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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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What Did We Learn From Habitus Kitchen & Bathroom LIVE?
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What Did We Learn From Habitus Kitchen & Bathroom LIVE?

In celebration of the annual Habitus Kitchen & Bathroom issue, Poliform, Australia, hosted Habitus for an exclusive panel on emerging trends and behaviours in these spaces.


Each year, we see the annual Habitus Kitchen & Bathroom issue as an opportunity not only to look at and revel in the beauty of some of the most stunning kitchens and bathrooms, but also report on the innovation in these spaces and the changing patterns and behaviours architects and designers are responding to.

These issues, insights, concerns and successes are explored in different ways throughout the magazine from the Design Hunters we profile; the regional projects we visit, and of course the feature articles investigated and authored by our returning Kitchen & Bathroom guest feature editor, Leanne Amodeo.

So it felt right that this year, to celebrate the issue, we bring these articles to life. Poliform, Australia, was our gracious host on Wednesday 10 July for a live discussion centred around the themes explored in Habitus #44.

Habitus editor Holly Cunneen was joined on stage by Andrew Benn, founder and director Benn+Penna Architecture; Jennifer McMaster, co-founder and co-director of TRIAS; and Meredith Ong, NSW Poliform state manager.

As a group we looked at Biophilia in the kitchen and bathroom and the comprehensive ways this can be achieved. This lead to a discussion about residents’ desire to be connected to the outdoors more than ever before and from where this stems. We explored the difference between a flexible kitchen and a malleable one – and what that difference can mean. We looked at ways to future-proof architecture and design and the rituals of these spaces; traditional and emerging.

It was a lively discussion with a lot of interesting points made.

Guests were offered 15 per cent off Poliform’s entire kitchen collection and left with a copy of the annual Habitus Kitchen & Bathroom issue and a gift from Leif.

Habitus would like to thank our panellists Andrew Benn, Jennifer McMaster and Meredith Ong for their time and insightful contributions. We would also like to thank our friends at Poliform, Australia, and Leif for their support.

Holly Cunneen
Editor

Photography by Derek Bogart

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About the Author

Holly Cunneen

Holly Cunneen was the editor of Habitus and has spent her time in the media writing about architecture, design and our local industry. With a firm view that “design has a shared responsibility to the individual as much as it does the wider community,” her personal and professional trajectory sees her chart the interests, accomplishments, and emerging patterns of behaviour within the architecture and design community.

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Issue 62 - Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62

Living in the Environment Issue

Issue 62 is the first issue of the year and always a great time to put our best foot forward. With Adam Goodrum, the loveliest man in design, as Guest Editor, we draw on his insights as a furniture designer, artist and educator to look at the makers shaping our design world. Sustainability has never been more important, and increasingly this is a consideration from the start with projects designed to address their immediate environment as well as the longevity of the planet. From the coldest winters to the most tropical of summers, addressing how we live in the environment is crucial to creating the perfect home.

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