Bolon celebrates “The Story of Bolon” with the launch of a limited edition book, and sisters Annica and Marie Eklund will be in Australia as International Guests for Sydney Indesign this year in August.

In the wake of the recent Salone del Mobile 2013, Elana Castle chats to Jim Hannon-Tan about his contributions to the Milan fair and his latest collaborations.

This week’s instalment of David Clark’s series for Temple & Webster on Australian Interior Designers is internationally-acclaimed, Melbourne-based David Hicks.

Sullivan + Strumpf presents Joanna Lamb’s exhibition ’15 Colour Series’, a collection of works investigating the domestic interior and exterior.

Jane Fleming, Architect, Industrial Designer and Interior Designer and Program Manager at the Brisbane Campus of CATC Interior Design and Decoration shares her design favourites with habitusliving.

Immersive, grandiose and just the right amount of overwhelming, the audiovisual installation from acclaimed Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda couples the raw power of the mediums with a pure, minimal concept.

The next profile in David Clark’s series for Temple & Webster on Australian Interior Designers is of USA-born, Sydney-based Thomas Hamel.

Senior Designer at Citta Design in Auckland Imogen Tunnicliffe shares her love of Alexander Girard, mid-century architecture, Cromwell and fudge with habitusliving.

From plastic spoons to pins and water bottles, Olivia D’Aboville’s artworks (featured in Habitus 20, on sale June 26) are an array of re-used mass-produced objects that could easily be mistaken for piles of oceanic debris. But upon closer inspection, her artworks are extremely delicate, even fragile, and tie into a sensitivity that is something much more than just good recycling practice. By Philippa Daly.

The idea of inviting art into one’s home in Asia is still taking root. But, for Shalini Ganendra – fine art consultant, gallerist and former Wall Street lawyer – not only did she welcome it into her home, she also has a purpose-built gallery in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Melbourne’s fashionistas, artists, bloggers, media and design scene descended on Chapel Street on Wednesday night, to celebrate the launch of a world first MINI concept store opening in Melbourne’s heart of fashion, Chapel Street.

This week we hear from the daughter half of Auckland-based father-daughter duo Douglas and Bec.

Melbourne’s Signorino Tiles throw gallery doors open to welcome guests to the immaculately presented space.

This travelling exhibition showcases the work of six makers from Korea, Israel, Germany and Australia, who met and studied together at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts.

This week’s Temple & Webster profile is with Michael Bechara; David Clarke sits down with the Surry Hills-based Interior Designer to hear about his origins, his practice, and what the future holds.

Amidst a festive crowd composed of the Sydney design A-list, Cavit & Co launched the elegant Jackson Square collection, from San Francisco brand McGuire.

Phoebe Olsen is owner and manager of creative/ingenious websites ‘Spineless Classics’ and ‘My Favourite’. We sit down with her to learn about her deign favourites.

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s largest photo festival and the world’s second largest festival, celebrates a wide range of photography across all genres from photojournalism and reportage through commercial to fine-art.

A group exhibition at Sydney’s aMBUSH Gallery explores the abstract and intangible.

Habitusliving hears from Fabio Fanuli, director of family owned designer furniture company Fanuli Furniture, about his distinctly Italian-flavoured design favourites.

A casual, considered tone, healthy debate amongst the speakers and the elegant setting of the Fanuli showroom combined to make the Habitus Milan review an excellent conclusion for this year’s design fair.

The next Temple & Webster profile on Australian Interior Designers sees David Clarke catch up with Hamish Guthrie and Paul Hecker, founding partners of Melbourne-based interior design studio Hecker Guthrie.

The latest combined show at Sullivan + Strumpf gallery combines varied themes, mediums and techniques.

For the second instalment in the Temple & Webster series of profiles on Australian Interior Designers, David Clark interviews Hare & Klein’s Meryl Hare.

Nicola Cameron is part of the team of visual artists, landscape architects, horticulturists and food enthusiasts that comprise Pepo, specialising in garden design, construction and maintenance. We catch up with her to hear about her design favourites.

Suzanne Boccalatte is a serial creative. Her latest project is Blood, curated and published as part of her Trunk Book series.

Join the conversation as Habitus Deputy Editor, Nicky Lobo, talks themes and trends from Milan 2013.

We catch up with cousins Saskia and Libby to hear about their design favourites, projects, and their philosophy of carefully selecting what to acquire and paring back belongings to those things that we truly love.

Directed, curated, managed and funded by FORM, Pieces of Gutharraguda is an exhibition that charts a journey around Shark Bay through the images, objects and personal history of 86-year-old Malgana maker Jimmy Poland.

Montblanc is embarking on an exciting collaboration with a renowned Australian artist who is recognised globally for her designs – the luxury brand has joined forces with fashion illustrator Megan Hess who has created a series of four limited edition prints for Montblanc.

The new showroom is dedicated to presenting a select range of furniture, lighting, floor finishes and homewares.

As part of a series of profiles on Australian Interior Designers in collaboration with Temple & Webster, David Clark interviews BKH’s Iain Halliday about scale, proportion and the influence of James Bond.

Dean Angelucci, owner of Angelucci 20th Century, shares his design favourites with Habitusliving.

The latest show from critically acclaimed New Zealand Dance company Mau has received a stellar reception around the world for its artistic ambition and political resonance. Habitusliving converses with choreographer Lemi Ponifasio to learn more about his inspiration and motivation.

The annual Habitus Milan party once again brought together designers, suppliers and exhibitors from Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.

For this week’s Learn article we ask Secret Gardens of Sydney Director Matthew Cantwell about how to approach a potential landscape project, common issues faced by clients, and how the landscaping component of a renovation or build can interact with the architectural one.

Our final Design Hunter™ in the Mullum Creek series is Melbourne Architect Adam Dettrick, a passionate advocate for sustainability in architecture and urban planning. Habitusliving catches up with Adam to hear about his design favourites.

‘Big Game Hunting’ is the first survey of Fiona Hall’s work in Melbourne since 1994, and also marks the Australian premiere of Fall Prey, an installation that Hall created for the prestigious world art event dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany in 2012.

Tim Storrier is one of Australia’s most successful artists with his own unique visual language. And, as Michael Young discovered when he visited Tim and his wife, Janet, at their home near Orange in rural New South Wales, he also has a very distinctive way of life.

Our third Design Hunter™ in the Mullum Creek series is Emma Young, co-director of Phooey Architects. Habitusliving hears about her favourites, spanning Lego, fish stew and Get Smart.

Kaldor Public Art Projects has unveiled a comprehensive and thought­‐provoking public program of events to support its most ambitious project in history, the major international contemporary art exhibition ’13 Rooms’.

In the midst of the design frenzy that is MIlan, the Habitus team is scouring the city for the best of 2013. We bring you a selection of the highlights so far.

Valiant Hire launch their newest designer collections: Baroque and French Nouveau.

A curated group exhibition by Gallery Funaki Director, Katie Scott, explores the wide space between the hand made and the mass manufactured.

Habitusliving interviews architect Jonathan Poh (whose Singapore apartment was featured in Habitus 19) about the art of designing in High Density Buildings.

A Melbourne drawing class caters for drinkers with a drawing problem. Alicia Sciberras reports.

Habitusliving catches up with Alex and Natalie from Property Lipstick residential and commercial interior design to hear about their design favourites.

