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Aussies top Decor + Design 18’s best speaker lineup yet

Decor + Design general exhibition

Back for its 15th year, Decor + Design hits Melbourne from July 19-to-22 and the guest speaking line-up looks absolutely superb. Megan Morton, David Flack, Greg Natale, James Treble, Jason Grant, Mim Fanning and Robyn Holt are just some of the Australian industry luminaries set to take the stage for the highly anticipated Australian House & Garden International Seminar Series that this year will focus on the theme of everyday luxury.

Decor + Design general exhibition

“This year our International Seminar Series has reached new levels with the incredible global and local talent we have attracted. We are thrilled to welcome and hear from our inspiring guests and hope our visitors gain a great insight into everyday luxury of interior design and trends for 2019,” says event director Chris May.

This year’s keynote speaker is the multi-award-winning Los Angeles based interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard who should have many behind the scenes tales to regale the audience with given he is best known for his work with the Hollywood A-list including Eva Mendes, Cher, Ellen Pompeo and the Kardashians.

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Hollywood interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard is the event’s keynote speaker

Trend lovers will be keen to check out Victoria Redshaw’s presentation. A trend futurist at the UK’s Scarlet Opus, she is returning to the program to deliver her take on the 2019 Macro Trends. She will break down the trends and look at the international influences behind them as well as reveal the nitty gritty details including the colours, patterns and materials that will dominate interiors next year.

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Last year’s trend hub

Australia’s own Mim Fanning will be giving some revealing insights into her work as one of our leading interior designers too. With over 20 years in the industry across retail, hospitality and high-end residential interios, she has plenty of knowledge to impart, no doubt.

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Interior designer Mim Fanning

The full line-up of speakers includes:

  • Martyn Lawrence Bullard, multi award winning LA based interior designer
  • Victoria Redshaw, UK trend futurist (Scarlet Opus)
  • Megan Morton, Sydney interiors stylist & design influencer
  • Deanne Jolly, former The Block contestant and founder of D&D Homes
  • Robyn Holt, former editor Vogue Living and design consultant
  • David Flack, interior architect
  • Greg Natale, interior designer
  • Mim Fanning, founder of Mim Design, award-winning interior designer
  • James Treble, interior design and design consultant
  • Charlotte Coote, interior designer and owner of Coote & Co
  • Jason Grant, Sydney based interior designer
  • Frances Conway, author and interior designer
  • Crystal Bailey & Mitchell Lindsay, Design Twins
  • Bonnie Hindmarsh, Erin Cayless and Lana Taylor, Three Birds Renovations
  • Massimo Speroni, Melbourne Based interior designer
  • Anthony Cullen and Sharon Rae, a part of SEAGA group (#1 distributor for all Pantone systems throughout Australia)

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Covet my coffee table: with Robyn Holt

Today’s coffee table (technically side table!) belongs to Robyn Holt. While many of you will know her as a past judge on TV show The Renovators, Robyn has an impressive background with roles including previous head of Vogue and Monocle magazines, Colette Dinnigan and the Yves Saint Laurent beauty division. Robyn is a business advisor to several Australian interior designers and a regular on Instagram and 7 Vignettes.

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The rear of Robyn’s house faces north east and the sun pours in in the mornings, making this a favourite corner of hers. “I moved a 19th Century drop side card table with original felt top, given to me by a great friend, to sit in front of the bookshelves and to be slightly on the edge of the seating area. It’s something for my guests to look at when they’re on the sofa. I have it open all the time and on it rests a series memories but always room for a cup of coffee.”

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The silver dishes are from Asprey’s in London and were given to Robyn and her daughter for special birthdays. The crab is Japanese and was bought at a market for $15. “Then there’s my Hermes note pad with soft unstructured cover and my Richard Avedon book (he is my hero). Books say a lot to me and almost every surface in my house is stacked with them. Part of this group is a book about Edith Head, a reminder of her creative ways with wardrobe, and Peter Beard, whose adventures in Africa reflect another time.”

