Gallery-like Ambience: São Paulo Apartment by Gurgel D’Alfonso.This São Paulo apartment by Gurgel D`Alfonso exudes a gallery-like ambience, offering an elevated backdrop for a meticulously curated selection of Brazilian furniture. Located in a small-scale modernist building dating back to the 1950s,...
Design Distinction with Italian Style: James St Kitchen in Northcote.Smeg has collaborated with Rebeka Morgan from BuildHer Collective on a kitchen in this Northcote home that blends design distinction with the brand’s unique Italian style. The kitchen showcases the transformative effect appliances can...
Lawson Flats Perth Members Club by Finespun Architecture and Ohlo Studio.Lawson Flats has had many lives—from an Art Deco apartment block in late 1930s to the Karrakatta Club women’s club in 1980s. In 2022, the trifecta of floors was reborn yet again, this time as a swish members-only club in Perth for...
A Sense of Aesthetic Slowness: The Largo Hotel in Porto by Space Copenhagen.Danish design studio Space Copenhagen have just completed the interiors for The Largo Hotel in Porto, Portugal. Located on the historic Largo de São Domingos, the 18-room hotel, restaurant and bar is a unique hospitality development,...
Affogato Coffee & Gelato Shop in Mumabi by Kaviar Collaborative.Designed by Mumbai-based architects, Kaviar Collaborative, Affogato Coffee & Gelato Shop seem to be what’s left in the box once all the ice-cream gets scooped out. Rounded edges are everywhere, resembling the remnant ice-cream left...
A Forever Home in Melbourne by Flack Studio.Designed as a forever home, this two storey Edwardian home in the inner suburbs of Melbourne is dedicated to family, cooking and entertaining. With a decadent palette of layered objects, art, textures and design classics the project is the...
Robust, Textural and Reflective: The Disco Hair Salon in Brisbane by J.AR Office.A reimagining of a beloved hairdresser and cultural institution in inner Brisbane by J.AR Office, The Disco reinterprets the salon interior without diminishing its history and strong links to the community. Acknowledging the salon’s...
Extreme Design Sensibilities: Yucca Valley Home by Another Human.After years of visiting the Yucca Valley, in 2021, interior and product designer Leah Ring of Another Human decided to purchase a property she could use to experiment with an extreme version of her design sensibilities. Leaving only the...
Palazzo Luce: A Dazzling Hotel-cum-Gallery in Lecce by Anna Maria Enselmi.Two Renaissance-style portals, emblazoned with the numbers 2 and 4, are the first indications that Palazzo Luce isn’t just another hotel. The internal courtyards confirm this suspicion, with excavated columns from a long-ago Roman...
