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Table lamps Australia: From iconic to the affordable

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date January 6, 2020
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More than simply a light source, a chic table lamp can be just the finishing touch a room needs. From iconic designs such as the Atollo and Tom Dixon’s Bell, to more affordable iterations, here’s our pick of the table lamp bunch.

Tom Dixon Bell table lamp in brass: Drawing inspiration from space helmets, this iconic lamp is one of the British designer’s most recognisable creations. The stylish design is available in chrome, copper and light black. $896.

west elm Modern Totem table lamps: Modernist ceramics meet functionality in this stylish and affordable statement-making lamp range that features bold, sculptural lines. From $149.

Trit House Zeke table lamp: Combining terrazzo, metal and glass, this design is the perfect addition to a modern interior. $90.

Atollo 238 table lamp, black: Designed in 1977, Vico Magistrett’s Atollo lamp is a cult classic that combines geometrical shapes (a cylinder, cone and hemisphere), for a bold yet refined aesthetic. It’s available in black, white and brass. $818.

Kmart rattan table lamp: With a five star rating and almost 50 online reviews, this rattan lamp is the perfect complement to a luxe coastal setting. Even better is its price! $29.

Kelly Wearstler Linden lamp: While the price tag is hefty, this design by American interiors maven Kelly Wearstler is fast becoming a modern design icon. It’s available in high gloss black or matte white. From $1199.

Dyson Lightcycle task desk light: One for the worker bees, the latest light from Dyson is not only sleek in design, but it’s engineered to support your body clock by auto-adjusting to surrounding light levels. The light also protects the eyes from glare and low optical flicker (two well-known causes of eye strain) and it switches off two minutes after you move away from it, cutting your carbon footprint and energy bills too. Slide-touch dimming and colour temperature controls let you completely customise the light to your preferences. $799.

Australia’s first Tom Dixon designed apartments!

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Australia’s first Tom Dixon designed apartments!

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date December 12, 2019
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There aren’t many modern designers more revered than Britain’s Tom Dixon. The British designer, perhaps best known for his iconic round copper pendant lights and table lamps, has a distinct aesthetic that’s certainly resonated with people across the globe. And while he is involved in many architectural projects globally, never before has he created something in the Australian residential space. That is, until now.

Based in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, Rondure House is a high-end residential apartment development that will sit in the Studley Park precinct of Melbourne’s Kew. The project will come to life through a partnership with Dixon, as well as the acclaimed Australian firms Cera Stribley and Eckersley Gardens. Melbourne based property developer Above Zero is driving the project.

“With our shared appreciation of brutalist architecture, high quality materials and rough textures, we are delighted to partner on this unusually high quality and well thought out project and believe we can add a series of innovative interventions in luminosity, texture and comfort to a world class project,” says Tom of the project that will house 14 apartments including a whole-floor penthouse.

Brutalist design aspects feature on the building’s exterior where off-form concrete hyperbolic concrete columns serve as both decorative and structural functions – the effect being almost organic. And there’s hand-made bricks recall the 1960’s where materials were minimal and long-lasting.

“To celebrate this milestone, we will be delivering bespoke features across the residences, communal spaces and lobby including yet to be released furniture items. Our intention is to deliver an exceptional experience for future residents. From the building entrance to the proposed customisable furniture in each apartment – each detail is considered,” says Tom.

Often forgotten spaces (from a design sense), the lobby and communal spaces have been particularly well thought out. Residents will be greeted with a grand lobby and art gallery on the ground level as well as the Tom Dixon designed and furnished Opal Bar & Lounge where residents can enjoy a morning coffee or evening drink with guests and neighbours.

Another unique aspect of the project is the creation of ‘vaults’ for each residence – these are privately titled multi-purpose rooms that are separate from each apartment and can be customised to suit individual preference. Each vault will be approximately 10 square metres in size and will act as an extension of each resident’s home – a place to escape or entertain. The design team imagines they will take the form of a private office, cigar room, wine or whiskey cellar, art or collector’s studio, private theatre or meditation room.

Rondure House will launch to market in early 2020 with private VIP display suite appointments for pre-registered buyers starting prior to Christmas this year.

For more on Rondure House | Melbourne downsizers trade mansions for luxe apartments

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Richard Branson’s new cruise ship has fab interiors!

