June - July 2019

Belle

Interior design and decoration magazine

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Contributors
Elisa photographed the Travis Walton-designed residence in Luxe Country Homes, p134. How would you describe your aesthetic as a photographer? Clean and detailed. What have been some of your favourite career experiences? Getting to work with some of A
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Editor’s Letter
I have just realised that I have spent roughly a quarter of my life working at Belle magazine, starting in 2007 as managing editor when I was lucky to be hired by editor and publishing dynamo Neale Whitaker before he went onto TV stardom. I have been
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Hitting The Wall
VENICE Representing Australia at the Venice Biennale, Angelica Mesiti’s ASSEMBLY is a three-channel video installation staged within a dramatic amphitheatre. Filmed around Australia and in Italy’s Senate chambers, the work evokes evolving translation
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Bending Reality
HUW TURNER IS WELSH and grew up in a 19th century worker’s cottage on the top of a mountain in South Wales. In contrast, Penny Collins was raised in Sydney’s Mosman Bay in a home her architect father and mother had designed in the mid-70s. This iconi
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Milan Report
SUMMING UP THE WO RK of Emiliano Salci and Britt Moran of Dimore Studio is like describing a favourite film you saw years ago – it’s hard to put your finger on why you love it so much, you just know you do. This is partly because they push a little h
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Looking Glass
THE ARTIST WHO HAS BEEN AN ENDURING INFLUENCE? I’ve always been curious about art and design as it was in my house growing up so my Dad [2] is one of my main influences. An artist who stimulated my approach to space and volume is Alexander Calder [1]
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Nordic Retreat
A curved headboard pairs beautifully with earthy tones to create an understated, relaxed aesthetic. The My Design Ellipse headboard with floating bench-seat base is constructed using a high-quality feature-grade blackbutt veneer, finished in Native T
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Buon Appetito!
MAKE LIKE AN ITALIAN and entertain with what you have in your cupboards. In other words, keep it simple and intuitive. Italian food is usually very fresh and unfussy and this, too, seems to be the national modus operandi for entertaining. For Italian
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Interior Design Awards 2019
Adopting materials inspired by centuries-old Japanese techniques, the ethereal composition of Sydney cafe Edition Coffee Roasters garnered Best Hospitality Interior for design practice Amber Road in the 2019 Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards
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Third Rock
The design of this house in Victoria takes inspiration from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion and the Glass House by Philip Johnson, explains interior designer David Hicks. How did you become involved with this project? The clients liked
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American Spirit
Context was everything for interior designer Greg Natale in creating this American southwest-inspired holiday home in Oklahoma, US. How did you become involved with this project and what was the client’s brief? The owners of this property are my long
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Glowing Future
For owners Morgan Ferry and Bryce Kennedy it was love at first sight when this house became available in the picturesque NSW village of Berry. What was involved with this project and were alterations required? My partner Bryce and I had been looking
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Treading Lightly
Chelsea Hing was careful to ensure her design choices complemented the surrounding landscape of this Yarra Valley home. How did you become involved with this project and what was the brief? The owners had built the house only seven years prior to eng
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Quiet Time
Creating a connection with the outdoors was a key concern for Travis Walton and his team of architects and designers in ensuring this rural Victorian home was a luxurious escape that also allowed the owners to feel at one with the surrounding environ
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LIGHTING The Way
LIGHTING IS SUPER HOT RIGHT NOW, experiencing what is known in the fashion world as ‘a moment’. Partly that’s because designers are able to launch fit-for-purpose lighting workshops for relatively little outlay – today’s highly desirable handcrafted
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Copy That
Designers’ homes are often akin to a Petri dish. Here, they are free to experiment with fanciful ideas and new products without having to consider a client’s taste. And it is where they can be the most creative. This book is a fascinating look at how
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The Anatomy Of A Laundry
Transforming your laundry into a stylish, efficient hub of home organisation and cleanliness is easier than you think. All it takes is a little planning, some creative thinking and the right appliances. Follow these tips to learn to love your laundry
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Circular Key
Melburnians love to talk about the weather. The propensity to have four seasons in one day, the cold snaps, the big chills, the cool changes, the humidity, the unrelenting heat. It all makes having a pool rather a sensitive operation. A generous, gli
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Smart Casual
Having lived in their Hunters Hill house in Sydney for 10 years this family was very appreciative of the suburb and its attractions as well as the space and convenience of their house. But as the family’s three children had grown the layout no longer
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Old Flame
The homeowners of this 1800s double-fronted miner’s cottage in Melbourne’s inner north, Bev Adam and Craig Shearn, didn’t realise that the neighbours were whispering about their renovation until somebody gave them the 411. “A friend told me they were
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Close To Nature
Linking the vast spaces of this waterfront house on Sydney’s Middle Harbour in a more coherent way and opening up doorways and corridors was the first step in its reinvention by interior designers Dylan and Nicolette Farrell. The magic followed soon
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LIQUID Glory
With not just one but two pontoons touching the mirrored waters of their man-made lake, the owners of this idyllic Mornington Peninsula garden in Main Ridge, Victoria, would have enjoyed many On Golden Pond moments, watching the sun set behind the to
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À La Mode
When a fashion designer sets about revamping a home she has bought for her own family you know it’s going to be a cutting-edge makeover. Camilla Freeman-Topper, of popular Australian womenswear label Camilla and Marc, had lived in the unrenovated hou
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Dished Up
GOLD COAST Nineteen at The Star has been given an uber-chic makeover courtesy of Mim Design. The decadent rooftop restaurant has sweeping views over the Pacific. star.com.au ITALY British designer Tom Dixon is encouraging people to slow down, doing a
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Sleep Overs
{ Managing director, Mercedes-Benz Vans Australia & New Zealand } What’s your favourite hotel? Jock Safari Lodge, Kruger National Park. What’s your most memorable travel experience? Visiting France, in particular Normandy, the Bordeaux region and the
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CREATURE Comforts
At a waterhole in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve, an elephant the size of a Mack truck is finessing his synchronised swimming. The water turns his cracked dusty hide a sleek glossy black as he plunges in trunk first, bottom up (yes, it does lo
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Charm School
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR OFFICE? Dreamy, calming, thought-provoking. WHAT APPEALED TO YOU ABOUT THE SPACE? The location – we are away from the craziness of Queen Street, Woollahra, in Moncur Street, which is such a little community. Our treelined

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