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...

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...

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...

When many people think of copper, pennies, pipes or kitchen condiment jars usually come to mind. However, copper is becoming increasingly popular in the world of Interior Design and Architecture because of its warmth and lustre. It is very easily incorporated into spaces of all aesthetics includi...

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...

The title of this post forms the recently announced theme for this year's Australian International Design Awards which begin next month at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum. The theme is based on the premise that we are now living in a world where change is so rapid that our notions of ‘normal’ are ...