No. 105

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Editorial
Welcome to the first issue of inside for 2019. We ended last year on a high with the amazing gala party for IDEA 2018 (p20) and what a night! Many thanks to our fabulous sponsors, who made it all possible, and to the more than 600 designers and archi
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IDEA 2018 wrap-up
On Friday 23 November last year the IDEA 2018 gala party was held at the beautiful Centennial Homestead in Sydney’s Centennial Park. The 16th iteration of IDEA was an outstanding success with more than 600 of Australia’s foremost designers and archit
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Contributors
Murray Fredericks is an artist and photographer who works with the urban and natural environments. Whether commissioned as an architectural photographer or working on his own landscape projects, Fredericks’ interest lies in the way space, and its rep
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IDEA 2019 Jury
Jeff brings his classically modern, timeless approach to design, with a reputation for producing highly refined, carefully targeted design solutions. He regularly works with architectural colleagues from the outset and oversees the entire design proc
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Read
Nothing is ever compromised in a Rick Joy design; everything, absolutely everything is perfect. Although he is known for his rammed earth houses predominantly in Arizona, this collection includes work more broadly spread and realised. Characterised b
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Nick Cave —Until
There is a fearlessness to Cave’s work that allows the audience a certain liberation, an ability or invitation to gaze on what we perceive as other. The Soundsuits, for example, hiding gender, politics, colour or any of a number or other excluding or
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March–June 2019
Continuing to surprise and delight with the no-holds-barred approach to curation, the White Rabbit Gallery is once again host to art of an extraordinary nature. Where past shows have pondered body politics, suppression, repression and diabolical torm
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Designwall
Located on Little Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD, The BLOW is a boutique hairdressing salon, designed to capture attention. The design is the physical embodiment of The BLOW brand and personality, encapsulating a fresh, fast, feminine, bold and mo
(inside) interior design review2 min readTechnology & Engineering
How IoT Is Shaping The Office Of The Future
It goes without saying that offices have rapidly evolved over the last few decades. With developments in technology moving at a faster rate than ever before, the power of a collaborative, smart environment – where many aspects of an office space are
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The Influencers
While the underlying change has been concurrently driven by a great and complex range of influencers, it is the Australian interior designers that have increasingly demanded better and more appropriate furniture. Effectively, furnishing solutions are
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Armadillo & Co From Floor To Foundation
Sally Pottharst, from Zimbabwe, studied as an accountant before immigrating to Australia where she became a charted accountant and enjoyed a career with KPMG before shifting focus to her family’s floor covering company based in Adelaide. Conversely,
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Tête-à-tête with Studio Tate
These days all good design practices understand that as much as exceptional creativity is paramount to success, so too is the smooth running of the business to keep the artistry on track. There are many examples of practices that incorporate a lead d
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At Home
inside: How long have you lived here and what drew you to the property? Jeff Copolov: For seven years my family rented the house for three idyllic weeks over the summer holidays. We grew to love its relaxed, light-filled interior style and distinct
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Reflecting On A PhD
Associate Professor Suzie Attiwill recently took up the role of Associate Dean Interior Design at RMIT – a new role in the university, established as part of an overall strategy that gives prominence to disciplines. Interior Design is clustered with
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Coming Of Age: Design Nation
When Marnie Hammond founded Cafe Culture in December 1998, the Australian furniture industry was markedly different to today. Drawn to a career in commercial furniture and the ability to work on diverse projects, Hammond started out in Canterbury, Sy
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The Design Possibilities Of Sub-Zero Integrated Refrigeration
Sub-Zero has perfected the concept of luxury integrated refrigeration. Its range of integrated refrigerators, freezers and wine storage units virtually disappear into any kitchen cabinetry, with neither hinges nor grilles visible. Available in variou
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The King Living Difference
Car engineering and design-driven, comfortable sofas may seem to have little in common, but it was the former that inspired the engineered steel frame that still acts as the foundation of King Living’s sofa ranges some 42 years after the company bega
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Ledang Luxury
Luxurious living in the tropics doesn’t come much better than the JA house from S/LAB10. Large to the point of palatial with lavish furniture and fittings, this three-level residence located in the upmarket suburb of Ledang Heights, Nusajaya in Johor
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Rose Bay elan
There is an exceptionally high level of sophistication to this interior that only a year of thinking could ensure. With Nina Maya Interiors principal, Nina Maya, having worked on the build with architect Bevon Boss a year previously, the initial scop
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Big & beautiful
Retail is dying – haven’t you heard? We are told this constantly with facts and figures announcing that online purchasing is king, while the local high street is a mere shadow of its former self and shop sales are plummeting. Well, someone forgot to
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Campfire
Ostensibly at its design end, the building was cold in winter, hot in summer and while “cool with really good bones” as k20 principal Theodore Kerlidis states, generally feeling its age. That said, this is the sort of challenge that places k20 at its
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City Elegance
Inner city living can sometimes present challenges. Generally, there are smaller interior spaces to inhabit and this requires the designer to work hard to enhance place and provide comfort. From restriction can come creative solutions, however, and s
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Going To The Chapel…
After securing the masterplan for Anglicare’s hospitality and wellness precinct, Heritage building Lober House, and additional retirement living accommodation at Anglicare’s Castle Hill site in 2014, Jackson Teece also undertook the redevelopment of
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Work Places — Blurring The Line Between Work And Play
The new BresicWhitney office, located at The Cannery in the Sydney suburb of Rosebery and designed by the award-winning practice Chenchow Little Architects, epitomises current trends in workplace design. Comprising a thoughtful Heritage renovation, t
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Folio Show
Italian appliance brand Artusi has crafted a barbecue for the true cooking enthusiast who appreciates sophisticated outdoor design. Manufactured in Italy, the marine grade stainless steel barbecue features four burners, a cast-iron plate, two ribbed
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The Artisan collection
Haymes has been an integral member of the Australian product landscape since 1935 when the paint company was established in Ballarat, country Victoria. Haymes is family owned and now, with the fourth generation working in the business, the future is
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Kiik – Iwasaki Design Studio – Arper
Kiik is a modular solution for contemporary communication. “Designing Kiik really started by observing public spaces like parks, museums, airports – places where people are on the move,” says Kiik designer Ichiro Iwasaki. “Today, public spaces are dy
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Sofa
The great novelist Haruki Murakami, in his novel Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, makes salient the ubiquitous search for the perfect sofa, or as he puts it “that sofa among sofas”. Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (ex

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