I’m a big fan of The Brown Trading Co’s colourful, sunny homewares. If you didn’t know they were Queensland based you could probably guess, with their tropical designs featuring pineapples and cockatoos and their bright yet sophisticated, on-trend collections. Once I knew they were about to release navy pineapple cushions (a combination of three of […]
Search: “sustainable”
We found 339 results for your search.
Entries are coming in for the inaugural Green Interior Awards brought to you by Your Future Home with Interiors Addict as the major sponsor. It’s open to both professional and amateur interior designers and stylists who have completed a residential or commercial project with a ‘green’ theme. The judges are looking for interiors that have […]
David Cummins is a “recovering architect” turned furniture designer and maker in Sydney’s St Peters. I just love his ‘bridge side table’ made from solid Tasmanian Blackwood offcuts and sustainable birch Form plywood. The dark brown phenolic film finish to the Form plywood allows the grain of the plywood to show through and its beautiful […]
Interior Designer Caroline Choker has been shortlisted in the hospitality category of the prestigious IDEA awards for her stunning work on The Grounds of Alexandria. She was selected from hundreds of entries and presented to a jury panel of design industry professionals in Melbourne earlier this month. The Grounds, which opened in March and won […]
I’m delighted to be the major sponsor of the Your Future Home Green Interior Awards, launching this week. The awards have been designed to recognise industry professionals who use green and sustainable products in their interior projects. Judges Emine Mehmet (sustainability thought leader and interior designer), Daphna Tal (sustainable interiors consultant at Australian Living) and […]
Is it really that time again?! I ran the City 2 Surf in Sydney this morning (anyone else?) and this comes to you from the couch where my legs and I are currently in a world of pain! Anyway, back to this week’s best bits… Jaclyn Carlson from Life InStyle gave us a roundup of […]
Categories
Great balls of light!
Artisan printmaking meets timber craftsmanship in this new range of sustainable lighting. Quince founder Michelle Koop teamed up with a local Melbourne craftsman to extend her lighting range with a collection of ball table lamps in touch-me timbers and her own textile designs. Each table lamp has a ball-shaped solid timber base in sustainably harvested […]
First, I must apologise for the lack of Sunday Snippets last week. As most of you will have heard by now, I had a crazy weekend: got engaged on Saturday and had my birthday on Sunday! Can’t complain! Back to this week, here’s what been happening in my world and interiors… I went to two […]
I started this week with my interview with interior designer Stacey Kouros, who trained under Greg Natale and later appeared on reality TV show homeMADE. I really enjoyed my interview with Jason Minty of the fabulous homewares and fashion store Becker Minty in Potts Point, which I published this week. Seems you love Becker Minty […]
Etsy is hosting a special summit on 2 June as part of Vivid Sydney 2012. Etsy Success Sydney will inspire, inform and connect local creative entrepreneurs who wish to learn new skills, understand the need for change in the new economy, and make their businesses sustainable and viable. Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will outline his […]
Categories
Ian’s designs have the x-Factor
There’s so much mass produced rubbish out there these days, it’s nice to see something a bit different from an Australian furniture designer. I asked Ian Factor of Factor Design to pick the top three pieces from his latest collection and tell us a bit more about them. “Each piece I design has to engage […]
Categories
Say no to fake designer furniture!
Everyone’s entitled to their opinion and it’s not my place to say who is right or wrong, but I’m keen to publish a variety of views on this subject. Anne-Maree Sargeant has a vehemently anti-replica stance. As editor at large of belle magazine, creator of design blog The Snap Assembly and someone who helped set up […]
Brighten up your bathroom! Add some colour to your bathroom with some gorgeous towels. The Instanbul blue Turkish towel is from Brown Paper Packages and costs $28. The colourful bamboo towels from Bamboo Village are $59 and both sustainable and biodegradable.
As Cushion Week continues here on Interiors Addict, I want to introduce you to Bluecaravan, where you can buy all these gorgeous cushions and many more! Since its launch by Byron Bay’s Jen Djula just over a year ago, this online marketplace for contemporary ethical fashion and product design has become a runaway success and there’s […]
Retail buyers and stylists from around Australia will be flocking to Melbourne next month to see the latest in homeware and giftware products from more than 50 categories at the Home & Giving Fair. Eryn Behan, managing director at trend forecasters Ginger Trend Consulting, says the fair is the best place to see products showcasing the upcoming […]