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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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At the heart of it all

Watch the Fitzroy Project by Robert Nichol & Sons come to life on film, where a tactile and hi-tech kitchen made it a worthy winner of the Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest.


The notion of the kitchen being the heart of the home is an expression used all too often – but on the Fitzroy Project by Robert Nichol & Sons the kitchen is well and truly the epicentre of it all, and it was the final piece to be designed.

The project has been more than five years in the making, with incremental stages added to it over time. The last piece of the puzzle culminated in the kitchen.

Positioned in-between a new addition and the original bluestone cottage – including vast, cathedral-high ceilings – is a central connector to every other room and is a space filled with life and texture.

David Nicholson, co-director of Robert Nichol & Sons, shares that every design decision in the kitchen, from the Japanese linen-finish laminate cabinetry to the Gaggenau appliances, is a response to the clients philosophy of “do it once, do it well”.

With a captivating story behind it and a design-led approach, the Fitzroy Project took out the ‘Best of the Best’at the inaugural Gaggenau Kitchen of Year Design Contest.  

The Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest 2is an initiative focused on highlighting the most outstanding kitchen designs from across Australia. A well-respected jury panel of designers, developers and kitchen specialists came together to select the winners, and through the process were delighted with the attention to detail and high-quality outcome achieved on the Fitzroy Project.

It is a worthy winner and is a space that responds to the surrounding context and heritage, while bringing it into the modern day with luxurious inclusions.

Stay tuned as the 2022/2023 Gaggenau Kitchen of the Year Design Contest opens for entries in late 2022.

More info here
https://www.gaggenau1683.com.au/gaggenau-kitchen-of-the-year-design-contest/

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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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