April/May 2023

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Editor's Note
What brings you comfort when life changes quickly? I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the past few weeks, as devastating back-to-back weather events have ravaged Te Ika-a-Maui/the North Island, robbing people of their loved ones, homes and liveli
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Scout
Back in the day, the building that’s now Simon James’ sophisticated new showroom in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland’s Mt Eden was a mechanics’ workshop. Echoes of this hard-working history retained in the renovation by architects Keshaw McArthur (such as th
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Two of A kind
People love to point out that Aotearoa is replete with sheep. Those inclined to do the maths would find there are about 200 of our four-legged friends for every New Zealand child experiencing material hardship. Seeing an opportunity in this sustainab
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Slow March
A rich, earthy scent like no other hangs in the air in autumn, an aroma laced with overtones of ripe and rotten, mulch and damp. This is a season for slowing, gathering and storing — a season of lasts: the last dahlias, the last chrysanthemums, the l
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Frieze Frame
Historically positioned high up on a wall and often sculpted, a frieze painted within easy reach is a more achievable way to gain some extra ornamentation, and a creative take on introducing pattern to a space. Recreate our look by first applying you
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Multiple Threads Of Inquiry Form Each Body Of Work Created By Artist Emma Fitts.
Being around like-minded people all doing their own amazing thing was so seductive for Ōtautahi/Christchurch artist Emma Fitts that by the time she finished art school, she was hooked. Since then, she’s tried to put art-making first and has construct
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Carina Webb Of Frangere Studio’s Launch Collection Lightens Things Up When The Going Gets Tough.
Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s Carina Webb has always has a soft spot for handmade objects and the narratives they carry. She says that as a designer, her approach is more around the essence of an idea than her skill level or expertise in a particular he
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In The Workroom Of Fashion Label Kowtow, With Creative Director Marilou Dadat.
After a decade working as a fashion designer in Paris, Marilou Dadat arrived in Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland to run her own small line of accessories and lecture at AUT. A year later, she took up the role of head designer at progressive fashion label Kow
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Three’s company
High in the hills of the rural-Auckland suburb of Waimauku, a cedar-clad house stands proudly on its fouracre site. Its trio of gabled, barnlike forms represent unity while offering the functional benefits of differentiation between living and sleep
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Rare bird
Interior designer Kathrine McDonald renovated this three-bedroom home in Tauranga’s Te Puna for a couple and their visiting adult children. A mandarin and kiwifruit orchard in Te Puna, a rural enclave northwest of Tauranga, may have delivered the goo
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Gimme Some sugar
With Brave Architects and Boyd Cox Construction, interior designers at.space renovated this four-bedroom home in Auckland’s Herne Bay for a couple and their two young children. There was a time when the residents of this house felt as if they lived o
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All is calm
Stepping inside the 1929 villa where designer Kristina Dam has lived with her family for the past few years is a sensory experience. The color palette of the home on Amager Island in Copenhagen, Denmark is soothing and natural; instead of turning up
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Grand Tour
BY TOM TAYLOR, 1962 The only red-zone heritage residence to have survived the earthquakes, this Modernist house is a cultural and architectural treasure, purpose-designed for artist Bill Sutton by his sculptor friend Tom Taylor, who initially trained
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Blurred Lines
One of the most satisfying outcomes of a project for any architect is a happy client, and there’s no better testament to that than when they return to ask for another home. Such was the case for co-director of Strachan Group Architects (SGA) Pat de P
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In The Mood
Anyone who works in a creative industry could tell you about the importance of a brief. This singular document is where the client’s wishes are carefully acknowledged and the designer’s commitment to those wishes is written in ink. It’s the part of t

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