Penny Craswell
Editor at The Design Writer
The Design Writer blog. Author, “Reclaimed: New homes from old materials” and “Design Lives Here”. Writing, curating, design, architecture, craft, ideas.
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2 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Penny Craswell
Cerith Wyn Evans, dressed in a flowing purple kimono over a white shirt and black skirt, is quietly exasperated by the compliments in the introduction by Museum of Contemporary Art curator Lara Strongman. He does not want to talk about the work but around it. About how the work responds to the exhibition space. About what his work stands for. “In the face of evil, in the face of Donald Trump, we have to be kind,” he says at the media launch.
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2 months ago |
architectureau.com | Penny Craswell
To say that Milan Design Week is just about furniture is like saying that fashion is just about jeans and shirts. There is so much creativity that goes into every aspect of the festival and one of the ways this manifests is in installations, large and small (but preferably large). I especially enjoyed those installations that engaged with the senses, and those that progressed the discussion around sustainability.
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2 months ago |
architectureau.com | Penny Craswell
This year’s focus in Milan has been on materials and detail, with outstanding new products inviting the sensation of human touch. Here, I have selected a number of pieces that stood out to me for their originality, including a few by Australian designers.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
architectureau.com | Penny Craswell
This fully accessible, energy-efficient beach house on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, was designed for a couple and their grown-up children and partners. The owners appointed architecture studio Kennedy Nolan to design a replacement for the dilapidated house they had used as a weekender for decades.
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Dec 4, 2024 |
architectureau.com | Penny Craswell
When Dutch designer Ruben de la Rive Box and Australian designer Golnar Roshan first met, they were living in Amsterdam and in their early careers after graduating, Ruben from the University of the Arts Utrecht in the Netherlands and Golnar from the University of Technology Sydney. A year later, they both moved to London and worked at different high-profile design studios before deciding to start their own practice together – Rive Roshan.
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My Milan picks for InteriorsAU, Scott Duncan’s new ceramics in Sydney, Martino Gamper and Max Lamb at the Opera House and my Postcard from Paris. - https://t.co/AFoy8DrCpX
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