Innholdsfortegnelse for May/June 2021 i Vogue Living

Joseph Gardner STYLIST A trained interior designer, Joseph Gardner has worked in magazine publishing for almost a decade. As style editor for Vogue Living, he has spent the last five years creating some of the magazine’s most stunning imagery and has only recently spread his wings to move into an editor-at-large role. For this issue, Gardner collaborated with photographer Saskia Wilson on ‘Land of Many Talents’ (page 29). “The highlight of the shoot was teaming up with Saskia to capture the work of some of Australia’s best designers while the sun rose over the ocean. It was a perfect Sydney morning.” @joseph_gardner Chris Court PHOTOGRAPHER The natural environment is a primary source of inspiration for award-winning Sydney-based photographer Chris Court. “Nothing beats the Australian landscape for both subtlety and harshness…

This edition of Vogue Living that you’re holding is one I am extremely proud of — an issue purely dedicated to Australian design and the creatives that shape it. Now more than ever, Australians have a greater appreciation for this incredible country we live in, and so this special production shines a spotlight on the diverse talent and spectacular homes that we have right here on our own shores. I’m also excited to introduce our inaugural VL50 — a list compiled by myself and the VL team recognising the top interior designers, architects, makers and artists across our remarkable design landscape (page 47). The line-up is a mix of emerging creatives and industry heavyweights — and the one common tie binding them together is that they are all capturing our…

BLAINEY NORTH, SYDNEY CLIENTS: Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, James Packer, Alice Temperley, the Pratt family and the Stokes family. CURRENTLY WORKING ON: The world’s tallest residential tower on Central Park; a number of grand homes in Sydney, Melbourne, New York and London; and superyachts. “We are also working on a secret new arm of the business, which is keeping me working through the night,” says the managing director. ETHOS: “We treat every project like a couture garment with a rigour and repetition in detail that challenges our clients’ ideas of what is possible.” ARENT&PYKE, SYDNEY BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT: “Things started to take off when we joined forces in 2007,” says director Juliette Arent Squadrito of linking up with fellow director Sarah-Jane Pyke. “A key project for us was The Avenue, which…

ELLIAT RICH, DARWIN (A) CLIENTS: SheBuilt with Agius Scorpo Architects, DesignByThem, Professor Joel Pearson, Future Minds Lab, UAP (Urban Art Projects), Indigenous Art Code. CURRENTLY WORKING ON: Design objects for The Things We Made Next for NGV’s Melbourne Design Week. “It’s a part of a collaborative practice based on collectively imagining multiple futures and expressing them through multiple means,” says Rich. ETHOS: “My designs are like periscopes peering around the edges of modernity to get a better look at our almost impossible, awe-inspiring planet.” DANIEL BODDAM, SYDNEY (B) CLIENTS: Residential architecture; “an extension to the architecture arm of the studio are our furniture collections,” adds the architect and furniture designer. CURRENTLY WORKING ON: A few furniture pieces, “and continuing to experiment with quality Australian materials, colours and textures inspired by…

“We wanted to introduce a sense of honesty but also unexpected moments as well”kelvin ho In the southern Sydney beachside home of construction entrepreneur Troy Mayne, his Spanish-born wife Laura and their children Arianna, Mirella and Baylen, there’s subtle surprises around almost every curve. From the breezy sea-green stone and patinated brass kitchen where a generously stocked bar, softly illuminated like something out of a James Bond film, conceals behind custom walnut joinery to the upper storeys of the five-bedroom home with four bathrooms — each one hewn from a different shade of exquisite marble — the mood is one of a relaxed yet highly refined temple of contemporary interior delights. The expansive sandstone, concrete and timber residence, located on the site of a former 1930s holiday cottage, is the…

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Exquisitely cut and meticulously polished, Crown Sydney rises from Barangaroo like an iridescent gem. Its carapace of 8000 glass panels reflects the painterly light of the adjacent harbour, while its sinuous silhouette forms an intriguing counterpoint to the predominantly square-shaped skyline. Roaming the billion-dollar development on a recent visit, I was struck by the elaborate interiors, too, from the whopping crystal chandelier in the lobby to the lavishly decorated hotel rooms to the public spaces arrayed in exotic marble and adorned with original artworks. The glitz never quits. Crown Sydney, you see, is emblematic of a new breed of over-the-top hotels offering six-star amenities. Since opening last December, the venue has become an instant hotspot. Barflys, food lovers, urban professionals, rubberneckers and staycationing Sydneysiders have all embraced it with gusto.…

