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In many ways this Sydney apartment isn’t typically modern. Aesthetically, it’s busy, shiny and animated with tassels and golden couches. There are 19th century moire fabric dining chairs and moments redolent of the 1990s — wrought iron mirrors, glass

Incorporating a client’s existing collection into a new, meticulously designed space can be tricky. The interior designer has a vision, the owners have their ideas, and never the twain shall meet. But that isn’t how Sydney interior design firm Arent&

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Penning a short, sharp profile on the ‘pre-eminent’ gallerist Roslyn Oxley, based on the newly published art tome Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery: The First 40 Years, written and edited by Felicity Fenner, is like decanting a deluge into a cup. Too many thrill

Sydney’s Bellevue Hill sets the scene for architect Jonathan Richards, director of Richards Stanisich, to craft a nuanced family home that balances areas for entertaining with quieter, more private spaces. Landing on a rich palette of dark timber, cr

As this issue goes to print, the Vogue Living team and I are counting down the days until the VL50 awards. Presented by Mobilia, the inaugural EVENT will take place at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on February 29, the day this edition goes on sa

With nearly three decades of hindsight informing her opinion on Australian housing, Fiona Lynch makes the acute observation that when she first started in interior design in the early 1990s, high-end homes mimicked the clean-lined efficiencies of the

LUCKY N****R BOY CIGARETTES (2022) ARTWORK BY KAIT JAMES, SILVER LOCKHEED (2017) ARTWORK BY DARREN SYLVESTER AND POEM (2021) ARTWORK BY TEELAH GEORGE, ALL FROM NEON PARC. LOVE BOMB ARTWORK BY JONNY NIESCHE FROM 1301SW. HOUSE 13 ARTWORK BY ANDRÉ PIGUE

In 1849 the French novelist Gustave Flaubert left Paris in search of faraway ancient cities. Arriving in Egypt, Flaubert was met by “an astounding hubbub of colour” and in his writing he compared his time there to being alive in the middle of a Beeth

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Sydney STYLE PHILOSOPHY Tom Fereday’s commitment to honest design makes for truly enduring furniture and lighting. He sees a tension between the celebration of natural materials and finishes “contrasted by contemporary design with a desire for innova

Melbourne STYLE PHILOSOPHY Authenticity is the still point of David Flack’s ever-spinning creative world, but designing a space that feels true to the client and studio doesn’t just “happen by accident”. At Flack Studio, he says, “We are focused on e

Melbourne STYLE PHILOSOPHY For almost 40 years, the incomparable garden designer has authored outdoor spaces defined by timeless elegance — “classic but with a nod to the contemporary through materiality and sustainability”. A Paul Bangay garden resp

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Well, colour me incredulous! Thus begins the banter with designer David Flack who opens the door to a staid Melbourne terrace sold some years earlier with the agent’s persuasion of ‘architect-renovated’ and pictures of all-white rooms about as entici

Melbourne STYLE PHILOSOPHY Director Kerstin Thompson’s practice is “a joyful counter to our highly digital lives”. Governed by rigour and clarity, her team approach design as a way to speak to people and their situations. “Architecture as a way to ce

The image of the laidback, salt-of-the-earth Australian might raise the eyebrows of those who’ve experienced Sydney at peak hour, but there is truth to the stereotype. Just ask Dylan Farrell. “There’s an undercurrent of casualness in the Australian a

It’s not every day you find an historic well in your home, and even less often that the well becomes the heart of it. But Argyle Well is an altogether different sort of house, and it’s paving the way for a new approach to Australian design; one that

Indulkana, South Australia STYLE PHILOSOPHY Inspiring delight and celebrating kungka kunpu (strong women) is central to Kaylene Whiskey’s practice. A Yankunytjatjara artist, Whiskey details her paintings with empowered pop culture icons, bridging cul

Around 10 years ago, Angelica Arnott was living the Australian dream. Stationed in a house overlooking Wategos Beach — the picturesque playground populated by millionaire celebrities and surfers alike — Arnott had moved with her husband Charlie and f

They say life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. But for Vogue Living’s style editor Joseph Gardner and his partner in love and work, Aaron Wong, life-changing decisions happen when you simply take a leap into the unknown. In late 2

A Hebrew origin is perhaps not what you would expect from the expansive brutalist enclave of Casa Shalva. But this house in Quintana Roo is anything but standard, with its nods to ancient Mayan castillos and views of the lush Tulum tropical jungle. T

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Come summer, gardens, terraces and swimming pools become sites of leisure and celebration, and the line between internal and external spaces dissipates. The heart of the home, the living room, is no longer contained to an interior and furniture tradi

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