Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2023 - January 2024 i Belle

belle EDITORIAL Editor-in-chief Tanya Buchanan Creative director Shayne Burton Managing editor Matilda Ringrose Senior copy editor Janice Hogg Chief copy editor, Homes Peter Griffiths Art director, Homes Marissa Foye Junior designer, Homes Saffron Sylvester Art production Matus Kundrat Stylist, Homes Sophie Wilson Editorial coordinator, Homes Anna Campbell Contributing editors Steve Cordony (Style director-at-large), Karen McCartney (Architecture), David Meagher (Luxe Files) Judy Pascoe (Library), Carli Philips (Melbourne), Harry Roberts (Art), Jean Wright (Design) EDITORIAL OFFICE GPO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 1028 Tel (02) 9282 8456, email: belle@aremedia.com.au CONTRIBUTORS Sharyn Cairns, Emil Cohen, Georgina Egan, Tom Ferguson, Maree Homer, Stephanie Hope, Alana Landsberry, Esteban La Tessa, Rhiannon Lidbury, Tim O’Connor, Chloë Paul, Chris Pearson, Prue Ruscoe, Anson Smart, Kristina Soljo ADVERTISING Commercial manager, Homes Rhyl Heavener Brand executive Claire Ellis,…

DUAL EXPRESSIONS At Shoreditch Design District, Soma: Design Abstraction from within the Cell (above) by scientist and artist Abid Javed showed how his research subject – molecular biology – creates abstract forms termed ‘molecular objects,’ through sculpted clay bodies. abidjaved.com. The Sons of Beasley – Carl Clerkin and Alex Hellum – used the ground floor of retailer SCP as a workshop, hand-making chairs (left) with offcuts donated by local cabinet maker Plykea. scp.co.uk PATRICIA URQUOLIA AND PATRIZIA MOROSO SPOKE WITH DEZEEN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR MAX FRASER AT MOROSO’S LONDON SHOWROOM ON THE SUBJECT OF THE FEMALE DYNAMIC, CREATIVITY AND INTERSECTION OF ART AND DESIGN. MOROSO’S MOST RECENT CREATIONS WERE ON SHOW INCLUDING THE ‘LOVESEAT’ – AN EVOLUTION OF A PREVIOUS DESIGN THROUGH THE LENS OF SUSTAINABILITY. MOROSO.IT As part of Brompton…

INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS WINNER Best Residential Bathroom Design GLOSS HOUSE A LOOK TH ROUGH Studio Doherty’s body of work to date and their talent for applying bursts of bright colour tastefully and with longevity in mind quickly becomes apparent. Here, resplendent in apple green, the ensuite for which they took home the prize for Best Bathroom is a shining example. Tasked with capturing their clients’ love of mid-century design, interior designers Mardi Doherty and Phoebe Lipscombe exhibited their ability to deftly blend charm, craftsmanship, playfulness, and timeless design into a single project. “The ensuite, a serene retreat, is adorned with floor-to-ceiling applegreen mosaic tiles and monolithic steps that lead to a large bathtub,” say the designers. Further referencing the clients’ fondness for modernist design, “the large circular pivot window, steel…

NO ST RANGE RS TO THE WINNE RS’ PODIUM in varying categories for these awards over the years, Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent&Pyke are also former Interior Designers of the Year. In this award season, they won Best Commercial Interior for their glamorous imagining of a new studio for premier Sydney hair salon Koda Cutters. From their minimalist but luxe flagship in Bondi Beach, the Koda team turned their vision towards a CBD presence, in the iconic heritage Queen Victoria building. Tasked by Koda owner Diane Gorgievski to “consider the client’s journey in minute detail to enhance their experience”, Arent&Pyke’s response incorporates myriad shades and glossy tints plus layered volume, mixing burl timbers with contemporary hybrid materials including terrazzo, Marblo and high-gloss polyurethane. Say the designers. “Our clients…

IT’S CHALLENGING TO THINK of a designer who is alive today who has spanned as many decades in business and had anything like the colossal effect Ralph Lauren has had on what we wear, how we decorate and how we live. While his fashion lines started earlier, the launch of Ralph Lauren Home in 1983 was a game-changer for dedicated followers wholeheartedly taking a brand into their lives – from what was on their bodies to the linen on their beds. In the fabulous and comprehensive new anthology of his homewares and houses, Ralph Lauren’s A Way of Living: Home, Design, Inspiration, the imagery, some shot 40 years ago, looks as fresh as the day the photographer captured it. Ralph Lauren’s ethos has always been about living the best life…

