Design Stories

We uncover the story behind the designs coming out of Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific. Every collection has more to say than what’s immediately on offer: from inspiration and material selection, to the chain of production, it’s all here on Habitus Living.

Jean General Store puts community front-and-centre

Interior designer Kelly Ross has opened a new home for design objects, vintage furniture and much more in the town of Bundeena.

Stories of the moving tide

Ghost Net Collective is creating a large-scale installation of a sting ray for Barangaroo, bringing together communities and putting ocean net waste to good use in the process.

Compression and release

A bronze sculpture by Mika Utzon Popov draws the eye and a moment of pause at Eco Outdoor’s new Melbourne showroom.

Fantastical treasures from the remote island of Yeahnahnesia

You may not know their names (yet) but through collaborations with companies such as Google, Nike, Adidas, Vans, Converse, Hypebeast, and Billionaire Boys Club, you most certainly know Yok & Sheryo’s work.

Colour and style coalesce in Arent & Pyke’s new book – Beyond the Primary Palette

Arent & Pyke’s new book – Beyond the Primary Palette – reveals a deeply rich and layered collection of exceedingly well-crafted interiors.

What’s the future of brick?

In this second part of a series on Brickworks, we look towards the future. Exciting innovations are taking place, pushing design and material technology in new directions.

HAY Melbourne has a home in the heart of Fitzroy

Melbourne design lovers rejoice! HAY has its first dedicated retail outpost, open now in Fitzroy.

Meet the women changing the scape of the babysphere

Phoebe Simmonds and Kate Casey are bringing their curatorial, ‘cut-the-crap’ attitude to the babysphere with the launch of their flagship boutique, The Memo, designed by Cera Stribley.

Art meets design with these 8 sculptural furniture creations

In a wide variety of shapes and lines, yet equal in their supreme craftsmanship, we look at eight pieces of sculptural furniture that turn your living and working spaces into an art gallery.

Watch: Li Edelkoort on new living trends

Watch Li Edelkoort on future directions in living, inspired by new Caesarstone products, and hear from Indesign’s Alice Blackwood on modern living led by locality, wellbeing and ecological influences.

A match made in heaven: Herman Miller collaborates with HAY

Exemplar Danish designers and consummate Eames fans, Rolf and Mette Hay have been invited into an extraordinary collaboration with Herman Miller to deliver a 21st-century reinterpretation of eight beloved Eames mid-century classics.

Brahman Perera’s intimate ode to shopping

“Henne embraces a softer, less aggressive retail experience through residential and familiar design elements that make the space more homey and comforting.”

From the light master

As a global force in lighting design, Christopher Boots Studio’s new collection has something of the other world about it. Glistening spheres of quartz crystal capture not only the eye but the imagination and the beautiful forms will be the focus wherever they glisten.