Artichoke

Artichoke, Australia’s most respected interior architecture and design magazine, presents inspiring examples of design excellence and engaging discussion of design issues to industry professionals and a broader audience of design-savvy consumers. It reviews significant new projects, profiles designers, showcases new products and explores creative design collaborations. It is the national magazine of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA).

Welcome

Professional practice takes practice • As the year gets underway, it’s important to stop and ask yourself what inspires you. The answer might be closer than you realize.

Contributors

In Brief • A selection of the latest projects, products and people collated to inspire.

Caravan II • In South Korea’s capital, Melbourne-based Flack Studio has designed a layered, textured restaurant with nods to Australian design.

Bert’s Bar & Brasserie • Designed by Akin Atelier, Bert’s Bar and Brasserie in Sydney’s Northern Beaches is reminscent of the grand hotel dining rooms of the 1930s.

McDonald’s In The Sky • Landini Associates’ design of McDonald’s In The Sky at Sydney International Airport combines familiarity with inventiveness to deliver a memorable customer experience.

In Brief • More of the latest projects, products and people collated to inspire.

Maison&Objet In Brief • A collection of the latest and greatest from the recent Maison&Objet fair in Paris.

Rigg Design Prize • The highest accolade for contemporary design in Australia, the triennial Rigg Design Prize is awarded to an Australian design practice displaying outstanding creative achievements.

Drift House Revisited • Architecture firm Multiplicity has revisited a boutique hotel that it designed in the Victorian coastal town of Port Fairy and added a suite of luxurious new spaces.

In Brief • More of the latest projects, products and people collated to inspire.

The future of retail design • In an era when online shopping is commonplace, how can designers create brick and mortar stores that draw customers? At the recent Artichoke Night School in Sydney, three speakers explored the future of retail design.

Rising talents of Lebanon • Lebanon might not immediately come to mind when you think of emerging design talent, but Maison&Objet has shone a light on the country’s young designers.

Gunjan Aylawadi • Sydney-based industrial designer and self-taught artist Gunjan Aylawadi makes paper weavings inspired by her memories of India.

Artichoke Magazine Prize • Awarded annually, the Artichoke Magazine Prize for design communication is presented to interior design/ interior architecture students who demonstrate excellence in the visual and written presentation of an interior design proposition.

Techné Studio • For its new home in Melbourne’s Carlton, Techne Architecture and Interior Design has created a workplace expressed as a venue for creative production.

75 Myrtle Street • In Sydney’s Chippendale, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer has transformed a two-storey former glass factory into purpose-built offices that take cues from their early-twentieth-century past.

Notre Dame University Student Hub • In Fremantle, Cox Architecture’s sensitive reworking of a former rope-making warehouse aims to make a university hub more appealing and accessible to students.

Designing Women • On display at the National Gallery of Victoria, Designing Women highlighted the dynamic and critical force of female designers in shaping contemporary design culture.