Public Sydney reveals a raft of hidden stories, fascinating people and obscure objects discovered in central Sydney, including flair bartenders from Hyde Park, corporate ping pong players at Darling Quarter, an historic one-tonne canon and a handmade cedar coffin from one of our city’s oldest cemeteries.

Natalya Hughes latest collection of work deconstructs, reconfigures and rewrites figurative images to form partially abstracted and highly patterned psychological worlds. Working broadly across painting, print, animation and installation, Hughes conflates the boundaries between beauty and the grotesque, realism and abstraction.

For our second Design Hunter™ profile in collaboration with the Mullum Creek Development we speak to Cameron Rosen, sustainability consultant and project manager for Your Future Home.

For our final installment in our Saturday in Design redux series we revisit scenes from the city where it all started, and where this year SID is set to become even bigger and more exciting!

David Jones and Ralph Lauren announce the introduction of Ralph Lauren Home into David Jones’ flagship store in Market St, Sydney.

Habitusliving is proud to be supporting the Mullum Creek Development by featuring Design Hunters™ who echo the development’s values of sustainability and good design. We open the series with award-winning environmentalist and sustainable living advocate Tanya Ha.

The Hours, aMBUSH Gallery and Ironlak present an exhibition of new paintings and mural installation by Beastman and Phibs.

Positioning itself as a design hub for the region, Singapore has been a perfect venue at which to host Saturday in Design, and both instances of the event to date have been hugely successfull.

Pich Sopheap is widely considered to be Cambodia’s most internationally prominent contemporary artist, and his work is featured in Inner House, in Habitus 19.

Amidst a an all-star A+D community guest list and in a celebratory mood, Fanuli officially launched its collection of Flexform furniture and new display space.

A world-class exhibition featuring the designs of Japan’s most influential architects, including Kengo Kuma, Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, Kenzo Tange, SANAA, and many more.

Matthew de Moiser’s latest series of two-dimensional works conflate the language of hard-edged abstraction and the formal qualities of modernist architecture with a quintessentially suburban, Australian ‘feel’.

Short of physically being inside a space, photography provides the best medium for communicating its nature to us. This week we speak with interiors and architecture photographer Justin Alexander to hear his thoughts on the craft.

Over the past few years Melbourne has hosted some extraordinarily creative and exciting Saturday in Designs. For the second SID Redux installment we revisit some of the Melbournian highlights.

The Iconic House of Crystal unveils the Waterford Interiors Collection in luxurious fashion at the Cult showroom.

Anthony Nader, founder of the hugely successful and highly respected RAW Salon, shares his Sydney-New York mix of Design favourites with Habitusliving.

On Wednesday 6th March 2013, the Sydney Maserati showroom played host to a range of VIP guests for an exclusive preview of the latest product releases from ILVE Appliances.

3D imaging offers clients and the public a highly detailed preview of how a project will look once complete, and is becoming a common tool in modern architecture. But how does it fit into an industry traditionally dominated by paper and pencil?

In the first instalment of our SiD Redux series we take you on a visual journey through the moments that made Brisbane Indesign such a success.

Ben Morgan discovers a warmly intimate design philosophy in this Melbourne practise.

Grimshaw Architects have opened Equation, the Practice’s first exhibition staged in Asia, exploring how the natural environment provides inspiration for innovative architectural projects around the world.

Porsches, yachts, Negronis and m&ms… The eclectic and considered favourites of Samantha Eades.

Andrew Simpson shares his vision for his fourth Interpretations exhibition with Elana Castle.

Until the advent of the computer, drawing was a universal tool for communicating architectural concepts in a a free and immediate manner. We ask architect (and talented drawer) Luigi Rosselli to meditate on the importance of drawing to today’s architects.

Art Month Sydney 2013 promises the most creative and innovative program yet with over 300 exhibiting artists, 200 art events and 100 art spaces across Sydney.

Archibald Prize winner and celebrated Australian artist Geoff Dyer will exhibit a new body of work at MiCK Gallery, Sydney’s renowned contemporary art space, from 5th March – 7th April 2013.

With a string of successful, high-profile hospitality projects under their belts, Rachel Luchetti and Stuart Krelle are fast establishing themselves as talented and mature designers.

As the Asian art market gains ever more momentum, German-born and Melbourne-based gallerist, collector and dealer Matthias Arndt focuses his gaze on Southeast Asia and opens a new project space in Singapore. Narelle Yabuka reports.

A collaboration between JamFactory and the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, WOOD: art design architecture, is an exhibition exploring innovative and outstanding uses of wood in contemporary Australian art, design and architecture.

For the first article in our ‘Learn’ section, we asked architects Anita Panov and Andrew Scott to comment on the importance of clients being able to read architecture plans. Their response was thoughtful, complex and mature.

Partners in work and life, Ryan and Jo have created Such Great Heights, drawing on their collective experiences in film-making, photography, woodwork, fashion design, paediatrics and parenthood to create a small range of products for children.

The rapid approach of the International Furniture Fair Singapore (March 9-12) means that SingaPlural also looms on the horizon.

Leading lights of the Asian-Australian art world will headline a ground-breaking, one-off show at Sydney Town Hall until 23 February.

Sydney based photographer, Andrew Goldie, spent two years using coastal locations from Watsons Bay to Botany Bay in Sydney’s east to create a stunning series.

The National Art School Gallery in association with the Australian War Memorial (AWM) presents the exhibition Ben Quilty: After Afghanistan, open to the public on 21 February 2013.

The other half of the duo behind Australian design studio DesignByThem, Sarah Gibson matches design classics with modern technology and a sprinkling of indulgent gastronomy.

The winners of this year’s The Edge awards were announced at the opening of the Australian International Furniture Fair.

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of jewellery Designer Stefano Canturi’s work, the first exhibition of his drawings, paintings and small scale sculpture will be presented across Australia and internationally.

This exhibition surveys the work of young artists associated with Canberra, exploring the cultural and contextual parameters influencing not only what they design and produce, but why. Meredith Hinchliffe reports.

Chris Medland shares his unique mix of original, refined and high-octane design favourites with Habitusliving.

Daine Singer in Melbourne presents a collection of work by Sean Bailey, thematically centred around transformation, renewal, decay and transcendence.

This week we catch up with Glenda Barnes, Head Designer at Taste Living, to hear about her design favourites.

Elana Castle discovers an exciting, multi-dimensional collaboration between Melbourne based Mr Kitly and Japanese architecture and design group Torafu Architects.

As Art Stage Singapore celebrates its third year, visitors can expect to experience an altogether new sense of arrival thanks to a collaboration with Parisian / Singaporean architecture firm WY-TO.

For our last Design Hunter™ in the Temple & Webster Emerging Design Award series, we catch up with textile visionaire Ilias Fotopolous and hear about his considered and unglamorous design favourites.

The upcoming exhibition at the Melbourne gallery showcases the contemplative, introspective work of Korean artist Sung Soo Park.

Shalini Ganendra Fine Art @ Gallery Residence (SGFA) presents the work of five award-winning mid-career Malaysian artists.

Our second Design Hunter in the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award series is Melbourne-based Tate Anson, creator of beautiful timber objects.

To support Temple & Webster’s Emerging Designer Award Habitusliving is profiling three of the nominated designers as Design Hunters™. This week we catch up with Brisbane-based industrial designer Surya Graf to hear about his design favourites.

Working with an unusual cast of materials, artist and designer Dale Hardiman makes both decorative and functional pieces, exploring and savouring his creative process.