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date November 18, 2019
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After conquering the skies, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson will lend his own particular brand of magic to the oceans when his first cruise ship sets sail in April 2020. Designed to reflect a sleek yacht, the adults-only vessel ‘Scarlet Lady’ includes more than 20 intimate eateries, 1330 cabins and 78 ‘RockStar’ suites created by some of the top names in modern architecture and interiors including superstar designer Tom Dixon. Quite simply, the slick and stylish spaces look unlike any cruise ship interiors we’ve ever seen!

“I’m immensely proud of this new brand; in building it we took the time to think through every detail and craft a unique experience that brings to life Virgin and disrupts the travel industry. I can’t wait to hear what Aussies think of our new endeavour,” says Richard Branson.

The vessel has a ‘no nickel and diming’ policy with all dining, group fitness classes, soft drinks, gratuities and wi-fi included in the voyage fare. “Our team is committed to disrupting the cruise category by providing a new, irresistible over-18 experience,” says Virgin Voyages’ CCO, Nirmal Saverimuttu of the vessel where 86 percent of cabins feature a balcony and 93 percent feature an ocean view.

'Pizza Place' offers DIY pizza — ‘Pizza Place’ offers guests the chance to make DIY pizza

Tom Dixon is responsible for the design of two of the hospitality venues – ‘Pink Agave’ is a Mexican restaurant while ‘Richard’s Rooftop’ is an exclusive, chic, outdoor lounged reserved the ship’s suite guests.

The Tom Dixon designed 'Pink Agave' — The Tom Dixon designed ‘Pink Agave’

'Richard's Rooftop' was designed by Tom Dixon too — ‘Richard’s Rooftop’ was designed by Tom Dixon too

A novel concept, ‘The Test Kitchen,’ is a laboratory-like eatery designed by Concrete Amsterdam; it’s part cooking school and part restaurant.

Concrete Amsterdam is also responsible for the restaurant ‘Razzle Dazzle’ which is home to the ship’s ‘drag brunch,’ where sailors are treated to a performance by the Scarlet Lady’s resident drag performer and friends.

Designed by Roman and Williams, ‘The Manor’ is the ship’s signature nightclub (and entertainment venue), and it’s inspired by Richard Branson’s history in the music industry. ‘Voyage Vinyl’ is an onboard record shop and go-to space for guests to enjoy their favourite albums – guests can purchase music magazines, headphones and record players there too.

'Voyage Vinyl' is one for the music fans — ‘Voyage Vinyl’ is one for the music fans

‘The Groupie,’ designed by Roman Coppola, is a modernist take on a Japanese-style karaoke room that features bookable karaoke, gaming and movie lounges.

'The Groupie' karaoke bar — ‘The Groupie’ karaoke bar

There’s also grooming and pampering spaces including an upscale barber shop, a blow dry and hairstyling beauty bar, a nail salon and ‘Squid Ink’ which is the first ever tattoo studio on board a cruise ship. It will offer tattooing, permanent makeup and body piercing.

Marketed under the brand Virgin Voyages, the company has partnered with Virgin Australia to enable Aussies to purchase return flight and cruise ship packages. The deals will include return flights from Australia’s east coast (Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne) to Miami after which travellers will set sail on a number of itineraries including destinations in the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Prices start from $3420 per person for twin share, departing Sydney including a four-night cruise.

For more | Two-storey houseboat on the harbour gets a stylish makeover

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The statement lamp: Why invest & our top five picks!

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date April 10, 2018
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While we love a bargain, we’re also firm believers in splashing out on statement pieces too, should your budget allow. And while it’s not the first item that springs to mind when you think of a hero piece, the statement lamp holds an important place in modern interior design. But when a single lamp can cost up to five figures, is it worth the investment?

“I believe a statement lamp is definitely worth the investment. It adds extra character to a setting and is another element to assist in carrying through colours and finishes – brass accents for example. A cheap piece will only bring the rest of the setting down instead of adding life to a space,” says Andrew Algar, owner of Contents International Design.

Kelly Wearstler Linden table lamp, $2085

Chosen well (a neutral tone is usually a smart purchase), a good quality high-end lamp will give back many times over the years. “It is also a piece that, if invested in, can be utilised in other rooms down the line if you change your décor or move to a new house,” says Andrew.

Lee Broom clear crystal bulb table lamp, $585

And while there is amazing variety these days, as with any hero piece, you must make sure it doesn’t compete with the rest of the room. “If you were to keep the sofa, chairs, and table quite simple, a feature lamp will be the standout and lift the entire setting as well as providing much needed mood lighting too,” says Andrew.

