Interior

Welcome to the Interior Awards issue. There is little doubt that this year’s entries were of a calibre well above what I have seen since I began convening this programme five years ago. Everything, from Student through to the Workplace over 1000m2 ca

Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Doni has a Fine Arts degree in Ceramics. She coordinated our Interior Awards this year. IT’S YOUR LAST YEAR HERE. WHAT HAVE YOU ENJOYED MOST ABOUT ORGANISING THE INTERIOR AWARDS? I have loved being able to help

The power of personal experiences “Today, organisations are increasingly collections of diverse individuals with diverse motivations, aspirations and skills.” So begins Dinesh Acharya, the director of consulting for JLL, in his presentation on the ne

Do you have a personal philosophy when it comes to design? Not something which is easy to distil! Essentially, for us, it comes down to human experience and the connection with people: how you use a space, how it makes you feel, how it looks, how it

Chantel, what projects did you work on in London? Chantel Fisher (CF): One of the most exciting projects I worked on there was the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Westminster. It was a beautiful period building that needed a full renovati

Michele De Lucchi has been a prominent figure in the Italian design world since the 1970s, crafting architecture, furniture, lamps, appliances, office equipment and a variety of everyday products into bold, original and provocative designs. His work

PROJECT: Holiday Inn CLIENT: Cockpit International LOCATION: Auckland PROJECT TYPE: Hospitality FLOOR AREA: 5,000m2 “WE nicknamed it 50 shades of brown,” laughs Designworks senior spatial designer Erini Compton, before she and her crew took hold of i

In a country where ‘black’ is a national badge of honour, how does colour fit in? People express themselves a lot more than with just their national colour. Over the different eras in our history, there have been different combinations of colour that

PROJECT: Pic’s Peanut Butter World CLIENT: Pic’s LOCATION: Nelson PROJECT TYPE: Workplace FLOOR AREA: 3,500m2 PIC’S newly opened Peanut Butter World in Nelson’s Stoke region is a rare dyad. It is a gabled factory that is curiously playful, seeming le

PROJECT: Mercury HQ CLIENT: Mercury LOCATION: Auckland PROJECT TYPE: Workplace FLOOR AREA: 6,000m2 THE NEW Mercury headquarters building is an example of the ways in which architectural intervention can create a productive work environment by highlig

Co-working, in a way, democratises commercial real estate by allowing small and medium-sized businesses access to the well-located buildings that used to be prohibitively expensive… B:Hive’s interior does democracy with a tonne of flair. To begin wit

According to the designers of this Auckland dentist’s office: “in ery stage of the process, we tried to put [the patients’] minds at ease”. To that end, there is an unabashed softness and warmth to this interior. The reception area is full of materia

Studio Modijefsky is tucked down a discreet alleyway in Amsterdam but its influence on the city’s hospitality scene is anything but inconspicuous. Founder Esther Stam works with her all-female troop from a site sandwiched between Dam Square and the R

Let’s hope it’s not just the filter-bubble phenomenon talking, but people seem to be finally awakening to the fragile state of our planet. Late last year, the UN issued a report calling for urgent action against climate change. The world’s leading sc