AFTER PIONEE RING ORGANIC and spiritual beauty and healing treatments and techniques for 30 years on one of Sydney’s busiest boutique shopping streets, beauty and wellness guru Jeannie Bourke has unveiled a new monastic and quietly luxurious temple of fabulousness and positive energy. Jeannie’s devotees have been flocking to her Paddington wellness emporium, Venustus, since 1991 and have been rewarded with an indulgent new space. Dedicated staff Fleur and Haruko have been collaborating with Jeannie for over 20 years, welcoming Isobel to the team three years ago. Incredible attention to detail and the intuitive and skillful delivery of a menu of longstanding and fresh wellness treatments is their mantra. This enduring and winning formula means loyal clients keep pressing the repeat button on experiences such as the muscle-melting Exhale back…

1 ‘Cactus’ ceramic vase by Paola Paronetto, from $1250, from Fanuli. 2 ‘Cosmograph Daytona’ watch in Platinum, POA, from Rolex. 3 Eloa ‘Haumea Amorph’ pendant light in Silver Smoke, $3734, from 1stDibs. 4 ‘La Banane Bambinou’ bum bag in Brown, $1405, from Jacquemus. 5 Jacques Marie Mage + The Velvet Underground ‘Vasco’ square-frame silver-tone sunglasses, $1310, from Mr Porter. 6 Jacquemus Spring 2023. 7 Riva 1920 ‘Curve’ bench by Brodie Neill, from $5850, from Fanuli. 8 Ormaie Paris ‘Le Passant’ EDP, $429/100ml, from Libertine Parfumerie. 9 ‘Intrecciato’ business card case in Fennel, $720, from Bottega Veneta. 10 Nikon ‘Z fc’ mirrorless camera in Black, $2049, from Harvey Norman. 11 Designs for Leisure swivel bar stool in Chrome Steel, $24,080/set of three, from 1stDibs. 12 ‘Le Marais’ rug in Caramel, $15,900/300x240cm,…

VICTORIA DIGGING DEEPER ‘Brent Harris: Surrender & Catch’ presents more than 100 paintings, drawings, studies and prints from across the artist’s four-decade career, mapping his work (right) as a process of psychological excavation. Mining unconscious images with the surrealist technique of automatic drawing, the artist’s ambiguous forms move freely from abstract to figurative, comical to grotesque, becoming embedded with reflections on mortality, eroticism, trauma and childhood – undercurrents belied by their flat, graphic style. December 2–March 11. twma.com.au NEW SOUTH WALES BEST IN SHOW Puppy love turns thoughtprovoking in ‘New Dog Old Tricks’, with fresh views on the bond between humans and our canine companions. Unleashing questions on the possibility of other emotional worlds, the group show features works from 10 Australian artists including Aleks Danko, (left). Until February 4.…

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR NEW OFFICES? Jenny Child, Oroton CEO: My first instinct was to approach the design analytically and based on how people would want and need to work in a physical space, post-Covid. We began by taking off all the traditional labels and habitual patterns like ‘finance will sit on the second floor in the back corner’ and focused on the aims we had for the output of the business. We designed a space that is modular in use and highly flexible day to day. Knowing that hybrid work would continue, we also had to embrace the fact that when someone came into the office, they would need technology that would bring people together across disparate locations. So we invested in furniture, technology and structural layout…

INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS WINNER Best Hospitality Interior ENOTECA BOCCACCIO WHEN THE OWNE RS OF BOCCACCIO CELLARS, a family-run Italian grocer and bottle shop, were looking to extend their business to include a wine bar upstairs, they invited Mim Design to distill their vision of preserving family values and celebrating Italian heritage into their new space. This concept forms the through-line of Enoteca Boccaccio, from the practical preservation of meat, cheese and wine to the preservation of family traditions and culture. Accessed via a narrow flight of stairs clad in Signorino’s Corsica Rosa del Garda tiles, the bar gleams with brass detailing and terracotta-hued flooring, rich burgundy joinery and stone finishes sing together, making this project the obvious pick for this award. Says the owner, “We always envisaged that Enoteca Boccaccio…

INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS WINNER Best Residential Kitchen Design PARKVILLE HOUSE THE LUSH SCHEME by Placement Studio for this kitchen encompasses walls painted in a deep, muted artichoke green and a darker pine-hued marble with swirling veins lavished upon the curvaceous island benchtop. Looking out onto the kitchen garden via a newly created bay window that pinches a couple of metres from the previously unused courtyard, the space is reminiscent of a Victorian conservatory with its “delicately considered” ribbed glazed insertions with ribbing also seen on joinery. Placement Studio’s mission was to rejuvenate an 1870s Victorian terrace in Melbourne’s Parkville which was “bookended by similar homes projecting a strong heritage street presence”, explains co-founder and director Jacqueline O’Brien who helmed the project. The central social space of the kitchen creates a…

