Issue 84 September 2023

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Interior architecture, design, objects, people.

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Welcome
Issue 84 September – November 2023 After a decade living abroad, I'm humbled to sit in Cassie Hansen's chair to support Australian interior design via my forthcoming issues. I might be new here, but it was instantly apparent I'll have too much to cov
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Navigating The Impact Of AI And Chatbots On Accreditation In Interior Design
In the ever-evolving world of design, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots has brought both excitement and apprehension. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize the interior design industry, impacting various aspects
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Acting editor — Amy Woodroffe Editorial enquiries — +61 3 8699 1000 artichoke@archmedia.com.au Editorial director — Katelin Butler MDIA Editorial team — Georgia Birks Nicci Dodanwela Jude Ellison Josh Harris Production — Goran Rupena Design — Janine
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The Edit
Hemera Accorsi is the latest piece in the Editions collection by Ross Gardam. The desk lamp is meticulously formed from a honed slab of Italian Accorsi marble, which is characterized by its distinctive green colour. Two solid marble volumes make up t
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Contributors
Cieran Murphy is a Brisbane-based architectural photographer specializing in residential and medium-scale commercial projects. Cieran captures the essences of buildings through a keen eye for detail and a passion for design. AGNSW Library and Members
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Art Gallery of NSW Library
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) has recently undergone what is arguably the most intensive period of rebuilding and remodelling in its 152-year history. Most visible is the new SANAA-designed Sydney Modern building, but along with this exp
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Dolly
Ryan Genesin knows a thing or two about creating immersive spaces that people enjoy spending time in. The South Australian interior designer is responsible for some of Adelaide's loveliest hospitality fitouts, and his deft way with materials and cust
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July QV
Life in the Antipodes ensures most travellers are well acquainted with the soothingly placeless, timeless design that shapes many transit hubs. Think split-flap display boards, banks of moulded seating, and large-scale architecture that can readily c
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Sabu Studio
Three years young, Sabu Studio is an emerging furniture and lighting design practice with an honest and intimate relationship to materials and processes. Located in Melbourne's Coburg North, Sabu designer and maker Samuel Burns has always been “drawn
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Box Hill North Primary School
Combining elements from the surrounding residential context with a fresh, playful architectural language, Sibling Architecture's Box Hill North Primary School (Junior Learning Hub) is a comforting and welcoming learning space for the school's younges
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Placidus Student Welfare Spaces
Branch Studio Architects had two distinct design objectives for this project at Marcellin College, and they overlap in some surprising and delightful ways. The first objective, demanded by the brief, was to manage the students’ psychological wellbein
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In Brief
Set across two levels in a vibrant inner-city Sydney precinct, The Commons Surry Hills is a workspace that encourages connection while fostering creativity. The Commons’ suite of spaces facilitates and enhances modern co-working patterns for its crea
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Vin Populi
It is early evening, still light, and the salty south-westerly beats on while Vin Populi in Fremantle's West End hums to the tunes of Dean Martin and a cheery weekend crowd. In a semi-private dining space at the rear, a soon-to-be-cleared table is st
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The Edit
Oku Space is a Melbourne-based furniture brand established by Nick Rennie and Dustin Fritsche. Designed by Rennie, the studio's OS1 is a contemporary timber chair that can be stored in stacks of up to four. OS1's curved back and ergonomic design ensu
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Crumpler Melbourne
“Why us?” It might not be the first thing a designer will ask a client when engaged, but the more self-reflective practitioner may indeed ponder this question. In the words of Monique Woodward of Wowowa Architecture, a practice with little or no reta
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Aesop Collins Street
To enter the new Aesop store in the historic Georges building on Melbourne's Collins Street is to be drawn into another, quieter world. This feeling is the outcome of a store design by Clare Cousins Architects that capitalizes on the building's signi
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Lime Street Skin Clinic
Sometimes, an interior designer's job is akin to a magician's. Seemingly out of thin air, the designer conjures a whole new realm of experience and delight. While this magic is partly smoke and mirrors, it takes well-honed design skills for the illus
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Such and Such
In January 2023, the young team responsible for Pilot – the ACT Restaurant of Year – opened its second Canberra restaurant, Such and Such. Owners Ross McQuinn and Dash Rumble, executive chef Mal Hanslow, principal architect of MyMyMy Architecture Mar
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In Brief
Collaboratively designed by House Made Hospitality and Stella Collective, the interior of Promenade Bondi Beach is inspired by the natural forms of its coastal surrounds. The brief for the combination restaurant-and-bar-and-kiosk requested a venue th
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Joanne Odisho
Within the space of two years, Melbourne-based Joanne Odisho has developed her own distinctive design language, won several graduate awards and established a practice with a clear vision. In March 2023, Artichoke granted Odisho the Emerging Maker pri

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