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Over the summer break I spent time with family and friends in the Ruapehu district, in a cabin my children call the ‘ski shack’. It’s a tiny structure but one whose spaces feel comforting and encompassing. The rooms are small, the gable is high, and the gently creaking timber has the welcoming effect of inducing relaxation. There’s a few books scattered about the place, a rug here and there, and furniture that has seen better days, yet there’s a real sense of ‘home’ in the shack’s minute footprint. After a week or so beneath the mountain, we sought out the sea and found ourselves in Papamoa, in a house of opposite dimensions. Here, extensive spaces merged seamlessly into others — from most, the sound and smell of the ocean were…
Natalie Bradburn WRITER/ARCHITECTURE GRADUATE In this issue you write about an architect’s own home. Tell us about your own living space. I’m fortunate enough to be living in the Dogbox, a house that Patchwork and Spacecraft built a few years back. I love everything about this house, but the bath probably trumps them all. You work for Patchwork as well; what do you think your design gains from writing about architecture? Writing helps me understand a building better. I’m always thinking about what makes a space feel the way it does. Why is this room so wonderful to be in? Why is this other one so darn awful? If you can’t get to the specifics of what makes it good, you go to design something but you’ve got nothing to…
Print [Out] DESIGN:01 The latest multimedia abstract print collection from Auckland-based surface designer Briar Lloyd is conceived as a reinterpretation of the lines and angles of Danish architecture. Created from freehand digital illustrations and ink-pen artworks, the Denmark collection is part of her new brand Print [Out]. Pictured here: Aarhus Rainbow, a kaleidoscopic print based on the Your rainbow panorama walkway constructed by Danish/Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson on the roof of the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum; and Palads, an abstract print based on the colourful Palads Teatret cinema building in Copenhagen that opened in 1912 and was then Scandinavia’s largest entertainment centre. briarlloyd.com Fine and functional DESIGN:02 Bonham Group launched Bonham Art & Design in January, with the aim of exploring the fluidity between art and design by curating global…
DESIGN:04 Living in the small west coast town of Raglan, landscape artist Brodie Reynolds takes inspiration from the constant transformation of the natural world, capturing moments of mist, movement, and light in her paintings. Using oil and intricate brushwork, she has developed her style over the years into an alluring and energetic narrative of sorts; a collection representative of the momentary and the transient. For Brodie, 44, who left New Zealand at 18 to study art in Florence and then London, the process of making art is both healing and energising — a combination that is relayed in her mystical landscapes. “Some of my scenes are perfectly still, as if there is a pause of quiet contemplation; others create a whirlwind of energetic force that often seems to tap into…
Auckland Arts Festival Our must-see for this year’s celebration of the arts include: Mark Work (at Objectspace) spanning the fields of contemporary jewellery, architecture, design, and painting, and exploring mark making in creative practices. In terms of performing arts: The Unruly Tourists, an unlikely opera about — you guessed it — the family of tourists that caused a news hailstorm in early 2019 due to their behaviour; Requiem, which includes poetry by Bill Manhire, Sam Hunt, Chloe Honum, Ian Wedde, and James K Baxter, and was inspired by the visual language of photographer Anne Noble; Radiohead for Solo Piano (Josh Cohen); and indie music acts such as Johnathan Bree, Imugi ››› + Hans, and beyond. 10–27 March, Auckland, various venues, aaf.co.nz Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts From music…
DESIGN:06 To celebrate the opening of the first New Zealand showroom by iconic French furniture and homeware design brand Ligne Roset, we paired some of our favourite pieces with artworks expected to be shown at the upcoming Aotearoa Art Fair in Auckland. Ligne Roset - ligne.nz Aotearoa Art Fair, 2-6 March, The Cloud, Auckland Waterfront, artfair.co.nz…
