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Clarice Cliff 26 Sep 2012 | 08:54 am
Melbourne 10 Aug 2012 | 10:43 am
Ok ok, Melbourne is fabulous, I am told that ‘the people are nicer there too’. I don’t know that I agree with that but, if it’s true, it’s possible that it is because of the nature of the city. Melbou...
We Are Not Alone 26 Jun 2012 | 10:01 am
We are not alone in our love of steel it seems. Matthew Hilton’s beautiful new furniture range uses cast steel for the legs of several pieces. The steel is particularly lovely on the Orson Desk. Made ...
Testing, testing, 1,2,3… 18 Jun 2012 | 03:42 pm
We are very scared. The decision has been made to stain the travertine. Predictably this has not been done before so I set about to experiment. Pigment was the order of the day and all I had was some ...
Moving Inspiration 7 Jun 2012 | 01:07 pm
One of the very inspirational things about the showroom moving process is that I have had a chance to become very well acquainted with the work of a fabulous American architect, Tom Kundig. I have ful...
We Are Moving! 5 Jun 2012 | 02:09 pm
We are moving! I can finally articulate the statement without completely freaking out. The process is a double-edged sword of the sharpest kind. As you can imagine, the designing element of creating o...
Workstations 20 May 2011 | 04:27 pm
Two…or three of the most wonderful work stations imaginable.
Lenny Kravitz 20 May 2011 | 04:07 pm
These are images from Lenny Kravitz’s apartment in Paris. The word in Architectural Digest is that he has designed it all himself and makes a habit of it throughout his numerous homes. I am not sure t...
Untitled 27 Apr 2011 | 12:50 pm
This is the view looking up, while supine on a park bench beside the Lachlan River, Bathurst. Many delicious hot cross buns consumed from a fabulous bakery in Blackheath, too many yummy chocolate eggs...
Cotton Duck 16 Mar 2011 | 11:13 am
When Spence & Lyda first opened, we were on Holt Street, Surry Hills. One day early on, I was alerted to the peeping of what sounded like a duckling outside. Confused, I walked out onto the street sea...