Vogue Living

Vogue Living tells stories that engage, fascinate and excite, weaving together a myriad of influences that inspire our lives, be it cultural trends, arts and architecture, a new secret find around the corner, a far flung destination, or a privileged glimpse into a private and compelling world. Interiors, spaces and places, here or there, come vividly to life through their inhabitants and the lens of the camera. Beauty is paramount.

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VL50 • The VL50 is the last word on the AUSTRALIAN design industry’s top talent. This year’s list honours the MAESTROS of their MÉTIER alongside enterprising innovators and rapidly rising stars selected for their CREATIVITY, dedication to craft and contribution to community. Once again, an awards ceremony presented by Mobilia will mark the occasion.

LUMINOUS BRILLIANCE • Luminary lighting designer and VL50 awards guest of honour MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES reflects on the early encounters that illuminated his creative path and what makes for a meaningful contribution in a WORLD of products.

Crowd pleasers • Entertain in style with impressive fare that can be whipped up more easily than ever thanks to the latest must-have kitchen appliances.

STATE OF PLAY • In the confident hands of Sydney design and architecture practice ALEXANDER &CO., a former workers’ cottage is transformed into a haven for the team’s CREATIVE contemplation and playful experimentation.

GARDEN VARIETY • JO MALONE LONDON decants the turn of the season and the fragrant hyperbole of a fruit orchard into its ENGLISH PEAR & FREESIA product range.

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C • CHANGE OF HEART Interior designer MARDI DOHERTY opens the doors to her renovated home in Prahran, a family affair in every sense that imaginatively references favourite past projects and sings with her studio’s colourful ÉLAN.

CEDAR HOLISM • Bringing an outsider’s perspective to an arboreous Mosman address, KENNEDY NOLAN makes an ’80s home the best version of its ORIGINAL SELF, starting with the remedying of a stark central fireplace into a site-specific sculpture.

O • OUT OF THIS WORLD Mixing eccentric materials with trippy nature scenes, YSG puts a fantastical, Lynchian twist on a home’s lush NSW South Coast location, which makes the familiar feel a little SURREAL.

A MATTER OF TIME • Phoebe Nicol preserves a MID-CENTURY home on Sydney’s North Shore for future generations with admiration for the architecture’s soul-soothing simplicity, unassuming ELEGANCE and stake in Australian design history.

KINETIC ENERGY • Designing a cliffside home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, DECUS choreographs interiors rich in inspiration from an old Celine store, a Lionel Richie dance song and materials that MANIFEST the colours of the ocean beyond.

A • ART OF STONE Greg Natale’s redesign of a New York City townhouse treads the line between whimsy and worldly with sweet sorbet shades, MODERN ART murals and a MAXIMALIST spread of marble.

OPENING CEREMONY • A new home in Melbourne, architected and curated by a CREATIVE cohort that includes interior design firm GOLDEN, is named Temple House for its ceremonious aura, stirring art collection and ceilings that reach for the heavens.

IN FULL BLOOM • A splendorous jacaranda tree looms large in a RICHARDS STANISICH renovation of an 1890s cottage in Sydney’s inner west, where an ELEMENTAL palette and honest materiality ground soaring vaulted ceilings.

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PRIDE OF PLACE • KENNEDY NOLAN alchemises the singularity of its perspective into the design of a new MELBOURNE HOTEL already making its mark on the city’s cultural fabric, hospitality scene and skyline.

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