Highlights from Sydney Indesign 2013.This year, industry event "Saturday Indesign" was renamed "Sydney Indesign" with the program spread over three days from Thursday to Saturday. Despite the name change, I found out the hard way that the event remains, very much, centred on...
Alexander Wang Flagship Store // Soho, New York.Fashion designer and recently appointed creative director of Balenciaga, Alexander Wang is one of those so-successful-it's-annoying types. It's not surprising that the concept for his flagship store is yet another manifestation of his...
Milano Solferino Apartment by Dimore Studio.When Dimore Studio got their hands on this 18th century Milanese Palazzo, they conceived the apartment as "a container for contemporary life." Approached as a place to house collected objects, the designers curated a series of pieces from...
Eixample Apartment by Bach arquitectes // Barcelona, Spain.I'm having one of those "I wish I was a Spainish architect" moments again. The current cause of envy is Bach arquitectes, a Barcelona based studio who were handed this original 1910's apartment and asked to convert it into a current day,...
James Jebbia’s Greenwich Village Loft // New York.Today we venture into the Greenwich Village loft of James Jebbia, which he shares with his young family. Jebbia is the owner of streetwear label, Supreme. Quite the departure from his label's aesthetic, his home is minimal, delicate and...
Little Trace of // Melbourne Artist Miso.In her recent Sydney exhibition, young Melbourne artist Miso brought together a collection of works made with fine pin pricks on paper. These pieces are a reflection of her personal experience of travelling over the last few years. Drawing...
Three Dimensional Drawings by Monika Grzymala.Polish artist Monika Grzymala describes her work as three dimensional drawings. She studied sculpture, shifted to drawing and found her place somewhere in between. Rolls of tape are her "pen" of choice and she allows them to dive and...
Crescent House by Andrew Burns // Sydney.Crescent House celebrates the elements of light, darkness and fire. It's a simple rectangular box, clad in torched timber and painstakingly detailed with paper thin roof and wall terminations. Punctured cladding at the entry produces...
Caten by David Letellier // Caen, France.Caten is a kinetic sound installation by French born artist, David Letellier, created for the Saint Sauveur chapel in Caen, France. As a sound artist with a background in architecture, his broad range of abilities merge to create this...
