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There’s more to see than at first meets the eye when coloured concrete responds to natural dynamics. In association with Peter Fell. An architecture…
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…
Turn your windows into a design-led opportunity for shadow play. In association with Luxaflex. The Japanese are masters of curating light. They see it…
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…
Solar shades and driftwood hues. The future looks bright, cued by a sanctuary of protest. In association with Kowtow. Kowtow’s spring/summer Prospect Sky collection…
This talented couple poured their creativity and craftsmanship into every element of this long-running renovation — but the finish line may finally be in…
Sculptural to look at and a joy to use, this multi tap brings confident kitchen design home. In association with Plumbline. Plumbline’s Oli…
This extract from The Unmaking Of, a publication to mark Kowtow’s 20th anniversary, is written by an award-winning climate journalist, and presents a clear-eyed…
Sarah Sherman Samuel sees home as a living autobiography, where art, architecture and memories meet. The celebrated designer shares the process behind the Showhouse…
We’re celebrating 20 years of Twenty Seven Names, a brand launched by old school-friends Rachel Easting and Anjali Burnett, initially in a uni flat…
A newly opened 44-room boutique hotel in Copenhagen’s Indre By, Henrik’s Hotel marks the third generation of the Hildebrandt family’s return to the building…
Born in Japan, raised in Aotearoa and based in Italy, designer Keiji Takeuchi talks about walking sticks, and a world without borders. “The studio…
Dial up the lustre levels using Resene paints with a bit more bounce back, for spaces with commanding presence. In association with Resene. Low…
White linen tablecloths may be classic but block-printed ones are having a moment. The Harlequin design by California-based Studio Ford takes inspiration from early…
HOMES
The peacefulness of an alpine backdrop is magnified by a palette that embraces soft, natural tones and textures — and spaces that invite contemplation …
Using colour inside and out has proved a treasure found for the owners of this renovated and extended 1930s home, where art and collections …
A new home in Tāhuna/Queenstown where the sky gets in before the mountains do. Snow falls in the courtyard at the centre of this …
This Wellington townhouse renovation proves what colour, warmth and genuine creative trust can do when a couple decide to go all in. Deep green …
It may have taken a little while but, several homes later, the owners of this countryside property south of Auckland have reached the peak …
This Wairarapa home was built to hold a slow-growing collection of art, memories and family moments. There’s a particular kind of confidence in leaving …
STYLE
Solar shades and driftwood hues. The future looks bright, cued by a sanctuary of protest. In association with Kowtow. Kowtow’s spring/summer Prospect Sky collection is rooted in a garden — not just any garden but British gay-rights campaigner, artist, film-maker Derek Jarman’s defiant, otherworldly shingle-desert garden in Kent, England, where the only boundary was the horizon. Made from 100 per cent Fairtrade organic cotton, the inspiration ties into rugged, resourceful beauty and circularity, too. ‘Unmaking’ the cotton into biochar, and returning this moisture-retaining substance to the earth, closes the loop, feeding the soil that sustains us. Tab trouser, $289;
This extract from The Unmaking Of, a publication to mark Kowtow’s 20th anniversary, is written by an award-winning climate journalist, and presents a clear-eyed view of the ugly side of fast fashion. In association with Kowtow. Walking down Jamestown beach in Accra, Ghana, the sand is studded with what might appear to be brightly coloured, patterned rocks. Get a little closer, though, and they seem to warp before your eyes. One sprouts a sleeve; another, a waistband. These are not rocks, you realise. They’re clothes. These clothes have made an arduous journey to end up here: produced by a
Sarah Sherman Samuel sees home as a living autobiography, where art, architecture and memories meet. The celebrated designer shares the process behind the Showhouse — her own new-build in the Michigan woodlands. “What set this project apart was the lack of typical restraints that all designers navigate. Usually, projects come with many predetermined factors, chief among them the existing architecture, including the general style, the façade, the foundation, the rooflines, the floor plan, the plumbing locations, window details and so on. Projects also typically have pretty rigidly defined client-based guardrails we need to work around: the client’s budget and
PEOPLE
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:
Born in Japan, raised in Aotearoa and based in Italy, designer Keiji Takeuchi talks about walking sticks, and a world without borders. “The studio consists of a small group of international talent from diverse cultural backgrounds set up over two floors — one for desk work and meetings, the other for workshops and hands-on model making. Growing up in New Zealand led me to think more broadly about how to get the most out of what’s available; studying design allowed me to fully utilise material properties, rather than relying on unquestioned mechanical solutions. I’m interested in finding dialogues between
Raised among furniture with stories, Awayday founder Gloria Griffen has built a business around the thrill of the good find and the lasting value of pieces with a past. When did you decide to make a business out of pre-loved? When I started Awayday, it was a creative project as much as anything — a way to keep expressing my passions while also navigating being a new mother. Matrescence shifted everything for me, and Awayday grew out of that season. I wanted to apply my skills and style of sourcing to a business that gave me the freedom to
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