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The pace of coexisting in NYC
During Mayor Bloomberg's 12-year tenure, bike infrastructure and commuting has skyrocketed, with over 480km of new bike lanes and in 2008-2012, a two-fold increase in cyclists. As Bloomberg's time in office draws to a close, writer and avid cyclist Arthur Holland Michel sends this dispatch from the streets of NY, a meditation on riding in a city divided by its love and loathing of bicycles -
Cities for people: Jan Gehl
Jan Gehl, renowned Danish architect, urban design consultant and champion of the human scale, is a great believer in walking. “There is more to walking than walking”, he says, a point which Mitra Anderson-Oliver has cause to reflect on over the two days spent pursuing Jan on foot during his trip to Melbourne for an international study tour, during the hottest autumn week in Victoria’s history -
The elemental architecture of Room11
In this age of status updates and video calls, we relished the opportunity to contemplate – and stand within – the architecture of Room11. Eugenia & filmmaker Jon Mark Oldmeadow traveled to Hobart to meet with Aaron Roberts & Thomas Bailey, co-founders of a practice built upon the mission to create spaces with a social, ecological and environmental conscience -
Transformer House
Transformer House sits behind red brick walls on a 50m2 parcel of land, the smallest sub-division in the City of Moreland. An angular, timber-clad roof encases its first floor, folding in and away from a towering transformer, from which the project takes its electrified name. With a suite of obstacles, this design challenge in utilitarian sustainability was no sweat for Brunswick's Breathe -
Timeless and puzzling: Enzo Mari
The design work of Enzo Mari, iconic Italian provocateur and octogenarian, is often described as elegant, minimal and functional. Grace McQuilten prefers to think of Mari’s work as puzzling, playful and human. Here she looks back at 'autoprogettazione', Mari's range of DIY furniture and a beguiling body of work that defies mass production and the march of time -
View from above: creativity in Hong Kong
Late last year, Eugenia journeyed to Hong Kong – a megalopolis with the world’s tallest skyline – and one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Now the world's third largest art auction market, Hong Kong's profile as an international destination for art & commerce is on the rise. What follows is our first international Made in Metropolis, a foray into vertical creativity
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Blood & Thunder
Kernow Craig, director at Blood & Thunder, has a contagious passion for design and printing. His “publishing concern” (aka studio) is a place with one foot in the printing presses of yore and the other in the binary soup we call the internet. Rafaela Pandolfini visits Blood & Thunder’s new studio in Darlinghurst, Sydney for an insight into a unique, print and pixel design business -
East London Furniture
East London Furniture make useful things from hunted and gathered timber. Sourcing high-quality castoffs from local construction sites, ELF’s furniture is manufactured by hand (and power tool) in a Hackney workshop from 100% recycled materials. Eugenia spoke with co-founder Christian Dillon about ELF’s nimble, “waste-not” approach to design, reuse and making -
TORAFU ARCHITECTS x Mr Kitly
At the core of Pollinate (our new extra) is the notion that the meeting of minds can generate “cross-pollinated” ideas while also providing insight into diverse creative processes. When we heard that TORAFU ARCHITECTS would be exhibiting at Mr Kitly, we got a bit “swoony”. Here was our first pairing, a chance for a significant Japanese practice and a Japan-obsessed design purveyor to converse -
Beverley Hills: sunset glamour
Continuing our biography of vertical life in Melbourne, we explore the past and present of the Beverley Hills in South Yarra. Completed in the 1930s, Beverley Hills brought a touch of Los Angeles glamour (and thrifty brick-recycling) to sombre, Depression-era Melbourne. Elizabeth Kulas speaks with current residents about the practicalities of living at density, in cinematic style -
Light leaks
Tim Hillier is a keen observer based in Melbourne. He shoots photos and films for musicians (Super Wild Horses, Dick Diver, The Twerps), designers (Kloke, Beci Orpin), even comedians (Arj Barker) and politicians (Stephanie Hodgins-May). An avid cycler and skateboarder, here he shares "Light Leaks", a personal project captured on the streets of China, Australia and Montenegro -
Local Wisdom: interview with Kate Fletcher
As one of the founders of the "slow fashion" movement, Kate Fletcher dares to push an ecological agenda amidst the normatively fast, fickle world of fashion. An agitator for change, Kate advises on ethics and sustainability to the government, NGOs and the education sector. Grace McQuilten quizzed Kate on her Local Wisdom project and what it means to reuse in a throwaway world - ← Older posts