June -July 2024

Belle

Interior design and decoration magazine

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Masthead
Editor-in-chief Tanya Buchanan Creative director Shayne Burton Managing editor Matilda Ringrose Senior copy editor Janice Hogg Chief copy editor, Homes Peter Griffiths Art production Matus Kundrat Stylist, Homes Sophie Wilson Contributing editors Ste
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Editor’s Letter
Apart from the privilege and thrill of heading to Milano each year for the reveal of new design and furniture pieces, one of the greatest pleasures is meeting some of the stars of the design business and other fellow design media I admire from afar.
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Milano Design Week 2024
PHOTOGRAPHY TOMASO LISCA AND LUCA ARGENTON ■
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Total Package
BELGIAN ARCHITECT and designer Vincent Van Duysen is not without complexity. At its core his personal style, honed over many years, has its anchor in warm minimalism occasionally edging towards Brutalism with its balance of raw with smooth, tactile a
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In The Zone
PHOTOGRAPHY NICOLÒ PANZERI ■
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5 Vie
Since the 1920s Italian company Fornace Brioni has produced handmade earthernware tiles from the sediment of the River Po in a 1000-year-old tradition. Its show, ‘Grounded’, was a collaboration with designer Cristina Celestino, who preserved the tile
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Isola + Nilufar Depot
UMUT YAMAC, A LONDON-BASED DESIGNER, EXPLORES THE THEMES OF MOVEMENT AND DELICACY USING SUPERFICIALLY FRAGILE MATERIALS. HIS PLAYFUL APPROACH DELIVERS POETIC OUTCOMES SUCH AS THE ‘BLOOM’ PENDANT LIGHT AND FLOOR LIGHTS ALONG WITH THE ‘CRUSH’ RUG FOR M
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Porta Venezia
Collection Particulière marries a love of timeless materials with a dedication to traditional craft. In ‘Natural Disco’ metallic glazes were applied to lavastone and a 16th-century terracotta method was revisited for Luca Erba’s ‘Terra’ table and sto
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Durini
Cassina re-released Charlotte Perriand’s 1943 ‘Indochine’ chaise lounge as a cradle of painted tubular metal and recycled PET fibre padding. In Vietnam and confined to her bed at the end of her pregnancy, Perriand designed the original in rattan beca
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Alcova
Canada’s A-N-D Light exhibited in the grand entrance area of Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, showing its new modular pendant and floor light by Caine Heintzman called ‘Vale’ (far left). The brand also incorporated UMA’s new ‘T4’ sofa, and Bethan Laura Wood’
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Brera
Salvatori showcased the prodigious designer Patricia Urquiola’s ‘The Small Hours’ bathroom collection (below). She took the brand to the next level by introducing marbles such as Verde Antico alongside matte-finished steel, and timber furniture piece
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Chic Agenda
Patricia Urquiola presented numerous new designs and products during Design Week including the playful ‘M’ama non M’ama’ rug handknotted in linen and wool in Nepal for cc-tapis, available in a range of colours. mobilia.com.au Taking us on a a journe
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Window Shopping Classic Italian Chic
SUBLIME RESTRAINT ENDURING STYLES AND TIMELESS MATERIALS DEFINE FLEXFORM’S PIECES – AN INVESTMENT THAT WILL WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT INTERIOR SCENARIOS FOREVER. UPDATED CLASSICS STATEMENT PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE FLEXFORM COLLECTION FOR MANY Y
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Gold Standard
Baroque opulence was on full glorious display in the brand’s Oro 24K homewares collection – a physical manifestation of glamour. Meanwhile, Palazzo Reale hosted an exhibition celebrating the legacy of the house’s founders, Domenico Dolce and Stefano
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Elite Aesthetes
The filmmaker turned interior designer showed a body of work titled ‘Translations’ at Alcova, a roaming exhibition that revives dilapidated Milanese buildings. Cameron used his photographic explorations of Europe as a jumping off point for his furnit
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Open House
