NewsBite

Stephen Todd

Today

Chris Cheung with his work ‘Flow Pavilion’ at The Peninsula.

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

Icebergs surround the Falkor.

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

Penelope Seidler in Venice to open her exhibition at SMAC.

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.

Volker Haug’s pendant lighting.

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.

Les Maisons CAB.

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.

Advertisement
Artist and furniture designer Ella Saddington has designed a new collection inspired by armour.

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.

A fabulous fungus composition by Dr Lisa Cooper.

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

NEED TO CHECK WHICH PART OF THE WILDE THIS IS - ST

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.

Gallerists Joanna Strumpf (left) and Ursula Sullivan with a shimmering pink ceramic piece by sculptor Linda Draper.

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

The new building (right) follows the curve of the 2003 building; a new sculpture park meandering between.

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.

TFE Hotels regional GM Emma Souter and SJB architect and interior designer Emily Wombwell and Charlotte Wilson in the reception area.

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 still from the ‘Kitchen Table’ video (2024) by – and starring – Atong Atem.

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.

Peter Jopling and Richard Parker.

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.

Advertisement

January

The slanted roofs and simple lines of  Kavillo villas recall to mind structures like shearing sheds and lean-tos.

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.

The recently completed Balzac Hotel in Paris.

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

Becker Minty Linear tumblers.

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.

The pair of “eyes” at 12th floor terrace level.

Inside Melbourne’s latest luxury hotel

This CBD new-build is avowedly local, and intrinsically sophisticated. The essence of Victoria’s capital, really.

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/by/stephen-todd-gwg1zd