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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.
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.
We're very excited this week to welcome Sydney illustrator Marcela Restrepo to the Guest Blog! Marcela's beautiful detailed work has featured here more than once before - you might remember my interview with Marcela late last year, and her beautiful 'Darlinghurst' illustration features in The Design Files Neighbourhood Calendar! Marcela is now outrageously famous because her work popped up all over Sydney (and even on TV!) as part of the identity design for Sydney Festival in January this year! So we really are extremely lucky to have her guest blogging with us all week!
This week Marcela takes us along on her recent trip back home to Colombia, sharing with us a local's view of Colombian culture and the beautiful landscape. Marcela's posts are rich with beautiful photographs, amazing scenery and cityscapes, and endless sunny blue skies - AND she's whipped up some brand new illustrations just for us! Do pop over each day to see what Marcela is up to - nothing like a daily dose of South American sunshine as we head into winter!
Marcela is represented commercially by the Jacky Winter Group. She has a blog and online shop too!
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