HOME covers the best New Zealand architecture, design and interiors. It features inspirational, ingenious and just plain breathtaking homes from all over the country – as well as new restaurants, exciting art and the latest furniture releases.
Taking a break from putting the pages of this issue together the other day, we went for a walk along the waterfront in a fleeting hour or so of sunshine. It was sobering to be faced with a closed Tamaki Drive; the tide was in and the water brown, debris large and small scattered the beaches, the road ahead was devoid of its usual bustle. Significant flooding on the normally busy route turned it into a scene of awe for the children, who scooted alongside bodies of murky water, taken in by their depth and rippling surface, and fascinated by the eerie quietness of it. Not far along, the crumbling cliffs and slips blocking large areas of the road offered a new perspective. “What about those houses up there?” the…
Jono Parker Photographer You shot our cover house for this issue. What were your favourite moments in this home? This was one of the most satisfying projects I shot last year. As an architectural graduate turned photographer, I really noticed the careful attention to detail from everyone involved. To me, its vast and thoughtful selection of materials gave it a very layered yet minimal aesthetic and as the light moved through the entire house over the course of the day I was constantly finding new moments and compositions to capture. Your work spans the fields of architecture and fashion – two arguably quite different fields. What do you find most interesting about them? Yes, two different subjects but I believe they are in fact very similar. Both have careful consideration…
DESIGN:01 Tribe Home's latest collection, Coastal Luxe, is inspired in part by Nordic design. The use of jute adds a notable rawness and tactility to the pieces, while the marriage of neutrals, charcoal tones and hints of colour delivers a collection of restorative energy. Quintessentially Australasian, there's a sense of ease about the pieces that make up Coastal Luxe; a rejuvenating calmness. From watermelon to tumeric hues, deep olive tones and carob browns, this is a collection that feels beautifully organic and perfectly layered. We're impressed. @tribehome…
DESIGN:02 Designed in 1977 by Vico Magistretti, the Atollo has become an icon of Italian design. The geometric shapes that compose it – cylinder, cone and hemisphere – resulted in a product that is both decorative and disconnected from its era; contemporary and timeless. A luminous sculpture from which nothing can be removed, to which nothing can be added, and which nothing can copy. Made from Murano glass, or lacquered aluminium in white, black, brass or bronze, new stock of the Atollo table lamp in all sizes and finishes is now available from ECC. @eccnewzealand…
DESIGN:03 Città's designers Imogen Tunnicliffe and Sophie Clapson take inspiration from diverse art genres and disciplines. Their latest work exemplifies a breadth of colour and abstract forms. Inspired by the Colour Field art movement and artists such as Mark Rothko, a new design incorporates broad expanses of saturated colour, lack of subject matter and shapes of similar or divergent tones interacting with one another to celebrate the expressive power of colour. Città's textile designers, Imogen Tunnicliffe and Sophie Clapson, were particularly drawn to Rothko's radical paintings, which show rectangular regions of colour spread out beyond the edges of the canvas and seem to envelop the viewer. Through a journey of sampling and experimenting, “Rothko” was created – the name giving a nod to the famed artist. The collection showcases planes…
DESIGN:05 Simon James has a new home – a spacious, light-filled showroom in the heart of Mount Eden, casting the brand's elegant, contemporary designs in an industrial setting. The new space, originally a mechanic's workshop in the 1970s, has been adapted by architect Keshaw McArthur to suit its new purpose, while maintaining the proportions, geometries and materiality of the building's former life: exposed metal beams and concrete floors are tempered with fabric hanging from the walls and ceilings, to bring calm and scale to the expansive space. “There is a duality at play between the interior and exterior, whereby we looked to explore and blur the threshold between – pulling the interior through to the outside and vice-versa,” says McArthur. “This calm material palette paired with strong yet simplistic geometric…