MY IDEAL GIFT to receive is not something particularly extravagant. I like a book and don’t mind if it’s a paperback novel. It doesn’t need to be a heavyweight design or art tome that I will look at once and then add to the groaning pile and never open again. And it most certainly should never be a cookbook because I simply have no need of them. People who know me will say I read so many books they wouldn’t know what to buy. Well, one of my closest friends knows exactly how to tackle that issue. She goes to the bookshop where I buy most of my books and asks them to recommend something based on my reading tastes and what I have already bought from them. She never…

WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? Location was a top priority for us, and we were thrilled to discover a space nestled in the vibrant neighbourhood of Fitzroy (voted Melbourne’s coolest neighbourhood recently). Situated on the fringe of the CBD and within walking distance of Gertrude Street, the space instantly captured our attention with its soaring cathedral-like ceilings and abundant natural light. We immediately recognised the potential to create a theatrical experience for engaging with the products and hosting events. Beyond its stunning aesthetic appeal, the sheer magnitude of the space provides ample room for installations and dramatic backdrops and can accommodate our larger scale items. WHAT WAS THE DESIGN CONCEPT FOR THE STORE’S INTERIORS? I tapped into a rich reservoir of…

1 ‘Anemone’ flower print wallpaper, $1740/roll, from Gucci. 2 Lancôme ‘L’Absolu Rouge’ cream lipstick, $64, from Mecca. 3 Suede calfskin tailored coat in Beige, $12,400, from Loewe. 4 ‘Screen’ acetate sunglasses in Light Pink, $500, from Loewe. 5 ‘Horizon 55’ suitcase, $6850, from Louis Vuitton. 6 Hermetica Paris ‘Pomeloflow’ EDP, $199/50ml, from Libertine Parfumerie. 7 Max Mara Spring 2024. 8 Mini cassette tote in Fennel, $3670, from Bottega Veneta. 9 Soleil d’Hermès soup plate, $290/set of two, from Hermès. 10 The Water Monopoly ‘Rockwell’ bath with Bonbon Lilac feet, $12,885, from The English Tapware Company. 11 ‘Pop H15’ belt in Gold, $1150, from Hermès. 12 ‘Knot’ mule in Brown Sugar, $2560, from Bottega Veneta. 13 ‘Tank Française’ watch in Yellow Gold, $36,300/small, from Cartier. 14 ‘Delfini’ choker strand, $10,880, from…

Packed with personality and panache, this house is a masterclass in how to transplant a vibrant contemporary heart into a stately heritage property. No surprise that this is the family home of interior designer Andrew Parr, award-winning director of SJB Interiors who is renowned for his innovative work on hospitality and residential projects. His dexterity with colour and his eye for collectable furniture is on full display here with extra flamboyance coming by way of a head-turning art collection. The 1870s Victorian Italianate-style villa, a subdivision of the original Charnwood mansion in St Kilda, has had a varied history including being partitioned into nine flats before reverting to a single dwelling in the 1970s. When Andrew purchased it in 2019, the attributes of the era – leadlight windows, soaring decorative…

Interior designer Lynda Kerry is, by all accounts, a California girl. Raised in Newport Beach, Pasadena, she grew up surrounded by – and enamoured with – Spanish mission architecture. For her own home in Sydney’s Darling Point, she engaged Australianbased architect Drew Barnyak of Andrew Barnyak Design who also grew up in her home town. “Sydney and Newport Beach are quite similar,” says Lynda. “They both have a relaxed lifestyle, beautiful beaches and warm weather. Spanish-style architecture works well in both.” Lynda and her husband, Australian swimming champion Mark Kerry, have renovated six homes together and ‘when is it time to go?’ is a question they ask themselves every five years or so. “We like change,” says Lynda. “This time around we were ready to move, but didn’t want to…

DO YOU WORK FROM HOME OR THE OFFICE? We split our time working from our manufacturing base in Thomastown and the Zuster showroom office in Hawthorn. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORKSPACE? It is in one of our five Zuster manufacturing facilities all in the same street! Each is dedicated to a specific discipline including upholstery, bathroom and furniture to allow an unfiltered relationship between manufacturing and design. Our office is a creative environment overflowing with timber profiles, stone and metallics which can be used to develop prototypes almost instantly. Our current range, Adorn, draws inspiration from couture so there’s the odd piece of pleated or scalloped fabric too. WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT THE SPACE? We initially set up the business in an old factory owned by our…

IT’S MY BELIEF that we are all shaped by life’s early experiences and so I always like to understand how architects came to choose the profession – or how it chose them. Architect Sam Crawford is clear that a decision by his parents to take him and his six siblings for a year out in Europe was so formative to his cultural outlook that he characterises it as ‘life changing’. “It was the late 70s and southern Europe was cheap. We stayed in an old monastery in Tuscany, halfway between Florence and Siena, and with the luxury of time also rented houses within reach of major cities, spending days in museums and art galleries,” he says. Only seven years old, and the youngest of the tribe, he still recalls the…

