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March 18, 2024

The art of storytelling through design, with Julia Ashwood

Every design has a story, weaving together nuanced intricacies and overarching motifs. Creative Director Julia Ashwood's portfolio embodies her attention to detail and her love for engaging with both residents and guests alike, all through the lens of her design ethos and personal experiences.

August 15, 2022

Khai Liew: The bespoke master

Based in Adelaide, Khai Liew has literally, designed an amazing life and career. As an object maker par excellence he is unrivalled and his work is desired by all who see it. He is the epitome of the quiet achiever who has reached the ultimate in his profession as a leader on a global stage.

August 3, 2022

Planetary boundaries

Designer Kit Willow is blazing a trail with KITX. Her second fashion label – which came into being in 2015 – has a powerful mandate to champion planet conscious fashion for future generations, without sacrificing style and quality.

May 25, 2020

This Composed Apartment Is The Debut Project Of TE-EL

Designer, founder and principal of TE-EL Ethan Lim makes an apartment a retreat from the helter-skelter of Singaporean life.

May 13, 2020

TE-EL Creates Quiet And Tranquil Architecture As An Antidote To City Life

Founder of Singaporean spatial practice TE-EL, Ethan Lin helps clients find comfort in home.

July 17, 2019

The Duality Of Designer Sabine Marcelis

We spoke with the New Zealand-raised, Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis on the uniting of dualities within her work and her life.

April 19, 2018

Lee Broom Makes His Way To Space Furniture

Conceptual lighting designer Lee Broom can now be found at Space Furniture in their Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur showrooms.

March 21, 2018

Meet Rachel Vosila, A Local And Emerging Product Designer

In 2015 local designer Rachel Vosila challenged existing perceptions, as well as her own, of what a chair could and should be designing one chair a week for a year, her One A Week Project. Now, she’s interested in telling stories through families of furniture.

September 19, 2016

Resident: Creating Magic in Design

Resident is a New Zealand design practice driven by Scott Bridgens and Simon James who collaborate with a select group of designers. And as Rebecca Gross learns, its high-quality furniture and lighting is the unique result of these conditions and relationships.

September 1, 2016

Adding to Franco Crea’s Mila Family

Franco Crea debuted the latest additions to the Mila family – a collection of stools and chairs that continues his slimline aesthetic and playful attitude towards texture.

July 4, 2016

Ivy Muse: Elegant Greenery

Alana Langan and Jacqui Vidal are co-founders of Melbourne-based botanical wares studio, Ivy Muse. Habitus Living reporter, Ashley Tucker spoke with Alana and Jacqui to learn about their successful design practice and brand new collection.

June 16, 2016

Avoiding the Cliché with Studio Elke

For Studio Elke’s Elke Kramer, design is a constant work in progress, and she finds herself consciously going out of her way to create designs that no one else is creating: “As soon as you find yourself pinpointing a single influence, I feel like I’m becoming a cliché, so I try my best to eject that from my work.”