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Illustration Jewellery Indigenous Art Textiles Interior Design Craft Industrial Design Woodwork Quoted Furniture Art Styling Architecture Lighting Photography Ceramics Graphic Design Floristry
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About

About Contributors Contact Advertising Frequently Asked Questions

Homes

Real Australian houses – from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything inbetween.

ALL
Apartment
Architectural
Coastal
Country
Family Homes
Mid Century
Minimalist
Renovated
Tiny
Victorian

Gardens

In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.

ALL
Country Garden
Productive Garden
Public Garden
Small Garden
Suburban Garden

Art

Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.

ALL
Indigenous Art

Architecture

Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.

ALL

Creative People

Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.

ALL
Studio Visit
Extraordinary Routines
Dream Job
Small Business
Family
Regional
-
Architecture
Art
Ceramics
Craft
Floristry
Furniture
Graphic Design
Illustration
Indigenous Art
Industrial Design
Interior Design
Jewellery
Lighting
Photography
Quoted
Styling
Textiles
Woodwork

Food

Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.

ALL
Breakfast
Dinner
Gluten Free
Lunch
Salad
Snack
Sweets
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Family

How Australia’s most inspiring creatives balance career and family. The juggle is real!

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Art

Semi-Finalists Of The 2018 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Revealed

132 mesmerising portraits are in the running for Australia's richest art prize.
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Architecture

A Home That Invites The Outside In

A 1920’s brick bungalow in Hobart gets a modern revamp by Archier.
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Studio Visit

Restraint and Exuberance, With Kerry Phelan and Stephen Javens of KPDO

Revered Melbourne design studio KPDO share their distinct approach to residential design, and their latest project, One Wellington.
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Studio Visit

The Melbourne-Based Maker Pushing Paper To The Limits

We drop by the studio of graphic designer and papercrafter Magdalena Ksiezak, ahead of our Meet The Maker event next month!
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Podcast

TDF Talks With Cook + Author, Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Melbourne’s most-loved foodie on how she turned her passion for food into a career, plus awesome advice for first-time authors.
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Shopping

The New Furniture Showroom To Visit In Brisbane's West End

We visit the sleek new showroom of Mast Furniture, and go behind-the-scenes at their workshop.
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Modernist Australia

The Unforgettable 'Gruzman House’ Set For Auction

The terraced-in-rock home of legendary architect Neville Gruzman, designed in 1958.
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VICTORIA

This Cult-Status Puzzle Is Getting Its Very Own Exhibition

A puzzle exhibition and tournament like no other at Jacky Winter’s Lamington Drive.
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VICTORIA

‘Cuttings’ By Elizabeth Gower At Geelong Gallery

A major survey of work from one of Australia’s foremost feminist contemporary artists.
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VICTORIA

WIN A Weekend Away At The Biennale of Australian Art In Ballarat!

Your chance to see the largest-ever showcase of living Australian artists – on us!
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Editor's Letter

Hi guys! We’ve had a chock-a-block week here in the TDF studio – we published 18 stories this week.. and one more to come tomorrow! There is just too much great stuff to fit in! We kicked off the week with a mini-design guide to NYC f...

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Roundup

The Best Beach Houses

As we all count down the days 'til summer break, we revisit some of our favourite beachside homes.
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Roundup

Top of the Chocs

Our edit of tantalising chocolate recipes, just for all you chocoholics!
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Roundup

Workshop Envy

An edit of the most enviable craftsman caves from our archive!
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Australian Architecture

Architecture

A Converted Rural Retreat Like No Other!

As you can see from the project in Trafalgar, Gippsland, Wolveridge Architects have 'The Nak’ for great design!
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Architecture

The New Architect-Designed Tiny Home You Can Actually Buy

Grimshaw Architects has joined forces with Kids Under Cover to create a flat-pack micro house.
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Architecture

A Surprise In Ballarat's Suburbs

Eldridge and Anderson architects create a big impact with a modest budget, in this Ballarat home.
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Australian Architecture

Australian Creatives

Dream Job

Marion Joseph · Associate Director, Media + Public Affairs, NGV

The 33-year-old reflects on how she came to score her covetable gig at the National Gallery of Victoria.
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The Tools I Use

The Tools I Use · Jeffrey Phillips, Illustrator

Jeff the Peff' shares his illustration kit must-haves!
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Creative People

The Tools I Use · Derek Swalwell, Photographer

The legendary Melbourne photographer gives us the low-down on his go-to gear.
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Australian Creatives

TDF Talks Podcast

Podcast

TDF Talks With David Flack Of Flack Studio

For our fourth podcast episode, we bring you an inspiring conversation with Melbourne's most talked-about interior designer.
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Podcast

TDF Talks With Gorman Founder + Creative Director Lisa Gorman

For our third podcast episode, we chat to the creative mind behind one of Australia's most loved fashion brands – Gorman.
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Podcast

TDF Talks With Artist & Designer Rachel Castle

The much-loved artist and designer reflects on building her small business in a way that ensures she continues to love it!
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TDF Talks Podcast

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Creative People

Martyn Thompson's Distinctive Design Comes To The NGV

The Rigg Design Prize is Australia's Highest Accolade for Design. Shorlisted designer Martyn Thompson hints at what he's got in store for th...
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Homes

At Home With One Of Australia's Great Furniture Retailers

Explore the renovated Chippendale home of Cult's Richard Munao and family.
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Architecture

A Converted Rural Retreat Like No Other!

As you can see from the project in Trafalgar, Gippsland, Wolveridge Architects have 'The Nak’ for great design!
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Food

Matt & Lentil Purbrick · Make Your Own Flatbread With DIY Sourdough Culture!

The team from Grown & Gathered share a recipe for homemade flatbread... DIY sourdough culture included!
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Art

An Inspired Charity Art Project, In Support Of Yemeni Families

Pattern for Yemen is a charity art auction, exhibition and line of coverable art cloths you can purchase, featuring the beautiful work of 15...
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Architecture

The New Architect-Designed Tiny Home You Can Actually Buy

Grimshaw Architects has joined forces with Kids Under Cover to create a flat-pack micro house, with all proceeds going to support kids facin...
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Travel

A Design-Lover's Day In New York City

Our Editorial Assistant Sally Tabart takes us through her favourite haunts in the Big Apple!
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Textiles

Bruce Slorach's 'Botanica'

The iconic Australian artist returns home to Hamilton for his latest exhibition.
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Events

4 More Amazing Makers You Can Meet @Mercedes me!

Introducing the next series of creative events we're hosting at Mercedes me, featuring Beci Orpin, Bernard Chandley, Magda Ksiezak and Leila...
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Studio Visit

An Acclaimed Sculptor Unveils His Enthralling New Exhibition, Aged 87

We go behind-the-scenes with Ken Unsworth as he creates enigmatic installations for a new exhibition at NGV Australia.
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Modernist Australia

Iconic Architecture In The Heart Of St Lucia

A 1962-built modernist home currently on the market in Brisbane.
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Gardens

An Industrial Wasteland Turned Plant Paradise

A tour of Andrea Fitzpatrick's lush city plant shop, Botanick Brisbane.
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