Habitus Magazine | Issue 26

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The great responsibility of editing Habitus magazine has been bestowed upon me, as Dr Paul McGillick moves on to pursue personal projects. I’m absolutely honoured and thrilled at the prospect.

I’m extremely grateful for Paul’s tutelage, having worked alongside him since the magazine’s launch in 2008. To everyone who contributes to Habitus – in-house staff, collaborators, contributors and readers – the journey continues with you. I remain completely committed to our original vision of Habitus. Particularly the Regional focus, weaving together the rich and diverse cultures, histories and geographies of Australia, New Zealand, South-East and South Asia. With this approach, there are infinite opportunities to connect, compare, share and understand creativity in context.

Our focus on living in a deeply conscious way, through design, is encapsulated in many of the stories in this issue. We applaud innovative solutions to real challenges – such as noise, in the case of the Andrew Road House by A D Lab (p.122), or designing for pets, in the case of 38Mews by DCA (p.167). We encourage you to rediscover the Art of Lounging in our special section (p.73). In 2015 we’ll take a dedicated approach to more topics in design and architecture that impact on our way of life – our special issue on the Kitchen & Bathroom (launching Feb/ March) is a case in point.

‘Without change, nothing in the world would ever grow or blossom,’ said yogi B.K.S. Iyengar. As we embark on this new era of Habitus, I embrace this philosophy. Change can be beautiful – take the Copper House (p.146) by TAKT | Studio for Architecture, for example, which changes with each salty breeze that blows over it. Really, you could say that all design and architecture is about change in some way: changes in situation, process, technology, materials and, perhaps most importantly, perception. Our mission at Habitus is to explore the shifts and understand how and why they take place, to celebrate the evolution of our environments, and through them – ourselves.

As we continue to explore living in meaningful ways, I’m curious and excited about where it will take us. I very much look forward to this next chapter and would love to hear your feedback, comments and ideas at nicky@habitusliving.com

Nicky Lobo | Editor