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AS I WRITE this, it's late November and everyone, myself included, seems to be in a bit of denial about just how close the end of the year really is. It's that strange few weeks when we start hunkering down with steely determination, knowing that summer is almost upon us — and the out-of-office is beckoning. When it's time to activate that OoO, we're drawn to the coast, the lake, the mountains; to places where we can revel in simplicity and a slower pace of life. We find ourselves at campgrounds, cabins, the bach, the lake house, or the crib. These are places that, however infrequently we inhabit them, provide nourishing experiences and lasting memories. They connect us with the land, and with each other; they're places where we often…
Unveiling Designed to inspire and connect, the recently renovated Plumbline showroom in Newmarket is a place firmly centred on the embodiment of luxury, with the new Falper studio at its heart. The studio reimagines the dream bathroom with Falper's ‘Living Bathroom’ philosophy — a concept that is expressed using the language of the living area — and showcases a series of sophisticated finishes that pay homage to the Italian brand's distinctive sculptural pieces and authenticity of material. We're impressed. @plumblinenz Take flight Entries are open for World of WearableArt 2025, with designers and creators invited to unleash their imaginations without the bounds of commercial constraint across categories as diverse as Neon, Air, and Myths & Legends. “There truly is no other stage like WOW — it's a living gallery ……
THE LARGELY SELF-TAUGHT artist found himself enthralled with art from a young age. In his last year of high school, Josh was undecided about the subjects he wanted to pursue and, on a whim, enrolled in painting. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision that led him to delve into exploring a methodical — and unusual — approach that has defined him as a pre-eminent contemporary New Zealand artist. Josh is often drawn to the symmetry of flowers, his work bridging the divide between realism and abstraction. Using traditional oil painting techniques that hark back centuries, combined with the precision of a palette knife technique he developed himself, and utilising acrylic polymer modelling paste, his works are layered — rising from the canvas in three dimensions yet retaining the essence of two-dimensional…
THE HOUSE, LOCATED on the estuary in Christchurch, was designed by Matt Wilkie of W2 Architects, who came across Nightworks Studio after a piece of theirs was used in another project. “I loved the fact that they are locals making beautiful pieces here in Christchurch. I took the team and we went down and had a look at their work and got quite excited about the possibilities. “We were looking for something to fill the whole space; we wanted to be able to customise something specifically for it. It was a great process and the result is absolutely stunning. The house is in neutral tones as the owners have a wonderful art collection. The pendant sits against the blackened steel stair so we worked with Nightworks to create a specific…
WIN Ti Kouka Tree of Life Circle 2024 by Michael Moore, valued at $6000! To enter: visit us online at homemagazine.nz or on Instagram @homemagazine.nz “THE FIRST FOUR years of my life were spent at Te Wharau, in a little valley east of Masterton surrounded by hills. I still have a conscious memory of those first years, and they continue to inform my perception,” Michael tells us. Ti kōuka, the cabbage tree, has been a long-standing focus of his art. “In the Wairarapa, they're everywhere. I feel there is nothing more nostalgic or ‘New Zealand’ than the cabbage tree.” One particular cabbage tree, in the flood-plain just outside of Greymouth, first caught Michael's attention nearly a quarter of a century ago. “I was introduced to it by botanist Philip Simpson,…
DESIGNER BEC SNELLING captures something intrinsically graceful in her new offering, named The Hour Collection. It encapsulates memories of Bec's rural childhood in Northland, where she grew up watching her grandfather, a farmer and wood-turner with a fondness for kauri, at work; and, more recently, of the misty morning walks and liminal dusk of a forest-covered maunga near her current home. In these quiet times spent outdoors, Bec considered the life cycle of each tree and how it influences the patterns and colours of the timber, recalling stories of her youth such as “When the moon shines on the fern, use it to guide you home” — an aphorism from her father. “I admire the harmonious symmetry of the fern; it reminds me of the golden ratio used by architects…
