November 2023
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
Looking for gifts you won’t find everywhere? Meet these artisans
Forget busy malls or shopping online, and consider buying from people with a real passion for their crafts instead.
- Hannah Tattersall and Bridget Elliot
September 2023
Fancy a rare $2760 whisky? How about a $16,000 sneaker set too?
Australian Chase Shiel has designed the limited-edition footwear to celebrate the launch of Glenfiddich’s Grand Yozakura single malt.
- Benjamen Judd
May 2023
No, it’s not just a candle. Trudon celebrates 380 years in business
A homage to the fabrics and fragrances favoured by the last queen of France, the unveiling of the new Tuileries collection was never going to be anything less than a spectacle worthy of Versailles.
- Jane Cornwell
December 2022
Want a unique gift? Try these six great Australian artisans
If you’re after something one of a kind this Christmas, why not go direct to the source? Consider the wares from these six talented Australian makers.
- Philippa Coates and Kate Hennessy
August 2022
This family make gold leaf by hand. Are they the last to do so?
Venetian Marina Menegazzo is the only beater of the metal in Europe to use time-old methods. Mass production has taken over the trade, forcing peers to close.
- Ronan O’Connell
March 2021
Five stunning Australian designs for the times
Rich with significance and local resonance, these creations from leading designers are so much more than furniture.
- Stephen Todd
November 2020
Why this New York potter spurns the wheel
Ceramicist Simone Bodmer-Turner channels influences from across time and place to create vessels that are dynamic sculptures radiating energy.
- Stephen Todd
February 2020
Timber twists: designers explore new ways with wood
An exhibition by Studio Woodworkers Australia is on the zeitgeist as craftsmen combine traditional techniques with cutting-edge tech.
- Stephen Todd
A peek inside Cartier's high jewellery workshop
The maison's panther motif is one of its most challenging creations.
- Annie Brown
January 2020
The benefactors who champion art in death as they did in life
The latest crop of national art awards reflects a wider trend in the ways people are choosing to take control of their legacy.
- Susan Horsburgh
Design Miami's call of the weird
A wild bunch of designers is celebrating the garish in a challenge to "good taste".
- Stephen Todd
October 2019
Encounters with the gods of Kumartuli
From its gigantic statues of baby Krishnas to sculptures of dancing Shivas, the potters' realm of Kolkata is a photographer's delight.
- Ute Junker
April 2019
Wizards of Australia at world's largest furniture fair
The essence of design Down Under lies in its diversity of influences, as the biggest yet collection of local work showed at Salone del Mobile.
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- Stephen Todd
Art underfoot: walking on history in Lisbon
At the Portuguese capital's school of paving, a once fading trade has found new force.
- Kathleen Beckett
5 classics at the 2019 Milan Furniture Fair
Tradition with a twist turned heads at the 30th edition of Salone del Mobile, writes design editor Stephen Todd.
- Stephen Todd