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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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New Marimekko Collections
PeopleHabitusliving Editor

New Marimekko Collections

Loved in Australia since the 1950s, now Marimekko brings us new fashion,
accessory and homeware ranges to covet. Habitus Deputy Editor, Nicky
Lobo chats to designer, Mika Piirainen, to get the latest.


Finnish designer, Mika Piirainen, loves Australia. He comes here once a year to get ‘inspiration’ for upcoming collections. Trained as a fashion designer, he has been with Marimekko since 1994 and has “done it all”, creating clothing, homewares, bags and footware for the brand during this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As well as the natural landscape and wildlife, what Piirainen loves most is “the very relaxed lifestyle. I like how you dress up, I call it a 24-hour dress, so the girls go to Bondi, and then go to work and they just have the same dress non-stop.”

While here, he has been photographing madly (sights range from the Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne to Bronte cemetery). These images will be abstracted, sketched and developed to become new prints for the summer 2012 collection.

The Marimekko known to Australia is colourful, bold and graphic, however there is a more sophisticated side to the brand, “very quiet” as Piirainen describes it.

The winter ranges feature darker colours and quality fabrics, with characteristic Marimekko quirk in the structural forms. These, along with new summer, babies and children’s wear, accessories and
homewares were launched to Australian audiences in August/September 2010
and are in stores now.

Marimekko already has a cult following, but they also continue to attract new and young followers with selective collaborations with brands such as Havaianas thongs and, recently announced, Converse. The popular sneakers will be printed with vibrant Marimekko designs (available from February 2011) to bring one of Finland’s best-known brands into a new era.

 

Marimekko products are available throughout Australia, for a full list of stockists click here.

Also available in Malaysia through Janine and in Singapore through Style Nordic.

 

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Issue 63 - Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Issue 63

Kitchen & Bathroom Issue

Habitus 63 is arguably the most aspirational issue of the year with Kitchens & Bathrooms to dream about. Whether a family hub, an entertainer’s paradise or somewhere to grad a quick meal, how we live in and spend time in the kitchen is a very personal question that requires thought and an abundance of resources. Always the aspirational eye candy of design, we have some truly lovely kitchens from Greg Natale, YSG, Splinter Society, Sally Caroline and Studio Johnston. Bathrooms are just as important with Greg Natale, Studio Tate, YSG and Those Architects sharing some fabulous insights

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