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This issue celebrates the kitchen’s evolution from a utilitarian space to an agenda-setting hub in the home. Speaking to Yabu Pushelberg founders George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg at Salone del Mobile. Milano’s biennial event EuroCucina 2024 affirmed this, as Glenn described their new Nami kitchen as a centre of entertainment rather than just a place for cooking. Our annual Kitchen Compendium feature further highlights the role of a statement-making kitchen through projects united by a dedication to form, function and detail. We see this same dedication when it comes to renowned architect John Wardle’s coastal home in Anglesea, Victoria, captured through the words of his friend design commentator Karen McCartney. At the same time, Melbourne architect Adam Kane invites us inside his retreat in Daylesford, Victoria, and Sydney designer Gillian…
CARDIA SPEZIALE Cardia Speziale is a Melbourne-based communications consultant and writer. After completing her studies at Stockholm University, Cardia launched into design-led communications in Australia and overseas, working closely with brands, studios and cultural institutions to help articulate their stories effectively. In this issue, Cardia speaks to Sydney designer Gillian Khaw about her own 1980s apartment renovation. @cardiaspeziale DAN PRESTON Dan Preston is an Australian photographer and videographer drawn to documenting the built environment and art objects. He aims to tell authentic visual stories conveying the aspirations and final forms of artists and architects, revealing their intentions in his photographic process and cinematic aesthetic. For this issue, Dan captured architect John Wardle’s Burnt Earth House in Anglesea, Victoria. @danpreston_1 KASIA GATKOWSKA Based in Amsterdam, photographer Kasia Gatkowska developed a fascination…
LOCATION Anglesea, Victoria, Australia "Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration and love,” said the famous 20th-century American architect Louis Khan, and many decades later, it happens to be a bullseye description of the process of making John Wardle’s Burnt Earth House. Wardle, partner at Wardle Studio, designed the house during the extensive Melbourne lockdowns of 2021, sitting solo in his Kew study overlooking the city, generating reams of rapidfire ideas on butter paper. Only later, with a return to the office and some sense of normality, did it pass through many desks within the practice throughout the documentation phase. With his deep knowledge of the 780 square metre Anglesea site he and his wife Susan had owned for 16 years, he admits, “Initially, the plan…
Tradition has always been at the heart of Bertazzoni’s premium kitchen appliances. Established more than 140 years ago and synonymous with the "Made in Italy" tagline, Bertazzoni believes in cultivating an individual convergence between culinary passion and family functionality. Honoring its European agricultural roots and celebrating the enduring aesthetic and quality of range cookers, while also advancing into induction technology, Bertazzoni has built a reputation for thoughtful design, exceptional engineering, and a deep passion for food. Today, Bertazzoni continues its spirit of innovation, which was highlighted during Milan Design Week’s EuroCucina exhibition. Highlights from the Bertazzoni stand included an 80 cm induction cooktop with an integrated hood and the unique Professional Series 90 cm freestanding Air-Tec cooker — the world’s first all-electric 3-in-1 induction cooker with a downdraft ventilation system,…
Paradowski Studio S Park Apartment Poznań, Poland The brief to interior designers Paradowski Studio was to design a kitchen that didn’t look like a kitchen. With clients who don’t cook a lot, the design premise was to create a space that could stand on its own next the rest of the living space. Taking the aesthetic into surprising territory, the designers Zuza and Piotr Paradowski have introduced a blend of three colours of Italian marble mixed together in a graphic pattern. Rather than shying away from the bold, this has been paired with Ettore Sottsass veneer cabinetry. Zuzu Paradowski explains that their approach encompassed, “Minimalist form built up with maximalist patterns.” The kitchen’s clashing shapes and refined details are seen on the super-thin shadow line of the quartzite benchtop. The…
From humble origins as a family business dating back to the 1940s in Brianza, Northern Italy, Poliform was launched in 1970 with a new name that suggested flexibility, simplicity, and an openness to new ideas. The founders’ desire to produce technically advanced but beautifully crafted products for interiors has grown to a company of a global scale. The ability to connect different design categories across furniture, interior architectural solutions, and kitchens is achieved through a commonality of materials, form, and colour palette. Unveiled at EuroCucina, Poliform showcased the latest evolution of their kitchen systems. including the Alea Pro kitchen which now incorporates modern elements designed to enhance contemporary living. A Day Shaker open base unit has been incorporated for a functional island centerpiece and countertops with varying thicknesses to offer…