Carriageworks and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in association with the Sydney Festival present two exhibitions by one of China’s pre-eminent artists, Song Dong.

Food stylist, enthusiast, blogger and online shopkeeper Jane Howard shares her gastronomically slanted design favourites with Habitusliving.

Internationally renowned Italian master jeweller Giampaolo Babetto has launched a small collection of gold rings through a Melbourne gallery specialising in handcrafted works by independent local and Italian jewellery makers; the first time his works have been shown in Australia. Stephanie Madison reports.

Renowned designer and Academy Award nominated set decorator Kerrie Brown shares her considered and eclectic design favourites with Habitusliving.

Architect Fiona Winzar (whose impressive work is featured in Habitus 18) shares her design favourites with Habitusliving.

One of the leading voices in design, Ilse Crawford took some time to speak with Rachel Lee-Leong during Business of Design Week in Hong Kong.

Temple & Webster is launching the Emerging Designer Award: ten homewares and furniture designers from across Australia, shortlisted by a panel of industry experts, are vying for a $5,000 cash prize.

The Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art presents the first major exhibition in Australia of Mumbai-born, London-based artist Anish Kapoor.

Habitusliving catches up with Jutta Busen, export manager for german furniture brand hülsta, to hear about her design favourites.

Inspired by the vintage peddlers of yester-century, Kate and Noonie’s mobile emporium has evolved from a humble rented truck to a thriving and unique retail experience. Habitusliving learns a little about how the coolness began…

Promoting creativity, integrity, sustainability and ethical production, the r.e.a.l store seeks to pair aesthetics, function and positive social change.

Fresh from the launch of Quercus & Co., Adam Jones shares his love of quirky, beautiful and comforting design favourites with Habitusliving.

Featured in Habitus 18, Indian-born Gupta works across mediums, creating striking installations.

In Habitus 18 we explore the home of Philippines-based architect Renato Vidal, avid collector of contemporary asian art. Among his collection are works by Philippines-born, internationally educated sculptor Impy Pilapil.

Working with a variety of styles, subjects and clients, photographer John Tsiavis has earned a reputation for clarity and sophistication.

Supported by the Australia China Art Foundation, the exhibition of Works by Hong Kong based designer Michael Young highlights the creative potential of China’s modern industry.

Habitusliving speaks with Meredith Ong of Poliform about iconic Italian architect and designer Paolo Piva

Elana Castle discovers a revolutionary and interactive open house experience, conceived and curated by the ultimate purveyor of style.

Interior designer, decorater, stylist and project manager Linda Delaney shares her design hunter favourites with habitusliving.

Melbourne design studio Lightly presents a curated boutique shopping event, featuring 25 of Australia’s best designers.

The theme of ‘containment’ will be explored by fourteen Victorian artists for the 2012 Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award, which focuses on contemporary design practice in Victoria and is arguably the most prestigious offered to a contemporary practitioner in Australia.

Sydney’s Tim Olsen Gallery is currently holding an exhibition by homewares and jewellery maestro Dinosaur Designs co-founder Stephen Ormandy bringing together a collection of bold, bright design oriented art works inspired by the natural world and imbued with a sense of joie de vivre.

For our last Design Hunter™ in the MINI Countryman series, James Dawson of Dawson Interiors shares his design favourites, aesthetic ethos, and love of beaches and coast drives with Habitusliving.

A new era dawns for Australia’s leading design industry even: Sydney Indesign is set to change the way you see, feel, work with and experience design.

With 200 artworks from over 90 artists representing 11 art communities, the Coo-ee Christmas Exhibition is an unmissable opportunity to buy small scale works by indigenous artists.

Perhaps the most intellectually provocative exhibition to launch at aMBUSH Gallery this year, Frugal is a culturally reflective exploration of our changing attitudes toward consumption, waste and the fragility of our resources.

For our third MINI Design Hunter™ profile we catch up with Kate and David of TheSuperCool, experts at packing, driving and setting up shop.

Danish furniture Brand BoConcept opens it’s first store in Sydney’s Crows Nest.

Workshopped 2012 kicked off last week with a huge street party at the Hill street precinct, giving guests a chance to see some of the best in up-and-coming Australian Design.

As part of the Southern Highland Arts Festival, Hillview is hosting the inaugural Sculpture on High exhibition.

Sydney Open is Australia’s premier architectural event and unlocks the doors to 70 of Sydney’s most prestigious residential homes, contemporary designed office blocks and much loved heritage sites.

Design is coming to Melbourne this December… in a BIG way.

For our second installment in the MINI Countryman Design Hunter™ series, Bianca Riggio of Page Thirty Three shares her design favourites with Habitusliving.

Poliform Australia presents a unique exhibition from renowned Italian furniture brand Arflex.

21st Century Residential Landscape Design is a collection of projects in which a designed atmosphere has been expressed and developed to the individual needs of clients. It is a celebration of Rolling Stone Landscapes’ philosophy that a perfect relationship can exists between the site, the environment and the architectural style of every home.

Claire Layman continues her exploration “Into the Deep” by presenting a collection of paintings influenced by the hidden textures in water and rocks.

Sydney-based designers Armando Chant, Donna Sgro and Olivier Solente are set to launch their collaborative practice Make.Shift Collective with the group’s first exhibition ‘Constructions’. Stephanie Madison reports.

Coming together under the common goal of having an Australian or New Zealander design piece in every home, the team at Workshopped continue to foster home-grown talent by way of their annual exhibition.

For the next four weeks Habitusliving is partnering with MINI to take our Design Hunters™ out on the open road in the new Countryman. This week we speak with Alice Blackwood, voice of DQ magazine – the definitive resource for the Australian architecture and design industry.

The Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize is a national prize for free-standing sculptures of up to 80cm that draws dedicated support from artists, critics and collectors alike. This year the Prize has attracted 494 entries from Australia and other countries including New Zealand, India, Ireland, USA, UK, Ireland, Latvia and Japan.

Supercar d’Elegance announces a second Supercar gathering to be hosted at the Sydney Polo Club.

Maintaining artist Nicholas Blowers signature fascination with highly detailed representations of the natural world, his latest collection consists of intricate paintings of insects and plants examined with powerful microscopes.

Janice Seow reports on the products, events and showrooms at this year’s Saturday in Design Singapore.

One half of the duo behind Australian design studio DesignByThem, Nicholas Karlovasitis shares a mix of modern, classic and witty design favourites with Habitusliving.

Intersecting the essence of the museum’s raison d’être, ‘Theatre of the World’ explores the connection and continuity between old and new art.

Elana Castle interviews Malaysian architect Dr Ken Yeang, renowned eco-architect, ahead of his public talk as part of the Sydney Architecture Festival.

Studio Becker’s Fiona Lochtenberg hosts an important contemporary architecture exhibition of houses by Australia’s most iconic and significant architects.

Stimulating, eclectic and sometimes incongruous, the thirteenth International Architecture Exhibition spans from pressing issues of contemporary architecture to abstract themes more peripheral to the practice. Lorenzo Logi reports.

Habitusliving catches up with Finnish textile and clothing design house Marimekkos’ Creative Director to hear about her design favourites.

American artist Patrick Dougherty brings his arboreal creations to the heart of Melbourne. Mandi Keighran reports.

On the heels of releasing her new book on urban trends, Kylie Legge sits down with Habitusliving to tell us about her design favourites.

