art

ARTIST KARIN HAAS

Karin Haasalways knew that she was going to be an artist, but getting to that point was another matter. After showing a keen interest in drawing an...

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design

DESIGNER MINNA KEMELL-KUTVONEN

While Marimekkois a global business, it’s very much a local one too. The fashion and homewares company still prints many of its own fabrics at its ...

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australia

CERAMICIST NATALIE ROSIN

“Ceramics is an interesting balance between tangible, tactile design and freedom of creation,” Natalie Rosin says. She came to it while studyin...

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art

ARTIST GUY WARREN

“At the age of 94 I’ve been around a long time so it follows that I’ve had many great experiences, personal, visual, emotional, etc, which have all...

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architect

ARCHITECT ANDREW PATTERSON

Andrew Patterson founded his architecture studio on a simple yet strong idea. If a building feels like it belongs to a place - through environment,...

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art

ARTIST ADAM PYETT

“I don’t stop working - one painting leads on to the next and to the next,” says Melbourne artist Adam Pyett. “Sooner or later there is a body of w...

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interiors

PHOTOGRAPHER JUSTIN ALEXANDER

The pull of photography was too strong for Justin Alexander, despite some early doubts. After school - which started in Papua New Guinea, where he ...

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art

ARTIST LINDE IVIMEY

Linde Ivimey’s first solo exhibition was in a museum - at the Heide Museum of Modern Artin 2003. “I really had to pinch myself,” Linde says. “That ...

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homes

PHOTOGRAPHER SIMON DEVITT

“I’ve always followed my instincts and done things the way I thought they should be done,” says Simon Devitt. “I show the work I want to make and i...

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design

DESIGNER YUSUKE SEKI

Tokyo-based designer Yusuke Seki has garnered a lot of publicity for what is one of his favourite projects to date. He was commissioned to remodel ...

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art

TEXTILE ARTIST MISTER FINCH

Mister Finch had almost always been able to sew but one day about seven years ago he felt it was the right time and he was in the right place to st...

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