taylor (of the initial design competition...

Black is most definitely back!  You asked for it and you got it, the perennial favourite: CU-C-ME from HIVE is now available for the first time in black! We got so excited we wanted to showcase some of the other sleek black editions now also offered from our suppliers: bd Ediciones, VONDOM, EMU and Artifort.

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 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...