Artichoke, June 2011
ArtichokeEnjoy Australia’s most respected coverage of interior architecture, design, objects, people and products.
Product
Design products to dream of
The latest design products from Artichoke.
News
2011 AIDA winners
The winners of the Australian Interior Design Awards 2011 were announced on 15 April 2011.
L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival 2011
The 2011 festival invited the wider community to experience fashion and design through exhibitions, films and installations.
IFI Global Symposium
The conclusion of this interior design global symposium saw the New York Declaration signed.
Scenic Interiors and Spatial Experiences
Staging Space: Scenic Interiors and Spatial Experiences is about creating a visual identity that affects the user.
Report
DIA South Australia Awards 2010
The best of South Australian design was celebrated at the Laminex Group DIA SA Design Awards in Adelaide in November 2010.
Urban Station communal workspace
Buenos Aires has a new sensation called Urban Station – a communal workspace rented by the hour to mobile professionals.
Library
Design Anthropology
A collection of more than fifteen essays by design thinkers edited by Alison J. Clarke.
Cardboard Book
This book is a collection of projects from around the world, saluting that recognizable and disposable material – cardboard.
Functional Aesthetics
Sabine Seymour’s book delves into the next generation of wearable, functional and state-of-the-art design.
Features
Innovative learning spaces
Many factors play into the creation of successful, forward-thinking learning spaces.
Mary Featherston’s school designs
Reflecting a shift towards collaborative and experience-based learning, Featherston’s designs are purposeful and flexible.
Bangkok University Creative Center
The Bangkok University Creative Center critiques, challenges and questions the identities and activities of young people.
Clayfield College by Archibett
The ubiquitous Queenslander verandah morphs into flexible indoor–outdoor classrooms in this new Brisbane school by Archibett.
Three school projects go beyond the classroom
Architects and designers are creating fresh school environments to support a new era in education delivery.
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building by Gehry
UTS’s appointment of Gehry Partners as architects created instant controversy – but what is Gehry’s proposal?
Design and technology change classrooms
Interaction between design and technology is seeing classrooms evolve into dynamic learning spaces via the virtual world.
Products for learning environments
Products for learning environments from Artichoke.
Review
Baldwin Spencer Building
A new learning centre at Melbourne University, by Woods Bagot, injects modern student-focused design into a heritage skin.
Kids Inc Childcare at the Zenith
This Sydney childcare centre by Futurespace is sensory, playful and safe.
Innova21, University of Adelaide
The Innova21 building by DesignInc echoes the textured, layered approach of Charles and Ray Eames.
Monash Uni’s medical teaching facilities
Bates Smart’s highly complex interior is flexible and appealing.
Westfield, Sydney CBD
John Wardle Architects, Wonderwall and Westfield’s collaborate on a major Sydney redevelopment.
Stokehouse
The Stokehouse’s interior by Pascale Gomes-McNabb features the materiality of brass, timber and oak.
Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne
Tasteful and universal, Gray Puksand’s interiors for the CAE, in Melbourne, include layers that reference the street below.
Scan
Thurley’s flagship store in Melbourne
Russell & George’s unified space for the Melbourne Thurley store belies a richly layered and detailed interior.
Kenzo Melbourne
Kenzo’s Melbourne store is an enchanting example of simple and rich design that reflects and complements the brand.
Tank Fish and Chippery
Anna Drummond applies a set-design-inspired approach to space making at Melbourne’s Tank Fish and Chippery.
Counter Space
An exhibition at MoMA in New York looks at the history of kitchen design, including aesthetics, technologies and ideologies.
Soft Architecture lighting by Flos
Soft Architecture by Flos explores a light not as an object, but as a glowing extension of the architecture itself.
Garagistes wine and food bar
This Tasmanian garage converted to a wine and food bar has a rough, stripped-back shell furnished with honest material.
The power of transdisciplinary design
Greatly enriched design solutions can be created when different design disciplines pool ideas.
Exhibition: Julie Blyfield
An exhibition of Adelaide-based Julie Blyfield’s jewellery and objects.
Second Edition cafe-bookshop
DEA Interiors’ design for this charitable cafe-bookshop in Melbourne injects new life into old objects.
Polixeni Papapetrou exhibition
Marcus Costello reviews Polexeni Papapetrou’s exhibition of photographs, Tales from Elsewhere.
The Blackman
The Blackman hotel is designed around its collection of artworks by iconic Australian artist Charles Blackman.
People
Profile: Yves Béhar – designer
Following his $100 laptop and glasses project for Mexican kids, Yves Béhar brings the same design principles to the new SAYL chair.
A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life: Joel Sampson
What makes a design studio tick? Artichoke magazine asks Joel Sampson, interior designer in the Hassell Sydney studio.