From the editor

The last few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for many of us Australians. I for one have experienced the gamut from helpless to furious while our government sat on the sidelines and watched our country burn as fires incinerated lives, homes and a devastating portion of our native flora and fauna. In the wake of this, the revelations of how grossly mismanaged our water resources have been, the growing number of fracking wells that scar our countryside, and the immoral extinguishing of native title to make way for even more coal mines have left me feeling heartbroken and hopeless.

That said, in the weeks and months since the beginning of this widespread tragedy, I’ve witnessed an incredible outpouring of offers of assistance and financial aid from our architecture and design community, and an overwhelming commitment to enact change in the way we live, work and practise design — a manifesto for the future, if you will. This enormous, unified pledge has made me proud and has given me reason to hope.

This issue of Design Anthology is dedicated to all of the firefighters who volunteered and fought bravely to save the lives and property of complete strangers, to everyone who has donated in any way (no donation is too small) and to everyone involved in efforts to rescue our endangered or now functionally extinct species. The future of our country depends upon you, and I don’t have the words to express my immense gratitude.

Suzy Annetta
Editor-in-Chief

Inside the issue

Dossier

News
A curated round-up of our favourite new books, fashion, lifestyle and home products from Australia and New Zealand

Profile
Adelaide designer Ryan Genesin’s prolific studio is synonymous with highly experiential spaces that reflect his passion for materials

A Day in the Life
We spend a day with Sydney-based ceramicist Alana Wilson

Profile
In just four years, interior architect and designer Rufus Knight has made a significant contribution to New Zealand’s design landscape

Collaborative Practise
Young architecture practice Whispering Smith has partnered with collaborators and friends to create a studio collective and community gallery space that works to change the status quo

Wanderlust

Hotels, Bodrum
A crop of luxury hotels on the Turquoise Coast make Bodrum a popular choice with the beau monde

Guesthouse, Scotland
A renovated historic stone manse along Scotland’s scenic North Coast 500 becomes a boutique guesthouse with Scandi-Scot interiors

Vernissage

Glass Art
Prolific glass artist Jessica Loughlin’s restrained yet innovative creations are a meditation on the Australian landscape and the concept of space

Art Festival
Adelaide’s Indigenous art festival Tarnanthi showcases some of the country’s most diverse art

Home

Sydney
Robust materials, shapely objets and a gentle colour palette balance mid-century modernist architecture in this coastal home

Christchurch
This bucolic yet contemporary home overlooks the ocean and hills of Banks Peninsula

Melbourne
Flack Studio designed this heritage home as a conversation between the past and present

Mornington Peninsula
A contemporary addition to this 19th-century Victorian home brings it into the present while maintaining its charming historic features

Melbourne
Through a series of intelligent architectural interventions and restrained details, Rob Kennon Architects rebuilt this worker’s cottage to become a quietly bold addition to the streetscape

Architectonics

Installation
Accompanied by a detailed program stretching from November through to February, Melbourne’s MPavilion contributes to the public life, and public space, of the city

The Flâneur

For the People
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, urban designer and city planner Mitra Anderson-Oliver explains how a group of former ravers are reimagining once-divided Berlin’s future through the Holzmarkt project