Artichoke, September 2016
ArtichokeEnjoy Australia’s most respected coverage of interior architecture, design, objects, people and products.
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An introduction to the September 2016 issue
Projects
Beach vibes: The Salty Dog Hotel
In Hobart, Brustman + Boyde in collaboration with Pippa Dickson have turned a 1970s beachside motel into a fun and friendly bar and dining space that references Australian coastal vernacular.
Stroke of luck: So 9
In Waterloo, Sydney, design firm BrandWorks has used a little thing called luck to create So 9, a refined and minimal Vietnamese restaurant.
Mint condition: The Penny Drop
At the base of the new Australian Taxation Office building in Melbourne’s Box Hill, this new cafe by We Are Huntly plays on the concept of “penny dropping.”
Great Dane: Noma Australia
How do you design a ten-week pop-up restaurant in Sydney with a 27,000-person waitlist, for one of the most famous chefs in the world? Foolscap Studio has the answer.
A cut above: Hues Hair
Inspired by the Memphis Group, architect Adriana Hanna uses playful colour and sharp shapes to create a Melbourne hair salon that’s a cut above the rest.
A lyrical labyrinth: Research Learning Centre
M3architecture took inspiration from a labyrinthian library featured in a children’s book for the design of this research and learning centre at Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
Workplace
Claisebrook Design Community
CODA Studio has converted a sleepy warehouse in a forgotten pocket of East Perth into a contemporary co-working space that offers areas to think, create, gather and eat.
Comforting seamlessness: 106 Flinders Street
Bates Smart has rethought the conventional workplace in its design of an office for an architectural physicist in Melbourne’s CBD.
Exhibition
Dinner arty: Best of the Best 2016
Some of Australia’s artistic and design elite took on the art of table decorating for Best of the Best, an exhibition in the National Gallery of Victoria’s Great Hall that raised funds for the acquisition of artworks.