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The striking coral, bought from the late Paul Bruce, is one of Robyn’s most treasured possessions. The table sits with a view into the bookshelf, where two early Dinosaur Designs vases sit on piles of books. “Punctuated between the books sit an icon (a memory from Russia) and some glass objects found in my father’s tool box! Fresh poppies work well in my newest auction room buy: a blackened bronze cup with classic scenes.

“I believe that beauty comes from layers and patina and this corner has many layers and many memories.”

If you’d like to tap into some of Robyn’s experience and talent, she is running small business makeover workshops with Megan Morton’s The School. Find out more here. Read our previous interview with Robyn here.

Photography by Jacqui Turk.

Check out all our other featured coffee tables. Let us know who you’d like to see next in the comments!

 

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Homewares Styling

Meet Sibella Court, Megan Morton and more at West Elm event this Saturday

Meet interiors heavyweights Sibella Court, Megan Morton, Robyn Holt, Cameron Kimber and Marco Meneguzzi and learn their secrets to seasonal styling and entertaining at a free event in Bondi Junction this Saturday 29 March. 

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Megan Morton

You can ask your favourite expert stylemakers for their secrets to creating the perfect Easter table or seasonal vignette! The top Australian designers and stylists will use their unique flair to transform a corner of Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Williams-Sonoma and West Elm.

11am to 11.30am: Sibella Court styles West Elm

12pm to 12.30pm: Cameron Kimber styles Williams-Sonoma

1.30pm to 2pm: Marco Meneguzzi styles Pottery Barn

3pm to 3.30pm: Megan Morton styles Pottery Barn Kids

Each session will be hosted by the wonderful Robyn Holt.

Enjoy light refreshments and Easter-themed treats in store and view the Easter and new-season Autumn collections. All four stores are next to each other in The Exchange Building, Bondi Junction.

Book your free ticket online.

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Interiors Addict

Robyn Holt tells design students to listen, be motivated and have respect

Barry du Bois, teacher Catherine Whitting, Robyn Holt and student Therese Tarlinton

Lidcombe Design graduates from TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute (SWSi) have made their debut into the industry at Designing Your Future, a graduate exhibition at Sydney Olympic Park’s Armory Gallery.

Barry du Bois, teacher Catherine Whitting, Robyn Holt and student Therese Tarlinton

Now in its second year, Designing Your Future is an educational design collaboration between Sydney Olympic Park and SWSi’s Lidcombe Design students. It celebrates cutting edge design work across the creative disciplines of furniture design, product design, interior design, interior decoration and design fundamentals.

It was opened last week by Robyn Holt, former Vogue Living editor and presenter on The Renovators. Her advice to students was to listen, be motivated and have respect.

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Robyn Holt on her own home, creating stylish interiors and The Renovators

If you only know Robyn Holt as a judge on The Renovators last year, or as former editor of Vogue Living for more than a decade, you don’t know the half of it. Robyn’s achievements in the publishing, fashion, beauty and interiors industries are nothing short of remarkable. She is also a really lovely lady who can’t get enough of fresh flowers or sharing her knowledge with anyone who’s interested or passionate about something she knows about. She’s headed up fashion label Collette Dinnigan and the Yves Saint Laurent beauty brand and looked after magazines like Vogue, GQ and Monocle all over the world. Suffice to say if I were to list all the impressive things she’s done I’d be here all day.

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Interiors Addict

Just announced: a superstar interiors event not to be missed!

An exclusive new event has just this minute been added to the lineup for decoration + design and I’d advise you book a ticket, fast!

International guest Martyn Lawrence Bullard, designer to the stars and a celebrity in his own right on the Million Dollar Decorators show, will join a panel alongside Australian design talent Thomas Hamel, Greg Natale and Marco Meneguzzi.

This moderated discussion will see the four design experts talk about how design will play on the international landscape of 2012. Moderated by Robyn Holt (judge on The Renovators and editor of Vogue Living for over a decade), this intimate panel discussion is not be missed.

Date: Friday 3 February 2012
Time: 8.45am for light morning tea & refreshments followed by panel discussion from 9.15am-10.15am
Venue: Sydney Exhibition Centre, Convention Parkside Ballroom, Level 1
Tickets: $49.50.

Click here to book your ticket now.