Habitusliving editor Lorenzo Logi speaks with Architect Howard Tanner on his experiences at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.

Metalab will showcase the finalists for the National Contemporary Jewellery Award, feature 28 pieces from some of Australia’s best contemporary jewellers.

To be held at the red dot design museum, this year’s Curated Space will be a major treat for visitors with more than 10 exhibitors and designers and unique installations to boot.

Delivering ready-made gardens with strong horticultural and design input, Artisan Gardens creates bespoke outdoor projects across Australia.

At London’s Design Museum, world-famous artists and designers have come together to explore the meaning of memory in a showcase of crystal, contrast and light, writes Ola Bednarczuk.

After the massive success of the inaugural Saturday in Design last year, the highly anticipated design event returns to Singapore once more on Saturday October 6 – this time, bigger, better and with more design in tow.

To celebrate the new leaves and budding flowers (not to mention the Spring issue of Habitus!) we caught up with five landscape artists to gather some advice and insider tips on how to make the most of our outdoor spaces.

As a member of the duo that founded Sooper Design, Jacqui Thomas has perfected the art of design hunting (and gathering). This week she shares a few of her favourite finds with us.

In Habitus 17 Kath Dolan explores the minimalist Fitzroy home of this photographer. Habitusliving learns a little about Alex Clayton’s thoughts on inspiration, craft, and growing old.

The Spanish artist’s collection of arresting images stretch the imagination with a fantastical fusion of figure and fiction.

Shareen Joel, industrial and interior designer and editor of Share Design gives us her pick of design favourites.

Exploring the principles of binocular (two-eyed) vision, David Burrows’ installation transplants the dramatic beauty of an antarctic glacier to Melbourne’s federation square.

A body of work from Aboriginal artist Sarrita King combines traditional dotting with her own techniques to create beautifully evocative artworks.

As part of this year’s Saturday in Design we awarded the Habitus Award for Best Residential Product. And the winner is…

Curated by Sue Cramer, he exhibition Less is More: Minimal & Post-Minimal Art in Australia examines how in 1960s Melbourne and Sydney, a young generation of artists—eager to address what they saw as the latest and most progressive developments in art—explored Minimalism …

Artist, art historian, and academic Nigel Lendon shares his design favourites with Habitusliving.

Head of Research + Design for Herman Miller International Marc Fong shares his design favourites with Habitus Living.

On the heels of his win at the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards, we catch up with Henry Wilson to hear about celebrity designers, Australian craftsmanship and his upcoming collaboration with Marc Newson.

Multi-disciplinary, celebrity-patronised Swiss artist Natanel Gluska tells us a little about himself, his art, and what prompted his move to Singapore

In the latest issue, Habitus 16 (out now), graffiti is a feature on the Newtown home of architect Jon Jacka. Nicky Lobo finds out a bit more.

Annie Abbott of Habbot shoes shares her design favourites with Habitus Living.

A collection of works by seven artists explores the concept of space through a variety of mediums.

Habitusliving hears from Paperhangings Managing Director Maree WIlding about her design favourites.

The highlight of Melbourne Art Week, the Melbourne Art Fair will bring together over 70 leading Australian and international galleries, representing over 900 living artists for Australia’s leading Fair of contemporary art.

The Swedish Cider brand created a frosty wonderland at the Belgium Beer Cafe in Melbourne to showcase its special edition winter beverages.

A collection of photography from contemporary artists stimulates reflection on how we interact with our urban environment.

Stephanie Madison catches up with artist Anna-Wili Highfield to learn about her clients, her waiting list, and why animals make better subjects than people.

President and Creative Director of Bernhardt Design, Jerry Helling was also the catalyst for mid-century Design master Charles Pollock’s latest creation: the CP Lounge.

Architect and Professor Peter Stutchbury shares his design favourites with habitusliving.

The South Yarra development launches in style.

Habitusliving editor Lorenzo Logi hears from Alison Jackson about her elegantly tactile creations.

Yeesookyung and Park Young-Sook both live and work in Seoul. Their works can be found at the MCA as part of the Biennale of Sydney. By Hayley Davis.

The Richmond gallery unveils two new collections spanning blown glass and Japanese kozo paper.

A collection of Honeywill’s work spanning nine years and multiple mediums explores how history, culture and architecture impact on the human condition. By Lorenzo Logi.

Mother of Pearl & Sons Director Carl Scriber sits down with habitusliving to share his design favourites as well as his thoughts on decorative hardware, the Shakers, and model boats.

Elana Castle interviews Gerald McMaster, an artistic co-director of the 18th Biennale of Sydney.

Conny Dietzschold gallery’s first collaboration with their partner gallery in Hong Kong consists of a group show exhibiting works by international artists and complements the accompanying symposium on the fate of women in modern society.

This year’s Biennale kicked off with a series of parties across the city, bringing together artists, curators, sponsors and public figures.

A new collection of conceptual bamboo furniture by Kent Gration explores how sustainability can complement good design.

Known for his constant global travels, his social and politically charged messages, ABOVE returns to Melbourne in July to present his solo show titled ‘Jet Set’ – an exhibition of new works at Metro Gallery.

Now in its fifth year, DESIGN:MADE:TRADE has become a hot spot for emerging designers. Balancing a cutting edge consumer market atmosphere with trade opportunity, the event acts as a platform to help build business partnerships and gives designers the chance for profile elevation.

Interior designer Marti Doherty sits down with habitusliving to share her design favourites and give us a glimpse of her impressive light collection.

Tasmanian-based painter, Michael McWilliams will exhibit a new body of work at MiCK, Sydney’s newest contemporary art space.

Christina Waterson and How We Create launch Why We Create Queensland.

Following their hugely successful 5th Annual Architecture & Interior Design Awards held in Spain, Porcelanosa Grupo announce the launch of the first such awards for the A&D community in Australia.

Four years after his move to Hong Kong Sean Dix’s design studio is thriving. Habitusliving editor Lorenzo Logi met with him on a recent trip to Australia to hear his thoughts on the rise of Chinese design.

Screen Space Gallery presents two new video installations.

Built up of layer upon layer of paint, Robyn Burgess’ paintings are defined by their rich colours and dense, mesmerising surfaces that shimmer and move giving each painting a tactile, sculptural quality.

Ryan Renshaw Gallery presents the highly anticipated show by emerging Australian artist, André Piguet, in GUPPY JUNGLE.

David Grant, one of Australia’s leading event producers, sits down with habitusliving to talk about what drives him, his parents, and Hermes.

A new exhibition at the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum explores the single frame melodramas and Benday dot imagery of iconic pop artist Roy Lichtenstein; a central figure in the 1960s American Pop Art movement. By Stephanie Madison.

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare explores the turbulent history of immigration in Australia through his high flying machines and planet installations.

Interior architect Andrew Waller shares his design inspiration and favourites with habitusliving.

John Giese brings life, light and movement to his animal subjects in his latest exhibition Totem. By Claire Winifred Roberston.

Combining a constructed installation with multimedia Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan explore the culture and circumstances of a nomadic Philippino minority group.

Jingmei Luo sits down with the iconic light designer to hear his thoughts on LEDs, light-as-religion and his latest installation.

Richard Blackwell’s latest collection employs an incongruous and eclectic mix of materials to examine how we perceive scale, boundaries and space.

Alice Blackwood sits down with designer Naoto Fukasawa to hear about design classics, his studio and the philosophy behind Maruni.

