Innehållsförteckning för Issue 76 September 2021 från Artichoke

This special issue celebrates the projects recognized in this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards, a partnership event of Artichoke and the Design Institute of Australia. In this its eighteenth year, the awards received 586 entries from across Australia and beyond – from the tree-lined streets of Melbourne to the mountain ranges of Japan. It goes to show just how far Australian design is stretching. There is also an enormous diversity in scale and budget across this year’s shortlisted projects, and it is wonderful to see the promising and robust state of our community – and in particular, the industry’s buoyancy in a challenging past 18 months. This year’s Premier Award for Australian Interior Design goes to The Bleeding Tree, Liminal Spaces’ simple yet powerful set design for an Australian play…

Accolade pavers from Brickworks The Accolade Paver by Urbanstone is an aesthetically unmatched paver with exceptional form and function. Specially crafted for outdoor spaces, the small-format paver is stylish, timeless and has a firm architectural gravitas. Accolade pavers are meticulously crafted and considered; cast from sand, stone and cement, they are resistant to the natural wear and tear associated with high-use areas. The Accolade Paver comes in five different nature-inspired colourways, including soft, shell-like whites, muted ochres and cool blue-greys. Brickworks — brickworks.com.au Art from The Wrong Shop Geometric in form and striking in nature, The Wrong Shop collection brings creative gravitas into every home. Drawing on founder Sebastian Wrong’s fine art background, The Wrong Shop provides unique and accessible artwork by some of the worlds most respected contemporary designers…

Award Emerging Interior Design Practice Design statement — Eastop Architects was established in 2017 during the early stages of its first project, Rose Street. The studio operated from a front bedroom for just over a year. As a studio, it took any project it could get, with an aim of building a folio as quickly as possible, to learn and test ideas. Liam Eastop (principal) taught at both Monash and Melbourne universities for the first few years and continues to mentor in design. All of Eastop Architects’ work has come from referrals from clients and other contractors working within the industry – no family work. The practice is currently at job number 32, of which some have been built, some are still on the drawing board and some are unbuilt.…

The Again collection from James Richardson Furniture The Again collection by TON masters the timeless appeal and simple functionality of the generous bent form. Inspired by the shape of a tennis racket, the chair and barstool are crafted with a lavish arch of solid beech wood. Available with or without upholstery and arms, the chair can be ordered in 29 playful finishes and stacked for easy storage and efficient use of space. This is a collection worth returning to again and again. James Richardson Furniture — jrf.com.au Portsea side table from Daniel Boddam The Portsea Side Table celebrates elemental forms and quality craftmanship and is a reimagining of the Malibu Side Table in natural stone. This gives a tactile dimension to the table’s circular and triangulated forms, with its fine…

Award Public Design Designer Cox Architecture, Neeson Murcutt & Neille Design statement — Project Discover’s interior design aspires to create a singular civic space that gives a “heart” to the Australian Museum. The brief required a 1500-square-metre gallery for “blockbuster” touring exhibitions, enhanced patron facilities, and new spaces for members and education. The design reveals and celebrates the museum’s rich historic layering by foregrounding authentic heritage through specific strategic removal; creates legibility of movement and wayfinding – both horizontal and vertical – throughout the museum’s existing complexity; enables universal public access throughout, including to the oldest parts of the museum; draws on the palette of existing materials – stone, timber, terrazzo – while introducing as few new materials as possible; explicitly relies on recycled and locally sourced materials; prioritizes selection…

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Next Hotel by Woods Bagot Located in Melbourne’s CBD, the Next Hotel is the latest flagship project for the global chain and a central part in Woods Bagot’s 80 Collins complex. Woods Bagot’s brief was to position and define the Next Hotel brand within this new precinct. The site’s location – close to Chinatown and within Melbourne’s designer fashion district – was a rich contextual source for the design team. Stories of the earliest occupants of Chinatown as the original “business traveller” were woven into the design via references to their trades. The result is a sophisticated sanctuary for travellers that also immerses them in Melbourne’s local culture. With an entrance on Little Collins Street, the 255-room hotel features multiple food and beverage offerings – including an anchor restaurant, a…

Award Workplace Design Designer Smart Design Studio Design statement — This readapted industrial building houses a purpose-designed studio for multidisciplinary design practice Smart Design Studio. A mezzanine with four meeting rooms overlooks the light-filled space through the existing slender steel trusses. A dramatic caretaker’s apartment on the top floor runs the length of the building. The interior celebrates the joy of the architectural process and making, and it reflects Smart Design Studio’s design and work processes. Four 14-metre-long freestanding joinery units create a square “room” with five long desks within. These joinery units serve as large “picture frames” for pinned-up design sketches and documentation drawings. Ten large display cases at the end of each workspace bring order and rhythm to the space. Behind the freestanding joinery units are ancillary spaces,…

Award Residential Design Designer Architects EAT Design statement — A single row of mature poplar trees along the unsealed road cast morning shadows onto the white concrete masonry blocks, animating the long, articulated facade. The articulations, through the masonry and concrete detailing, together with the frustum roofs and layering of spaces, evoke street engagements and curiosities. These pose a polemic to the long facade, which is essentially a defence mechanism to provide and suggest domestic privacy. The formal entry sequence starts from the pedestrian gate on the main street: the dusty pink brick pavers provide a conduit between the native garden and the build structure. Through the gap between the long facade and the garage, an outdoor shower is provided for washing down the wet gear from the sea, before…

Award Residential Decoration Designer Flack Studio Design statement — Middle Park is an Edwardian, two-storey family home designed as a “forever home” – a place dedicated to family, cooking and entertaining. Through referral and the clients’ previous experience with a Flack Studio home, a true collaborative relationship was formed. The clients wanted a space that felt timeless; they didn’t want the space to feel “new.” They wanted a space of warmth and family history that also delivered on function. The designers responded by creating an environment of collaboration with the clients. The floorplan was altered to allow for a powder room, while focusing on the spatial planning to ensure that the home functions for two adults and two teenagers. It even allows for the teenagers’ partners to one day call…

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