Inside the issue

Dossier

Openings
News from Los Angeles and Sydney

Products
New collections and collaborations

Books
Upcoming and new books on design, art, interiors and architecture from the world’s best publishers

A Day in the Life
Designer, creative director and curator Rita Nazareno has established a soothing rhythm by which to live her creative life

Profile
Aotearoa New Zealand designer and maker Amelia Fagence crafts sculptural art and furniture that expresses the complexity of timber

Studio Culture
We get to know Taipei-based design studio Kamaro’an, whose woven pieces are deeply influenced by Indigenous Taiwanese folk craft

Profile
Brooklyn-based Korean ceramicist Jane Yang-D’Haene creates sculptural pieces that evoke her cultural heritage

Style

Profile
Unspun is making jeans that are better for the wearer and the environment

Editor’s Picks
Cool looks for warm weather

Wanderlust

Tainan
The city of Tainan in Taiwan is undergoing a creative renaissance that will reward the traveller

Guesthouse, Australia
On secluded Lizard Island, architect James Davidson and his team created a singular sanctuary

News
The best of the new boutique and luxury designer hotels from around the world

Vernissage

Gallery, Los Angeles
The second outpost of Cereal co-founder Rosa Park’s Francis Gallery is an ode to her Korean heritage

Home

Bali
Bali meets Palm Springs in this contemporary tropical home by Caceres + Tous Studio

Taipei
A raw apartment is given a sensitive touch by designer Roy Hong and its owner

California
Atelier Cho Thompson and Spiegel Aihara Workshop reimagined this old home as an open, inviting property deeply connected to its natural surroundings

Kingscliff
Story Design Collective worked with the owners of this beachfront family home to create a relaxed residence that embraces the elements

Singapore
Wynk Collaborative restructured this penthouse to showcase its architectural volume and create a sense of lightness and luminosity

Architectonics

Arts Precinct, Melbourne
The billion-dollar expansion of the Melbourne Arts Precinct, led by some of the country’s top architects and designers, emphasises the immeasurable value of culture and creativity in the Australian city

The Flâneur

Houston
A flâneur is an urban explorer — a connoisseur of the street. In our rotating column, guests share their musings, observations and critiques of the urban environment in cities around the world. In this issue, writer and editor Natalia Rachlin considers the unorthodox, unexpected charm of her adopted hometown of Houston, Texas

Contributors

Text
Mitra Anderson-Oliver, Jo Bates, Kee Foong, Alexxa Gotthardt, Leora Joy Jones, Chinggay Labrador, Luo Jingmei, Karine Monié, Alison Pace, Natalia Rachlin, Chris Schalkx, Simone Schultz, Sandra Tan, Nick van Halderen

Illustration
Dingding Hu, Teng Yu

Images
Brock Beazley, Peter Bennetts, Beppe Brancato, Holly Burgess, Elizabeth Carababas, Yun Fan Chang, Darcstudio, Bess Friday, Amit Geron, Alan Jensen, Timothy Kaye, Tomooki Kengaku, Toto Labrador, Jovian Lim, Keira Mason, Philip Messmann, Tommaso Sartori, Chris Schalkx, Secchi Smith, Jeremy Smart, Spiegel Aihara Workshop, Rich Stapleton, The Ingalls, Joachim Wichmann, Martin Yeoh, Bill Zules, Iker Zuñiga