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Le Creuset Sydney Store

Premium French cookware brand le Creuset opens the doors to their first stand-alone flagship store in Australia. Located in the heart of the city in a heritage building on King Street, Sydney, the compact space has undergone a complete refurbishment and will offer customers the opportunity to browse and purchase the entire le Creuset range.

Spineless Classics

Spineless Classics have taken some of the best known and loved adult and children’s texts and turned them into completely legible and cleverly designed works of art to hang on your wall!

Dusty&Lulu

Lee Suckling finds a naughty/nice combination for the bedroom.

Back to 2013 with KAS

Journey into an enchanting world of modern Baroque decadence inspired by the era of artisans with KAS.

Sooper Design

About to celebrate its first birthday, Sooper Design is an online shop, blog and design resource with an impeccable design pedigree and curated selection of innovative and attractive products.

De’Longhi Launches Icona Vintage Collection

De’Longhi’s new appliance range celebrates iconic italian design and colour.

Cocici Tooth Hutch & Scratcher from Lavish Tails

Lavish Tails represents an exclusive collection of individually handcrafted pieces of feline furniture designed by Pavla Šarounová and the COCICI team in Prague, Czech Republic. The COCICI brand reflects a modern perspective to the architectural splendour of Prague that has developed over many centuries.

Tribal Friday from Collection of Cool

The debut range of brand new label – Tribal Friday. Designed in Bondi, these are top quality, large sized beach towels that are bold in their colour and design.

Evolution of an Oil Burner

Sydney-based designers Bianca Riggio and Ryan Hanrahan of Page Thirty Three share the process of how their stylishly functional Oil Burner, featured in the Habitus 18 photo shoot, developed from idea through to finished product.

Turf Paperweights from Contemporary Connoisseur

Quirkily pretty, these glass paperweights possess a reassuring solidity.

Habitus Loves… Stationery

Print or cursive, sketch or scribble, no matter how you choose to put ink on a page the tools you use will affect the end result. This week at Habitusliving we share our favourite items of stationery.

Habitus Loves… Cleaning

Well, we don’t actually love it, but to get into the mood for the upcoming issue of Habitus we though we’d share a few products that should make your Spring Clean easier and more pleasant.

‘Govino’ from Collection of Cool

An unbreakable, stemless wine glass with a nifty thumb groove from Collection of Cool.

Habitus Loves… Travelling

As much as we love to trot the globe, we can’t deny that sometimes the actual traveling part can be somewhat tedious. Make your next voyage just that little bit easier and more comfortable with these eight accessories.

JamFactory at Design: Made: Trade

The Adelaide-based creative studio expands its catalogue with a range of seven hand-made products that convey it’s driving philosophy of ‘design + craftsmanship’ at this year’s Design: Trade: Made.

Everingham & Watson launches online store

Gifts and Homewares from our Homeland

Habitus Loves… Wine

Rather than wade into the murky polemic of which particular wines are worth loving, we thought we’d give you our pick of wine-related things.

Habitus Loves… Winter Sports

For those of us lucky (or unlucky) enough to be getting to the business end of winter, the time for alpine activities is drawing near. Habitusliving takes a look at eight excellent products to make your mountain fun even funner.

Habitus Loves… Cutlery

Uniting the pinnacles of design with the most natural of human behaviours, cutlery must represent our material tastes and complement our gastronomic experiences. This week Habitusliving shares eight of our favourite tableware collections.

Kenetic tumblers from Contemporary Conoisseur

Elegantly delicate, these glasses are also excellent for decanting wine.

Intriguing Bowls from Workshopped

Workshopped brings to light a new collection of unique bowls exploring how multiple flat surfaces combined can form a vessel for holding. Hayley Davis reports.

Sydney Kitchens Opens New Showroom

The new Willoughby showroom features kitchen designs ranging from classical to contemporary, each displayed in an elegant but accessible style that highlights their best features.

‘Taste Code’ by Nespresso at Milan SDM 2012

Inspired by the creativity of Piero Lissoni, Nespresso returns to Milan with a multi sensory installation.

Tradition and modernity – the objects of Alexander Lamont

With a focus on meticulous craftsmanship, rich, luxurious materials and bold designs, the Alexander Lamont range is both striking and warm.

Habitus Loves… a cosy winter

The nights are getting longer, the air brisker, and our tans are quickly fading. Winter is almost upon us, and habitusliving has eight favourites for warming you this frosty season.

Royal Doulton 1815 Collection

A new tableware and tapas collection just in time for the revival of Mexican cuisine.

