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Get summer ready with our top picks from Country Road

Country Road has long been a personal favourite, ever since as a tiny tot, my mum would take me in for our weekly pilgrimage! Their Summer Home collection has just launched, with something for every room and every style. Here are my top picks:

Save money and have a tapas night at home! Country Road’s stoneware Tapas range is hand-glazed to give a beautiful, glossy finish. Featuring a modern design and clean profile, the range is a stylish addition to the table.

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Functional (but would also look great just leant up against the wall) the Albi Trivet is crafted from timber and designed to protect your surfaces from heat. It is available in four colours.

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I adore art and the Luna A1 Poster is super chic and affordable. Win! Hang with their Tube Hanger or in one of their A1 frames.

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Oh so cozy, the Rikka Knit Throw is made from a soft cotton blend in a chunky knit weave. Perfect for refreshing you space. It comes in two gorgeous colours, arctic blue and mid grey.

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I love a ladder as a place to hang towels, throws or garments. But the Nomi Storage Ladder goes a step further, having clever lock-in shelves which appear to float. Made from ash it comes in natural and black.

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Shop online | For more Country Road goodness

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Designers Homewares

Artist Evi O launches homewares label ANNEKA

Renowned for her work on high-end illustrated books and abstract paintings, Indonesian born artist Evi O has expanded her creativity, launching a new designer homewares label, ANEKKA.

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Featuring a debut collection of four contemporary tableware pieces, they are neat and understated, perfectly aligning with Evi’s style. “Our products have clean lines and are produced to last. Each piece combines modern form and minimalist design to add a contemporary element to your home.”

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Now based in Sydney, Evi collaborated with Indonesian artisans and used traditional techniques, with each piece individually crafted using high quality clay, fired in a kiln. An immediate standout is the Melk vase, inspired by the traditional milk jug. Coming in five shades, you can use it to display your favourite flowers or pair it with ANEKKA’s Tulip cups for your drinking ritual.

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The Tulip cups handle varying temperatures, suitable for coffee, tea, or that special sake on the rocks. Also available in five shades, they are stackable and designed to accompany the iconic Melk.

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To round out the collection are two bowls, the stackable Maan, which is suitable for your everyday meal and comes in three shades. And the Hoed, which also comes in three shades and is designed for entrée or dessert.

The ANEKKA collection is dishwasher and microwave safe and available now. Shop online.

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Homewares

Aura’s stoneware brings elegance to the kitchen

When Aura launched their first kitchenware collection — which featured a gorgeous array of patterned porcelain — earlier this year, it was just the first step.

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Now, they’re back! And this time they’re presenting a sublimely tactile, high-fired stoneware range. There are plates, bowls, trays and cups in marshmallow, peppermint, pastel pink, graphite, coral and yellow, each piece beautifully crafted and glazed by skilled artisans.

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It is because of this expert hand-finish that each piece’s glaze remains unique. And by choosing only the most eco-friendly, highly durable materials, which are dishwasher and microwave safe, the Aura collection is the perfect answer for those seeking elegant, yet functional ceramic tableware.

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Designers Homewares

Dinosaur Designs celebrate landmark 30th year

With a three-decade career designing iconic homewares and jewellery under their belts, Dinosaur Designs‘ creative directors Louise Olsen and Stephen Ormandy, have today launched their latest collection, Rainforest.

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An evolution of their previous collections, which have referenced birds, flowers, seeds, earth and stones, Rainforest evokes the moisture and warmth of the tropical rainforest, with bright accents and tonal greens, and the solid earthen tones of wood and stone from the forest floor. “Nature has always been a core inspiration,” explains Louise. “So it only seemed fitting that a collection inspired by rainforests — a lush environment full of wonder and full of life — should mark our anniversary.”

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The homewares collection is dominated by very large-scale bowls, platters and servers, and by popular demand, the signature ‘pebble’ pepper grinder returns, this time accompanied by a salt grinder. The jewellery is a delicate balance of boldness and finesse, with accents of gold and brass, and exciting new cuff and drop earring styles.

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The Rainforest collection also reflects Louise and Stephen’s deep respect and concern for the future of rain and old-growth forests. The world’s rainforests are home to 50 percent of the earth’s plants and animals, and act as the planet’s thermostat by regulating temperatures and weather patterns. Highly endangered, Dinosaur Designs have decided to help support rainforest preservation by donating a percentage of the collection’s sales to the Australian Conservation Foundation to support their Great Dividing Range Campaign.

