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Why you’re seeing cutting-edge art when checking into high-end hotels
For enthusiasts and collectors, the pursuit of fine pieces knows no bounds. In Hong Kong, The Peninsula is leading the pack hoping to captivate the market.
This Month
When contemporary design and millennia-old ice sheets collide
Designer Brodie Neill has found inspiration on the front lines of the climate crisis – the iceberg strewn waters of Antarctica.
May
Australia’s architectural titan takes Venice by storm
The late Harry Seidler’s wife, Penelope, reflects on his contribution to the built environment at a major retrospective.
Meet the Melbourne-based master of lighting design
Lighting maestro Volker Haug is celebrating two decades of business with an exhibition as part of Melbourne Design Week.
Why this tiny cabin on the French Riviera is a beacon for design buffs
Spend the night with French modern master Jean Prouvé, at his World War II-era, minimalist structure in Saint-Paul de Vence.
When modern furniture meets medieval armour-making
Australian designer Ella Saddington’s new collection employs the smithing processes used in historical warfare to create glam lamps and tables.
Forget flowers – how about a bouquet of mushrooms?
The textures, colours and shapes of fungi are being used for mycelium arrangements – that can be dished up for dinner later.
April
An icon of mid-century design is back in business
The furniture of acclaimed Australian designer and artist Clement Meadmore has gone back into production, thanks to the efforts of his son and granddaughter.
March
The designer reinventing bourgeois-chic interiors in Europe
In his latest hospitality foray, Paris-based, Milan-born Fabrizio Casiraghi has lent his restrained but opulent aesthetic to a new members’ club in Milan.
Inside the homes of Australia’s most connected art collectors
Ever wondered how to showcase artwork to let them shine? A new book peeks into the homes of prominent art collectors around the country.
The Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20
Sullivan+Strumpf co-founders Ursula Sulllivan and Joanna Strumpf have been turning the gallery scene on its head since their share-house days of wild parties.
February
One couple’s decades-long devotion to Australian art has a new home
The Eva and Marc Besen Centre is a state-of-the-art gallery and storage space where back-of-house and front-of-house are one and the same.
This new Sydney hotel is the ultimate urban oasis
Dazzling design, stellar dining and a tropical rooftop pool are just the start of what you can expect at the hotly anticipated Eve Hotel.
A Melbourne gallery explores what our clothes say about us
A new exhibition, on now in the lead up to the Melbourne Fashion Festival, assembles fashion designers, jewellers, sculptors and photographers.
Why the Melbourne Art Fair is the place for start-up collectors
All you need is an open mind, says the chairman of the foundation that operates the event, which shirt-fronted a hotel group and a carmaker for this year’s edition.
January
The architect inspired by shearing sheds and tents
Mudgee-based Cameron Anderson honours the beauty of humble rural structures and rustic materials in his designs.
New shows, ‘worship-worthy’ products you need to know about
A few things to inspire from the Currency section of our Arts & Culture issue out on January 31.
How design studio Festen is redefining Parisian elegance
Interior power duo Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay are shaping the look and feel of the city’s hotels
December 2024
Stuck for ideas? Two top Australian designers share their wish lists
You’re bound to be inspired once you read what designer Blainey North and architect William Smart have chosen.
Inside Melbourne’s latest luxury hotel
This CBD new-build is avowedly local, and intrinsically sophisticated. The essence of Victoria’s capital, really.