Your name: Mark Best
What you do: Chef, Owner, Restaurateur Marque Restaurant (Crown St Sydney) & Pei Modern, Collins St Melbourne
Your latest project: expansion of the Pei Modern Brand
Who are three people that inspire/excite you: 1) Alain Passard 2) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 3) Kate Moss
What is your favourite…
Car/bike/plane/boat model: C63 AMG Estate
Chair model: Eames Classic Lounge & Ottoman
Residential space: Casa Malaparte, Capri
Commercial space: The Seagram Building
Decorative product: Concrete
Functional product: Concrete
Handmade good: the bread at Marque
Mass-produced good: Vegemite
Meal: Blue Hills at Stone Barns NY, USA
Restaurant: Arpége, Paris
Drink: Hendricks & Tonic, cucumber
Bar: Hotel Costes
Item in your studio: Mamiya RZ67
Piece of technology: Fujifilm 100S
Fictional character: Patrick Bateman
Vice: Control Freak
Virtue: Control Freak
What does the term ‘Design Hunter’ mean to you? Some dude (ette) in horn rimmed glasses & camper slip ons
