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South Yarra Victoria Terrace

Interior Designer Sophie Di Pasquale

Interior designer Sophie Di Pasquale designs her own Victorian terrace in the South Yarra suburb of Melbourne. The classic terrace dates from the 1890s. Di Pasquale been involved in award-winning design projects on Australia's east coast in Sydney and Melbourne during her time with SJB Interior...
Stylist and editor Jackie Astier

Stylist and editor Jackie Astier

Stylist and editor Jackie Astier brings her rock-and-roll spirit and a passion for high style to her family’s Upper East Side apartment “Be audacious, but with taste,” advised legendary French antique dealer and decorator Madeleine Castaing. It didn’t get any bolder than her severe red lipliner...
Louis Ghost Chair by Kartell

Modernism Stands the Test of Time

In a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain, Jenny Brown deliberated on how modernism is still popular after decades. Having persisted for almost two decades, the market appeal of all things modernist shows no signs of abating. According to most historians of interior design, the e...
McBride Charles Ryan Cloud House

Inspiring Australian Architecture

The documentary, Life Architecturally, is a story of inspiring Australian architecture and design. The film follows internationally acclaimed husband and wife team Robert McBride and Debbie Ryan to discover what inspires their innovative concepts. It observes the complex procedures when designin...
Charles Modular Sofa by B&B Italia

'Charles' Modular Sofa by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia

The Charles modular sofa was designed by Antoni Citterio for B&B Italia in 1997 and has since that time become a modern classic. Citterio revisited his design in 2003 and made the Charles deeper to allow you to lay comfortably on the sofa. The sofa has two seat cushions and a series of three...
Cult Classics: The pioneer of Scandinavian design, Alvar Aalto

Cult Classics: The pioneer of Scandinavian design, Alvar Aalto

In the time between the two World Wars, it was the countries of Scandinavia that really began to develop a unique and revolutionary approach to design. Their approach to design was heralded for it's cultivation of a fine balance - between the preservation of craft materials and traditions and s...