The creation of Tasmanian-born, Melbourne-based Joe Chester, TreeHorn Design produces handcrafted wooden homewares and accessories. Working from a studio in Richmond, Joe places focus on using only reclaimed, recycled or sustainably grown timbers, and often makes extra items from the trimmings from the workshop floor. more
Inviting some of the world’s most influential designers to share their own vast knowledge of their industries, DESIGNerd captures the questions and answers the creative elite believe that amateurs, enthusiasts and dabblers should know. more
Husband and wife potters Tetsuya and Momoko Otani started their pottery studio in Shigaraki, Japan in 2008. It’s here in one of the six oldest pottery sites in the country that the pair makes functional ceramic vessels for your daily table. more
What inspires you? To some the answers come swiftly and in abundance. To others, this question is a most vexing one. more
Bringing renewal to the quiet southern arrival point of Fortitude Valley, a new triple-tower development is set for 186 Wickham Street. Located near the iconic shopfront of Monty’s Pawnbrokers opposite the lower end of the Chinatown Mall, the lot has sat vacant for the past 20 years. more
Reinventing the 3D puzzles of your childhood – or perhaps you’re midway through building one on the kitchen table as we speak – Little Building Co creates beautifully crafted timber model kits of renowned architectural edifices. more
A surfeit of locally made artisan wares will line the sunshine-cloaked GOMA entrance this weekend, when the Winter Design Markets returns to the gallery. more
Helping home nesters to break out of the IKEA mould that sees all your kinfolk styling their homes identically, Handkrafted pairs local makers with those with a custom furniture need. more
A heartwarming example of the beauty of collaboration, the new fit-out at Two Trees is the result of a bounty of local folk coming together. more
Brisbane Powerhouse’s latest exhibition Architecture: Made by Women launches an enquiry into gender, the design process and the role of gender in architecture. more
Melbourne designer and colourful crafty lady Beci Orphin has been slowly revealing hints to a project she’s been working away at for about a year now. Finally her latest marvel has been revealed – in collaboration with entrepreneur Adam Rogers, Beci has launched new homewares label Arro Home. more
A space to create, converse and mull over ideas with others, a shared co-working studio gives individual entrepreneurs the community support of an office environment, while maintaining the space to knuckle down solo. The ever-increasing field of start-ups has opened a need for more joint workspaces to share with likeminded creatives. more
With a resume that includes styling for Australian home magazine Vogue Living and 16 years as managing director and designer of Equator Homewares, Kerryn Haig has turned her attention to a new challenge, launching her own furniture company Wisteria Design. more
Inspired by the challenges of modern-day living – pokey apartments, upsizing or downsizing and the needs of growing families, Living Design crafts furniture with flexibility at its heart. more
When we invest in a special piece of pottery – one that’s made lovingly by hand, each bump and grain a beautiful mark that makes that vessel unique – sometimes the piece almost seems too special to use in the day to day. But by using the cup for your morning coffee or the bowl for your porridge, the acts of sipping and spooning from the vessel seem to slow time, the treasured object enhancing the everyday motions. more
Last Friday evening, local architects dressed up in their finest threads and headed to the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre to hear who made the cut in the 2014 Queensland Architecture Awards. Projects from Brisbane and throughout the state were considered across 11 categories, with 34 projects receiving awards and commendations. more
Harnessing the virtues of collaboration and the momentum that can gather from a collective of ideas, Mozilla has taken a collective approach to furniture design. more
Brisbane designer, typographer, publisher and printmaker Nicole Phillips has released a journal that is written by designers for designers. more
Each year we peel back the pages of artichoke magazine with anticipation, hoping to see a few Brisbane-based cafes and restaurants amongst the beautiful venues that take out the top spots in Architecture Media’s annual Eat Drink Design Awards. While we appreciate that there is a surfeit of beautiful new cafes, bars and restaurants dotting the country (and our neighbour New Zealand) to choose from, we would love to see more of our city’s excellent locales recognised at a national level. more
A new retail shop in Paddington is singing the praises of local makers, acting as showroom for all things designed and made in Brisbane. The creation of James Talty and Kristina Decker, Brisbane Made is situated along sunny Latrobe Terrace and has rounded up a collection of local furniture guns, leather mavens and ceramic artisans to feature. more
