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They work as if by magic, but it’s scientific wizardry that’s behind these Haze pendants from Ōtautahi studio Nightworks. The rippled extruded-glass format throws…
Blum’s revamped showroom takes their kitchen hardware into the living room, bedroom and bathroom, down to a drawer built into a sofa arm. In…
Brass won’t hold still, so Powersurge and Aalto Paint watched samples shift with the light and mixed Braze and Hearth for the workshop walls….
Every painting Jade Townsend has made since her son was born has him somewhere in it, as a shell, a feather, a bird, the…
Makers of Architecture built this Mangakuri home as panels and volumes in their own workshop, to rest on timber piles set while it was…
Ted Nightingale mixed the first batches in 1946, and three generations on, the family is still deciding what we paint our houses. In association…
The stream-of-consciousness thoughts and sketches that form the basis of the Ritual Chair provide an insight into its conceptual naissance. Designer Michael Gilling was…
Lela Jacobs of The Keep asked 60 makers around the country each for a collar, then hung the lot on twine for a single…
Head designer Hannah Middleton gave the rugs varying pile heights and hand-stitched detail, and the bolster cushions saturated butterscotch and earthy oxblood. In association…
Jessie Wong and co-curator Emma Ng put out the word, and most of those invited made something new for it, across ceramics, weaving, woodwork,…
The fifth in our series with Aalto Paint works out from clay-brick Court Shoe, then breaks the warmth with a mint called Fiction. In…
Programme co-director Emma Bugden on why the carving school, the bagel shop and the modernist war memorial all count as Whanganui’s design culture. What’s…
It’s not often I walk out my own front door to an interview. This issue it happened twice. Both new builds in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, by…
Sara Santoro works from a garden studio in Ahuriri/Napier, where she dyes and weaves textiles, ever with a sense of discovery. You came to…
How a lounge chair takes shape, slowly, between Note Design Studio in Stockholm and Resident in Aotearoa. From the street, the Avant lounge chair…
Based in Montréal, Canada, the Lambert & Fils atelier explores “the shape of light”, teaming hands-on craftedness with new technologies. The Ipoli 07 floor…
HOMES
Set within pioneering territory, this modestly sized Glenorchy retreat has its foundations in kinship grounded in the past, celebrated in the present and steering …
A new Taranaki home for an owner whose brief was two phrases, and whose method was to trust the people he chose. Step in …
This light-touch renovation to a heritage-inspired alpine home gives it a calm, grounded feel. When you fall in love with a heavenly property but …
The Copenhagen home of American designer Cassandra Bradfield, where nearly everything was made by her Studio or someone she knows. Enter Cassandra Bradfield’s apartment …
This talented couple poured their creativity and craftsmanship into every element of this long-running renovation — but the finish line may finally be in …
The peacefulness of an alpine backdrop is magnified by a palette that embraces soft, natural tones and textures — and spaces that invite contemplation …
STYLE
They work as if by magic, but it’s scientific wizardry that’s behind these Haze pendants from Ōtautahi studio Nightworks. The rippled extruded-glass format throws layered, fragmented silhouettes into the space. Minimal in detail, with a flush ceiling canopy, the pendants come in three stacked, slightly offset configurations: single, double and triple. Make a solo statement or group them for a spectacular show. nightworksstudio.com Words Claire McCall
Brass won’t hold still, so Powersurge and Aalto Paint watched samples shift with the light and mixed Braze and Hearth for the workshop walls. In association with Powersurge. Brass won’t hold still. Left to itself, it darkens, warms and takes on the mood of the light it stands in, which makes it a moving target when choosing a paint to sit beside it. In need of a workshop refresh, Powersurge turned to Aalto Paint, and the two Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland studios gave it hours: samples out on the bench, watching the metal shift as the sun crossed the room. Aalto
Ted Nightingale mixed the first batches in 1946, and three generations on, the family is still deciding what we paint our houses. In association with Resene. After poring over decades’ worth of newsletters that document Resene’s long backstory, we were struck, mostly, by the sense of celebration, collaboration and can-do spirit held in their concise pages. The gritty garage-born start-up founded by Eastbourne builder Ted Nightingale in 1946 has become undeniably interwoven with Aotearoa design and culture. You name it, and they’ve brushed paths: Resene’s been involved with landmarks as iconic as the Beehive and Sky Tower, to refurbishments
PEOPLE
Every painting Jade Townsend has made since her son was born has him somewhere in it, as a shell, a feather, a bird, the reflection of the moon. Hung on the wall, propped along the bookshelf, leaning against the backs of chairs, paintings consume the dining room, inky blues bleeding into lilac. Up close the detail arrives, ink laid across the linen with the finest brushes belonging to Jade Townsend (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi). Closer again and her son Hayes-Ānaru appears among the fields of colour. He’s been in every painting his mother has made since he was
Sara Santoro works from a garden studio in Ahuriri/Napier, where she dyes and weaves textiles, ever with a sense of discovery. You came to weaving via landscape design. How did you learn the art? I started experimenting with natural dyes when I felt a strong urge to get back to doing something creative with my hands. Having sewn on and off for many years, I began dyeing linen and cotton cloth. I’m self-taught, spending many hours researching natural dye processes and makers online, and became drawn to contemporary textile artists who were creating amazing work with naturally dyed yarn.
The Copenhagen home of American designer Cassandra Bradfield, where nearly everything was made by her Studio or someone she knows. Enter Cassandra Bradfield’s apartment and one of the first things you notice is the sculptural pendant slung low over the dining table, an undulating form drawn for Soho House Stockholm and now lighting a home rather than a members’ club. It’s a design by Asca, the studio Cassandra co-founded with Sofia Olsson. A cat named Mousse is tiptoeing across the banquette below. Almost everything else in view is the studio’s, or the work of a maker she can name:
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