sustainable living

January 10, 2024

Little Falu is a Tasmanian tiny home, but it’s Nordic by nature

Exploring the world of tiny living in Tasmania, Little Falu is dedicated to embodying the essence of Nordic living – and it's available to stay in.

August 4, 2023

Ben Caine is leading the charge with Passivhaus in Perth

Founder of WA-based studio Leanhaus, architect Ben Caine took a roundabout way into finding his niche as an expert in Passivhaus – an approach to building that he says “scientifically nothing else compares to”.

January 2, 2023

Joost Bakker is paving the way to a greener future

Joost Bakker continues to champion a different way to live more consciously, and sustainably – and his new movie takes it even further.

May 18, 2021

5 Lessons on the Business of Sustainable Design

We condense the insights of four business owners who are each contributing to a greener future by shaping brands, products and buildings that stand on strong ethics.

February 3, 2021

VOLA Takes Us From Coast To Consciousness

A short film produced by Vola for the online series On Design explores how the summerhouse – or in Danish, sommerhus – has become woven into the fabric of Danish life.

November 3, 2020

How To Improve Your Laundry Life

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, then the laundry must be the engine-room. Why, then, is it also the least planned room in the house? Let’s ditch the dirty washing and elevate the conversation. Time to talk fabric care.

July 29, 2020

Ruskin Elwood Offers Environmentally Enlightened Living

In Melbourne, HIP V. HYPE teams up with V-ZUG to deliver four high-performance homes that puts quality of life front and centre.

June 25, 2018

The Natural And The Constructed In South East Asia

How Bangkok-based architecture practice Nitaprow aligned a brand’s ethos to its architecture.

April 23, 2015

Life And Design Off Grid

The passive architecture of off grid living has never been so well honed, nor so in vogue. Which is just as well, with the rationale for going off grid never more real.