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An appetite for experimentation, particularly around adaptive reuse, has always been the backbone of our September issue. For this edition, we’ve leant towards the homes and workspaces of creatives, knowing they’re vital test labs for ideas. We see this through our cover story—architect Sophie Dries’ Paris apartment—and Italian designer Giampiero Tagliaferri’s Los Angeles atelier, set inside a Wes Jones-designed industrial home. Brazilian designer Andre Mellone describes his New York City home as a “lab where you test ideas out, and if things go wrong, you have no one to answer to but yourself.” CRITERIA and C. Gallery founder Rachael Fry’s restored Victorian villa in Melbourne is a canvas for her diverse style and pieces, just as designer Sebastian Zuchowicki’s hybrid living-working space is designed for constantly rotating furniture, objects, and…
Christophe Coënon is a Franco-Italian still life, interior architecture, and travel photographer based in Paris. He developed a personal approach akin to lyrical documentary at ECAL in Switzerland, with an aesthetic of subtle obviousness and enlightened quality. Over the past two years, Coënon has been working on a project in Sri Lanka, unveiling the island's hidden gems. Coënon photographed designer Sophie Dries’ Paris home, which also graces the cover of this issue. Aleesha Callahan is a Melbourne-based design journalist, editor, and communications strategist. With more than a decade of experience in media and design, Callahan has honed a distinct voice and an innate ability to craft compelling narratives. Callahan writes on 10 arresting bathroom spaces as part of our special feature Bathroom Blueprint. William Jess Laird works at the intersection…
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LOCATION Los Angeles, North America Italian designer Giampiero Tagliaferri’s Silver Lake atelier, set within an architecturally significant home, expresses his love for creating tension, brutalist architecture, and collecting vintage Italian and Brazilian design pieces. Your Silver Lake atelier is located in what was once a martial arts studio before architect Wes Jones transformed the building into a home in the late 1990s. Did you set out to find a residential setting for your atelier? We were searching for a space with character, not just a standard office building. I wanted a place that would inspire us every day, with architectural significance. It also needed to accommodate our studio’s library. The moment I entered the space, I instantly knew it was the perfect fit for our office. What features attracted you…
Produced in partnership with Sub-Zero and Wolf In reimagining a residence in Melbourne’s CBD, Rob Mills Architecture & Interiors has crafted not one, but two kitchens that seamlessly blend sophisticated design elements with premium appliances. “Each of our kitchens are crafted to reflect the unique lifestyles of our clients,” architect Rob Mills says. The vision for the home was to design two distinct kitchens tailored to the homeowners’ culinary passions. One kitchen stands out as an elegant showcase of form and function, while the second, a concealed space designed specifically for Chinese cuisine, integrates powerful ventilation and carefully selected materials to cater to specific culinary needs. Both kitchens are outfitted with premium appliances from the Sub-Zero and Wolf range, ensuring a seamless fusion of innovation and craftsmanship. “In this case,…
LOCATION Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country / Melbourne, Australia The Melbourne home of CRITERIA and C.Gallery founder Rachael Fry is a natural extension of her discerning eye for art and furniture. It serves as a personal canvas that celebrates her curated collection through a playful exploration of colour. This coincidental story began when, passing by, Fry expressed her admiration for the house set in Melbourne’s city fringe to its then-owner, only to learn it would be going on the market in a matter of months. “I fell in love with this house even though it was in a state of disrepair—I just loved the bones, the details, and the sequence of spaces,” Rachael Fry says of her newly revitalised Victorian home. “It has such a liveable stateliness to it; I could…