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Rainforest is available in store and online from today.

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Silver, copper and brass tableware made by age-old techniques

Believing tableware should not just be functional, but beautiful and long-lasting, silversmith Alison Jackson launched her first solo exhibition, Table Tools, featuring 48 high-end, handcrafted pieces.

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Created using age-old techniques and fine silver, copper and brass, the consolidated body of work includes one-off, individually made pieces. Vessels of many shapes and sizes, spoons each with their own personality, quirky whisks and flexible serving utensils, all marry form and function to produce table tools designed to last.

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Starting each vessel with a flat sheet of metal and sinking it into the hollow of a tree stump to give it some shape; each sheet was then annealed-heated to a critical temperature that returns the metal to its soft state. Next, came the raising process: “Raising is time-consuming and labour intensive, but also an incredibly rewarding process,” says 29-year-old Alison. “It’s amazing what you can achieve with a sheet of metal and a hammer.”

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While each piece has a name, Alison doesn’t dictate how they should be used. “They’re designed to be flexible and I want people to use their imagination and not restrict themselves to one use. These are tactile pieces you’ll want to use, not just store away for a special occasion. They make everyday experiences special, like eating a bowl of cereal.”

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The exhibition also features a project very close to Alison’s heart, ‘10 vessels 10 days’. “To challenge myself, I created one vessel each day for 10 days and all during work hours. Not every vessel is 100% perfect, but they all hold special meaning and value.”

Table Tools is on until 24 October at Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, Canberra. For more information.

Photography by Angela Bakker

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Concrete and crystal homewares by the sisters of Middle Road

In 2014, after travelling to the opposite side of the country to visit their grandparents in Perth, sisters Samantha, Marnie and Gabrielle Jervis, couldn’t help but reflect on their lives, their dreams and doing what they loved.

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“What did we want to do with our lives? It was the question of the moment,” says Gabrielle. “We always knew our aesthetics and tastes were individual yet complementary, and a voice rang in our heads urging us to go into business together.” So, after many a conversation and quite the ‘aha’ moment, the sisters joined forces to borne online homewares boutique, Middle Road.

MQ_Q_0257The culmination of their combined backgrounds in interior design, marketing and media, and a united passion for creativity and originality, saw their recently released debut collection feature an innovative assortment of abstract and striking homewares.

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Made from a fusion of raw materials and some of nature’s most beautiful elements, the collection includes bowls, cups and coasters. “Middle Road’s collection includes elegant multipurpose cement and polished marble presentation bowls and cups used to house succulents, candles or fruit,” explains Gabrielle. “We also have handmade ceramic bowls and coasters, with high gloss white top finishes and rich gold and copper leafing. Finally, semi-precious crystals hand selected for their healing properties also feature throughout the collection, available as individual premium clusters or adorned upon polished cement presentation bowls and cups.”

Each piece is made to order and available online.

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Designer jewellery label Mooku launches a homewares collection

Known for their contemporary jewellery, this season, Australian label Mooku have stepped up their offering, with the arrival of a homewares range.

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Made from sustainable timber and tactile resin in inky black, white and a swirling Carrera marble look, the collection includes trinket bowls and trays.

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The perfect place to set down your watch and keys at the end of each day, or to lay out your daily jewellery and adornments; the homewares can also function in the kitchen for serving food at room temperature.

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Created by local and international craftspeople, the homewares start at $24 for a small trinket bowl and up to $42 for a tray in wood or resin.

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Dining Homewares

Marble and rose gold tableware from Salt&Pepper

I am a big fan of both marble and rose gold, so I’m loving Salt&Pepper’s new MARBLE collection of tableware, which features subtle marble textures, accents of rose gold and frosted glassware.

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Featuring dinner and side plates, salad, noodle, soup and cereal bowls, coffee and tea mugs and serving paddles, the collection is made from both stone and marble, meaning each piece is unique.

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To finish the table setting, add cutlery from the new HOST range, which made from stainless steel with a rose gold look, will add sophistication and style to your home.

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Available in Myer and David Jones and independent retailers. For more information.
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Noritake’s new dinnerware collection inspired by France

Inspired by the whimsical scenes of a French bistro, the new Le Restaurant collection by Noritake features beautiful reproduced cartoons in a predominantly black and white colour palette.