Life Instyle Melbourne returns this August with a fantastic mix of home wares, fashion and jewellery.

Habitusliving caught up with Fritz Hansen’s Tomoko Yasumatsu at the Milan design fair to hear about her design favourites.

The grandeur of the ‘Iona’ residence in Darlinghurst made the perfect backdrop for the roaring twenties charm of Designer Rugs’ new collection.

Mika Utzon Popov takes Tokens from his encounters with untamed landscapes. By Hayley Davis.

Finnish photographer Onerva Utrianinen meditates on the speed of the modern mover by transfixing visions of rural Australia in motion. Hayley Davis reports.

The Polish born artist’s arresting new collection evokes the Flemish style with its bleak, contemplative tableauxs. Claire Robertson takes a look.

A collection of images of the iconic rock band from photographers including Lynn Goldsmith, Terry O’Neill, Michael Putland, Ethan Russell, Philip Townsend and Barrie Wentzel celebrates one of the biggest acts in history over five decades.

The visceral creations of Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere tap into the human need to experience transformation and transcendence. Hayley Davis reports.

This month the Conny Dietzschold Gallery presents a selection of vibrant, upbeat paintings, connected by dots.

New Zealand-based wood sculptor Gidon Bing shares his ideas on design and inspiration with Habitusliving.

As part of Vivid, Threadless, T-world, aMBUSH & Vivid Ideas present Make Great Together: a celebration of the t-shirt.

MiCK launches an annual sculpture exhibition featuring local and international artists and members of Sculpture by the Sea’s ‘Decade Club’.

The ‘sub|version’ light sculpture uses the latest digital projection technologies to create an eerily beautiful series of images in the waters of Sydney Harbour.

A judge in this year’s wine design awards, Lisa McGuigan has been involved in the wine industry her whole life. Habitusliving catches up with her to talk about how wine and design intersect.

Bangkok-based designer Alexander Lamont shares his orientally-informed design favourites with habitusliving.

Fortyfivedownstairs hosts an exhibition of past and present posters from the iconic furniture brand.

A fusion of fashion and design, Up Late in Design brings a spontaneous street-festival atmosphere to the Brisbane lifestyle hub.

Sliding between angular and organic, Arik Levy’s RockGrowth series captivates with its bold volumes and clean, metallic finishes.

The Australian visual artist will host an Open Studio event during the annual DMY Berlin International Design Festival as a part of the Satelite Program

While a dizzying array of new synthetic materials whittle away at the economic bottom line, there are more and more reasons to stick with wool.

Landscape Architect Hugh Burnett shares his design favourites with habitusliving.

AND opens it’s doors to reveal a zany, art- and installation- filled space perfect for slightly irresponsible fun.

A new Eames documentary delves deep into the personal and creative lives of Charles and Ray Eames – the design duo that changed the world with a chair. Lieu Thi Pham reports.

The Australian Wine Design Competition Awards 2012 recognise the best in Australian wine design.

‘Month of Design’ is back this year at Supacenta Moore Park with a series of creative, design-focused events intended to engage and inspire.

Drawn to decorative arts since childhood, Kate’s trajectory has led her to resin, crystals, and a gorgeous exhibition at Pieces of Eight Gallery.

Four young designers from the Singapore university present their collections at Mercedes Benz fashion week in Sydney.

Gordon Duncan of Melbourne-based Linen House shares his design favourites with habitusliving.

Exploring the electric energy of New York via overlooked, quotidian subject matter, Kathryn Sprigg captures the metropolis in a simultaneously humble and grandiose tone.

Adelaide opens forty-eight iconic buildings to the public, ranging from heritage to cutting edge.

A Sydney hospitality landmark reopens, revealing a balance between heritage architecture and modern design.

Anna Spiro of Black and Spiro interior design tells habitusliving a little bit about what great design means to her.

Melbourne light-maker Christopher Boots tells Habitusliving about what sparks his creativity.

Your Future Home wishes to spotlight those individuals, companies, associations, non-for-profits, suppliers, products, government bodies, websites, magazines and journalists that are inspiring and contributing towards the success of the sustainable building industry in Australia.

At 24 years old Yang Li is worldly wise. A young Australian designer who started out wanting to be a basket baller, Li has worked tirelessly to establish himself in the cut-throat world of fashion.

Mindd Centre for Integrative Healthcare launches in Sydney.

With scores of participating brands, special events and appearances by designers, Brisbane Indesign is set to showcase the best local and international design.

Habitusliving catches up with Gaggenau head designer Sven Baacke at the Milan design fair.

Mandi Keighran talks to Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien in Milan about their ‘Chandigarh’ sofa for Moroso and how they work together.

Photographers Katrin Koenning and Hugh Stewart reveal their latest works as part of the Head On Photo Festival at MiCK gallery.

The exhibition’s collection of gorgeous woollen pieces makes a striking sight among the dimly-lit volumes of the pier warehouses.

Sophisticated use of moulding, welding and assembly yields detailed, evocative pieces that are at once abstract and familiar.

Doherty Lynch’s Fiona Lynch shares her design hunter insight with habitusliving.

Mandi Keighran talks to Timo Wong and Priscilla Lui about their new ‘Rabbit & Tortoise’ collection for Living Divani in Millan 2012.

Located in the suburb of Parkdale, the new art space combines a minimalist layout with technological sophistication.

The inauguration of an Australian interiors and design fair not only presents an exciting opportunity to see the best and newest in Australian design, it also promises to enrich and consolidate the sector.

A few pics from the Habitus party at Milan Salone del Mobile 2012.

Lasse Kinnunen shares his Scandinavian-Antipodean design inspirations and favourites with habitusliving.

Melbourne design brand Jardan opens an spacious, luminous showroom to display it’s hand-crafted furniture in Rosebery.

Natural elements and the core Principles of Design come together in every one of Glen Murcutt’s projects, as the Architect and eternal Design Hunter™ explains to Alicia Sciberras.

An opportunity for aficionados and casual appreciators alike, Art Melbourne showcases accesible, affordable art in an iconic setting.

Writer, Editor and academic in an eclectic range of disciplines spanning architecture, design and linguistics, Paul McGillick’s contributions to discussions of aesthetics and communication are numerous and important. This week Habitusliving learns a little about what inspires him.

Amy Ng speaks to gallery owner and passionate art advocator, Shalini Ganendra, in KL, to find out about what inspires her at home.

World-renowned for his sleek, luxuriously industrial style, Marc Newson is an Australian design icon. Here on Habitusliving.com he shares with us a few of his design favourites.

Belinda Aucott is a freelance writer and publicist. She has written about food and design for a range of titles including GQ, Men’s Style, Australian Creative and Fashion Wire Daily.

Henry Wilson is a designer whose practise is built around his belief that design should be both built for longevity and honestly resolved.

France’s foremost contemporary design museum adds ‘Icarus’, an installation by New Zealand desiner David Trubridge, to it’s permanent collection.

Marc Newson is amongst several high profile Australian designers who’ve thrown their support behind the Australian Design Alliance, and called for National Policy for Design.

Mia Feasy tells Habitusliving.com about her design favourites.

In the March 28 issue of Habitus, Khai Liew tells us about his design favourites. Here we get a taste of what’s in the up coming issue.

Multi-layered and multi-sensory, this unusual experience created by uber-chic stylist Faye Toogood is a resounding success.

