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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.
As if there wasn't ENOUGH going on in Melbourne this week with the immense State of Design festival well underway... the much-loved Nicholas Building opens it's doors this Thursday and Friday for their annual Open Studios event!
This unique event offers visitors a rare behind the scenes peek at the work spaces of the many local artists, designers, makers and creative businesses who inhabit one of Melbourne's most iconic buildings. Over 40 creatives are participating this year - including artist Nicholas Jones, jewellers Vikki Kassioras, Amina McPhee and Rhiannon Smith, designer / maker Matt Thomson of Mattt Bags, and painter / printmaker Clare Whitney.
Held over two evenings, the Open Studios event really is the perfect mid-winter after work activity (combined of course with another favourite local past time - EATING OUT. Mmmm Movida Next Door, Izakaya Den or perhaps Cumulus if you're feeling really posh).
You can check out the full list of participating studios on the Nicholas Building Blog! It really is such a wonderful and uplifting showcase of the incredible creative talent in this town, and big congrats must go to Vikki Kassioras who does a stellar job of organising the event every year. Just another wonderful reminder of Melbourne's buzzing creative community!
Nicholas Building Open Studios 2011
Thursday 28th July and Friday 29th July, 4.00pm - 9.00pm both days
37 Swanston st, Melbourne
(Corner Flinders Lane and Swanston st. lift access via Cathedral Arcade)
ps. Sydneysiders must be feeling awfully left out this week with all these Melbourne happenings... I do apologise... Don't fret, Sydney Design is just around the corner!
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