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The quirky range comprises of cereal bowls, dinner plates, pasta bowls and salad plates plus serving bowls and platters, mugs, salt and pepper shakers and a sugar and creamer set.

The plates and bowls are sold in sets of four with each piece depicting a different cartoon. There are also dinner sets of 16 and 43 pieces. The serving set comprises of a large bowl and platter.

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While most of the dinner set is in crisp black and white, the pasta bowls and serving bowl have small touches of vibrant colour to add further interest. Each piece of Le Restaurant is highly durable being designed for everyday use – it is chip resistant, dishwasher safe and microwave safe.

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Le Restaurant, by Noritake, is gift boxed and available nationally from kitchenware and homeware retailers and online.

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Noritake’s Black on Black/White on White dinnerware

Black and white tableware is cool, classic and completely timeless and Noritake have just taken it to the next level with the extension of their BoB/WoW (Black on Black/White on White) dinnerware collection.

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The fine porcelain range of plates, bowls, platters and tea/coffee items features a tactile surface texture inspired by the ripples of desert dunes. Each piece working effortlessly with its monochromatic sister-pieces or as a mix and match – black on white or visa versa.

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Both dishwasher and microwave safe as well as chip resistant, the timeless appeal of the BoB/WoW collection means it can be used for all meals, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner, and for both formal and informal entertaining.

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The full range includes: high-sided dessert, cereal and salad bowls; oval and round platters; shallow pasta bowls; appetiser, coupe salad and coupe dinner plates; cups and saucers, mugs, sugar bowls and creamers.

BoB/WoW is available nationally from department stores and independent kitchen retailers as well as online.

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Olivia’s Fab Four Insta-Finds 19.11.14

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Olivia’s Fab Four is a weekly post that features my favourite finds on Instagram for the past week. To be in the running, all you have to do is hashtag your product photos #oliviasfabfour and tag them with my handle: @oliviashead.

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Here are this week’s beautiful products (clockwise from top left)

1. Raw Concrete Jumbo Lunar Key/Fruit Bowl, $38, from Nothing But Vintage. @urban_decor_homewares

2. TRI450 Stool, $310, from Hunt Furniture. @huntfurniture

3. Planter, $120, from Urchin Designs. @urchindesigns

4. Cross Cut Canvas Art, $180, from Tiff Manuell. @happytiff

 I’ll be back with more next week! Olivia x

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Pirdy: gorgeous resin homewares with a touch of glitter

I’ve been obsessed with resin ever since my mum brought home a box full of Dinosaur Design resin tumblers 10 years ago. Since then, resin has only become more popular and my love for it has not faltered! So when Jen and I were looking through the finalists for the Etsy Design Awards and came across the resin homewares and jewellery of Pirdy, we knew we had to showcase them.

il_570xN.644991010_srmg Started by Juliet Carr eight years ago, Pirdy was the result of a lot of things: Juliet leaving her job in visual merchandising, her wanting to work from home and her desperate desire to do something creative that she was in control of.

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A lover of all things resin, it seemed like a natural niche to begin her creative career and years later, Juliet now has a large array of resin vases, bowls, wall decor and jewellery, that she sells through her Etsy store, Melbourne’s The Rose St. Artists’ Markets and retailers. “I’ve always loved resin,” explains Juliet. “It’s messy but so much fun. I know that there is a science to it, but when you mix two liquids together and they set hard, I always think it’s magic!”

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Her latest success is her new resin bowls, which are both pretty and functional. Perfect for salt and pepper, holding jewellery or any little trinkets, they come in a mix of colours, including some with glitter (which are a favourite of Juliet, Jen and I!). “I love anything with glitter in it at the moment,” says Juliet. “I have the glitter bowls all over the house. And I must say as a whole, the bowls are the most fun to make. Resin is mixed with colour pigments and poured, it’s then set, hand sanded and polished. When I make the bowls with a mix of colours, it’s always exciting to see how they turn out!”

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To get your hands on any of Juliet’s beautiful homewares visit her website and remember to vote for her in the Etsy Design Awards. But do it soon, because voting closes tomorrow!

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Marc Newson for Noritake: available outside Qantas first class!

