This website uses cookies to improve your experience navigating our site. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
OK, I understand
Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
Today Kate brings us another collection of images and delights in this colourful series. Along with the downloadable wallpaper freebie, make sure you leave a comment on any of this week's Guest Blog posts to go in the draw to win one of the original prints! -Jenny x
Red, a hugely symbolic colour across different cultures loaded with symbolic meanings.
In India, red is holy, it is a symbol of purity and ritual. Wedding saris are red. In contrast, Western societies see red as a sign of power, danger, sex. Maybe that's really why wedding saris are red. My Indian Nanna told me not to wear a wedding sari when I got married, but that was probably because she thought I'd run off with her jewellery.
Plus, my sister's called Ruby. Red rocks.
Tonight we'll be having Tandoori chicken on the barbeque and then summer pudding. Alistair and Milan are cooking... triple win!
Sign from Third Drawer Down, which has become my favourite shop for gifts, which people actually enjoy receiving class stuff and don't wish to exchange for credit notes (You know who you are).
This weeks red inks. They look rather berry like, the darkest one I had to stop myself from dipping my fingers in it looked like raspberry puree.
Handmade box from Zakee for my 21st birthday, complete with a Ganesh statue from my Dad and two smurfs which were a wedding present for Al and I from our friend Craig.
Milan a couple of years ago conquering the drop-in. There's a couple of photos of blood soon after, but I'll spare you.
A trip to Canberra, Evans is one of my family names.
Sydney, Young St
From our roof NYE 2010
I sent Alistair out to take pics of 'red' and this is what happened. Powerhouse museum.
Via Julian. The first time I clocked it I thought it was a picture of my mother, freaky.
Under the city
The mighty Heath Killen
Screenprint test sheet
Screenprint by Karl Maier
Cushion by Camilla Stirling
The best hat by Flora McLean
Via Sandi Vincent
I know its more orange, but this is a wish list dress by Jonathan Saunders
Around the corner
I got this beautiful book from my friend Amy and this is just one of the incredible pages in it. You may see more later in the week, but I'm not sure if I'm quite ready for sharing. Issey Miyake 'Pleats Please' photographed by Francois Giacobetti.
- Kate
The Design Files acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
First Nations artists, designers, makers, and creative business owners are encouraged to submit their projects for coverage on The Design Files. Please email bea@thedesignfiles.net
The Design Files’ original content and photos are copyright protected. Please email us before reposting our content on other publications, personal websites, or Instagram. Feel free to share our images on Pinterest using the credit ‘via thedesignfiles.net’. Thank you!