Issue 1

August 2024
Issue One steps inside ATOMAA's jewel box Milan apartments and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran's ceramic figures, drawn from Big Cats, Barbie and Buddhas. Three small footprint homes push the brief further, Andrew Tuck and Todd Selby contribute, and the issue rounds out with the Barbican, a downlights rant, better pet furniture and chairs built for actual bums.
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24 Hours in Milan with ATOMAA
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24 Hours in Milan with ATOMAA
Step inside the world of ATOMAA: where romanticism, artisanal artistry and Italian flair are distilled into jewel box-like apartments.
A Better Breed of Pet Furniture.
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A Better Breed of Pet Furniture.
Pet furniture is reimagined for small-footprint living with longevity, multifunctionality and playfulness featuring in the designs from 11 international designers.
A Home in the Sky
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A Home in the Sky
Architect Maddie Sewall in her eclectic Melbourne apartment.
A Most Unlikely School in a Most Unlikely Place
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A Most Unlikely School in a Most Unlikely Place
A former concrete factory has been transformed into the vibrant Roskilde Festival Folk High School in Denmark.
A short essay on why I despise downlights.
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A short essay on why I despise downlights.
A 600-word essay on why Jason Fox despises downlights.
Bento Home: How flexibility begets functionality.
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Bento Home: How flexibility begets functionality.
An essay on why presumption and prescription makes poorly designed small apartments.
Big Cats, Barbie & Buddhas
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Big Cats, Barbie & Buddhas
Artist Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran opens his studio to discuss his kaleidoscopic ceramic sculptures, creative process, and the balance between artistic expression and cultural appropriation.
Chairs with Bums
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Chairs with Bums
A spotlight on American artist and designer Chris Wolston and his cheeky wicker chairs.
Coffee to Go: A New York Dream
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Coffee to Go: A New York Dream
A jetlagged wander about New York City.
London's Greatest Mistake (and its little known older sister)
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London's Greatest Mistake (and its little known older sister)
The genius and enduring appeal of the Barbican and its overlooked older sister, Golden Lane Estate.
Making sh*t with the sh*t you already have.
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Making sh*t with the sh*t you already have.
Robbie Neville of Revival Projects is staging a revolution against the way we design, construct and demolish buildings and the value we place on existing materials.
Ply-curious
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Ply-curious
From Eames design icons to roofs that could sustain the weight of an average male elephant, plywood continues to be the unexpected muse of experimental design.
Sexy Bikes
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Sexy Bikes
A Paris-based collective is curating and constructing kaleidoscopic bikes from existing materials and parts.
Small Home: 401e Apartment
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Small Home: 401e Apartment
Small Home: Open Sky House
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Small Home: Open Sky House
Small Home: VM36 Apartment
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Small Home: VM36 Apartment
Storage Porn: The Shape Shifter
Storage Porn: The Shape Shifter
A centrefold spread of Studiomama’s Metamorphic Wardrobe.
The Power of Pocket Forests
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The Power of Pocket Forests
Tiny urban forests the size of tennis courts are transforming concrete spaces into thriving ecosystems while bringing communities together to combat both climate change and loneliness.
Todd 'The Selby' Selby
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Todd 'The Selby' Selby
The master of photographing fascinating people in their fascinating homes on donkeys, Australian customs officers and his new book.
Togo
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Togo
We interrogate the origins and appeal of the slouchy seventies icon.
Why do beautiful things make us happy?
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Why do beautiful things make us happy?
An editor, a designer and vintage store owner ponder.
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