Ross Didier on Playing with Shapes and Design Storytelling.Ross Didier, founder of Didier, likes to experiment and collaborates with craftspeople to create furniture adapted to the human body. Ranging from accessible and affordable utilitarian to high-end luxury designs, Didier’s products fit...
Kite Breeze: Adam Goodrum’s Contemporary Take on Traditional Breeze Block for Brickworks.A symbol of indoor/ outdoor Australian lifestyle, breeze blocks have an ability to create an ambience in architecture as a constantly changing sculpture via the interplay of light, shadow and surface. Unveiled at the recent Brickworks B20,...
Reddie Furniture Makes Design That Fits.Launched in 2015, customisable furniture brand Reddie is relatively young. It already has, however, a strong identity, born out of its two founders’ clear vision. Since their debut, husband and wife Andrew and Caroline Olah have been...
Surreal Interiors Bring to Life Rakumba’s Latest Lighting Collections.As Australia’s oldest international lighting brand, Rakumba has a strong history of collaborating with established and emerging Australian designers. Led by managing director Michael Murray, this year, despite COVID challenges, the team...
Christopher Boots on the Synergies Between Food and Lighting in Collaboration with Gaggenau.“I feel the synergies with food and lighting can’t be separated”, says Melbourne-based industrial designer Christopher Boots. He was approached by Gaggenau to create a unique lighting display for their Melbourne showroom to coincide...
Interview: Sarah Gibson & Nicholas Karlovasitis of DesignByThem.Sarah Gibson and Nicholas Karlovasitis, founders of Australian furniture, lighting and homewares brand DesignByThem, were one of the first people I interviewed on Yellowtrace back in 2011 (which is about 100 internet-years ago, when I used...
In Conversation with Bethan Gray on Design Mentoring + Lexus Design Award Grand Prix Winner Revealed!London-based designer Bethan Gray shares her insight on the importance of nurturing young talent for a better tomorrow while reflecting on her own practice and the journey that’s led her to become one of UK’s most celebrated furniture...
Note Design Studio Launches Their Latest Product and a Disruptive Direct Sales Platform.Stockholm-based Note Design Studio introduces Note Editions – a disruptive direct sales platform for a post-design fair world. Built to establish a connection between the studio and their international audience, the platform provides...
Interview: Australian Industrial Designer Ross Gardam.Ross Gardam is an Australian industrial designer who can lay claims to being talented, hard-working, and all-round champion. Case in point - this one time, at band camp, I mean at a night club (in Milan, at Armani Privé if you must know,...
