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Some interiors look and feel right as soon as the final piece has been placed. Perfect now, yet exuding a feeling of timelessness. Considered, curated, contemporary yet classic – that is what you get when you enter a Tamsin Johnson interior. Her spac

FOR A RELATIVELY YOUNG practice, only formed in 2014, studio gram is making enormous strides in both their hometown of Adelaide and in the cut-and-thrust of the Sydney hospitality scene. Graham Charbonneau and Dave Bickmore went to the University of

TOKYO A Japanese Manga Artist’s House (left) by architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL is sited in an area of Tokyo much loved by manga artists and the comic-book ethos of storytelling is reflected in the spare and swooping nature of the home’s fa

SYDNEY Seducing the beholder with a richly cinematic style while simmering with existential disquiet, Darren Sylvester’s painstakingly composed images at once skewer and immortalise pop culture’s illusory pleasures, assimilating its lexicon of status

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE, AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? Like all the P.Johnson stores, the new P.Johnson Femme space needed the same homely warmth and sense of privacy. Our ambition was to build a distinctly mature look

Rodolfo Dordoni has amassed global recognition with his remarkable repertoire of product collections and discerning eye for timeless design. Since his appointment as art director for Minotti in 1998, Dordoni has upheld the design powerhouse’s reputat

WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR HOME? It was the double-height void and expansive glazing. It’s rare to find such scale, especially in a small apartment. The proportions make it feel more spacious, and you don’t get that confined feeling you get in s

The maximalist designs of creative duo Lisa Donohoe and Brynn Gelbard can be found adorning commercial buildings (1) and custom Louis Vuitton bags (3), and in private residences as wallpapers and timber screens (2). londubhstudio.com Located in dazzl

MARIA WEARS ELLERY, EMILIO PUCCI PAISLEY PRINT PANTS, TOM FORD FOR GUCCI VINTAGE BELT AND VINTAGE YSL SHOES. ■

This is designer Ashley Hicks’ tribute to his late father, the legendary David Hicks. Known for his predilection for pattern and colour David painted bold strokes across the interiors that were his canvas, all vividly reproduced here. Arranged accord

A POTENT BLEND of vivid imagination and artisanal techniques powers Madrid-based product-design office Tornasol Studio. Founded in 2017, the studio comprises architect and cartographer Guillermo Trapiello and industrial designer Inés Llasera. Taking

When Ed and Edwina Glenn first came across South Melbourne’s tired Town Hall Hotel, it still had all the characteristics of a typical Aussie pub: sticky floors, a commercial kitchen, roof flagpoles and a bistro. While thriving in its heyday with rumo

Downsizing from a double storey, ornately European-style house to a more intimate, single-level, modern property is a momentous change at any time, but it was especially significant for interior designer Georgie Shepherd’s clients, Bob and Barb, a sp

Of all things, it was a garage that won the contract for this home in Melbourne’s Brighton. The owners tasked three separate design firms to design a space that would fit four cars on street level within the site. Sync Architecture was awarded the pr

Each design powerhouses in their own right, interior designer Edwina and architect Ed Glenn surpassed themselves when re-making their own new home, Melbourne’s former Town Hall Hotel. See Second Act, p74. ■

It’s not often an interior designer has a second chance to completely re-imagine a home. But that opportunity presented itself recently to Anna Trefely of Esoteriko when her clients bought a Sydney eastern suburbs house that she had worked on for the

With its mesmerising views across the beach to the endless blue of the ocean this property in Sydney’s eastern suburbs deserved an equally impressive interior. However the slightly shabby, top-floor, three-bedroom apartment in a 70s building did not

Set in Tasmania’s Central Highlands, a 90-minute drive from Hobart, Hollow Tree House is a fine colonial farmhouse on four hectares and now an exceptional period home – stitching together its past with the present. While items such as food were once

In a suburb flush with cafes and bustling shops, nothing stays secret in Melbourne’s Prahran for long. Yet tucked in between a web of meandering backstreets is a grassy gem of a park with a towering Moreton Bay fig tree, playground and generous space

This is one of the best views in Sydney,” says the owner of this four-bedroom penthouse poised above the harbour. While that might be hyperbole in a city blessed with vistas, anyone sitting in her living room would readily agree. It soaks up 360-degr

Like many in his repertoire, Renato D’Ettorre’s most recent project is both simple and yet complex – and highly orchestrated. Situated on a cliff face, it’s not the typical coastal offering of a large house with picture windows at every opportunity.

DO YOU/THE TEAM WORK FROM HOME OR THE OFFICE? Our team works principally at the office but we allow one day a week working from home for those who wish. For ‘teamwork’ as you say, it’s important for the creative process to have the team together to e