The Bloom cabinet was among the bold designs at the 2018 Milan Design Week and marks a new collaboration between famed Australian industrial designer Adam Goodrum and French marquetry artisan Arthur Seigneur, writes Susan Muldowney. This year’s Local Milan No 3 exhibition presented by Local Design at Milan Design Week was housed in a venerable […]
If contemporary Australian design is all about risk taking, the pieces exhibited at Local Milan No 3 during this year’s Milan Design Week seemed to sum it up, writes Susan Muldowney. It’s near impossible to paint Australian design with a single definition and a visit to the Local Milan No 3 exhibition (presented by Local […]
The notion of an ‘Australian design aesthetic’ has been fuelling debates for decades, but ask Sydney designer Emma Elizabeth for her impression and it seems beyond dispute, writes Susan Muldowney. “It’s about risk taking,” she says. “Years ago, it was all about using wood and trying to look a bit Scandi, but today it’s about pushing […]