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Capella Sydney
Winner Best Hotel Design Designer Bar Studio Location Sydney, New South Wales The jury members were all impressed by this example of adaptive reuse. What used to be a government building has been painstakingly restored such that the original property
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Dolly
Winner Best Bar Design Designer Genesin Studio Location Unley, South Australia Dolly stands as a testament to innovative design in the hospitality sector. The tactile wine bar, which is located in suburban Adelaide, boasts a distinctive and timeless
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In Brief
As part of a major refresh of the Up There menswear brand, Kennedy Nolan was asked to design a new flagship store on Flinders Lane in Melbourne. The brand refresh provided inspiration for a vibrant palette, including Up There's signature green applie
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Don Cameron
To create his multifaceted oeuvre, artist and designer Don Cameron turns to pure forms that require discipline to achieve. Brutalist structures captured in black and white photography hint at the emotive power of history, while mirrored aesthetics in
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Jury Overview 2023 Jury
From the jury — Where we drink and dine says a lot about us as individuals and as a society. The message the jury received from the 2023 Eat Drink Design Awards entries is this: Australians embrace coexisting cultures; most interior styles have a pla
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Commendations
Fugazzi Private Dining Room and Bar — Designer: Studio Gram Location: Adelaide, South Australia Babylon Brisbane — Designer: Hogg and Lamb Location: Brisbane, Queensland Yūgen — Designer: Architects EAT Location: South Yarra, Victoria Visit eat-drink
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Commendations
El Primo Sanchez — Designer: The Bar Brand People Location: Paddington, New South Wales Kin Seafood — Designer: Studio Band Location: Glenside, South Australia Music Room — Designer: The Company You Keep (TCYK) Location: Melbourne, Victoria Visit eat
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Multidisciplinary Designers
In this series of profiles, we meet five Australian designers who are traversing disciplines, from interiors to furniture to materials to architecture photography. Through their varied typological oeuvres, these multi-talented designers exemplify why
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Kōri Ice Cream
Winner Best Identity Design Designer Principle Design Location Hawthorn, Victoria Kōri Ice Cream exemplifies what's possible when branding and interior design minds work synergistically. Principle Design's street-style-inspired identity is not only s
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Annie Paxton
Multidisciplinary designer Annie Paxton works in an architecture office by day, and she designs and makes her own furniture and lighting by night. While the two pursuits occur in separate spheres of her life, one creative practice draws from the othe
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Commendations
Pidapipó Laboratorio — Designer: Dion Hall Location: Fitzroy, Victoria Kudo — Designer: Kitayama K Architects Location: Melbourne, Victoria Kori Ice Cream — Designer: Architects EAT Location: Hawthorn, Victoria Visit eat-drink-design.com/gallery to s
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Studio Edwards / alt.material
“I've always been interested in building things – creating at small scale can really inform the larger-scale work we do,” says Studio Edwards founder Ben Edwards, surveying his Melbourne studio's collection of material samples, furniture prototypes a
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Contributors
Peter Davies is a writer and editor based in Melbourne. He has an enduring interest in language, culture, art and architecture, and has worked on publishing projects in design, education and the legal sector. Studio Edwards / alt.material (page 108)
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Le Tao
Winner Best Retail Design The Le Tao Australia flagship store in Melbourne radiates the soul of Japanese design. The space is defined by the seamless integration of Japanese minimalism, geometry and raw materials, and the result balances theatre and
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Beau and Dough
Joint Winner Best Restaurant Design Designer Smart Design Studio Location Surry Hills, New South Wales Designing for two separate yet interconnected venues is a challenge that is beautifully resolved at Beau and Dough. Beau displays the typical moodi
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Kiln, Ace Hotel Sydney
Joint Winner Best Restaurant Design Designer Fiona Lynch Office Location Sydney, New South Wales Kiln takes hotel dining to new heights, literally. Perched atop the Ace Hotel in the heart of downtown Sydney, its design plugs into current conversation
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Commendations
Convoy — Designer: Studio Esteta Location: Moonee Ponds, Victoria Glory Days Bondi — Designer: Cox Architecture Location: Bondi Beach, New South Wales
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Commendations
Butler — Designer: Hogg and Lamb Location: Brisbane, Queensland Bar Morris — Designer: Tom Mark Henry Location: Haymarket, New South Wales
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Shaping Policy And Advocating To Define The Design Profession
The Design Institute of Australia (DIA) recently hosted the Define Design Forum. Hosted by Dr Laura Kostanski, senior social architect for the CSIRO and DIA member, the event was a fantastic example of the design community coming together across disc
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Shortlist
Across six categories, 65 projects were shortlisted in this year's awards, a testament to the exceptional hospitality design found across Australia. Visit eat-drink-design.com/gallery to see more images of all of the shortlisted projects.
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Welcome
Issue 85 December 2023 – March 2024 There's no question Australia and New Zealand's hospitality scene is world-class, if not world-leading. Our restaurateurs, chefs and designers continue to push the envelope thanks in large part to the nations’ ethn
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S'wich Bondi
Winner Best Cafe Design Designer Studio Shand Location Bondi Beach, New South Wales This little gem is a brave circuit breaker; it's not your average pit-stop cafe-sandwich bar. A beautifully crafted bespoke space that aesthetically delivers in spade
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The Edit
Oliveri's new line of Terzofoco basins are handmade in Umbria, Italy, in a lush region celebrated for its decorative enamel earthenware products. The tactile and hard-wearing Terzofoco collection is derived from three types of clay, including durable
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Acting editor — Amy Wood roffe Editorial enquiries — +61 3 8699 1000 artichoke@archmedia.com.au Editorial director — Katelin Butler MDIA Editorial team — Georgia Birks Nicci Dodanwela Jude Ellison Josh Harris Production — Goran Rupena Design — Janine
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Caon Design Office / Laker
Caon Design Office is not your ordinary multidisciplinary design practice. Yes, its work spans from interiors to furniture to object design, which covers crockery and resin-cast bottles of Negroni, but what is most interesting about this studio is it
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Bistro Moncur
Inductee Hall of Fame Designer Tzannes Location Woollahra, New South Wales It's 1992. Damien Pignolet, the chef behind three-hatted Claude's, knows a thing or two about fine dining. When Pignolet's good friend Ron White (of Milton Park Country House)
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Commendations
Hotel Morris — Designer: Tom Mark Henry Location: Haymarket, New South Wales Visit eat-drink-design.com/gallery to see more images ■
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2023 Eat Drink Design Awards
There is space for all tastes in design, as in hospitality. Some keep it simple; some like it spicy. One craves familiarity while another seeks escapism. Some expect exuberance; others need quiet comfort. In this dedicated Eat Drink Design Awards iss
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The Edit
Fearon's new collection of mirrors continues the Australian design duo's fun-loving and friendly approach to furniture and objects. Handmade from aluminium in vibrant, colour-blocked combos, the durable mirrors add a bit of practical pop to interiors
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Olivia Bossy
If you've seen Olivia Bossy's work before, you most likely haven't forgotten it. There's something – not only within the design itself, but also in its presentation through styling and photography – that is at once familiar and unique. Scrolling thro
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