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Issue 64 - The 'Future' Issue

Issue 64

The 'Future' Issue

Habitus #64 Welcome to the HABITUS ‘Future’ and ‘Habitus House of the Year’ Issue. We are thrilled to have interior designer of excellence, Brahman Perera, as Guest Editor and to celebrate his Sri Lankan heritage through an interview with Palinda Kannangara and his extraordinary Ek Onkar project – divine! Thinking about the future, we look at the technology shaping our approach to sustainability and the ways traditional materials are enjoying a new-found place in the spotlight. Profiles on Yvonne Todd, Amy Lawrance, and Kallie Blauhorn are rounded out with projects from Studio ZAWA, SJB, Spirit Level, STUDIOLIVE, Park + Associates and a Lake House made in just 40 days by the wonderful Wutopia Lab, plus the short list for the Habitus House of the Year!

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Design Hunter Q+A with Copper Industrial Design
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Design Hunter Q+A with Copper Industrial Design

Hot on the heels of their win at the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award, we catch up with Viktor Legin and Edward Linacre of Copper Industrial Design to hear about their candid, down-to-earth, and often humorous design favourites.


Your name: Viktor Legin and Edward Linacre of COPPER ID

What you do: Industrial/Product design, lighting/furniture/object design, installation design.

Your latest project: Additionally to our commercial and residential lighting projects we are working with Sussex Taps on a range of bathroom fixtures, and continuing our consultancy work including Medical Devices for MDI reaching market this year. We will also be releasing a new product of our own later in the year; the first we have truly designed together. Our new communal art/design/media hub we are building – Mycelium Studios – is taking shape and is an incubator for ideas.

Who are three people that inspire/excite you:

Vik – Nikola Tesla
Ed – Buckminster Fuller

What is your favourite…

Car/bike/plane/boat model: We both have strong feelings for our first cars:

Vik – Toyota Corolla 1978 KE35
Ed – second hand Toyota Tercel in Canada driven with snowboards strapped to the roof.

Chair model:

Vik – Eames Aluminium group executive chair
Ed – KONSTANTIN GRCIC CHAIR 1

Residential space: The recent Swinburne Avenue house by Doherty Design Studio and Rossetti architects. And our parent’s houses to escape the vortex of work.

Commercial space: MONA in Tasmania, and our own Mycelium Studios.

Decorative product:

Vik – My bonsai tree
Ed – Ross lovegrove Helix staircase

Functional product:

Vik – My Glasses
Ed – My Bike

Handmade good:

Vik – my handmade leather wallet
Ed – Stoneware lights – Adam Cornish

Mass-produced good:

Vik – Pioneer DJ Headphones
Ed – Leatherman

Meal:

Vik – Slow cooked ribs and potatoes
Ed – Mum’s Roast

Restaurant: 

Vik – Meat and Wine Co
Ed – Meatballs and Wine

Drink:

Ed and Vik – Andrew Tarlington’s Beer

Bar:

Vik – Killing Time
Ed – The Yarra 

Item in your studio:

Vik – TLS desk Lamp
Ed – Terrarium

Piece of technology:

Vik – my Pioneer CDJ’s decks and mixer
Ed – Lasers, man

Fictional character:

Vik – Batman
Ed – Superwoman

Vice:

Yes, in the workshop.

Virtue:

Vik – Do it once, do it right.
Ed – Make the most of every moment.

What does the term design hunter mean to you?
A spy with great taste in design.

Copper won the Temple & Webster Emerging Designer Award for 2014.
templeandwebster.com.au/eda


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Issue 64 - The 'Future' Issue

Issue 64

The 'Future' Issue

Habitus #64 Welcome to the HABITUS ‘Future’ and ‘Habitus House of the Year’ Issue. We are thrilled to have interior designer of excellence, Brahman Perera, as Guest Editor and to celebrate his Sri Lankan heritage through an interview with Palinda Kannangara and his extraordinary Ek Onkar project – divine! Thinking about the future, we look at the technology shaping our approach to sustainability and the ways traditional materials are enjoying a new-found place in the spotlight. Profiles on Yvonne Todd, Amy Lawrance, and Kallie Blauhorn are rounded out with projects from Studio ZAWA, SJB, Spirit Level, STUDIOLIVE, Park + Associates and a Lake House made in just 40 days by the wonderful Wutopia Lab, plus the short list for the Habitus House of the Year!

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