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Soul Man: Master craftsman George Nakashima
The handmade works of the late Japanese-American furniture maker George Nakashima have become collectors’ items for a reason. Long considered a defining figure in...
June 2012
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design
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George Nakashima
The Lovely Bones: Ceramicist Juz Kitson
Juz Kitson, a young ceramicist on Sydney’s Central Coast, uses her fascination with organic forms to create objects of unsettling beauty. Juz Kitson moves around...
June 2012
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art
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Juz Kitson
Domestic Goddess: Ilse Crawford for Georg Jensen
Intrigued by the nature of daily rituals, Ilse Crawford creates a functional but poetic line for Georg Jensen. The small tasks at the beginning and end of a day,...
April 2012
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Design
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Ilse Crawford
Snip Tuck: Benja Harney and paper art
With seemingly surgical precision and skill, designers and artists are transforming humble paper into whimsical works of art. Once treasured, paper may have lost...
Feb 2012
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art
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paper
Tall Order: The new architecture of Michael Hansmeyer
Gothic, futuristic, reptilian – the lofty columns of Swiss architect Michael Hansmeyer represent a new order for a digital age.‘Do not touch’ signs do little...
Dec 2011
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design
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architecture
Filip Dujardin's fictional architecture
A photographer navigates the realms of the plausible and impossible with fictional architectural ‘photographs’.Filip Dujardin admits he is a frustrated...
Dec 2011
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design
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photography
The Illusionist: Artist Anna Kristensen
Capturing the ambiguity of two-dimensional painted space in detail, Anna Kristensen challenges perceptions of reality. Patience is one of Anna Kristensen’s...
Dec 2011
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painting
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Anna Kristensen
Design for download: The shifting face of design and manufacture
In a futuristic twist on DIY, trailblazing companies are handing the power to the people and transforming the way they design, manufacture and deliver furniture...
Aug 2011
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design
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3D printing
Pleasure Craft: The Balmain Boat Company
A Sydney designer’s do-it-yourself kit means anyone can float their own boat.To be able to mend, or even build, household items was once common; now many would...
Aug 2011
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Design
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Australia
Nightwalker: Studio Toogood's Natura Morta project
English designer Faye Toogood explores the dark side in Natura Morta – a provocative exhibition and series of midnight dinners held within an 18th-century...
June 2011
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design
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Studio Toogood
The Other Hemisphere: An exhibition of Australian design
Curated showcases of national and regional design are a vital part of Milan Design Week – in 2011, an Australian contingent joined the party.“My belief is that...
June 2011
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design
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Australia
All That Glitters: Pieces of Eight Gallery
Relocating to a chic city hub in Melbourne, a new gallery space blends opulence with industrial cool in its collection of unique jewellery and objects.The dramatic...
June 2011
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Design
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Melbourne
Studio Studies: Paul Barbera's Where They Create project
Photographer Paul Barbera makes art from the work environments of artists.‘‘There is something very romantic about the workspace of a designer or artist. It is...
June 2011
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design
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Paul Barbera
The School of Life: Philosophy and the everyday
A cultural corner shop in London brings intellectual ideas out of the ivory tower and down to earth. Academic, philosophic and literary responses to the question...
London
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April 2011
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philosophy
Metal Morphosis: Silversmith David Clarke
David Clarke, the enfant terrible of silversmithing, relishes any opportunity to challenge the conventions of his craft. London-based silversmith David Clarke...
Feb 2011
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design
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art
Urban hives: Beekeeping in the inner-city
Sydney’s original urban beekeepers George and Charis Schwarz set the standard for a growing number of amateur enthusiasts. Riley street is typical of many...
beekeeping
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Dec 2010
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Sydney
The whimsical world of designer Faye Toogood
The unbridled imagination of London designer Faye Toogood gives rise to magical creations. Graffiti on the walls of an English country house, a binocular case to...
Studio Toogood
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Dec 2010
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Design
A Stitch in Time: Bokja Design
With their creativity bursting at the seams, the Beirut-based studio Bokja is cladding fine-design objects in vivid, traditional fabrics and capturing the...
October 2010
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design
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Bokja
Cyantists: Studio Glithero's Blueware
A London design duo revives Victorian flower pressing to pay homage to the art of blueprinting.In the hands of Tim Simpson and Sarah van Gameren of London’s...
Studio Glithero
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design
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Aug 2010
Reimagining the workplace: Architect Abbie Galvin
Enhancing the work environment is priority for this savvy architect.It seems perfectly natural to aspire to live in a well-designed space with natural light, clean...
Sept 2009
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architecture
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Abbie Galvin
Caught on Canvas: Artist Ben Quilty
When I wrote this profile of the artist Ben Quilty in 2008, the artist's career was thriving. In the years that followed his career skyrocketed fuelled in part by...
Australian art
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Nov 2008
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Ben Quilty