December/January 2023-24

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Editor's Note
The whirlwind that is the end of the year has our schedules jam-packed around here. A friend from the Northern Hemisphere recently noted that compared with the holiday season in her neck of the woods, the rush to the deadline of Christmas is a real t
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EDITOR Alice Lines DEPUTY EDITOR Philippa Prentice ART DIRECTOR Juliette Wanty CONTRIBUTORS Holly Sarah Burgess Sarah Ell Wendy Fenwick Sam Hartnett Charlie McKay Jack Milenkovic Jess Murphy Mickey Ross Tom Ross Anson Smart Catherine Steel Simon Wils
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Off The Shelf
When asked what she hopes readers will take from this titanic tome you need two hands and advanced core strength to hold, one of its five editors (Te Papa curators all) Rebecca Rice (curator of historical New Zealand art) replied, “I hope they'll tak
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As You Like It
The art director (Paulina) and dachshund (Gustaw) who reside in this compact Warsaw apartment deliberately placed their renovation in inventive hands when they chose interior design studio Mistovia to update their 1950s abode. Daring colour, pattern,
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On A Break
The imminent reward of the summer hols has us wanting to reach for colour and functional finds you get a kick out of putting to good use while enjoying your favourite pastimes – doing stuff and doing nothing. These pieces by New Zealand design devote
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Putting It Out There
- There once was a time when great outdoor furniture and homeware could be tricky to come across, but not so today. Almost all of the pieces we've used to set up this scene are contenders for outside and in, including the armchair, the side table, th
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Toast masters
A resurgence of interest in wine collecting is afoot worldwide, and at New Zealand's number-one auction house, Webb's, they've seen a pronounced uptick in the under-40 demographic. Along with the older and supposedly wiser among us, emerging connoiss
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Self-described ‘Florist’ Serene Hodgman Weaves Together Tradition And Today In Such A Beautiful Way.
Creativity has been a constant in New Zealand-born Samoan/Rotuman/Tongan/ Irish artist Serene Hodgman's life, its meaning morphing over the years. As a child, she recalls it being a skill she and her cousins learned to keep them out of the kitchen wh
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Natalie Bradburn Believes Bathrooms Can Be Heaps Better And Designs Paredback Pieces That Prove It.
The big decision about what to be when you grow up is even less clean and simple when your talents lie in multiple areas. Whanganui's Natalie Bradburn thought she wanted to study fashion, but ended up on an interior design course, which led to a Mast
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Well That's Just Great
The expansive vistas surrounding Tāhuna/Queenstown make an enticing environment for a tree-change move. The Sydney-based couple who own this home were also motivated to relocate by the idea of their young sons being brought up in rural Aotearoa, like
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Perfect sense
For Jackie Ashley, it's the little things in a home that count. The co-founder of fragrance company Ashley & Co understands the emotional connection we have with our abodes — the well-known scent that greets us when we walk through the door, the comf
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Personal History
It's hard to imagine that this storybook Tudor cottage was ever anything less than charming, although its renovation did come about through something of a fairytale romance. Interior designer Anna Baxter first met her roofer husband Adam in Wānaka on
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You Little Beauty
Sunlight glints offtwo unassuming, galvanised steel-wrapped buildings standing side by side in a Wairarapa paddock. At first sight, you might mistake them for utility buildings, but as you draw nearer, it's clear some serious creativity has gone into
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Dream It, Do It
Boundary-pushing design has always been a fundamental part of the machinery at luxury automotive brand Lexus, and since 2013, it's been encouraging emerging talents around the world to express their vision for forwardthinking products through its glo
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Anchor Me
A deck that runs the length of the house, a patio that sprawls out to meet the lawn… The size of outdoor spaces can make them tricky to style and means defining the boundaries of your relaxation zone is essential. Anchoring an alfresco scene with a r
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Now We're Talkin’
What will the neighbours think? There's no need to wonder about this Kirikiriroa/Hamilton house — while adding a modicum of modernity to its environs, it's made itself right at home. In this leafy, older suburb close to town on the eastern side of th
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Pull Focus
The finer details matter more than ever in a space like the bathroom that's designed for getting up close and personal. If you were to look more carefully at these basins, you'd not only admire their shapely design but also the unique material's subt
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Smooth Moves
BY SEEAR-BUDD ROSS Crafted mainly from weathered timber and sand-coloured materials, this home settles softly into the landscape while placing a focus on restfulness. Inspired by the typical typology of the area, the stretched hip roof creates a wide
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Three Of A Kind
When we think of styling our homes, it's our senses of sight and touch that are typically the priority, yet it's the finishing touches that can make all the difference to the way we feel. Paying attention to our senses of smell and hearing can add ch
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Scout
Belgian architect/designer Vincent Van Duysen has resurrected this Palinfrasca sofa and chair for Moltini & C's Landmark collection, paying tribute to the iconic couch of the same name by the late Italian architect/designer Luca Meda, who presented i

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