Continuing our week of wonder, celebrating companies in all their varied glory, we have an Australian company – Jatana Interiors. A love of colour and design began after founder Sonya Marish’s travels through Asia and the Middle East. What initially started as a hunt for unique treasures became income after Marish strated a market stall in Sydney to sell globally-sourced goodies. Later, a desire to … Continue reading Jatana Interiors
Sometimes tile is more than just a beautiful surface for your bathroom or kitchen. Innovative minds have created multi-functional, practical, and inspiring tiles that offer so much more than aesthetics. 1. Cabin of 3D Printed Curiosities Designed and created by architecture and design professors Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello, this small cabin explores the limits of 3D printed tiles. Using local materials (including the … Continue reading When tile is more than tile
The dynamic street façade of the Wavefront Townhouses appears as a single integrated development, and references the fluid movement of the world class surf break the development overlooks. The pared back, low maintenance landscaping, white washed façades, and extensive use of ceramic tiles both reference the architecture of the Greek Islands from where the client’s family originates and provides a great reference for minimal ocean side development. Continue reading Wavefront Townhouses
The Layer House in Victoria, Australia, is a custom-built 5,059 sq. feet contemporary family dwelling by Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers, that features a simple palette of timber, rammed earth and pale concrete, with strategic graphic insertions used to excite and delineate specific areas. Continue reading Verdant Vim
The use of tin ceilings really developed in the mid-nineteenth century, when mass produced sheets of thin rolled tinplate became readily available in America. They reached the zenith of their popularity in the 1890s. As a result, many old buildings, such as the colonial town houses of central Sydney, boast antique tin ceilings, cornices, wall panels and wainscots. Continue reading Trending: Tin Ceiling Tiles
