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# 25 We explore that intangible world where there is more than a touch of nostalgia, hints of memory and reflection on things achieved. 26. DESIGN NEWS Products of timber, ceramic, textile, metal and stone offer an integrated tactile experience in the home. 34. R ESHOOT Inspired by ‘memory’, we look at devices to record them, mirrors that reflect them and fabrics for the outdoors, where many are made. 41. MEMORY The senses and place play a crucial part in the creation and retrieval of memories through the stages of life
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50. ART OF THE MONOGRAPH Guy Allenby reviews four of the latest monographs and asks: promotional, self-serving or educational?
Some personal stories about those who make things, those who make it happen and those who make new lives for themselves – and of course where they live and work. 56. BRIAN PARKES The current chapter in this story takes place at Adelaide’s Jam Factory and in a rural oasis south of the city. Leanne Amodeo meets a man who has helped change the face of Australian design. 69. IF I WERE A CARPENTER Mark and William Hedley catch up with Vachira ‘Nott’ Tongrow, the man who trained in London and came home to celebrate the native timbers and furniture craft of Thailand. 79. SHANE THOMPSON Twenty years ago he moved to a rural paradise near Brisbane. Paul McGillick profiles a man who took the next logical step – to leave a big architecture practice and start over again.
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90. MULTI-RESIDENTIAL LIVING More people are moving into multiresidential developments. Guy Allenby looks at how apartment towers can become a home.
96. FAMILY BRAND: FABER-CASTELL It is a family company that has been going for 250 years, famous for coloured pencils, but also diversifying into quality pens, even wine. Alice Blackwood asks how they have been able to re-invent themselves so many times over the years.
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#152 We don’t usually do themes, but there could be one here – how to make the most of what you’ve got and turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse. 114. BLACKPOOL HOUSE It is a difficult and constrained site on an island, but Andrea Stevens reveals how this one-bedroom retreat by Glamuzina Paterson Architects becomes a world unto itself.
152. PALMYRA HOUSE It is a tough journey to this house south of Mumbai in India by Studio Mumbai. But Kerstin Rose says it is all worth it to enjoy this simple but elegant home hidden amidst the palms.
129. 3X9 HOUSE This house in Vietnam’s Ho Cho Minh City by a21 studio not only overcomes its humble 27-square-metre size, but, says Nga Hoang, also becomes a quiet green oasis in the middle of what is sometimes an urban nightmare.
167. CLAREMONT HOUSE APARTMENT Once a chocolate distribution warehouse, it is now a family home. Nicky Lobo discovers how this innercity space was adapted to a new use by Tanner Kibble Denton Architects.
140. PARK HOUSE If you manage to score a riverside site, you want to make the most of it. Stephen Todd visits one on the banks of the Yarra in Melbourne by Leeton Pointon which does just that.
177. SPECIAL: FLOORING If you are a devotee of the mindfulness movement you will know how important it is to be aware of how we touch the ground. We look at how quality flooring can make a difference.
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This textured pouf and footrest call out to be fallen into and onto. The curvaceous forms of the inviting SLUMBER range by Aleksandra Gaca are made in a three-dimensional elastic fabric which take on the form of your body when you sit on them, and spring back to their original shape once you’ve had enough. Available in 12 soft, natural colours of luscious kid mohair, SLUMBER is the stuff of design dreams. casalis.be
MOORMAN KLOPSTOCK, designed by Daniel Kern, is a table of multiple personalities – 12 in fact. With a sophisticated click and snap system, the natural Ash legs can be positioned into 12 styles, both symmetrical and nonsymmetrical, depending on your mood. Unlike the standard table, this one will bend and change to suit any situation, a change in taste, in size of family, or in the height and number of your chairs. Plus, with a choice between white or anthracite melamine, black Ash or white Fir for the top, as well as two base heights, KLOPSTOCK is especially accommodating to the individual. moormann.de / smow.com.au
Developed in conjunction with How We Create, Marz Designs’ BRIGHT BEADS pendant lights tell the designer/manufacturer tale. On launching at Sydney Indesign last year, the turned beads of FSC certified American Oak and Walnut, Smoked Ash and Rock Maple were made on site to show the exact process that lies behind each beautifully handcrafted light. marzdesigns.com
The EXCEPTION decorative screen is true to the Armani/Casa project, contemporary yet traditional. It features their Exclusive Wallcoverings Collection, presented in collaboration with Jannelli&Volpi. jannellievolpi.it / armanicasa.com
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The TAFFETA CHAIR by Indonesian designer Alvin Tjitrowirjo is inspired by the traditional crafts of his homeland, adding the archipelago’s cultural stories to the Dutch brand’s collection. The range, which also includes a sofa, is light and bright, but don’t let that fool you – the concept behind the collection incorporates a much deeper story. The designs, using a woven coloured rattan construction, interpret the decorated sacred places that house important celebratory occasions in Indonesia. Doing so, Tjitrowirjo brings “objects of veneration into the space we honour the most with our presence and traditions: our home,” through design. The oversized scale, floral textiles and pastel colours of TAFFETA add the element of playfulness that moooi is known for. alvin-t.com / moooi.com / spacefurniture.com.au
