A Nod to Knots and Grains: Timber Structures by Lillie Thompson and Jess Kneebone.Melbourne photographer Lillie Thompson and art director Jess Kneebone have joined forces on ‘Timber Structures’, a self-initiated photographic series exploring timber forms within the furniture landscape. The playful project is an...
A Trip to Italy: Enoteca Boccaccio by Mim Design.Mim Design transports us to Italy with Enoteca Boccaccio, a multi-generational family owned and run Italian wine bar in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn, set above the 60 year old Boccaccio Cellars. Within the compact 120 square metre...
Landscape as Protagonist: Adelaide Villa by Mim Design.Mim Design has reimagined a grand Victorian Villa in Melbourne’s bayside suburb of Brighton with a thoughtful contemporary addition, drawing lush pockets of landscape— designed in collaboration with Kate Patterson Landscapes—into the...
India Mahdavi Lends Her Creative Vision to Pierre Bonnard’s Exhibition at the NGV.India Mahdavi dives into Pierre Bonnard’s paintings, extracting some of his patterns and colours to recreate backdrops, offering an immersive experience of a home to the visitors at NGV’s latest exhibition in partnership with the...
A Harmonious Expression: Daniel Boddam Opens a New Gallery in Melbourne.Daniel Boddam Studio's debut gallery showroom in Melbourne's Collingwood is an experiential space, where the pursuit of simplicity is echoed in the interior's minimalist yet warm design. The cocoon-like environment ultimately draws focus...
Familiar and Futuristic: Pidapipo Laboratorio Fitzroy by Dion Hall.Melbourne’s beloved Pidapipo has a new Italian dessert destination in the heart of Fitzroy. With interior architecture by Dion Hall, Laboratorio is enveloped in stainless steel, taking cues from the high glamour of the 70s, in this...
Everything you Need to Know About Two of Australia’s Up & Coming Design Industry Events.The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre will play host for the first time to two of Australia’s up and coming design events—Design Show Australia and the inaugural ArchiBuild Expo—as they combine forces this June 15th to...
Constructing a Persona: Up There Melbourne Store by Kennedy Nolan.From bold colour choices, sculptural mascots at the door, clever use of integrated lighting, reflective metal surfaces paired with lustrous, yet sparing fabric choices across the fitting rooms, the physical gestures in Kennedy Nolan’s...
From Unique Objects to Thought-provoking Ideas: Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2023.Melbourne Design Week 2023 is over for another year but not without igniting curiosity, discovery and pride in our Australian design community. With the event’s enduring theme ‘Design The World You Want’ feeling increasingly more...