DAILY IMPRINT
Architecture, of sorts was in Vince Alafaci’s blood. Both his grandfather and father were builders but he has steered a slightly different course. While studying architecture at university, one of ...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER MELISSA COLLISON
Melissa Collison is not what you would call a regular interior designer. Take her approach to the design of Sake, a Japanese restaurant. She convinced a staff member to get naked, be painted head-t...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER MIRIAM FANNING
It takes a long time to become an overnight success, as one version of this popular saying goes. Meet Miriam Fanning, a living example. She’s been working as an interior designer for more than 20 y...
Read moreIt hasn’t taken Sydney-based architectural firm Those Architects long to start collecting awards. Even though Benjamin Mitchell and Simon Addinall joined forces in 2012 the duo have already won the...
Read moreCHEF + RESTAURATEUR BILL GRANGER
There is a common thread that runs through Bill Granger’s career. The chef and restaurateur is a risk-taker. The first notable instance of it was over 20 years ago when he decided to move to Sydney...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER JUSTINE HUGH-JONES
I first entered the world of Justine Hugh-Jones about four years ago. Her Sydney home was the location for a decorating feature I styled for Real Livingmagazine. It was one of those houses that had...
Read moreDESIGNERS YASMINE GHONIEM + KATY SVALBE
Travel informs the work of up-and-coming design duo Yasmine Ghoniem and Katy Svalbe as much as it does their life. They are sisters - half-sisters, in fact - who formed the firm Amber Road Design i...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER TAMSIN JOHNSON
There is an international flavour to the work of Sydney-based interior designer Tamsin Johnson. Perhaps it relates to her time living and working in London. Or is informed by her regular travels ov...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER STEPHEN ALESCH
After designing film sets for the best part of a decade, Stephen Alesch and his partner in life and work, Robin Standefer, were given an opportunity too good to refuse. The actor and film director ...
Read moreINTERIOR DESIGNER KELLY WEARSTLER
Kelly Wearstlerdoesn't make apologies with interiors. Instead she makes bold and confident statements; and heeds you to take notice. Each space is thoroughly resolved and unique. And while she has ...
Read more