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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.
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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 is Alessandra's final day with us reporting on Milan Design Week 2011. A HUGE THANK YOU to Alessandra for not only being our very first international guest blogger but for an excellent, design crammed week on the Guest Blog. Be sure to pop over and check out Alessandra's blog, Design Your Life. -Jenny x
There are colors everywhere! A lot of colorful chairs, coffee tables, lamps, shelfs, rugs… the colors are bright and changing, but often they are retro… I love vintage colors!
Chairs, lounge chairs and armchairs with incredible braided patterns: metal wires form regular textures and wires of natural fiber tangle neatly.
Ecology, green design, sustainable materials: the nature is important! I love eco products, but I love also when the nature takes shape in design projects. Every year there are a lot of products inspired by the natural world, every year I can't wait to see them and their endless possibilities. Above are my favorites for this year! Especially The Hexagon, like a beehive, is a wooden system of seats and tables by HORM and the Eco-armchair by ESSENT’IAL is an outdoor armchair with soft transparent wrapper that you fill with recycled or natural materials like hay etc.
I hope my posts were a source of inspirations for you! Over the past five days we looked at new trends and style from the last International Furnishings Accessories Exhibition from Milan 2011. I believe that everyone can create their own personal style following some easy rules: freedom and creativity… good taste and attention to details… that's it!
Ciao ciao from Italy!
- Alessandra x
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