I’m very lucky to be able to post a photo of Catherine Martin’s beautiful designs in-situ in Iona, the Sydney headquarters and historic home of Catherine Martin and Baz Luhrmann. Catherine creates richly decorative designs, and her incredible confidence with colour and pattern lend wonderful drama and personality to the sandstone Italianate villa. I love the dark beauty of the entrance hall which has been papered with Catherine’s new wallpaper for Porter’s Paints, heightening the dramatic effect of the stain-glassed doors and complementing beautifully both the ornately tiled-floors and collected indigenous artifacts. Visit www.catherinemartin.com to see her new range of wallpapers, paints and rugs. Thanks Catherine x
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Skye Vermeesch is the Director and principal creative of blueandbrown, a small but prolific graphic design firm whose products can be applied to fabrics, concrete, glass, wallpaper, resin and more. They have been fantastically successful in conceptualising and designing products that add something graphic, colourful and modern to commercial and residential projects. Visit their website to see their range of work and wonderful use of colour – www.blueandbrown.com.au Thanks to Skye, Eva and Catherine for inviting us into their studio today.
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Alix, aspiring interior designer and all-round inspiration, knows how to rock her dark, warm skin – be it with a simple but stunning back-less warm orange dress, harmonising with her natural colouring, or a casual cobalt blue top with added sparkle, providing a great contrast. This is the key to complementing your natural pigmentation – knowing how to complement or contrast your skin with your clothes.
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A simple yet elegant design constructed from wire, timber and red tube lighting, the ceiling of Yulli’s bar and restaurant on Crown St, Surry Hills, Sydney, has been given an incredible sense of movement that stopped us in the street as we passed by a few evenings ago. The interior is kept very simple – just a line of record cover sleeves displayed upon a slim timber shelf, rendered monochromatic by the red light (we have also seen this to great effect in a tiny bar in Niseko, Japan) and cushioned bench seating. The angled lines of the ceiling design and red light give the room a futuristic but warm ambience.
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