I’m excited to share the winners of the inaugural Your Future Home Green Interior Awards, highlighting professional and emerging interior designers, consultants and stylists who have completed a ‘green’ project.
An invitation for entries was issued in September and a panel of three judges (myself, Daphna Tal and Eminè Mehmet) recently had the difficult task of selecting the winners from a number of fabulous entries. And the winners are…
If you’ve always thought that an environmentally sustainable interior would only suit an alternative lifestyle, you’re wrong. With a growing variety of beautiful interior products conducive to a better environment and to human health, sustainability is the next big chic! Here are some of my favourite and most recent ‘must have’ discoveries – enjoy!
At first glance, you’d think the pieces in the Samara range from Nicoya were made from wood – look again! These distinctively designed pieces are hand crafted from a unique combination of discarded materials, rattan and palm twigs, moulded and finished with a polished resin. This handmade collection equates to minimal energy waste and environmental impact as no machines are used in the craftsmanship, low allergy resin is used, and the pieces are made to Fair Trade principles. The philosophy behind the range is about providing well designed, unique, high quality, hand crafted furniture created from sustainable organic materials. LOVE IT!
I was delighted to be special guest last night at a Sustainable Design Principals event organised by Emine Mehmet at Living Tiles, Rozelle. I really enjoyed the keynote speech by Mark Curzon of Architectus, who, alongside Ingenhoven Architects, designed the six green star building 1 Bligh Street in Circular Quay. It is a fascinating and impressive building which not only looks amazing but has been responsibly designed and built. I’m going to go and check it out next time in the city. Thanks Emine, for inviting me.