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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.
Sydney based illustrator extraordinaire Christopher Nielsen is a bit of a fave around here.
You might recognise Chris' unique illustration style from the TDF 2012 Calendar - his cluttered bookshelf illustration recently won Silver in The Illustrators Australia awards 2011, and was also selected for The Society of Illustrators 54th Annual Exhibition in New York this year. WOO HOO!! Truly deserving recognition for an incredible local talent!
Melbourne readers are in luck, as Chris has an opening TONIGHT of his exhibition 'Slax Appeal' at Lamington Drive Gallery in Collingwood. The show features twelve hand cut and painted plywood pieces, which draw inspiration from vintage advertisements and signage. The rustic, rubbed back layers of these works reflect Chris' distinctive illustration style.
How CUTE is the 'Garden Variety' octopus / strawberry combo above? Fruit / animal fusion. Genius.
'Slax Appeal' - opens tonight from 6.00pm - 9.00pm
Exhibition runs from February 24th – April 7th
Lamington Drive
15 - 25 Keele st
Collingwood
ps. Further reading for committed illustration fans! - A cute interview with Chris over here.
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