THE THI RD EDITION of the National Emerging Art Prize was celebrated in November with a glittering reception at Michael Reid Art Bar, where four unrepresented, up-and-coming art stars were named recipients of the program’s major prizes. Sponsored by Morgans Financial and supported by Belle, NEAP’s top honour for 2023 went to Melbourne artist Joe Whyte for his moody and evocative oil painting, Through the Clouds. Having honed his skills with training in France after studies at Monash University, Joe’s prizewinning work melds an enduring affinity for the architecture and streetscapes of inner Melbourne with an exploration of the sense of alienation these urban environments can engender. “My work explores the juxtaposition between the close proximity in which we live and the sense of isolation which so often comes along…

Adam Haddow INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS WINNER Belle Fanuli INTERIOR DESIGNER OF THE YEAR INTERIOR DESIGN AWARDS WINNER Best Residential Interior 19 WATERLOO STREET DESPITE ITS SMALL FOOTP RINT 19 Waterloo Street, designed by Adam Haddow of SJB, engages in a playful conversation with space. “Doing more with less,” as Adam says, informs the design of entire project while also foregrounding sustainable design. “The project is at its core a reuse project. Taking an underutilised inner-city plot, well connected to services and transport, and intensifying its uses.” With a maximum width of 3.3 metres, the dwelling is never far from the streetscape, speaking to the significance of creative and clever spatial planning in achieving a sense of scale and luxury. Every inch has been meticulously considered, designed to serve a purpose,…

A CE RTAIN REBELLIOUS AIR permeates the work of Sydney-based practice YSG Studio and, with Yasmine Ghoniem at the helm there’s boldness and bravery to be found in every project. No where else is this better demonstrated than by the way in which she wields colour to weave narratives into her interiors to tell stories of faraway places. Rich with tone, texture and pattern, a YSG project is one which bucks trends, it’s at once radical and balanced and characterised by a tapestry of influences. It’s no surprise then that YSG Studio took out the prize for Best Use of Colour in this year’s awards. Describing a recent project, Home and Away (right), Yasmine explains, “grounded by hybridised Spanish Mission and Moroccan riad elements with flashes of Egyptian splendour, this…

TELLING STO RIES TH ROUGH DESIGN, Amelda Wilde, founder of Amelda Wilde Interiors, attempts to distill the character of her clients within the interiors she creates for them. A unique style that celebrates imperfections within materials and the ability to craft spaces that are at once quirky, playful and timeless, all form the reasons for Amelda being selected as Emerging Design Star in this year’s awards. “Von Leach residence (pictured) is the coalescence of arts and crafts narratives, expressed across a century, an ode to handcrafted revival,” says Amelda. “Decadently imperfect and rich in patina, the design intent was all about preservation and amplification of the atmospheric qualities of the existing California bungalow.” Throughout, antique features are softened in neutral, contemporary finishes to highlight the home’s artisanal elements without compromising…

LONDON LIVING Granted access to the private spaces of top creatives both within and outside of the city, Simon Upton’s camera worked overtime capturing the fancies and follies of their tasteful homes. Karen Howes, Simon Upton, Vendome, $130 THE NEW CLASSIC HOME The doyenne of fusion interiors, US designer Paloma Contreras demonstrates her sleight of hand in combining traditional and contemporary elements in an entirely fresh way, crafting her glamorous and unique interiors. Paloma Contreras, Abrams, $70 L AUR A GONZALEZ INTERIORS Exuding inimitable French chic, this in-demand architect and designer’s work effortlessly mixes pattern, texture and colour to create bold and sophisticated interiors marked by an international sensibility. Laura Gonzalez, Cédric Saint André Perrin, Rizzoli, $114 THE NEW MODERNIST HOUSE An overview of some of the best mid-century houses…

Stylesetters in their own right, mother and daughter team Barb and Alexandra Brownlow of Brownlow Interior Design bring a classic sensibility to residential projects from their South Yarra studio and store filled with luxe lighting, furniture, rugs, textiles and art. WHAT WERE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR SPACE AND WHAT INITIALLY APPEALED ABOUT THE SITE? AB After 13 years on Mathoura Road, Toorak, we were searching for a larger space in which to expand our design studio and showroom. After looking for more than six months at dilapidated shops up and down Malvern Road, a small ‘For Lease’ sign appeared on the prettiest building in South Yarra. Artvisory were moving into larger premises so we pounced. Soaring ceilings, beautiful windows with an enfilade of rooms were just what we needed. WHAT…