Designed in 1977, Vico Magistrett’s Atollo lamp is a cult classic. From $1724

Like dark paint colour and bold prints, Andrew encourages you to dive right in when it comes to making the purchase. “Look for elements in a lamp that will accent something already in your room to help it carry through, and don’t be afraid to go over scale. If you’re investing in a feature piece you want it to be noticed!”

Affordable statement furniture

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New IKEA x Tom Dixon sofa offers amazing flexibility!

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date March 6, 2018
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There’s no denying that IKEA continues to push the envelope in terms of affordable, user-friendly designs tailored to modern lives, and their latest collaboration is no exception. Teaming up with the British design maverick Tom Dixon, the Swedish super brand has produced the DELAKTIG modular sofa system due to launch in Australia next month (April).

DELAKTIG is Swedish for “being involved” and it’s a reference to the way in which the sofa’s design came about. Responding to market research, and consumer demand for furniture that offers maximum flexibility, the endlessly configurable modular furniture collection does just that. Comprised of sofas and accessories designed to be personalised to each person’s constantly changing wants or needs, it’s a pretty fabulous concept.

The IKEA Delaktig in bench seat configuration

“You get married or you split up, and you might want a different configuration. Or, maybe you’re renting out a spare room to somebody. Don’t chuck DELAKTIG away if you’re finished with it – turn it into something else, something new. Or save it for the children so they can take it with them when they move out,” says Tom Dixon of the range.

Built on an aluminium frame and featuring several clip-on items such as side tables and lamps, the design allows you to turn a side table from a coffee break to a work station on a whim. Or maybe you may like to add armrests or even swap the backrests around to tailor the piece to a new room layout.

The design is a direct response to modern living – generally people are living in smaller homes meaning each room must cater to many activities. “The living room, in particular, is a space that is becoming increasingly multifunctional and fluid. With the ever-increasing demands on the home such as urbanisation and technology, new ranges like DELAKTIG meet the needs of our homes today and are adaptable for the needs of the future,” says Tiffany Buckins, head of interior design for IKEA Australia.

IKEA head designer Marcus Engman with Tom Dixon

“The living room is the hub of the home where the space and furniture needs to be flexible and meet the needs of the ever-changing world and activities around us,” says Tiffany.

Shop online | IKEA hacks

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All that glitters: Our pick of the hottest gold desk wares

Post author By Amy Collins-Walker
Post date May 1, 2017
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Aussie desk tops are suddenly looking more stylish as the gold trend permeates the office sphere. Pimp your work space with these stylish gilded finds.

Kikki-K acrylic desk accessories: From a stapler and tape dispenser and so much more, we love these lucite desk accessories. From $19.95

Meri Meri paper clips with pom pom: Desk life is anything but boring with these fun stationery favourites. $15.95.

Kmart lever arch file (rose gold): The perfect spot for storing details of your latest project. $3.

The Daily Edited ‘The Stationery Love r’ set: This chic set is comprised of a memo cube, pen holder and mouse pad and you can get gold text embossed on them too. $109.95.

White Moose Designs gold wings bookends: Perfect for wedging your favourite books or magazines between. $55.

Kikki-k glass water bottle: You’ll never forget to hit your daily water quota with this slimline design sitting atop your desk. $29.95.

Kmart accessory set in rose gold: Make sure the whole look is streamlined with this handy set of desk favourites. $5.

Tom Dixon Cube stapler in rose gold: One of the most stylish staplers you shall ever find but we wouldn’t expect anything less from the design wunderkind. $130.

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A wrap up of the key trends from New York Design Week 2014

Post author By Guest Poster
Post date October 22, 2014
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By Linda Delaney

If almost three weeks in New York City without the blissful accompaniment of my gorgeous husband and utterly delightful children wasn’t amazing enough, New York totally turned it on whilst hosting NY xDesign – the city’s version of Milan’s Salone de Mobile.

The eight days or so of inaugural events around the city’s flagship showrooms, together with the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and its related offsite shows such as Wanted Design and Sight Unseen, are a global forum for the launch of new products, by both established and new designers. It is also where the industry turns to identify interior trends for the coming year, influencing product design, colours and styling.

PIVOT_GROUP (1) — Tom Dixon showcased The PIVOT collection, a series of drawn and sharply upholstered silhouettes, consisting of high and low-back chairs and a bar stool, all made with internal metal frame, moulded foam upholstery and rotating die-cast aluminium base.