The Blocks by Faye Toogood gave everyone something to talk about.

Mark Andrews is the stylish Managing Director of The Andrews Group.

Katie Marx is young up and coming florist in Melbourne.

By staying true to her own philosophy, Fleur Wood has become a successful Australian fashion designer and now, author.

James Street Precinct, Brisbane’s vibrant hub of boutique design, fashion and hospitality outlets continues it’s up late events with Indesign and Marie Claire.

The good news for addicted online shoppers is that Dalani is always on sale. The bad news is you need to be a member to receive their great discounts!

Jesse Linardi is a highly talented and innovative designer from Melbourne this week he speaks to Habitusliving.com about a few of his design favourites.

A vast improvement on the six-o’clock-swill, the aperitivo is a chance to chat, nibble, and enjoy a tasty drink.

Australian Living’s website ‘Your Future Home’ offers information and advice on how to build an eco-friendly home.

In the March edition of Habitus interior stylist and author Sibella Court gives us her selection of design favourites. Here we give you a taste of just a few products she knows and loves.

In the March 28 issue of Habitus, Nick Tobias from Tobias Partners tells us about his design favourites. Here we get a taste of what’s in the up coming issue.

Ercol hand-crafted furniture arrived in Australia in early 2012. Celebrating their launch with a ‘high tea’ event at Temperature Design, Ercol were proud to unveil a range of elegant furniture that’s made with elm, ash, beech, oak and walnut sourced from sustainable forests in North America or Europe.

One Enchanted Evening was the theme for the launch of the Oly Concept Store.

Sydney’s artistic community converges on Carriageworks to inaugurate the Art Month 2012.

Habitusliving takes a look around Sydney Art Month with Lorenzo Logi …

Born and educated in London, Suzanne Trocmé FRSA is one of the principal designers for Bernhardt Design.

This week of Habitus Living Nathan Bachli from Hub Furniture shares with us some of his design favourites.

Belynda Henry is currently showing her contemporary abstract paintings at Richard Martin Art. We caught up with her to find out what inspires her and what makes her design world tick.

Started by Dennis Paphitis 25 years ago, Aesop has grown to become one of Australia’s best-known and most trusted skincare exports. This week on Habitusliving.com we review 25 years of quirky retail design and talk about their unique design ethos with Product Advocate Suzanne Santos.

This week on habitusliving.com Jon Holland from Space Furniture talks about some of his design favourites.

In recent years Mosaic specialists Bisazza have undertaken exciting expansion, yet none has been more eagerly anticipated than the launch of their new foundation, Belinda Aucott has the story.

LK Boutique unveiled its new store earlier this month, opening as part of one of Sydney’s newest retail precincts, The Star, Pyrmont.

On the evening of Thursday 2 February Cartier Maison hosted a glittering red carpet event in the Grand Lobby of 101 Collins Street, Melbourne. The highly anticipated event attracted VIPs, celebrities and media personalities, including Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, …

London-based Aussie ex-pat Jenni Carbins gives insight into taking Australian design to the world in this interview with Ben Morgan.

In 2012 The Museum of Contemporary Art continues its wonderful Young Ambassador’s Program. Visual arts advocate and Architect Nick Tobias caught up with Belinda Aucott to explain a bit more about the program’s key aims and benefits.

A senior designer for Tsar rugs Teresa Ceberek combines hand-generated illustration, computer aided design and new technologies to communicate her ideas.

Meet David Marks, Commercial Manager for Radford Furnishings. This week David talks to habitusliving.com about some of his design favourites. David distributes and promotes collections including Designer’s Guild and Ralph Lauren Home in Australia.

Saskia Rysenbry is a graphic designer who has made the jump to textile design for Sparkk Design. She now works with Edwin, Barbara, Christian Rysenbry producing designs for digitally printed drapery and upholstery fabrics.

This week on Habitusliving we meet Design Hunter Emma Telfer, a Creative industries Marketing Consultant, and Partner of Office for Good Design in Melbourne.

Nicole Bearman is currently Project Editor for Powerhouse Publishing and producer of the Pecha Kucha Night. She has fifteen years experience contributing to Sydney’s cultural community and has previously worked as a writer, editor and producer for visual arts organisations, journals, state museums, and festivals.

Meet Susan Weir, Design Hunter™ and curator of Food & Design 2012 tours of New York City.

Musson Jewellers QVB Boutique this month unveiled one of the rarest and most luxurious diamonds to have ever come to Australia.

Founded in 1992 by husband and wife team Gordon and Susan Tait, TAIT has evolved from a small-scale, artisan based production to a fully fledged international manufacturing operation.

This week on Habitus Living we dive inside the world of Fiona Lochtenberg from Studio Becker.

Lou Weis is a designer, film producer and creative director based in Melbourne. In his most recent project Broached Colonial he brought together leading Australian and British designers to create limited edition products inspired by Australia’s colonial period. This week on Habitusliving.com we asked Lou to share some of his creative inspiration

Jonathan Ward followed his nose from fashion design to launching his own line of eco-friendly scented candles. Ola Bednarczuk speaks to Jonathan about his range and his inspirations.

The presentation of Richard Munao’s medal for servcies to Danish Export was a grand occasion – marked by a reception for 150 at the Corporate Culture showroom in Melbourne with both His Royal Highness Prince Frederik of Denmark and his wife Prince Mary in attendance.

Celebrating its third birthday, the new-look Habitus reworked by studio one8one7 hits newsstands on 7 December.

Paul McGillick reports from the opening of Space Asia Hub in Singapore.

The NSW design community came out in force to support Broached Commissions; an annual international design collaboration that uses Australian history as inspiration for each new collection.

Young designer Henry Wilson was announced as the winner of the ninth annual BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARD 2011 at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art on October 27th.

Jess Malouf, Third Year Interior Design student has just won herself and her Program Coordinator Monique Rappell, an all-expenses paid trip to London in 2012 to attend Grand Designs Live UK!

Moët Ice Imperial was launched with ‘white chic’ sunset party on Thursday 13 October. The open-air location on the North Terrace of Sydney Opera House was a fitting location for guests to sample the new casual style of Champagne served over ice. 

InDesign and friends added a welcome burst of colour to the Cyrus Australia cocktail launch on Macquarie Street in Sydney last month.

Grand Designs is coming to life from 21-23 October 2011 at The Sydney Convention centre NSW.

Trade persons from the architecture and design community nationwide, can enjoy a discount on outdoor furniture thanks to an exclusive sale at Domo

A host of outstanding new designs on show for Pierantonio Bonacina at Maison et Objet in Paris 

Design Hunters™ relate personally with design at all levels and are responsible for driving design awareness in the mass market.

Luke Design Showroom Launch

Saturday in Design births a collaboration between Swedish furniture company Massproductions and Australian installation artist, Jordana Maisie

Guests enjoyed a meet the artist drinks party to celebrate the MCA’s 20th Primavera art show in The Rocks

Meme Design launch Vienna Kaffeehaus at NGV Melbourne 
 

 RELAXING WITH HABITUS DURING SATURDAY IN DESIGN

A passion for simplicity in material and process has helped Ross Gardam develop beautiful, charming lighting and furniture. Ben Morgan speaks with him ahead of the launch of the first products under his eponymous brand.
 

Step into the new and improved Perth-based Table & Chair Company showroom with Anna Flanders.