Habitus Loves… Milan SDM 2012 even more

We just couldn’t help ourselves – with so many wonderful designs at Milan this year we had to give you a double serve of Habitus Loves from the Salone del Mobile.

Dunlin Home, an online boutique.

Recently opened by Australian architects Nicholas Barber and Alexandra Bond, Dunlin offers a superb range of high quality designer furniture and homewares. Habitusliving gets some insight into how they made it happen.

Habitus Loves… Milan SDM 2012

With so much good design in Milan this week it’s hard to do it all justice. Habliving gives you a peek of eight of our favourites.

Dinosaur Designs’ Brisbane store

Dinosaur Designs’ flagship Queensland store offers a full range of jewellery and homewares in a colourful, inviting setting.

Habitus Loves… Cardboard

Ubiquitous and utilitarian, this most humble of materials holds surprising design and aesthetic potential.

Nendo 1% collection at SDM 2012

The 1% collection combines Nendo’s iconic elegance with a quietly deliberate social commentary.

Habitus Loves… Cooking

Incorrigible gourmands that we are, this week on habitusliving we take a look at our favourite kitchen accessories.

By Joost homewares

Earthy, natural and unique, By Joost’s range of homewares have an authenticity that is honest and attractive.

Habitus Loves… Indoor Plants

Be it feng shui, purer air or simply a green thumb there are many reasons to celebrate our leafy friends, so deck out your daisies with these funky pots.

Julie Patterson for Designer Rugs

‘Remixed’, born of the collaboration between Julie Patterson and Designer Rugs, expands on old favourites to create a new but familiar range of rugs.

Habitus loves …watercolours

Watercolours may have originated with primitive cave art, but its continuous history began in the Renaissance period. Today this simple art form survives in the hands of contemporary artists and continues to renew itself. Here we explore a mix of artist and tools that make watercolours wonderful.

Kerrie Brown Design

Kerrie Brown has recently launched her own design consultancy and home wares range. Drawing on 25 years of cinematic experience, Belinda Aucott discovers a collection that’s just as as sweet and inspired as a French macaron.

Blum Kitchen Accessories

BLUM bring colour and function to the kitchen with their new ORGA-LINE range of products.

Ceramic Fruit by Parterre

Inspired by the vibrant colours and fleshy volumes of Brazilian flora Parterre’s collection of ceramic fruit is a distinct and original addition to any interior.

From Russia with Love by Jan Kath at Cadrys.

Bob Cadry and Jan Kath are self-confessed ruggies. They are rug addicts, rug traders and their faces both reflect a bona fide enthusiasm for all things rug.

Habitus loves… Staying Dry

Rain – it ruins hair, clothes, and shoes. Defend yourself with these clever, water-evading contraptions.

Phoebe Porter: Cultural Couture

Melbourne-based jeweller, Phoebe Porter, speaks to Ben Morgan about culture, craft and clarity.

Habitus Loves… Desktop Organisers

Chaos in the workspace? Organise in style.

Penny Byrne’s Bizarre Universe

Ranging from caustic to cutesy, Penny Byrne’s creations demand consideration and reveal layers of meaning under often bizarre exteriors.

Victor, A Pig’s Tale

A new decanter by Austrian glass-master, Riedel, and butcher, Victor Churchill, is nothing to snort at.

Habitus loves… Luggage

From totes to titanium, these pieces of luggage showcase design ingenuity and discerning aesthetics

Louis Vuitton Shoes – handmade at Fiesso d’Artico

A Gondola’s ride from Venice artisanal shoemakers continue traditions half-a-century old to produce some of the world’s finest shoes.

Habitus loves …mixing drinks

Inspired by Don Draper’s character in Mad Men, this week we explore some unusual barware that complements the home spun hospitality of cocktail glory days.

Retrosuperfuture: shades for today

From the nose of Kanye West to head of the Alison Mosshart Retrosuperfuture’s high-end shades blend the best of street couture with superior design, as Belinda Aucott reports.

Origins Objects

A collection of hand-crafted design objects by Lasse Kinnunen.

Brodie Neill in conversation

Tasmanian-born designer, Brodie Neill, speaks to Ben Morgan about living and working in East London.

Camera Obscura

Photographer Anthony Browell has a passion for pinhole cameras.

Haute grunge: Cullen ceramics

Lately Adam Cullen has been getting his hands dirty making bronze sculptures and painting delicate ceramics. Belinda Aucott has the story.

Habitus Loves …sailing

This week Habitus sets out to get the wind in her hair as she packs up a bag of useful sailing essentials and climbs aboard the Sailing yacht Sleighride, a sloop originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens.

