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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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FinishesAndrew McDonald

Something Beginning With

Something Beginning With has unveiled an all-new range of furniture finishes recalling the lush green of Balinese rainforest landscapes.


Tropical nature in all its resplendent beauty served as the inspiration for the new range of finishes from Something Beginning With, which mark the launch of Spring/Summer 16/17 collection. The colourful, tactile collection of hues and material options was conceived in-house by Something Beginning With, and are available across its range of furniture.

Debuted at Melbourne’s Heidi Museum of Modern Art, the range is launched alongside the newly unveiled Ari Day Bed. An evolution of the Ari sofa range, the day bed is designed with soft, sweeping curves, designed to inject a sense of comfort and simplicity, form home living spaces to commercial reception areas and more.

The Spring/Summer 16/17 collection’s lush tropical vibes pop out against a backdrop of modernist design. In bringing together the finishes, Something Beginning With has referenced botanical hues of nature, with shades of greens, sharp lemon yellow and calm blues, offset against blush pinks and fiery reds.

“This unique colour and material spectrum has been carefully curated and designed to produce interesting relationships and richly nuanced combinations between SBW’s products, resulting in a visually captivating, balanced and beautiful resolved collection of products,” says SBW design team Lisa Vincitorio and Laelie Berzon.

“The effervescent, tropically-inspired greens, coupled with the plethora of contrasting materials, colours and textures, enables designers to create a dynamic interplay between finish and form. It also allows you to individually customise your SBW pieces to create a dramatically changing look that can be translated into an array of applications,” says Ms Berzon.

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Words by Andrew McDonald

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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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