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David Droga, daydream believer
Australia’s hottest creative export has potentially changed the entire ad industry through his multi-million dollar Hollywood deal.
Meet the hedge fund owner investing in design futures
Daniel Droga’s award-winning Sydney warehouse conversion set him on a quest to broaden the appreciation of architecture.
Team architects reclaim the city
Architecture | The future skyline will be drawn by democratic practices that have embraced collaboration.
Family matters for Mika Utzon Popov
Sydney, and its opera house in particular, occupies a special place in the hearts of the Utzon family.
Front up
Photos by Robin Stacey; home-grown seafood; hippy chic in the woods; colour therapy; navigate New York; new age appliances.
Didier Krzentowski, the collector’s collector
Gallerist | The inveterate accumulator, who calls his Paris gallery a research laboratory, has inspired artists to become bankable.
Transporters
Fashion | Hang tough in geometric designs that call to mind the urban landscapes that inspired their creators.
Kartell’s plastic fantastic machine
Furniture | By collaborating with top designers, Claudio Luti turned Kartell into a furniture powerhouse.
Through a different lens
Sketching | Drawing is a crucial tool in an architect’s kit, but it’s use goes way beyond drafting building plans.
William Griffiths’s creative spark
Collecting | Jewellery designer William Griffith’s love of a flame has led to some hazardous hobbies.
Why Laura McCusker likes to do it all herself
Furniture | Clients share in the evolution of the pieces they commission from the Tasmanian craftswoman.
Objects
Primary colours and strong sillhouettes turn the practical into must have adornments for every room in the house.
From the compass to the complicated
Watches | Most manufacturers are concerned with adapting styles from the past in a bid to create timelessness.
Yarra Valley touts wine diversity
Wine | With the varieties and styles it excels at, the Yarra Valley is possibly the most exciting wine region in the country.
Antonio Citterio, the lifestylist
Architecture | Over 35 years this acclaimed architect and designer has created a peerless body of work.
Underground press unearthed
Books | Geoff Kaplan’s Power to the People revisits the samizdat of the 1960s and 1970s.
In search of French blue
Hume | So great was the taste for pastel blue in medieval times that by 1570, the pope decreed priests shouldn’t be seen in it.