These pages In the dining room designed by VSHD Design, segments of Glas Italia’s ‘Tall Table’ by Massimiliano Locatelli-CLS Architetti straddle Carpet Edition’s ‘The Floor is Lava’ rug by Placée which snakes across the space. Seating, from far left:
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Armchair Experts
THE LUXURY HOME APPLIANCE BRAND PUT ON A SENSORIAL FEAST, COMPLETE WITH A BESPOKE SOUNDSCAPE AND DANCE PERFORMANCE CALLED ‘THE ELEVATION OF GRAVITY’, THE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE INVOLVED CREATIVE AGENCY ANOMALY BERLIN, ARCHITECTURE FIRM 1ZU33, FLOORING
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Right Now
ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF ARTISTS AND GALLERIES. ■
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Parallel Lives
Twenty-five years after artist Maria Madeira returned to an independent Timor Leste to hear tales of women tortured under Indonesian occupation she invokes vestiges of their suffering with Kiss and Don’t Tell (detail, right), a work for the country’s
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Home Affairs
A delightfully evocative book from architect, designer and photographer Ingrid Weir, following on from New Rural. From King Island and Apollo Bay in Australia to Malibu and Laguna Beach in the US, Weir has profiled innovators who have chosen to make
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Luxe Files
Regarded as a miracle fibre, due to its softness, breathability and sustainability, premium merino wool delivers a feeling of luxury that has long been used across the board in fashion and furnishings. Designer Pieter Mulier’s ground-breaking Fall 20
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Luxe List
Perfect year round, pure wool cushions in a subdued plaid are a cosy addition to a bedroom, reading chair or sofa. ‘Alby’ Australian wool cushion in Toffee, $106. lmhome.com.au The first Australian brand to partner with Woolmark in 1964, Sportscraft
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Close Knit
Raquel Boedo and Ned Scholfield founded McIntyre Merino in 2016 after spending a year living on Scholfield’s family’s sheep farm in Victoria. With retail stores in Melbourne and Sydney, and a thriving online business, the apparel label has created a
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Monochrome Magic
WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT YOUR flooring, black oak cabinetry, crisp white paint, stainless-steel trims in the kitchen, HOME? The building was designed by SJB and Carr. My apartment features oak Arabescato marble countertops and aged-iron tapware fro
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Homes
PHOTOGRAPHY MAREE HOMER ■
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On A Mission
On entering Stephanie Conley Buhre’s home, you’ll likely be greeted with a smile and a cocktail. Come on in, sit down, make yourself comfortable, she’s just putting the finishing touches on lunch. Where to sit? Just beyond the entry foyer is the form
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Under the Tuscan Sun
When an Australian-based husband and wife – he was born in Scotland and she was born in Australia to Italian parents – happened upon the area of Val d’Orcia in Tuscany during a memorable birthday trip, they loved the area so much that they decided to
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Into The Groove
Greg Natale’s latest project in the southern Sydney suburb of Oatley is an ode to texture. Renowned for his use of pattern and colour the interior designer admits that this house is “cleaner”, relying less on pattern and instead emphasising texture,
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Frond Embrace
Architect Koichi Takada boldly ventured outside the box with this luminous home hugging a hill on Sydney’s lower North Shore, its curves and parallel lines evoking the perfection of a palm frond. “Nature’s umbrella, the palm frond provides shelter fr
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Buyers’ Market
1 CATTELAN ITALIA The Scott Keramik table emphasises the artistic-decorative aspect of interior design. Modern sculptural techniques are applied to shape its base, all to be contemplated, just like a work of art. cattelanitalia.com 2 ELEMENTS OF BYR
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Fan Base
SMAC STUDIO PRINCIPAL SHONA MCELROY WEARS DION LEE DRESS IN HER PADDINGTON STUDIO. ‘BILLY’ RUG IN PINK FROM HER ART DECO-INSPIRED ICONS COLLECTION WITH HALI. VINTAGE BROWN VELVET CHAIR AND FANS FROM FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. ALL OTHER FURNITURE CUSTOM DE

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