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Defining Australian Luxury
At Melbourne's Decor and Design show last month, I was asked to present on Luxury! This therefore got me thinking! When trying to define...

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Vivid Designers
Dedicated to encourage and support new design and emerging designers, the VIVID Awards were given last week at Melbourne's Decor +...

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Why Porcelain Tiles
The most common styles of flooring we’re accustomed to in Australia and seem to prefer for our homes are a combination of wood, tiles,...

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Australian Design: Rhys Cooper
Walking around Denfair show in Melbourne, just a few weeks ago, I admired the stands of many furniture companies, some better known than...

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Bathroom Design
The bathroom has evolved from a sterile, dull and basically functional room to a beautiful one where we enjoy spending longer time. Its...

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Flooring to WOW
Among the characteristics that help define a room as 'spectacular', the flooring is one of the most important elements in achieving a...

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Furniture & Design: Denfair
Denfair is an annual display of Australian and overseas Furnishing, Art and Décor items, and the perfect platform for designers, makers...

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Learning From Display Homes
Building a new home or renovating a property can become a stressful endeavour as there are so many decisions to make, with often endless...
Sandro Nocentini


Australian Design: Fire-Away
I met the FIRE AWAY team at the AIFF [Australian International Furniture Fair] in Melbourne last year, and fell in love straight away...

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Porcelain In The Kitchen
After taking over 5,000 photographs at the International Design Fair in Milan, it's taken me a week or so, to finally chose which ones...

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Styled Properties Sell For More
After years of property vendors enjoying record prices, it seems the Australian housing market is finally cooling down a little and...
Sandro Nocentini


Australian Designers Overseas
Arriving at LOCAL MILAN no.3 and walking through the apartment rooms hosting this exhibition last month in an historical palazzo, I at...

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What I Brought Back
The amount of design inspiration and information available at Milano's International Furniture Fair (Salone Del Mobile) is so vast that...

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Australian Design: Anchor Ceramics
Accompanying mankind's history for thousands of years, ceramics-making has served well in an endless list of applications such as useful...

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New York Style
Theatres, Museums, Architecture, Art, Shopping, Bars, Food, Markets... where do you start? where do you stop? New York is a Pandora's...

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Milano Design Week 2018
Time flies and I can't believe it''s one year since my last visit to Milano Design Week. You know I love traveling, but this yearly trip...

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From Drab To Fab
Are your dining chairs in good condition BUT looking dated? Are they comfortable and your are not ready to let them go... Perhaps you've...

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Renovate, Extend or Rebuild?
So what do you do? Renovate, Extend, Rebuild or Move-Out? This is a dilemma that many people face and one which must be addressed with a...
Sandro Nocentini


Coloured Exteriors
Last week, on March 21st the world celebrated International Colour Day. There are so many ways to celebrate it daily, as colour is all...

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Choosing The Right Bedding
On average, we spend about one third of our lives sleeping, and surely we all wish to wake up in the morning having made the most of our...

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The Stories Behind Australian Makers
Creativity is the brain's ability to come up with solutions that satisfy one or everybody's needs: it's curiosity at work, imagination,...

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