The Saffron Collection from Designer Rugs

Leading the way in ready-made rugs, Designer Rugs has recently built on its established line and released twelve new additions in their Saffron Collection. The Saffron Collection is an affordable flooring solution, with each rug hand tufted in New Zealand wool …

The Diving Mask Camera



The XSC Wide Angle Scuba Series is an Underwater Camera built into a dive mask making underwater photography “Hands Free”.

Two face watch, Marc Newson

Designed by Marc Newson for Ikepod, this reversible watch is known as the Solaris SCB18.

Habitus loves… ceramics

Habitus loves …ceramics

Andy Warhol Collection – Limited edition Wall Plates

Rosenthal has released limited edition Andy Warhol plates with 8 stunning new designs!

Faber Castell celebrate 250 years

Over the course of history, the Faber-Castell family owned-business has taken some hits. Yet this pre-eminent stationer will not lay down and die as, Belinda Aucott happily reports.

Funkis eyewear

Funkis, the Swedish fashion and homewares brand, is bringing Thorberg Design to the Australian market with a range of colourful reading glasses for men and women.

Mont Blanc Signature Range

Mont Blanc honours Europe’s iconic summit and its namesake with a collection of luxury writing instruments, jewellery and leather goods.

kikki.K Ticks Off 10 Years

On the 10th anniversary of Swedish stationery brand, kikki.K, Alice Blackwood chats with founder and doyenne of elegant and enviable stationery, Kristina Karlsson.

LEFF Amsterdam

A collection of beautiful and unique clocks from LEFF Amsterdam. 

DESIGNERS GUILD

Next month, Designers Guild will launch their new Australian spin-off online store DesignersGuild.net.au

Colour collective

New colours have been introduced to the Aeris Range for Samsonite

ROLL and HILL

Roll & Hill CEO and Designer Jason Miller caught up with Belinda Aucott to talk about his range of lighting fixtures available through Space Furniture

Habitus Loves… Taking Notes

This week on Habitusliving.com we go outside and make some notes in the fresh air. We start by looking at cult american note books Field Notes.  

Habitus Loves… Reading

If you’re having some cooler-than-normal weather, or if the sun is flooding through your lounge room, then chances are you’re ready to curl up with a good book. So this week, we thought we’d take a look at 8 of our favourite designs for reading… (with the obvious omission of Habitus magazine, which we know you already read!)

Aesop Moroccan Neroli Shaving Duet

More beautiful skincare products from Aesop.

Habitus Loves… Glass

It’s one of those materials that endlessly fascinates, with countless variations in shape, texture and composition. Glass is one of our favourite materials and here are 8 of our favourite designs that use it

Habitus Loves… Creatures

They come in all shapes and sizes and inspire great creativity. They’re a big part of our lives, our cultures and our childhoods, so we thought we’d check out some of our favourite creatures in design.

Habitus Loves… Blue

Okay, don’t get all down, we’re just going to chill out with one of the coolest colours around, with 8 of our favourite blue designs.

Habitus Loves… Red

We’re getting passionate this week with that colour that gets us revved up! That’s right, we’re taking on red, with some of our favourite products of the moment (and some of our favourites of all time). But be quick because, as everyone knows, red goes faster!

Habitus Loves… Yellow

This week we take on the first of our Habitus Loves colours series, with Yellow! Why not tell us about your favourite yellow products in the comments below!

Bow Bins

A clever re-use of plastic baskets and tubs that would normally have been landfill.

The KeepCup Extra Small

Good things come in small packages – finally a reusable coffee cup for the lover of smaller coffees.

Habitus Loves… Comebacks

There are some designs that were just too good to let go. That’s why we’ve compiled 8 of our favourite design comebacks. 

Habitus Loves… Candleholders

We’re lighting the way this week with 8 of our favourite candle holding devices (aka candleholders). But when it comes to cleaning up the wax, you’re on your own! Enjoy

New Collections from I Need Nice Things

Introducing the new collections of artwork from the team at I Need Nice Things.

Landscapes by I Need Nice Things

Introducing the first collaboration between I Need Nice Things and photographer Michael Hall.

New Dinosaur Designs Rugs

Designer Rugs have collaborated for a second time with Dinosaur Designs.

Aesthetically Aesop

Aesop’s approach to design is much like its
approach to producing natural beauty products; both are ascribed with the power
to “improve your life.” 

Homewares and Rugs

NSW Leather offers new ways to experience leather in the
home environment



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