Melbourne’s Hotel Esplanade has taken out the title for Australia & Pacific Bar at the 2019 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. The award, won by Technē Architecture + Interior Design for their design work on the venue’s reincarnation, was announced at a ceremony in London, officially making The Espy the best-designed bar in the region. […]
Australian paint manufacturer Wattyl is hedging its bets with the release of two quite different colour inspiration palettes for 2020. One palette, called Bright Future, takes inspiration from digital culture, while the other, Natural Connection, takes its cues from nostalgia for the natural environment. Wattyl’s colour and design expert Sarah Stephenson says the rise of […]
Australian interior architecture practice Mim Design has beaten out over 1,800 other entries from 16 countries to win the global prize in the Sub Zero and Wolf Kitchen Design Contest. At the awards ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, Mim Design was one of four Australian practices among the seven finalists to receive major awards. Mim […]
Located on London’s King’s Road, the neighbourhood synonymous with British fashion, music and pop culture movements, Humble Pizza restaurant features a quirky interior. Architect’s statement The inspiration for the design came from the staple of British vernacular post-war architecture – the ‘Formica caffs’, which first appeared in London’s West End in the 1950s, several of […]