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Aesop’s New Eau de Parfum Conjures a Starry Sky
Above Us, Steorra, the new Eau de Parfum from Aesop, reinvents the amber fragrance profile with characteristically unconventional inspiration
A Melbourne Home that Rethinks the Suburban Living Experience
Prioritising robustness and refinement, Vasey Pavilions comes together as the result of an established relationship between architect and builder as an adaptable family sanctuary deeply attuned to its bushland setting
Melbourne Studio Other Matter Pioneers Plant-Based Plastics
Melbourne design studio Other Matter has pioneered a natural material that may replace petrochemically derived plastics
ByCerny Creates a ‘Contemporary Heritage’ Language in this Melbourne Home
An Edwardian-era residence in Melbourne’s Malvern East has been transformed by Alexandra Cerny of ByCerny to become an unfolding journey between past and present
An Inspired Melbourne Renovation that Blends Contemporary and Heritage
A renovation of a Federation-style Melbourne home by Pohio Adams has realised the clients’ vision for a courtyard-style home that presents discreetly to the street and unfolds spectacularly at the rear
Powering Local Design: How Design Show Australia is Championing Homegrown Innovation
This year’s edition of Design Show Australia celebrates Australia’s most promising talent with the Australian Made Trail and the annual Next Top Designers competition
Aesop and Other Matter Showcase New Materials for Melbourne Design Week
For this year’s Melbourne Design Week, Aesop has created an expedition through the city centre that explores the material possibilities of a post-petrochemical world
A Melbourne Bungalow Transformed Into A Modern Family Retreat
Nest Architects and Studio Esar designed this Melbourne family home with a fresh approach to spatial intervention and a colourful yet elegant palette
Inside Melbourne Place: Melbourne’s New Design Hotel by Kennedy Nolan
Kennedy Nolan has crafted a cohesive vision in Melbourne Place, where colours, craft and urban context converge in the city’s latest hotel offering
An Intuitive, Modernist Home in Melbourne
Architecture firm Powell & Glenn balanced the old with the new in this reworking of a modernist home next to Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens
A Quietly Elegant Melbourne Home
Interior designers CJH Studio and Davidov Architects collaborated on this home in Melbourne, where rich layers of personality and detailing are added to Davidov Architects’ reworking of the weatherboard structure
Lanson Place Makes its Debut in Melbourne and Relaunches its Hong Kong Flagship
Lanson Place has opened its first Australian hotel, Lanson Place Parliament Gardens, in the historic Salvation Army Printing Works in Melbourne, while the Hong Kong hotel gets a sophisticated update by Pierre-Yves Rochon
The StandardX Lands in Melbourne’s Fitzroy
The Standard International group’s new StandardX brand opens its first property in Melbourne, making quite the first impression thanks to its design by Hecker Guthrie and Woods Bagot
A Reborn Period Home in Melbourne
Melbourne’s Olaver Architecture refreshed a classic terrace home, creating a new spatial flow and bathing it in light
High Design Meets Flea Market Finds in this Melbourne Home
Simone Haag and her team have an enviable flair for styling. This Melbourne home, where international design mixes with Parisian flea market finds, is yet another example of that prowess. She shares more about the project and some of its highlights
David Flack and Volker Haug Bring Material Change to Milan Design Week 2024
Melbourne-based designers David Flack and Volker Haug come together to exhibit a new collection of lighting design, influenced by the interior design projects from which many of the pieces originate
ST. ALi & The Queen Embraces a Communal European Feel
Fiona Lynch Office’s latest collaboration with coffee icon ST. ALi affectionately highlights the history and community of Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market. Director Fiona Lynch tells us more
MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando Celebrates Its Environs
Melbourne's MPavilion celebrates its tenth annual commission with Japanese Pritzker Prize laureate Tadao Ando’s first built structure in Australia. Design Anthology speaks with Ando about his elegant concrete pavilion
Made in Melbourne
Under the guidance of design director Justin Hutchinson, Australian brand Kett’s furniture is made in Melbourne but intended to be part of the wider design ecosystem
Melbourne’s Ritz-Carlton Tells the Story of the City
BAR Studio’s design of the new Ritz-Carlton in Melbourne pays homage to the history and culture of the city, with symbolic motifs and a curated art collection