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It would be only natural, and a little too easy, to feel overwhelmed and pessimistic about the state of the world right now. Global warming, war and natural disasters seem to dominate the headlines and it can feel like good news is harder to come by.

Zachary Frankel is proud to eschew categorisation in favour of working across disciplines and challenging himself with new materials, colours, shapes and projects. And his background is no more linear: having studied fine art with a major in silversm

We round up some of the highlights from the 2022 Melbourne Design Week and the new Melbourne Design Fair, which ran concurrently in March this year. The first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, the Melbourne Design Fair showcased collectable con

At home in Abbotsford, Clare Scanlan is up at six a.m. with a coffee. She’s learnt to let ideas marinate overnight and finds that early morning is best for firing off emails and documenting creative thoughts. By seven-thirty, she’s on site with her t

After becoming disenchanted with his career in the construction and manufacturing industry,Kirby Bourke undertook an architecture degree in his mid-20s, but it didn’t lead quite where he expected. ‘A lecturer was impressed by a large-scale concrete m

In a recent episode of The Design Dialogues, Fiona Lyda told Design Anthology editor-in-chief Suzy Annetta, ‘I wasn’t going into business to go into business, but to sell and handle things that I really loved, things that I appreciated, things that t

Melbourne-based Portuguese artist and designer Marta Figueiredo experiments with materials and methods to create objects that challenge a uni-functional approach to design. ‘I try to make my objects bring openness and include everyone in order to cha

A flotsam of noise rises up from a Mumbai street into the heritage Art Deco apartment that has been Areez Katki’s studio base since 2018. During our phone interview, the connection occasionally drops out as the India-born citizen of Aotearoa New Zeal

On the idyllic grounds of Bundanon, two-and-a-half hours south of Sydney, it’s easy to imagine yourself in an Antipodean Eden. The wide, dark waters of the Shoalhaven River arc past verdant hills blanketed in ferns and mallee trees and gullies where

Having always felt drawn to the curious crossovers of art, science and design, founder of Lost Profile Studio Oliver Wilcox sees his role as a curator of objects, artwork and time itself. As lead designer, he draws on a fascination with oddities, nat

Image by Samuel Hartnett, courtesy of the artist and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery ■

Accustomed to working on new builds, interior designer Simone Haag and her team didn’t hesitate when the opportunity arose to work on this characterful Victorian home. After living abroad for a decade, the homeowners had returned to Melbourne and wan

There is an evocative image taken in the late 1970s by celebrated photographer Max Dupain that captures a just-visible silhouette of architect Reuben Lane, his quiet presence framed by the soft curves of his most recognisable project. It’s an image t

When billionaire arts patron Judith Neilson approached Andy Carson to renovate her beach house in Freshwater, New South Wales, he knew he was in for something more experimental than weatherboards and white paint. ‘Judith always likes to push boundari

Secret Garden House was born from a poetic start. Co-owned by an avid gardener who enjoys tending to her wildflowers, ornamental trees and grasses, ‘the project surrenders a place our client enjoyed and was quite particular about to create an indepen

Leading Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao is the inaugural recipient of the MECCA × NGV Women in Design Commission for 2022. The commission, a partnership between the Australian beauty retailer and the National Gallery of Victoria, is the first and on

Protected heritage house facades can present challenges to architects, but what about protected trees? In the case of Canberra’s Sanctuary House, a 1920s home on a leafy street in the city’s inner south was acquired by a family that had spent years o