Paul Hecker
Aug 26, 2021
3 minutes
By Annemarie Kiely
Photographed by Shannon McGrath
It is morning tea served with sticky cake and sardonic commentary in the cosy kitchen of designer Paul Hecker’s Melbourne home — a semi-detached Federation dwelling in which storm-dark walls draw eyes to a wealth of Wiener Werkstätte gems and jolly auction finds.
The vibe is more Bavarian gamekeeper’s cottage circa 1910 than it is 21st-century bach pad on the edge of a busy city at the bottom of the globe, but Hecker, cofounder of multi-laurelled design firm Hecker Guthrie, has never played to the
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