Designers and design hunters gathered in Sydney’s Hill Street precinct on Wednesday 3 August for the opening of the 11th Workshopped Exhibition.

Candana Designs held a party at their Woollahra showroom on Wednesday 27 July to celebrate the launch of their brand-new website.

Ben Morgan sits down for a chat with Melbourne-based office-worker-turned-designer George Harper, founder of Tide Design.

Sydney’s social and food personalities stepped out last week to
celebrate the announcement of the new Star City Casino’s restaurant
offerings.

Sometimes, the pursuit of art and design can be a lonely, solitary
activity. You burrow yourself inside the fuzzy haze of your own mind
(and decorated clutter of your own studio) to refine and craft the
clouds of thought into a well-resolved object of beauty…

Louise Martin-Chew meets with Renai Grace to talk about Spiro Grace Art Room’s art and design focus.

Two new furniture lines are introduced to Australia through a new Perth
traderoom. Anna Flanders takes a look at Zapp Design and Sebastian
Alexander

Your chance to engage with ‘Design that Moves’ in Melbourne at this year’s State of Design Festival.

Habitus issue 12 is out now in news agents and good bookstores. Here’s a peek at what’s in this issue

Writer Lee Suckling talks to a fellow Kiwi creative who has reinvented one of their nation’s iconic animals.

Andrea Stevens talks to New Zealand furniture designer Sam Haughton about his latest releases and approach to design.

Corporate Culture’s Melbourne showroom played host to the 6th event in Habitus’ Conversation Series on Wednesday 8 June.

The relaunched Supa Centa Moore Park opened with a splash of colour and champagne on Tuesday 7 June.

On Monday 30 May, Tokonoma Lounge hosted some of the top whisky brands in the world.

Guests braved chilly weather to celebrate 180 years of Christofle, in
the intimate and cosy setting of the branded store in Double Bay.

On 25 + 26 May, Poliform celebrated their new partnership with Italian brand Arflex in Sydney and Melbourne.

It’s not too late to snap up your tickets to next week’s conversation
with Greg Hatton in Melbourne. Buy your tickets now and you could win a 
Mondaine watch valued at $699.

Featured in issue 10 of Habitus magazine, Greg Hatton is the MacGyver of
design. Find out the secrets to his success and passion with our 6th
Conversation Series event in Melbourne.

Thai designers Wararat Puapairoj and Sirilak Agukitkul see each
project is an opportunity to explore something new. Janice Seow chats
with the award-winning pair.

They describe their collaboration as a permanent dialogue cultivated by
two distinct personalities, and united by design principles of shape,
balance and finesse. Alice Blackwood speaks with the Bouroullec
brothers.

The highly successful Longrain celebrates their expansion and opening of the new Shortgrain Canteen and Shop.

Tell us what you think about Habitus magazine – and you could win great prizes!

Jewellery store, Courtesy of the Artist, celebrated the launch of their
newly designed location at The Strand Arcade in Sydney on Monday 18
April.

Fashion brand, Sabatini celebrates 20 years in Australia with a glamorous party at Café Sydney.

The hugely successful bag brand, Crumpler, celebrate the launch of their new store in The Strand arcade.

A sense of adventure and deeper appreciation for design are just some of
things A Curious Teepee in Singapore hopes to encourage. Curiosity
piqued, Janice Seow catches up with its co-founder, Tracy Phillips.

Kate Stokes’ Coco Pendant has had great success; so much so, that she’s now released the new smaller version.

Last week saw the launch of the first artwork at Frasers Property’s Central Park on Broadway in Sydney.

Rosita Missoni talks to Mandi Keighran and Alice Blackwood about the latest Missoni Home collections launched in Milan

The man behind some of Singapore’s most well-known boutique hotels chats
with Janice Seow about his love for history and chairs.

Arthur G celebrated the launch of their new Sydney showroom in Hill St, Surry Hills on 31 March 2011.

Gaggenau and Comme create ‘A Flight of Fancy Taste’: A Parisien laneway lunch for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Watch Lydia Pearson and Pamela Easton as they talk with the audience at the latest Conversation Series event in Sydney.

Collette Swindells catches up with Singapore-based writer and design book editor Narelle Yabuka.

Habitusliving.com Editor Ben Morgan speaks with Angus Hutcheson about his Thai design firm, Ango.

On Tuesday 22 March 2011, Lydia Pearson and Pamela Easton travelled to
Sydney for the latest Habitus Conversation Series event at Designer
Rugs.

Emma Hack uses the human body as her canvas for creating lush, intricate works of art. Ola Bednarczuk delves into her world.

With one foot in Asia and the other in Europe, Singaporean designer Hunn
Wai and Italian Francesca Lanzavecchia make a young partnership with
broad reach. Janice Seow looks at their plans for 2011.

Issue 11 of Habitus magazine is out now. Read on to find out what’s inside and how to get your hands on a copy.

Lisa Cooper talks to us about video portraiture and her amazing artworks.

On Thursday 10 March, outdoor furniture and accessory company Robert Plumb launched their new catalogue, revamped showroom and new developments.

Habitusliving.com Editor, Ben Morgan, visits the creative couple responsible for one of Australia’s most loved design brands.

Habitusliving.com editor, Ben Morgan, speaks with Himanshu Dogra, the founder of Indian fashion, art and design label Play Clan.

Lee Suckling finds out how New Zealand is wearing its heart on its sleeve for Christchurch.

Art Month Sydney 2011 kicked off in style at The Ivy on Tuesday 1 March.

It’s pronounced ‘Silent’, but there’s nothing quiet about the Singapore
design studio’s bold, purposeful strides! Janice Seow chats with Felix
Ng, one half of the design duo about their plans for 2011.

Daniel To and Emma Aiston are the award-winning designers behind the
‘Basics’ collection, which took out the 2010 Bombay Sapphire Design
Discovery Awards.

You can now carry a piece of home with you – literally. Thai designer
Tithi Kutchamuch dazzles Janice Seow with home objects that transform
into head-turning jewellery.

We take some time to chat to photographer, Katherine Lu, whose pictures graced the pages of Habitus issue 10.

We catch up with Singapore-based FARM on how they came to be and where they’re heading.

Ola Bednarczuk meets a Melbourne duo setting the art world aflutter with its paper creations.

Vote for your favourite Habitus magazine cover and you could win.

Andrea Stevens talks to New Zealand photographer Jeremy Toth about city nights and film noir.

Loved in Australia since the 1950s, now Marimekko brings us new fashion,
accessory and homeware ranges to covet. Habitus Deputy Editor, Nicky
Lobo chats to designer, Mika Piirainen, to get the latest.

A small shop with big passion is bringing Japanese designs exclusively
to Singapore, and creating a stir.

Singapore recently welcomed renowned designer Barbara Barry to her eponymous showroom for Proof Living.

As the year draws to a close, we celebrate with a subscription giveaway and a look back at 2010.

Handy walls: The wallpapers by PaperHands are as suggested – made by hand. Lee Suckling talks to the Kiwi handycouple behind the brand.

We go design hunting with Jeni Oye of jewellery website Oye Modern.

Watch the conversation with Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson of Easton Pearson – the fourth in our Habitus Conversation Series.

Introducing a little something extra for our readers, beyond the pages of the magazine.

Immerse yourself in the latest design products from around the world with issue 10 of Habitus magazine.

