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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Landscape Architect Hugh Burnett shares his design favourites with habitusliving.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.