The premier professional journal for today's interior architects and designers in Australia, presenting the latest in cutting-edge interior projects and insightful discussions addressing the industry's most relevant topics to date. For the sophisticated and innovative designer, (inside) chronicles the ongoing conversation of design, both globally and locally, and the creative prowess that drives it forward. Our continued support of the Australian design industry through IDEA (Interior Design Excellence Awards) and its annual programme nurtures both young and established designers, boasting their work locally and overseas.
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Colour Chameleon • Fresh from her solo exhibition at Melbourne Design Week, set and interior designer Danielle Brustman has always been drawn to colour and how it can manipulate our mood.
Top gun • The photographer to some of the biggest stars of Australian architecture and interior design, Anson Smart very rarely finds himself in front of the camera, but when he does, he captivates with his story of boy pilot turned shutterbug.
DESIGNING NOT FOR DESIGN’S SAKE • Within the grey walls of their Fitzroy Studio, Edition Office’s Kim Bridgland and Aaron Roberts craft buildings that move beyond beauty to become considered explorations of our relationship to place and context.
Adele McNab • PRINCIPAL AT ADELE MCNAB ARCHITECTS AND 2019 IDEA EMERGING DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Meet the model maker • It’s a dying art, but one that John Sargood preserves in a workshop cluttered with perfectly detailed miniatures of Woods Bagot’s buildings destined to grace skylines the world over.
PEAK DESIGN • With its striking contextual exterior, RaeRae house brings a hint of the German Alps to Melbourne inner city living, combining two Victorian-era terraces into one cleverly designed family home.
The very peak of flexibility and fluidity • The Lapalma range has the natural world at its core and the ability to suit myriad applications.
An intuitive sofa solution • King Living’s new Bellaire sofa lands in stores, with a design that celebrates craftsmanship and timelessness.
A LITTLE PLACE BY THE SEA • With Point Lonsdale house, Edition Office stays true to its path-breaking form, reimagining the beachside shack as a puzzle of moving parts that transforms spaces from cavernous to intimate in an instant.
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL • Timeless antiques nestle against layered patterns inside this Northgate cottage, recently transformed by Brisbane-based interior designer Anna Spiro.
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Bathed In Old World Glamour • There is something iconic about the Bathers’ Pavilion that is far more than bricks and mortar or location, which is, by the way, totally sublime.
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AT HOME IN THE GARDEN • Beautifully restored by Bence Mulcahy, this highly crafted Federation Italianate home in the foothills of Tasmania’s Mount Wellington responds to the client’s desire to live engulfed by the garden in spectacular fashion.
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Retrospective a bright spark • inside heads back into the Tasmanian wilderness to explore how one of Australia’s most striking examples of Indigenous architecture has adapted to its surroundings and the community that cares for it.
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PARADISE ON THE ROCKS • Employing the medium of landscape as the means to define a string of functional and poetic family-orientated spaces, Whynot Street pool and carport is so much more than what it says on the tin.
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DESIGNING WOMEN • Women in design aren’t new or...