Nature is, of course, an endless source of inspiration but for pioneering floorcoverings company Armadillo, it has also governed every facet of its business, from the use of natural materials and ethical practices to valuing artisanal craftsmanship. Such materials and traditions also drive visionary design studio House of Grey’s holistic approach to creating personal spaces that soothe and calm those lucky enough to inhabit them. With both intrinsically tied to the whims and wonders of the earth, it seems only natural that the two work together on a collection of rugs that further cement the companies’ belief in the nurturing, restorative power of homes. The Ellipse range elevates the tactile materiality of jute, pure silk and New Zealand wool in organic, curved and fringed forms, providing soft landing underfoot. It’s…

ALICIA HOLGAR, BRISBANE BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT: The Avian Apartment. “I had a wonderful client who allowed creative freedom within the parameters of brief, budget and time, which made it a joy to work on and resulted in the project being awarded, and published nationally and internationally,” says the interior designer. CLIENTS: “I recently worked for Architectus within its interior architecture team, and am now running a suite of residential projects for private clients.” CURRENTLY WORKING ON: An extensive refurbishment to transition two apartments into one residence in Brisbane. ETHOS: “My philosophy is to collaborate with my clients to achieve an outcome that is receptive to people, place, community and environment. As such, my design aesthetic is grounded by the essence of warm minimalism and organic modernism.” ESOTERIKO, SYDNEY BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT: Shelter…

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Making up this elite group of creatives are the names the Australian design world is talking about right now. Some are emerging studios, still young in their careers and forging a path as the country’s NEXT BIG THINGS, while others have more than earned their place as ICONS OF THE INDUSTRY. Between them, these interior designers, architects, product designers and artists have overseen some of the nation's most innovative and exciting projects, spanning residential, retail, hospitality and more. Needless to say, whittling down this list to just 50 names was no easy task. The sheer number of EXCEPTIONAL AUSTRALIAN DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS AND ARTISTS could easily fill a whole magazine. But as problems go, it’s a very good one to have. It is a testament to just how much fantastic talent…

The international star SEAN GODSELL ARCHITECTS, MELBOURNE BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT: Peninsula House, which received a number of overseas awards including the AR Emerging Architecture Award. CURRENTLY WORKING ON: Shack in the Rocks, a two-room weekender in country Victoria for the photographer Earl Carter and his partner Wanda Tucker. ETHOS: “Making architecture requires an enormous amount of self-confidence mixed with an equal dose of sheer terror,” says the founding architect. The visionary eye SMART DESIGN STUDIO, SYDNEY BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT: “Indigo Slam, the residence of Judith Neilson, was a turning point,” says founder and creative director William Smart. CURRENTLY WORKING ON: Dion Lee’s New York store, and a furniture range. ETHOS: “I like to sculpt interior space using a combination of strong geometric, textured materials and light. This approach, where we design from…

Mum was a really great interior designer. After my parents were divorced she began to buy houses — mostly in absolutely dilapidated states — and renovate them. Every year during my childhood, I think from the age of about nine or 10, we lived in a different house. Sooner or later I started helping her and I could see the results of what she was doing. She was remarkable in making the interiors of a cluttered house very simple and beautiful. She’d always get top dollar when it came to time to sell the house because of the way she decorated — she was really, really good at it. And that’s how we got into furniture because we used to do a lot of things ourselves and one day she…

Heritage-listed homes are a bit like movie stars. They are culturally significant and full of spellbinding stories, but they also share the pressure of keeping up appearances, which means that face lifts can be precarious endeavours. Such was the challenge James and Rachel Cooper found themselves faced with when they purchased Allala, one of Sydney’s few Georgian Revival-style homes, in 2019. The handsome home’s ensuite, downstairs powder room and study all contained heritage features that couldn’t be tampered with. But rather than viewing this as an inconvenience, the team behind the project turned it into an opportunity. “Instead of working against it we decided to embrace it, and make things even more fabulous and eccentric,” says interior designer Blainey North. “We wanted it to feel like this traditional, grand home…

The architect and interior stylist behind this Lavender Bay home couldn’t be more aesthetically disparate if they tried. Where Neil Durbach of Sydney’s Durbach Block Jaggers Architects is known for dreaming up sparse yet sculptural forms, interior stylist, author and product designer Sibella Court — who also runs design emporium The Society Inc. — is a maximalist in every sense of the word. “Everyone thought we were quite an unusual partnership,” says Court of their pairing. “It’s been really rewarding,” adds Durbach. “The mixture of the minimalism and the maximalism has sort of allowed this third aesthetic to develop. I think we’ve achieved together what neither of us could’ve done individually.” It was the owner who thought to pair the two together. “She’s really interested in people, and I think…

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