At the heart of the COLOUR light is minimalism, theatricality and architecture. The piece, which is part of the e15 lighting collection introduced at Salone del Mobile this year, steps outside convention and strips design back to basic forms: two panes of coloured glass – in pink and blue – and a circular white diffuser. The Norwegian designers behind COLOUR, Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik, have created a light that blurs the line between lighting and sculpture. Simple in form, and needing only a wall to lean on, the moon-like luminaire also crosses into the realm of play, inviting us to make various compositions and in turn, cast different patterns and shapes of light and shadow – much like the changing light of the natural Nordic sceneries it is inspired by. andreasengesvik.no / danielrybakken.com / e15.com / livingedge.com.au
LOOM TOWELS really are hand loomed. The Melbourne-based company is driven by a belief in “quality over quantity and design over trend,” and their practise is proof; not made in factories with the associated waste and pollution, rather, each towel is individually loomed by two small communities in Turkey and the mathematical process takes days (around eight for a large one). With each towel part of a limited series, using 100% GOTS certified organic cotton coloured with botanic and vegetable dyes, the design is always evolving – focusing on functionality, durability, sustainability and aesthetics – rather than the latest trend. loomtowels.com
Clockwise left to right: assorted vintage
$16.95, Kido; Mum wears Weathered from
Boucherouite rugs, from $750, Jason
Incu; rectangular side table in American
Mowen; Swedese Boxplay sofa in blue
Oak designed by Chris Colwell, $595,
leather designed by Claesson Koivisto
Small Spaces; blue ceramic bowls in mini
Rune, $14, 300, Fred International;
and medium by Sereno Horton, from $29,
Encaustic concrete tiles in sky blue,
Funkis; small Buoy light in Walnut, $380,
blanco and breeze, POA, Di Lorenzo; Dad
FLOTSAM/JETSAM; Sebra crochet
wears Three Over One and Our Legacy
deer pull-alone, $199, Kido; Poppies
from Meanwhile, P.A.M from Perks
V01 Cushions, $95, Rouse Phillips;
and Mini and Liberty glitter crown,
Sphathiphyllum ‘Sensation’ plant, $55,
$21.95, Kido; Vattenblank pillow, $79,
Poho; cross-base coffee table, $1,850,
Marimekko; Jesse and Lili wear fashion
Mark Tuckey; faceted wood-grain ceramic
and shoes from Kido; Accute Rope 5
coffee mug, $38, Shop U; Areaware Simus
neckpiece, $75, courtesy of the artist and
The Rhino, $190, Kido; Tacchini Kelly
Pieces of Eight; Liberty glitter wand,
Easy chair in red, $3,421, Stylecraft.
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What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.
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A curated life It is not just the business of design that keeps BRIAN PARKES enthralled, but the stories of the people behind it and how these get told through the things they create. LEANNE AMODEO visits the director of ADELAIDE’s Jam Factory at his home south of the city to hear his story.
TEXT LEANNE AMODEO | PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES KNOWLER
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A love for native Thai timbers inspired VACHIRA 'NOTT' TONGROW to explore the beauty of recycled timber, from underdressed to fully-dressed, sometimes in the same piece. MARK & WILLIAM HEDLEY meet Nott, who ponders the question: If I were a carpenter… TEXT MARK & WILLIAM HEDLEY | PHOTOGRAPHY MARK HEDLEY, CHONG CHAIYAMAT (PORTRAIT)
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No excuses After 27 years with a big international architecture firm, SHANE THOMPSON decided it was time to move on. PAUL MCGILLICK profiles an architect who has returned to his architectural roots – and in a very special place. TEXT PAUL MCGILLICK | PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK JONES & TOBY SCOTT (PORTRAIT)
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Vertical neighbourhoods The indoor/outdoor relationship, communal spaces, landscaping and greenery and, increasingly, vertical gardens, are becoming crucial elements in creating quality environments for high-rise living across the Region. GUY ALLENBY reports. TEXT GUY ALLENBY | PHOTOGRAPHY VARIOUS
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In the skin of the trees This one-bedroom house by GLAMUZINA PATERSON ARCHITECTS in WAIHEKE ISLAND stretches up through the New Zealand bush to catch the sun. ANDREA STEVENS visits the island retreat and finds a sophisticated yet rustic solution to a difficult site.
TEXT ANDREA STEVENS | PHOTOGRAPHY SAM HARTNETT & SIMON DEVITT
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Urban oasis Clever design by A21 STUDIO and six painstaking months of construction have transformed a cramped shoebox ‘tube house’ in HO CHI MINH CITY into an urban oasis of nature, reports NGA HOANG. TEXT NGA HOANG | PHOTOGRAPHY HIROYUKI OKI
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Quiet achiever Quietly distinguishing itself from its neighbours, a house in MELBOURNE by LEETON POINTON embraces its riverbank setting, casually tumbling down the slope to connect with the riverside park. STEPHEN TODD visits. TEXT STEPHEN TODD | PHOTOGRAPHY PETER BENNETTS
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Paradise uncompromised Not everyone is suited to the kind of architecture that STUDIO MUMBAI is known for. But KERSTIN ROSE reports that eventually, this house south of Mumbai in INDIA found an owner who responded to the way of living that it gently suggests. TEXT + PRODUCTION KERSTIN ROSE | PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTIAN SCHAULIN
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