The ICFF alone, sees over 600 exhibitors from all points of the globe (including an Australian contingent) and displays contemporary furniture, seating, carpet and flooring, lighting, outdoor furniture, materials, wall coverings, accessories, textiles, and kitchen and bathrooms for residential and commercial interiors. This year was by far the largest display and number of participants by suppliers, proving the industry is not contracting but rather growing in size and stature.

FS9T5880-5081 — Bikini modular island sofa for Moroso. Available in Australia through www.hubfurniture.com.au

The theme or trend that featured most prominently at this year’s fair was one of inherent irregularities and imperfection of natural materials: cracked, crumpled and crushed textures; geological textural references; flaking surfaces; woven, knitted and tapestry textures; molten, eroded and oxidized effects; hammered, stamped and chiseled techniques. Interesting textural experiences and irregular shapes can be soothing and comforting, and even give a pleasing feeling of nostalgia. It seems, the more complex our lives, the more we crave the simplicities of life.

Themes to emerge were:

Soft, curved shapes and organic forms in sofas and chairs.
Motifs were also soft, curved and organic in their shape and structure.
Perfect proportions and classic lines with lots of movement.
Splayed legs on all furniture types: tables, sideboards, bedsides etc.
Extensive use of solid timbers with distinctive grains, some almost in their raw form.
Materials mostly in timber, metal, bronze, copper, brass (both dull and shiny) and marble. Glass as a primary material in furniture did not feature.
Outdoor products were mostly in powder-coated steel.
Textiles were a mix of bold textured colours blended with earthy and natural tones, with felt textures featuring heavily.

Axor_WaterDream_Nendo_42745 — AxorWaterDream is a concept by Philippe Grohe that has formed the basis for several new Axor collections and bathroom products. Axor products available in Australia through hansgrohe.com.au

From our fast-paced tech innovation age, emerges a strong need for the built and constructed; something solid we can rely on that provides clarity and control. The antidote to stressful information overload is a new minimalism, one that creates order. It’s a paring back of things, rather than the stripping back that characterised Minimalism in the 90s. Impersonal interactions also mean we yearn for tactile and sensory experiences. This year’s furniture fair saw product designers address many of these challenges.

-Linda Delaney is founder and principal at interior design and decorating company, North Shore Interiors (Sydney). Linda describes her freshly inspired outlook as one of customising the multiple elements of the designer’s palette to transform spaces that directly engage her clients on both a physical and emotional level.

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Covet my coffee table: with stylist Jacinta Preston

Post author By Jen Bishop
Post date July 7, 2014
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I can’t possibly start this post without mentioning the ridiculously gorgeous feline, Pixel, distracting from everything else in this photo! He, and this coffee table, belong to stylist, designer and Real Living columnist Jacinta Preston, who is inviting us into her gorgeous north shore Sydney home this week.

When is a coffee table not a coffee table? When it’s a vintage luggage trolley! Although you can get faux vintage coffee tables in this genre everywhere these days, Jacinta purchased this one about 20 years ago from Adelaide Antique Auctions. “Unbeknownst to me at the time, I was often in a bidding war with David Bromley and Khai Liew. The serious dealers, only half-jokingly, referred to my purchases as ‘firewood’.” With a house full of boys and pets, Jacinta finds furniture with some patina works well!

“A coffee table always holds my favourite everyday things: Books, mags, flowers, and candles. Oh, and Pixel the cat! And it’s often the first landing position for new finds… this is my own little vignette station. The coffee table is a natural stage so fill it with things that mean something to you — ‘good things’ that you like to use or see everyday. The antique marble chess board adds a lovely graphic element and doubles as a tray!

“It’s no secret Tom Dixon is one of my all time design heroes and his scented candles are beyond perfection, with totally universal appeal. The Cire Trudon Ernesto room spray is in a gorgeous, handcrafted glass bottle with a classic gold poire atomiser. A lot like Tom’s candles, it’s simultaneously perfume and decoration!”

The Tom Dixon copper cast shoe is supposed to be a door stop but we agree with Jacinta in that it’s far too beautiful to be used as such. “It’s a little work of art!”

Where from?

The Tom Dixon Scented Candles ($95 each) and Tom Dixon Copper Cast Shoe ($253) are available from Jacinta’s own online store. The Cire Trudon Room Spray ($235) is from The Country Trader, the miniature carved bone skull on stand is from recent holiday in Bali.