The 4th Habitus Conversation with Brisbane-based fashion designers Lydia
Pearson and Pamela Easton was held at the Designer Rugs Showroom in
Fortitude Valley.

Alice Blackwood catches up with Linda van Niekerk, winner of the 2010
Tasmanian Design Award, to talk about her practice and place within the
Tasmanian bushland.

We speak with Urban Foundry’s Felix Low about the Foundry Collection – an international collaborative project.

On Thursday 18 November, Cruz Faux Fur relaunched their brand at a fun-filled Sydney soiree in the Temperature Design store.

earl.pinto is a new collaboration between designers Alex Earl and Gerard
Pinto. Here Alice Blackwood asks them about the action behind the scenes.

On Wednesday 27 October, the much-coveted address of Trésor, South Yarra was in high activity with restaurateur, Guillaume Brahimi, serving up treats and close to 250 guests in attendance for the launch of the new apartment project designed by Wood Marsh.

Meet Lydia Pearson and Pamela Easton for a conversation in Brisbane on 1 December. Get your tickets to attend now.

The new Workshopped store in Sydney was officially opened last Tuesday 9 November at the Hill Street Design Precinct.

Sydney’s newethical retail venture, REAL Store had its official openingearlier this month.

We meet up with Page Thirty Three and their quirky range of homewares and accessories.

Stephanie Madison introduces us to the new black with Kent Gration’s bamboo designs.

The Butler Goode Gallery in Sydney officially opened its doors last
Friday night at a glittering affair in the new Paddington Gallery
located at the Five Ways.

Stephanie Madison explores the organic inspirations of Melbourne’s Marc Pascal.

We drop in on a new store in Sydney that aims to support social, ethical and sustainable design and businesses.

It was a wonderful evening last Wednesday with the guys from NOBODY at Jardan’s Melbourne pop-up showroom in Richmond.

Last week Designer Rugs celebrated the launch of the Dinosaur Designs
second collection of rugs with a vibrant soiree at the Tim Olsen Gallery
in Sydney’s Woollahra.

Stefano Canturi launches his new fragrance at the Sydney Opera House.

Eugene Tan: we deviate from our Design Hunter™ Profile series to bring you one of our most inspiring people.

Ben Morgan talks design blogging with Lucy Feagins of The Design Files.

Delve into the latest issue of Habitus magazine as we explore the simple luxuries

The Captain’s Quarters: Lisa Kappel drops into Captains of Industry and learns a thing or two about gentlemanly style.

Frankie Unsworth meets a
paper engineer who has cut out and firmly glued down a niche for himself in the
world of paper craft.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the B.zero1
ring, Bulgari invites sculptor Anish Kapoor to re-interpret this iconic
creation.

Meet Piero Gesualdi (yes, the owner of that
house in Habitus 08) and Sara Thorn, who bring their creative passions together
to create textiles and interior products.

Design Hunters meet the trio behind textile studio Sixhands 

A stylist’s dream and a
minimalist’s nightmare, Francesca Unsworth visits Seasonal Concepts in Sydney.

His wooden radio took the world by surprise; a simple form in our
technology-saturated lives. We take some time with Indonesia’s Singgih
Kartono.

We take some time out with Terri Winter of the award-winning Top3 by design store.

Cartier launched Calibre de Cartier from the Maison in Woolloomooloo on 22 June 2010.

Habitusliving.com Editor, Ben Morgan, gets to know Daily Addict’s Carrie
Choo.

Photographer Nick Brandt opens exhibition in Sydney.

Guests attended the opening of Robert Brownhall’s exhibition of
paintings focusing on Sydney’s landscapes and people.

In issue 08, Habitus brings you the latest in beautiful design products
from around the world, along with a dedicated photo shoot on ideas for
lighting.

Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson are the faces behind Easton Pearson.
Here, we ask them about their design hunter ‘favourites’.

Are you into street wear? Check it, with the King of Nothing Series One
collection launch.

Singapore-based designers Studio Juju (profiled in Habitus 18) have created a name for themselves
internationally with their playful designs inspired by “snippets of the everyday”.

Darcy Clarke conjures Oceania at Salone Satellite in Milan

Designer Rugs launched the fabulous collection of rug designs by renowned fashion designer Vivian Chan Shaw in Sydney on Wednesday 19 May.

Life after death: Jewellery designer Julia deVille’s designs celebrate
life and explore mortality. Stephanie Madisonspeaks with Julia deVille.

The launch of the 17th
Biennale of Sydney was held on Cockatoo Island on Wednesday 12 May
2010.

Emerging designer Jarrod Lim speaks with habitusliving.com about his
playful aesthetic, penchant for wood and the smaller details.

Elisha Buttler introduces us to the agitators energising the city of Perth with more for the Design Hunter™.

Bulgarian jeweller turns discarded inner tubes into edgy ‘wearables’.

Furniture maker Brad Nicholls made his dream a reality when he began
his business alongside his family at the foothills of Victoria’s Mount Dandenong.

A curator of ideas; a designer of experience; a follower of rationality. Madhavi Tumkur meets Colin Seah.

Issue 07 of Habitus magazine hits newsstands on 24 March 2010 with stunning design from across the Region.

A market to give Adelaide designer/makers a stage to show their
work locally

The art community comes together in support of animals in Australia with this event at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation

This young design revolutionary is taking Indonesian design to the world and challenging cultural norms in the process.

Win prizes from Wedgwood and Designer Rugs with the launch of their rug collaboration 

 We announce the winners of our Taste of Sydney ticket competition
 

Fashion, art and photography come together with this Singaporean collective

We announce the winner of the signed copy of Luke Nguyen’s latest book Songs of Sapa

Habitus magazine celebrated its first birthday with readers by giving away exclusive Missoni gift packs.

 …(down Cleveland Street?) A new design location crops up on perhaps one of Sydney’s
least likely streets.

New Zealand architect Les Dykstra’s book Aqua House and his exploration of the relationship between water and architecture.

It’s a brave new world for South-East Asia’s industrial designers, but
Propaganda are leading the way with a fun-loving sensibility that is
irresistible.

Sydney-based fashion designer Donna Sgro is exploring textiles and
production techniques to find ways to create clothing that is kind to
wearer and environment alike

Hamming it up: Blackheath-based Studio ham’s whimsical yet practical products and prints.

Sewing the seeds of interdisciplinary design: Singapore designer Grace Tan’s “anti-fashion” approach.

The organic and timber artistry of New Zealand’s Gidon Bing.

The parallel textile-printing universe of Spacecraft

Away from work, Singapore-based industrial designer, Nathan Yong, has always been attracted to objects that look good and work even better.

Established Australian furniture brand Coco Republic and the nationally renowned Design Centre, Enmore, part of the TAFE New South Wales, Sydney institute, have joined forces for the first time to engage the community in premium interior design and decorating courses.

Illustration – arguably the most traditional art form is also particularly relevant in contemporary culture.

Traditional and contemporary Indigenous artists across Australia explore unique themes in their works

Korakot Aromdee attributes ultimate power to design, respecting it for
its ability to strengthen his community whilst admiring its capacity to
embody his rich culture.

Sometimes passion and an understanding of proportions is enough to forge a career in design.

Inspired by Habitus
magazine, a new online community for design hunters has arrived

Landscape designer Phillip Johnson is not the
only one enthralled by nature, his work also inspires others to lose themselves
in their fascination with the environment.

Sydneysiders get a taste of flavours, textures and cooking
methods from around the world