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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 66

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Kitchens and bathrooms are, arguably, the most consequential rooms in the home — and almost always the first to be considered. Whether approached through renovation or new build, their design has the power to recalibrate how a home is lived in and experienced. For this issue, our guest editor, Mardi Doherty, principal of Studio Doherty, explores what it truly means to transform these pivotal spaces — and why thoughtful design in kitchens and bathrooms delivers dividends far beyond the purely functional. Her insights both as an architect and as her own client give an open and honest account of the thinking behind creating a home.

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Design Hunter Q+A with Leo Yip
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Design Hunter Q+A with Leo Yip

The second profile in our series of Designers featured in ‘Hightide – Queensland Design Now’ is Leo Yip, motorbike guru and co-owner of Ellaspede.

Your name: Leo Yip

What you do: Co-owner of Heluva Design Studios with business partner Steve Barry & Co-owner of Ellaspede Motorcycles and Apparel with business partner Steve Barry.

Your latest project: Harley 48 1200 Sporter

Who are three people that inspire/excite you:

1) Chip Foose
2) Dieter Rams
3) Peers, Friends and Family

What is your favourite…

Car/bike/plane/boat model: 1967 Porsche 911 / 1963 Parilla 250 Wildcat / Playboy plane / Dolvik 28

Chair model: Eames Lounge and Ottoman

Residential space: Falling Water

Commercial space: Sydney Opera House

Decorative product: Chinese Ru ware ceramics

Functional product: Victorinox SwissTool RS

Handmade good: Levis made to order jeans

Mass-produced good: iPhone

meal: Raclette 

restaurant: my wife’s cooking

drink: Any wine by Some Young Punks

bar: Spring St Down Town LA

item in your studio: Aeron Chair

piece of technology: MacBook Air

historical figure: Bruce Lee

fictional character: Monkey Magic

vice: motorcycles

virtue: modesty (haha not very modest mentioning it)

What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ mean to you? Documenting and archiving design in a particular era and show casing them to the greater public.

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Issue 66 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 66

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Kitchens and bathrooms are, arguably, the most consequential rooms in the home — and almost always the first to be considered. Whether approached through renovation or new build, their design has the power to recalibrate how a home is lived in and experienced. For this issue, our guest editor, Mardi Doherty, principal of Studio Doherty, explores what it truly means to transform these pivotal spaces — and why thoughtful design in kitchens and bathrooms delivers dividends far beyond the purely functional. Her insights both as an architect and as her own client give an open and honest account of the thinking behind creating a home.

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