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29Feb/120

Eades & Bergman urban luxurious Australian style

Samantha Eades and Wendy Bergman are in high demand collaborating with multi award winning architectural firms and leading developers across Australasia. With a shared passion for creating efficient, luxurious and individually designed space, their collaborative approach with their clients ensures an end result that enhances the way people live day to day.

Below - The Islington Silos are a unique development of the old James Hood and Co Malt Store and Silos complex that have been transformed by Eades & Bergman and Map Architecture into two luxurious penthouses and apartments. The unique circular shape of the Silos allows for an intriguing interior space. Designed to allow a large amount of natural light and airflow into the space, the Silos interiors reflect the urban industrial surroundings through raw materials and a crisp colour palettes.

The Silo's by Eades & Bergman + Map Architecture

The Silo's by Eades & Bergman+Map Architecture

The Silo's by Eades & Bergman + Map Architecture

Project by Eades & Bergman + Map Architecture

Below various projects by Eades and Bergman

Maxwell house by Eades & Bergman

Richmond residence by Eades & Bergman

Cantebury house by Eades & Bergman

Kew residence by Eades & Bergman

to find out more visit Eades&Bergman

images credited to Eades & Bergman

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29Feb/120

inspired by string art the Stretch Chair by Jessica Carnevale

When I was a little boy I spent hours creating string art and I'm sure I even dreamed that I would one day be a professional string art artist. Well I'm glad to see that designer Jessica Carnevale was able to develop this very idea with her debut solo furniture collection "Stretch Chair". She experimented with a number of different materials and ultimately chose latex, bungee and rope for their bright colors and elasticity. She built a simple chair to better frame the compositions that she created. The result is a collection of three vivid pieces.

Stretch Chair Jessica Carnevale

string art ..... the original

To see more visit Jessica Carnevale

images credited to Jessica Carnevale

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29Feb/120

We’re going to Miami ….. Wanders Style

Mondrian South Beach Hotel designed by Marcel Wanders, is a little bit OTT likened to a fairy-tail involving lots of magic mushrooms. Slip into a world of giant arched hedges, over-sized bell chandeliers, curvacious columns and heavily a detailed lace staircase. The hotel's sunset lounge provides views over Miami's downtown skyline while golden candelabras and onyx jewel-cut stools by Katel are combined with ottomans and antiques creating contrasting visual elements of luxury and opulence.

Mondrian south beach hotel by Marcel Wanders

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26Feb/120

On the door-step of the breathtaking mountains and valleys of Langeberg Mountains in South Africa

This residential dwelling designed by South African studio Gass is situated in Swellendam at the door-step of the breathtaking mountains and valleys of Langeberg Mountains it's a view so magnificent that the locals have named it "Gods Window" and we can see why.

Gass say, "It was because of this exquisite setting that simple forms and materials were chosen for the architecture, in order to facilitate a subtle intervention - to "lie gently" on the landscape. The buildings were constructed using largely local textures and materials reminiscent of its distinctly Southern African origins".

Project by Gass

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images credited to Gass

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26Feb/120

Giant Bronze Babies, women of steel and social climbing brown nosing

David Cerný is a Jewish - Czech sculptor whose works can be seen in many locations in Prague. His works tend to be controversial always pushing the way we think some of his work is quite humorous and beautiful although some have called him a hooligan. I personally would love to see some of his work injected into our cityscape or office foyers.

Bronze Baby Sculpture by David Cerný

Bronze Baby Sculpture by David Cerný... I would love 2 of these for my garden

Brown Nose Sculpture by David Cerný

Sculpture by David Cerný

Steel Woman Sculpture by David Cerný

Sculpture by David Cerný

To see more visit David Cerný

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26Feb/120

Cedar Lake House with parking for 2

Muskoka Lakes Boathouse
If your like me you just can't go past a house by the water especially a house that you can dip your feet over the deck and into the water. This rebuilt boathouse is situated at the end of a narrow bay, the design mediates between extended views out to the wide vista of the distant lake and the immediacy of the enclosed forested shoreline of the bay. This cedar clad house is simple uncomplicated and sits peacefully amongst the tress and the pristine shoreline it occupies.

Project by Christopher Simmonds Architect

The garage

Project by Christopher Simmonds Architect

To see more visit Christopher Simmonds Architects

images credited to Christopher Simmonds Architects

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22Feb/120

Whats new from the talented Ross Gardam?

Product designer Ross Gardam has released two new collections to his already impressive body of work.
The Half Full furniture range for Stylecraft, and Touch glass blown lighting range
Both collections, while following very different investigations, represent the development of beautiful, simple solutions to complex problems.
Half Full is a FSC-certified timber furniture collection featuring seven table options, four benches and a stool. Designed and manufactured in Melbourne, the collection is underpinned by a half turned leg feature, injecting a playful personality and sense of lightness into the solid oak range. Both ranges blur the lines of commercial, hospitality and residential. Below are his new collections with some of my favourites by Melbourne based Gardam.

Half Full by Ross Gardam

Touch glass blown lighting range by Ross Gardam

Perch by by Ross Gardam

Foam light by by Ross Gardam

For stockists visit Ross Gardam

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22Feb/120

Offices with a point of difference from NY city

In a world where office spaces are beginning to look the same as the last one it's refreshing to see at A+i design firm based in New York City there are no templates for one size fits all. They successfully offer up something new with each and every project, this hybrid design firm works across web and architecture creating some sensational workplaces.

Project by A+i New York City

To see more visit A+i

Images credited to A+i New York City

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20Feb/120

the coolest outdoor furniture by Keith Melbourne

How awesome is this furniture range inspired by a love of glassware, Keith Melbourne has created a fun and good looking plastic furniture range for Zenith called the The Glass Collection paying tribute to iconic glass forms.
Comprising of three stools, Latte, Cognac and Crystal, and the Champagne table the collection is locally manufactured in Melbourne, it's UV stable and fully recyclable Polyethylene. Plastic outdoor furniture has definitely come along way.

Plastic glassware by Keith Melbourne for Zenith

For more info visit Zenith Interiors

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20Feb/120

Lithuanian architectural design studio Architecku Biuras defy gravity

Lithuanian Design practice Architecku Biuras have a strong signature inherent in their designs their projects seem to bunker down into the earth or counter-lever above. This forward thinking practice is fast gaining much deserved recognition below are a few of my favorite projects.