Photography: Michael Malherbe

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Warehouse designer homewares sale in Sydney

Post author By Olivia Shead
Post date May 16, 2014

With up to 80% off 200 leading brands in homewares and gifts, Wedding List Co’s warehouse sale next week, is one not to miss.

Open from 8am-to-6pm on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 May at their Rosebery warehouse, everything from kitchenware to electricals, home furnishings and gorgeous gifts, will have its price slashed. Some of the luxury brands on offer include: Alessi, Missoni Home, DwellStudio, Linen and Moore, Eva Solo, iittala, Riedel, Eclectic by Tom Dixon and Have You Met Miss Jones.

Wedding List Co warehouse: 43 Mentmore Avenue, Rosebery NSW 2018.

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Win an Artecnica Garland light with dedece+

Post author By Jen Bishop
Post date May 1, 2014
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Design store dedece+ are celebrating the gorgeous Garland by Artecnica turning 10 by cutting its retail price from $125 to $75! They’re also giving one away to a lucky Interiors Addict reader!

The Garland is a 1.6-metre long metal garland of flowers that can be wrapped around a light bulb (up to 60 watts). The polished metal pendant light shade comes in four finishes: Gold Brass, Silver Stainless, Black Chromed and White.

It was the winner of the Best Product Design Award at the 2004 New York Gift Fair. Manufactured using a process formerly reserved for the U.S. Air Force and machine tool builders, the Garland (designed in 2003 by Dutch designer Tord Boontje) represents some of the most recent advances in furniture design. It also makes a serious statement in any room.

To take advantage of the new price with the whopping $50 discount, visit dedece+ online. You’ll also find some our favourite brands there, like Tom Dixon.

For your chance of winning one, in your choice of colours, complete the form below by midnight on Thursday 8 May 2014.

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Palace, meets bazaar, meets Miss Havisham in this award-winning interior

Post author By Jen Bishop
Post date March 21, 2013
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Modern art, heirloom furniture and imported lighting all hover in style and time inside this brand new home which wants to be old. This project, by Molecule, won the residential decoration category of the Melbourne Design Awards.

The ground floor is a tale of two worlds. Cross the threshold and be transported, Alice in Wonderland style, to a choice of the salon (glamour/public) or the living room (family/private).  “Part palace, part bazaar and part Miss Havisham’s house, the salon is a grand, luxurious room that takes seriously its ‘private hotel’ aspirations,” says architect Jarrod Haberfield, of Molecule. “A fabulous bar sits alongside lushly upholstered custom furniture and major contemporary artworks. The salon is about glamour, excitement and aspiration; its look is fun, strong and idiosyncratic.” 

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Jacinta Preston is hookd on her new online store

Post author By Jen Bishop
Post date December 10, 2012

Sydney interior designer Jacinta Preston and a former client, Tanya Dammerer, have joined forces to open “an online collection of good things”.

“hookd is quite simply a shop filled with things we’re hooked on. Some things are simple, others ridiculously luxe. There are limited editions, beautifully old things as well as the brand spanking new,” says Jacinta. “We wanted to share the good things we find with the people around us, the design clients, the friends, and the fellow makers. It’s a great opportunity to collaborate and explore the design world.”

It’s laid out more like a blog than an online store which makes for a unique online shopping experience. My favourite picks from the site are the Tom Dixon scented candles (been lusting over these for weeks and dropping hints left, right and centre), the practical yet chic Alice bags with changeable/removable straps, the organic mirrors (so many options!) and the floor standing turned leg candle sticks.

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Guest post: My Milan Roundup

Post author By Guest Poster
Post date May 6, 2012

Priyanka Rao, the founder of design-your-own flatpack furniture company, Evolvex, travelled to Italy for her first Milan Furniture Fair this year. Here she reports back for Interiors Addict.

This year’s Milan Furniture Fair saw designers push the boundaries of colour, technology and form. There was a mix of vintage inspired to minimalist to futuristic to just downright crazy. For those of you who have never been, the fair is not just the main exhibition halls (of which there are 20), but also fringe events like the Zona Totona, Ventura Lambrate, MOST and Design Village that take over the trendy districts of Milan. I was lucky enough to find accommodation right in the midst of the fringe events. Needless to say my eyes and my feet were enemies by the end of the week. Here are some of my highlights.

There were a lot of bright colours mixed with darker greys. This year’s colour had to be yellow (and yellowy tones) – perhaps a sign we should all just cheer up out of the doldrums of the current economy!

The Young Designers exhibit at the Salone Satellite looked at new materials and manufacturing processes.