DH – Feature

Quiet achievers

Wellard Architects is a practice that doesn’t make a fuss, or shout out its name. The practitioners of this studio are the quiet achievers but they happen to be making quite a lot of design noise at the moment.

Indigenous storytelling with everyday objects

Aboriginal designer and curator Alison Page and Breville have announced an extraordinary partnership with First Nations People and the National Museum of Australia.

Shaun Lockyer’s home is a map of meaning

In search of meaning through place, Shaun Lockyer’s Brisbane home is a tapestry of memories that has evolved in a manner counterintuitive to his architectural practice.

Cara Stizza knows colour

Co-founder and design director of interior design studio Made For, Cara Sitzza shares her insights into how colour can shape mood and motivation.

Earth is the new client

Sarah K says we’re facing a reckoning as consumers. How can design embrace sustainability without erasing itself? The multi-disciplinary designer is on a mission and has more than a few ideas up her sleeve.

Casual Australiana sets up shop in New York

Designing for her husband meant that Tamsin Johnson had license to nudge ideas a little harder in the fashion designer’s recently opened new New York location.

The beguiling joy of Atong Atem’s portraiture

Standing in front of portraits can feel like interloping on a private moment – not the case with Atong Atem’s art. Winner of the inaugural Art Gallery of New South Wales X La Prairie Award, Atong’s series, ‘A yellow dress, a bouquet 2022’, will be housed in the Gallery’s permanent collection.

The joy of slow living

ARKHILITE co-founder Vincent Goi tells us how slow living is able to bring joy and satisfaction to its inhabitants.

Finding inspiration in our lifelong passions

Design has always played a big part in Emma Buchan’s life. From attending site visits with her father at a very young age; to travelling the world in her adolescent years; and all the way through to establishing her very own firm, EB Interiors, Emma’s pursuit for all things design remains strong to this day.