Tattersalls Hotel in Armidale by Luchetti Krelle.The country town of Armidale, a former gold rush settlement in a region known as the New England of NSW, is home to the refurbished Tattersalls Hotel. Originally built in 1854, and renamed in 1884, Luchetti Krelle have honoured the...
LAX Bar in Vienna by Four Artists from Austria & Germany.Taking over the former record store Schallplatten Brigitte, one of the first in Vienna dating back to 1959, LAX Bar is an homage to Adolf Loos' famed 'American Bar' conceived by four Austrian and German artists. Beyond a preserved...
1930s Piero Portaluppi Milan Apartment Transformed into a Massimo De Carlo Gallery by Studio Binocle and Antonio Citterio.The striking striped marble floor is one of many opulent features within Casa Corbellini-Wassermann in Milan. The 1930's Piero Portaluppi building has been reopened as the new HQ of Massimo de Carlo gallery, after extensive refurbishment...
Christopher Payne Photographs the Production Line of One of America’s Last Pencil Factories.For over a century, the General Pencil Company has meticulously crafted the humble writing, drawing, and doodling instruments formally known as pencils. Back in 1889 when the Jersey City factory first opened, a world without pencils would...
Abandoned Russian Monuments Reimagined & Documented by Danila Tkachenko.Danila Tkachenko creates various lightweight structures around neglected Orthodox churches, each one featuring a new abstract shape in black. The result is a series of images that explore the boundaries of our collective memory – an...
Bauhaus Bus on World Tour in Honour of the School’s Centennial.Did you know that Bauhaus – the influential German school of modern design – will celebrate its centenary this year? In honour of this important milestone, SAVVY Contemporary has set out mark the milestone with a project dubbed...
Suzanne Jongmans Uses Waste Materials to Recreate Dutch Renaissance.Suzanne Jongmans takes her inspiration from the old Dutch masters, the painters of the past, specifically focusing on the 15th, 16th and 17th century. Rembrandt, Holbein the Younger and Rogier van der Weyden - you’ll find references to...
Brionvega Celebrates Achille Castiglioni’s Centenary with Limited Edition Radiofonografo RR126.To celebrate the centenary of Achille Castiglione’s birth, Brionvega is proudly re-producing a limited run of 100 handcrafted, individually numbered radiograms, as a tribute to the famed Italian designer. And thanks to our friends and...
Vitra 100 Miniatures Exhibition Arrives in Australia for the First Time.Seriously, who hasn’t dreamed of owning a collection of Vitra Miniatures? Hang on, it’s not just me, is it? Of course not, silly! Vitra Miniatures is the stuff of design legends, and the good news is that an exhibition of 100 minis is...
