Penny Craswell is communications manager (Australia) at Woods Bagot and founder of The Design Writer blog. A former editor of Artichoke magazine, Penny has also worked as an editor at Indesign magazine and Amsterdam-based Frame magazine with a total of twelve years’ experience as an editor and writer in the fields of design, architecture and art. She is currently working on a Masters of Design (Hons) at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
Penny Craswell's Latest contributions
Pocket Passiv by Anderson Architecture
Abutting a row of Victorian-era terraces, this diminutive Sydney studio tests the possibilities for environmentally conscious infill housing on remnant urban sites.
The Bercin 001 by Retallack Thompson Architects
A collaboration between Retallack Thompson and MIK Studio, 001 is the first suite at Newtown’s boutique hotel. The Bercin.
Dreamhome: Stories of Art and Shelter
This exhibition, at the newly opened expansion to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, features a collection of works in which artists explore their dreams of home.
Studio: Tom Fereday
Sydney-based industrial designer Tom Fereday continues to add to an award-winning body of work that reflects his focus on aesthetic and functional longevity.
Studio: Doshi Levien
For the past 20 years, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien have combined their complementary skills and knowledge to create design pieces with flair, originality and deeply embedded storytelling.
‘Transparent and diaphanous’: Do Ho Suh
South Korean artist Do Ho Suh’s exhibition at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art features works in fabric and paper that lovingly recreate the houses Suh has lived in.
Concrete classic: South Melbourne House
A Melbourne architect’s own home reflects his love of modern Italian design – and his conviction that “you have to be comfortable in the space.”
Mulberry mood: Dream Weaver
A love of colour united YSG Studio and its clients, and the result is an expressive yet balanced interior with a slick contemporary feel.
Elevating everyday domesticity: O House
In Sydney’s Manly, a formerly “fat” brick box has been transformed into a light and bright home that effortlessly flows up a sloped site from front to back.
Hearth of the home: Arthur
In this addition to a Melbourne residence, clever planning and considered materiality create a functional and immensely livable family home that magnifies its garden connections.