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Hospitality is a tough business, in every sense of the word. We knew that even before a global pandemic bore its brunt. It’s also an industry that is at the heart of our communities. The corner cafe, that pub with the great beer garden, and that love

The playfully titled Hubble Bubble is an animated new collection of pendant lights released by Moooi. Created by irreverent Dutch designer Marcel Wanders, Hubble Bubble is inspired by childhood memories of blowing bubbles and running barefoot across

Melbourne designer Danielle Brustman has transformed a repurposed Brutalist building in inner-city Melbourne into an early education centre. The project brief invited bold use of colour and shapes – in fact, 47 interior paint colours were used. The c

Like many things this year, the judging for the 2020 Eat Drink Design Awards happened at home. The five-member jury met virtually in mid-August for a nine-hour deliberation from the comfort of our kitchen tables. Despite the digital distance, the deb

Frank is executive chef and co-owner of the Movida group of restaurants. Born in Barcelona to Cordoban parents, he grew up in Australia. As a young man he studied architecture, but the call of the kitchen grew too strong and he went to train in some

Everyone deserves a local bar like this one. With its timeless European style, Leigh Street Wine Room on Adelaide’s most happening eat street seems like it’s been around for years. Built on the site of a former dry-cleaning business (the original sig

Hotel restaurants can sometimes be an afterthought, but Mat Lindsay’s austerely chic Poly, in the basement of the Paramount House Hotel in Sydney’s Surry Hills, stands apart as a destination in its own right. Located on a semi-subterranean inner-city

Lagoon Dining —Designer: Olaver ArchitectureLocation: Carlton, VictoriaPhotography: Ben Hosking. Fino Vino —Designer: Studio GramLocation: Adelaide, South AustraliaPhotography: Kate Bowman ■

Housed in a nineteenth-century wool store that was previously known as the longtime headquarters of book publisher Lonely Planet in Melbourne’s Footscray, There Cafe makes dramatic yet sensitive use of its heritage location. Executed with impressive

Here’s a design solution we’ve never seen before. This exciting and original reboot of the modern urban food court rewrites the rules. Housed within The Exchange, a spiralling new landmark in Sydney’s Darling Square designed by Japanese architect Ken

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Elegant, energized, functional and integrated: the identity for this donburi cafe and milk bar in Sydney’s emerging Darling Square precinct is a resounding success. Named after the chemical dopamine, Dopa borrows a popular Japanese idiom meaning “wak

Jury comment — Jock Zonfrillo’s lauded Adelaide fine diner Restaurant Orana was vividly recreated and reinterpreted for this month-long “pop-up” residency in Sydney’s Surry Hills. The result was especially impressive considering the limited time and

Tattersalls brings big-city style to country Armidale, New South Wales, revealing a heritage gem in a surprising location. Built during the 1850s gold rush, the grand dame was transformed in the Art Deco style in the 1930s. Now, almost a century late

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An unconventional application of rammed concrete defines the latest furniture collection from Australian design practice Daniel Boddam Studio. Uniting refined, contemporary design with a rawness of materiality, Geo is a collection of distinctive dini