I am a big fan of colour, but sometimes you just can’t beat pure white, and the dinner set by Marc Newson for Noritake is one such example.

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Originally designed for use in Qantas first class cabins, the collection of fine bone china pieces — from plates, bowls and platters to cups, saucers, mugs and teapots — is now available to all. Very contemporary, yet an instant classic in terms of its simple lines and low profile, each delicate piece is of commercial quality, exhibiting superior durability, chip-resistance and suitable for both the dishwasher and microwave oven.

With numerous accolades, including world’s most influential designer and Royal Designer for Industry (UK), Marc was an obvious choice to design the ultimate dinner set showcasing his inimitable skill of combining minimalist aesthetics with timeless style.

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The collection was originally available as a complete 20-piece dinner service but has now been released in a series of four-piece gift sets, perfect for those who want to gradually build the collection or a wonderful gift idea. Four-piece gift sets are available for multi-bowls, small bowls, 27cm dinner plates, 21cm entrée plates and 16cm bread and butter plates. There are also tea cup and saucer sets for two, mugs for two and espresso cups and saucers for two.

Each of the sets is beautifully gift boxed and available nationally from department stores, kitchenware retailers and online. For more information visit Noritake here.

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Adam Cornish puts Australia on the global map at the New York Design Awards

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Melbourne designer Adam Cornish has taken out first prize in the homewares category at the prestigious 2014 New York Design Awards.

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He won for his Trinity bowl, which was designed for Italian company Alessi. It’s based on the unique lightweight structure of the Nautilus shell.

“Each year the Nautilus adds an extra chamber to its shell, a process that eventually forms a beautiful spiraled structure that is strong yet very light in weight,” says Adam.“My aim was to create a hybrid product that was not only visually inspired by nature, but also a product that uses the inherent logic of nature.”

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Adam’s Trinity bowl for Alessi

In conjunction with New York Design Week, Adam was among top leading industry experts who were selected to showcase their designs through the Alessi Research Lab. The workshop displayed a selection of projects and the related research developed around them; ranging from research in the working of metal wire by Pauline Deltour, LED lighting by Giovanni Alessi Anghini, and Adam’s nature observation based design.

The Trinity bowl is available from selected David Jones stores and Alessi.

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Olivia’s favourites from Target’s upcoming Spring 2014 range

Recently, I went to the media preview of Target’s latest homewares. Here are my favourites, available in store soon.target spring 1

Clockwise from top left: Brooklyn Pillar Stands ($12-16), Picardy Knitted Cushion ($25), Clock ($20), Set of 3 Condiments ($12).

 

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Clockwise from top left: Vase Yellow ($25), Target Clock ($70), Mini Bowl, Pasta Bowl, Salad Bowl ($3-20), Herringbone Cushion ($15).

Some Target homewares are available to buy online.

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Homewares

Handmade and hand-painted enamelware from Zakkia

The latest handmade and hand-painted enamel tumblers and bowls from Zakkia, are not just good for mealtimes.

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In fact the tumblers don’t just hold coffee and tea, but also double as dessert mugs, pen holders and even planters. Both the tumblers and bowls would look stunning on your kitchen shelves too.

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As they are handmade and hand-painted, each item is unique and slightly different. Shop online.

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All-whites almost too pretty to eat off

But you really must eat off these Markey & Lockyer creations because it’s totally safe to do so and just look how good they look with cake on them!

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You may have noticed a bit of a theme emerging on Interiors Addict recently, of handmade and upcycled products from small, independent businesses. I just love the idea of owning one-offs and things made with love and by hand. I won’t pretend I don’t own my fair share of mass manufactured “stuff” but I also love to pay a little extra for something I know is worth it. And there’s nothing like knowing the story behind something too.

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Ocean: the latest Dinosaur Designs collection, by Louise Olsen

Drawing upon inspiration from the ocean, a fierce yet gentle, natural and ever changing beauty, the latest Dinosaur Designs collection by creative director Louise Olsen, resembles sea forms.

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In the homewares range, vases and bowls resemble handmade shell forms. The natural colour of spotted patterned shells is cast upon vases and bowls. Platters form like waves and shells.

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Louise has introduced a dégradé colour technique, which is applied using deep-sea blues and warm coral colours, resembling the depth and lightness of the tide sweeping in and out. To complete the palette, bright yellow and soft sandy tones have been incorporated.

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