The first word
HELLO!
VINTAGE MODERN
As Habitus Guest Editor, it’s really about community and how we all weave together to create a brilliant industry. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, what discipline you’re working in – the connectivity and support of one another really feeds into a great evolution of design.
The theme of Vintage Modern gets a bit of a stretch to include projects and practices by colleagues I admire, and some that have randomly caught my attention. Checkmate by YSG is definitely a mate (p. 172), while Jakob Sprenger is someone I haven’t met, but I was taken by his Paris Aesop store (p. 164). Designers like Wonderwall have been around from Bathing Ape to Not A Hotel (p. 190), and Robert Simeoni is a Melbourne icon (p. 134). Conversely, monotrum are newish, but definitely interesting (p. 182).
I’m always taken back when I travel and meet people, share ideas and become inspired by our conversations and interactions. So, it’s the same sort of mix with features and profiles: some I know, some I know of, and some I have met recently in Milan, but all of them are reckless. Uchronia is wild ride of colour (p. 90), others like WKND Lab are twisting cultural decoration into something new, (p. 74). Florian Wild is a landscape architect I have been working with for years who always thinks outside the normal garden ideas, (p. 78). Similarly, Nicholas & Alistair are vintage design curators who have been the source for some incredible design pieces that now populate many of the Flack Studio interiors (p 102).
The artists, furniture makers, designers and craftspeople are just as interesting and it’s good to see them on a pedestal (p. 21). This is also the Winnings x Habitus House of the Year issue (p. 49), with a shortlist of 20 great houses and homes from the Indo-Pacific.
DAVID FLACK, GUEST EDITOR FLACK STUDIO
ABOVE Guest Editor David Flack.
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
– Oscar Wilde
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DESIGN NEWS
A gathering of the most beautiful, interesting and sometimes challenging designs shaping our world.
shortlist #48
WI NNINGS X HABITUS HOUSE OF THE YEAR
The incredible shortlist for Winnings X Habitus House of the Year.
portrait #73
WKND LAB
T hese South Korea-based designers are deftly blurring art, culture and design.
FL ORIAN WILD
Landscape architect extraordinaire Rupert BaynesWilliams talks about his love of gardening.
POLLY HARBISON
The gentle art of architecture that speaks to the environment drives this creative mind.
Colourist, maximalist, timedefying genius of interior design, Julien Sebban is a force to be reckoned with.
UCHRONIA
Altar Table
Designed by Faye Toogood and EWE Studio
Vintage modern
Taking the lead for this exceptional issue is the indomitable David Flack of Flack Studio. Irreverent, charming and always surprising, enjoy the ride.
on location #133 features #100
NICHOLAS
& ALISTAIR
O ne of David Flack’s favourite suppliers talks us through the art of collecting.
ÁLVARO SIZA
Best known for his astonishing architecture, Siza has stepped into the world of furniture.
ROBIN BOYD
Mid-century Wildwood House is making its debut thanks to photographer and owner Veeral Patel.
A DELAIDE STREET
Exploring light and shade, concrete is transformed into a statement of excellent architecture.
TAMARAMA HOUSE
When every element of a home is left to the designer, and the designer is Flack, expect the world!
E NCLOSURE
Designing around a large central courtyard is just the beginning.
A ESOP PARIS
Exploring Parisienne chic, the latest form Aesop is a delight.
CHECKMATE
Vintage and modern go hand in hand with this bespoke Byron Bay slice of heaven.
CORRUGATED HOUSE
Bringing a mid-century masterpiece back to life, without losing its unique character.
NOT A HOTEL
When it’s not a hotel, not a house, but something new that could be both…
V ILLA ROTUNDA
Pairing an unusual design shape with rammed earth and muted colours, this home questions the traditional extension.
Habitus takes the conversation to our contributors, discovering their inspiration and design hunter® journeys
GILLIAN SERISIER
Having founded his eponymous studio a decade ago, David quickly achieved acclaim for an iconoclastic approach to interiors marked by material, formal and spatial experimentation. A three-time Architectural Digest ‘AD ’ laureate, he grew up in rural Australia, the son of a builder. He credits this background for an approach which, despite its evident glamour, is anchored in honesty, integrity and clarity of vision. All qualities he imbues into a vibrant studio of architects, interior and product designers based in a former electroplating workshop in Melbourne’s inner-city Fitzroy district.
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In her role as Editor of Habitus Magazine, Gillian brings a twentyyear oeuvre of design writing to the publication. Focusing on architecture, design, art and interior design, her breadth of knowledge is expansive and generous with all genres and styles regarded for their own merit. For the highly collectable series of Six, Gillian is working with the best designers in the Indopaci fic region to create content that is engaged and varied. Moreover, when seen through the lens of her Guest Editors, the selections and directions shaping each issue of Habitus are always a surprise.
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George is one of Australia’s most beloved writers. With a twentyyear portfolio across fashion and design, her articles covering the Australian fashion industry and the international collections in Milan, Paris, New York and London have been a revelation of sparkling wit. Her work across design and architecture is similarly insightful, with a keen eye for what does and doesn’t work, plus a fearless approach to quizzing her subjects, as both their design and intent come under her gaze. We are delighted to have her on board as she gets to the heart of Guest Editor David Flack’s Tamarama project.
Veeral is a Melbourne-based architectural photographer and fi lmmaker from New Zealand. With a background in wireless communications engineering, the transition to photography was prompted by a mid-life career crisis that saw him longing to do more than just software development. Via his own ‘Walter Mitty’ moment, he found himself photographing several editions of the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in Europe. At home in Melbourne, Veeral was surrounded by the architecture of new and old. Starting with niche projects, his eyes went to a new avenue of imagination that was both technical and creative. From here, photographing architecture became his forte.
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TAMARAMA
VEERAL PATEL
GEORGINA SAFE
DAVID FLACK
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GUEST EDITOR
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EDITOR
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SUB EDITOR
Rachel Fieldhouse
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Sylvia Weimer sylvia@spacelabdesign.com
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Timothy Alouani-Roby, Aleesha Callahan, Stephen Crafti, David Flack, Jan Henderson, Sarah Hetherington, Saskia Neacsu, Georgina Safe, Gillian Serisier.
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS/ ARTISTS
Ludovic Balay, Polly Borland, Mechelle Bounpraseuth, Pier Carthew, Felix Dol Maillot, Thurston Empson, Nadia Hernández, Ryan Ho mann, Duccio Malagamba, Yoshiro Masuda, Trevor Mein, Tracey Mo att, Felicity Ng, Veeral Patel, Prue Ruscoe, Ishita Sitwala, Derek Swalwell, Kozo Takayama.
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A large artwork by Tracey Mo att, reflects the red light of Kiron Robinson’s piece in Tamarama house, by Flack Studio. Featured artwork: Tracey Mo att, Smoking guy, 2017, from the series Passage, digital C-print on gloss paper, 102 x 153 cm; (image size) Edition of 6 + AP 2. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery. Photo, Anson Smart. Page 144.
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