This Month
These Australian designers have created a new spin on industrial chic
Taking inspiration from highways and construction sites, K.P.D.O. has turned the tables on high-glam items for home.
- Stephen Todd
Nick Scali, Myer shares rally as retailers defy gloom
The CEO of sofa retailer Nick Scali said sales momentum spilled over into January, reflecting more positive consumer sentiment and tax cuts.
- Carrie LaFrenz
January
Koala narrows losses but faces big debt call within months
Revenue growth is stalling at the company best known for its boxed mattresses.
- Nick Bonyhady
December 2023
Seven design trends you need to know for 2024
Redecorating or looking for new furnishings? Look no further if chic, on-trend living is your thing.
- Stephen Todd and Felix Burrichter
Why dining at the bar is the hottest seat in the restaurant
At the recent Eat, Drink Design Awards, judges awarded Best Bar to Adelaide’s Dolly for its “tactile” appeal. It’s not the only venue where the bar is a drawcard.
- Stephen Todd
November 2023
This Australian furniture maker has doubled the size of its factory
Jardan is expanding its Melbourne hub and plans to follow its customers, including Google and Facebook, to the US.
- David Meagher
At this Sydney harbour penthouse, the furniture alone costs $1m
The duplex atop Sydney’s new Kurraba Residences is furnished throughout with pieces from Liaigre, the ultimate French interior design brand.
- Stephen Todd
October 2023
Why this pine stool is a design standout of 2023
A piece of furniture with a carved curved seat has been chosen as this year’s chair at MPavilion, a summer-long architecture and design festival in Melbourne.
- Stephen Todd
September 2023
You’ll sleep like a princess on a Hästens bed – if you can afford it
The Swedish company’s 455-kilogram, $900,000 Grand Vidius flagship product was conceived “just because”, CEO Jan Ryde tells Life & Leisure.
- Keith Austin
Enough plastic. It’s fungi and algae for designs of the future
An Italian exhibition in Melbourne and creatives at Sydney Design Week explore the myriad ways designers will create lovely objects after the climate apocalypse.
- Stephen Todd
August 2023
‘Considered living’ is the new order in Melbourne’s Armadale
Jewellery and optical designer Şener Besim has teamed with Fitzroy’s Oigall Projects to create a boutique of edgy elegance.
- Stephen Todd
Why this sought-after Scandi design piece just got even more desirable
It used to be that the most natural parts of a tree never made the final cut when creating the Stool 60. But a new incarnation has changed that.
- Stephen Todd
July 2023
Alessi reimagined corkscrews and kettles. Now it’s turning to chairs
Alberto Alessi lifts the lid on the storied design company’s move into furniture, its “most beautiful fiasco” and his unpublished murder mystery.
- Luke Slattery
This Brisbane-based designer is transforming airports around the world
A slump in trolley orders from Woolworths and Coles during the global financial crisis provided a career-making opportunity for Alexander Lotersztain.
- Stephen Todd
Inside a modernist marvel - Barbie’s Dreamhouse
The new film about the children’s doll has a strong mid-century design aesthetic, but Barbie has lived in a variety of Dreamhouse styles.
- Michael Bleby
June 2023
What if AI designed your furniture? Here’s how it would look
For a new project, an Australian lighting designer teams up with an unexpected collaborator – artificial intelligence.
- Stephen Todd
India Mahdavi makes NGV Pierre Bonnard exhibit feel like home
The contemporary designer behind the set for a French impressionist exhibition has put in her own furniture to give it a human scale.
- Michael Bleby
May 2023
Aussie designers who burned the brightest at the Milan Furniture Fair
Here are the names to know from the world’s most important design summit if you’re looking for beautiful lights and lamps.
- Stephen Todd
April 2023
Australians are elbowing out international designers. Here’s where
Global modernist classics are making way for Aussie designers to create furniture for our cultural institutions.
- Stephen Todd
March 2023
The Australian who’s making designer toilets in Tokyo
Marc Newson has created an “honest and trustworthy” public convenience that is the latest in a collection of exceptional loos in Japan’s capital.
- Stephen Todd
