Shorts
THE RITE OF SPRING
The fresh, the luscious and the plain vibrant new offerings in the world of hotels, homewares, colour trends, books, cars and beyond. Pictured here: The Secant coffee table, an elegant piece topped in either marble or Norwegian granite. From the latest Warm Nordic collection available locally from Good Form. goodform.co.nz
KITCHENS EXTRAORDINAIRE
Kitchen Things – the retail subsidiary of 32-year-old New Zealand appliance company The Jones Family Business – opened its Luxury Collection Showroom in the heart of Auckland’s Newmarket in August.
The elongated, 850m former mechanical engineering workshop acts as an experience centre for multiple appliance brands and complementary furniture, tapware and bathroom specialists. The list of suppliers reads like a who’s who of the high-end market and includes European and North American offerings, such as Smeg, Miele, Gaggenau, Asko, Neff, Bosch, Wolf and Sub-Zero from the appliance sector. Complementary products from Design Denmark, Artceram, Zucchetti, Samuel Heath and Grohe are included.
The showroom’s design was spearheaded by Matthew Godward of Godward Designspace while each individual kitchen brand created its own nook, including fully
