Urban Commons engages POPconcrete to create Foodscape
17 Apr 2014Local design studio POPconcrete has paired up with Urban Commons to help bring the Melbourne company’s Foodscape project to life. more
Local design studio POPconcrete has paired up with Urban Commons to help bring the Melbourne company’s Foodscape project to life. more
There may be a surfeit of creative pot plant designers around the country, but shipping the heavy must-have beasts to your front door is no easy feat. Luckily two local ladies have put together their penchants for homewares and home nesting to good use, thinking up Well & Glasso pots. more
Mirvac has announced that stage three of its Waterfront Newstead development will be Unison – a residential development with street-level retail opportunities. more
In the lead up to the Queensland Architecture Awards in June, a smattering of regional projects are being announced as finalists around the state. In the Sunshine Coast Architecture Awards announced this month, 12 of the 22 entries were commended. more
The screen of an iPad can never quite live up the tactility of a piece of sketch paper, but the process of creating art on a tablet has become a whole lot easier with the release of Pencil by FiftyThree. Emulating the characteristics of a traditional pencil, this stylus-like tool can be used to draw and erase, and even allows you to blend its marks with your fingers. The designers behind the Pencil and its accompanying app have also taken into account hand positioning, incorporating a special ‘palm rejection’ action that allows you to rest your hand on the screen while drawing. The Pencil has been crafted in sustainably harvested walnut or black brushed aluminum, which conceals the Bluetooth wireless connection device and rechargeable battery within. Explore the brand’s innovative world of design here. more
Pushing the boundaries of radical theoretical futures, Liam Young is the founder of London-based think tank Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today. Liam is also a UQ expat, and he returns to Brisbane next week to engage the local community in his theorems for future urbanism. more
Plans to redevelop the site of the old Coorparoo Myer building have been lodged to council, turning the location into a multi-use residential, retail and transit-orientated precinct. Set along Old Cleveland Road in Coorparoo, the development aligns with future plans for the underground Eastern Busway, a well as providing pedestrian connection to the current bus service upgrades in the interim. more
With Milan’s design week 2014 Salone Internazionale del Mobile running April 9–14 this week, we take a look back at a highlight from last year’s edition. In a design process that runs full circle, Italian creative Antonio Aricò designed a range of outdoor furniture that is made with olive wood and finished with olive oil. Taste of Wood is intended as a cheeky design ‘eulogy’ to the olive tree and an illustration of the importance of olive oil to Italian culture. The range was exhibited at Foodmade during Milan Design Week in 2013, where designers were challenged to use food as a raw material. Visitors to the presentation were then encouraged to not only use olive oil to polish the set of table and chairs, but also to taste it. more
Combining talents in painting and sculpture, Adelaide-based visual artist Katia Carletti turned her attention to ceramics a few years ago, bringing carefully crafted footed planters and other handpainted vessels into our lives. After graduating from Adelaide Central School of Art with a Bachelor of Visual Art with Honours in 2011, Katia undertook a residency in Reykjavik, Iceland, before returning to South Australia as an artist in residence at Carclew during 2013. Under the name Black Lodge Ceramics, Katia strings ceramic pendants into jewellery and crafts spoons, a series of planters with stumpy legs and hanging conicals perfect for cradling aeriums. Each piece is adorned with precise yet imperfect dashes or dots, highlighting the whimsy of the handmade. You can follow Katia’s photogenic adventures of life as a plant-loving ceramicist – and those of her beloved bunny Tilvie –… more
Japanese design studio nendo has produced a collection of tables for Walt Disney Japan, with the shapes and details inspired by Winnie the Pooh characters. more
One sunny Brisbane afternoon, an architect, a creative director and an electrical engineer who had gotten together for a few beers came about the discussion topic that it would be interesting to capture the construction process of a building – the drawings and plans being brought to three-dimensional life. A little market research for a reasonably costed product left the trio empty handed, and so, armed with a few more beers, ideas on how to build one began to roll in and they set about creating a prototype time-lapse camera. more
Vacant since the 2011 floods, the deteriorating Riverside restaurants building could be set for a refresh with a development application submitted by the Katarzyna Hospitality Group. more
Change is a-happening at Brisbane Airport. A freshening up of the International Terminal is underway, designed by Richards & Spence in collaboration with Arkhefield, and now Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has put plans in motion to create a new hotel precinct at the domestic terminal. more
While not quite sculptural, the humble beanbag inspires feelings of comfort and cosiness, as its mouldable shape hugs tightly to your figure. Similarly, the unique hollow form of the Snug Chair spoons your seated body, meaning you can do away with the foam-filled floor couches. more
The humble brown paper sleeve that conceals a crispy baguette or crumbly loaf of sourdough upon the journey home has had an eco-minded facelift. more
Intriguing planters can be hard to come by. Occasionally you may stumble upon a vintage gem while trawling antique stores, but, for the avid indoor gardener, feeling that rush of excitement from discovering the perfect stand is few and far between. more
If you kitted out your living room with entirely Green Cathedral furniture, you could easily feel transported to a sleek 1960s backdrop, with simple whites and woods interspersed by pops of bright colour. more
Our local taste for all things American is about the expand from cuisine-based desires to architectural interests with a Brisbane version of New York’s renowned Flatiron Building planned for Fortitude Valley. more
The James Street landscape has changed dramatically over the past 15-odd years – from a desolate commercial precinct housing a Coca Cola factory to Jamie’s Espresso Bar setting up shop to the foodie and fashion precinct that it resembles today. Now the tight-knit strip is set to gain a hotel in a transformation of one of the centre lots. more
Restaurant kitchens can be chaotic places. Boiling pots, sizzling pans, plates being dropped in haste – all to deliver a hot, perfectly poised meal to hundreds of diners each evening. more