Ettore Sottsass: architect, poet and master of Memphis

A career designing buildings, furniture, electronics, ceramics, lighting, jewellery and textiles, Ettore Sottsass was a man of the world who wrote poetry and collected friends including Allen Ginsberg, Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso. His colourful, evocative work pushed and pulled the design industry's toy, industrialisation, to create pieces that expressed an attitude that still connects today.

The high tech, hand made world of Edra

With legendary art director Massimo Morozzi, founders Valerio and Monica Mazzei launched Edra in the final days of the Memphis movement, developing a research hub where designers Francesco Binfaré and Fernando and Humberto Campana helped establish Edra's reputation for art, innovation and a fascination for the avant-garde. 

Eternally Yours – Lily Goodwin

Paring back without losing 'interest, joy or a sense of poetry,' Pattern Studio's Lily Goodwin and Josh Cain are naturally drawn to refinement, their interiors honed and textured and evoking the 'essence' of each brief. Here, More Space chats with Lily about Pattern's design approach, the projects that define their studio, and why Mario Bellini’s Camaleonda Sofa makes all of their 1970s dreams come true.

Turning the tables

With open plan living the table is at the heart of the home. It is the place where we sit with family and friends to eat, drink and talk about our day, and it has become a workspace for children and adults alike as many of us navigate a home/work balance for at least part of the week.

The House on Lizard Island

On the northern point of the Great Barrier Reef, the World Heritage-listed Lizard Island is one of the most private places on earth. Here, More Space catches up with The House’s owner Steve Wilson and interior designer, Sophie Hart, to chat about their creative collaboration that has produced a robust holiday home that balances aesthetic rigour with relaxed comfor

How Jane Chuck created her new 'MotherQuarters'

When Jane Chuck, the influential founder of beauty and lifestyle brands Chuck's and Motherchucker's, first saw the work of Jun Ong of POW, it was at the light installation 'Star,' a huge LED sculpture inspired by nature and outer space. More Space catches up with two of the busiest creatives in the business to discuss the design DNA behind the transformation of the former APW printing factory and how colour and detail have shaped the soul of her new HQ.

Welcome to the world of Space

Eternally Yours x Iva Foschia

Drawn to textural, informal and tactile forms, the work of Iva Foschia combines interiors and furniture that play off form and compress space through 'careful placement and minimal arrangements to create rhythm and tension.' For Eternally Yours, More Space catches up with Iva to discuss the sensory impact of colour and texture, her go-to design pieces, and her studio's recently completed transformation of a former church into an 'elevated and luxurious' residence.

Design Insiders x Fathanah Paijan

For Design Insiders we meet Fathanah Paijan whose career has been enriched by leading creatives including Jean Marie Massaud, Patricia Urquiola and Lee Broom, and insights which Fathanah adds, 'help us to understand how design influences the way we live'.

The culture of circularity 

The design industry is harnessing design circularity as a key step to reducing waste and, in turn, carbon emissions. From the Bio Componibili to the Smart Wood Collection and Camaleonda, Kartell and B&B Italia are redesigning classics using technological innovation and sustainable materials to develop collections that use the bare minimum of materials and energy.

Eternally Yours – visions on product endurance

The more a design connects with us, the more likely we are to make it part of our lives and pass it on. Buy once, buy well, is a core component of circular design thinking and central to Space’s philosophy. As Ed van Hinte remarks in the book ‘Eternally Yours: visions on product endurance’, 'Objects should somehow express that throwing them away is a crying sin at all times.'

Space's sustainability journey 

Measuring the carbon footprint from energy consumption to materials across its supply chains, Space is on a sustainability journey that began with a full transport audit and the collection of product data on materials and brands. Understanding each step of a design's development will allow Space to consciously source environmental options and create a flow-on effect for industry and clients.

Monica Armani on design that refreshes the soul

Based in Trento at the foot of the Dolomite Mountains, architect Monica Armani has created a house and studio that balances private and work spaces, and is immersed in nature which Armani describes as ‘the engine of everything’ and the foundation for objects and spaces that ‘refresh the soul’.

Eternally Yours – Yasmine Ghoniem

Not just throwing the ‘matchy-matchy’ rule book out the window but burning it, for Eternally Yours we meet Yasmine Ghoniem of YSG who creates interiors the designer describes as 'cohesive clashes and unpredictable conclusions’ that are riffing with colour and texture and bursting with personality.

Eternally Yours – Aaron Wooster

For interior designer Aaron Wooster of Smart Design Studio, a building's form, texture, materials and light provide the framework for furniture curation. Joining us for Eternally Yours, Aaron shares insights on designing interiors that are a fine-tuned balance between function and impact. 

A space to connect

Filmed over three years, A Life Individual features a collection of inspiring interiors that are bursting with energy and personality. In this latest film, we revisit seven creative and individual spaces and their owners who share a visual snapshot of their lives to reveal the way design has helped shape their unique homes.

Pablo and Vincent Van Duysen go outdoors

Known for his sophisticated restraint across architecture, interiors and furniture, Vincent Van Duysen’s new Pablo Outdoor collection for B&B Italia delivers solidity and strength within a calm, relaxed form.

The artful story behind Strips by Arflex

In a recent article, Architectural Digest’s Senior Design Editor Hannah Martin un-wraps the role avant-garde artist couple, the late Christo and Jeanne-Claude, played in the creation of Italian architect Cini Boeri's iconic Strips sofa for Arflex.

Eternally Yours – Sophia Leopardi

For Eternally Yours we meet designer Sophia Leopardi of Adelaide studio Williams Burton Leopardi, an architecture practice that believes living well, understanding design nuances and celebrating life’s daily rituals creates living spaces which transcend style and 'give an immediate sense of belonging and comfort'.

Inside Singapore's design studios – Architology

Launching Singapore-based practice Architology at the end of 2010, co-founder Terrence Quah has ‘intensive architectural training balanced with an intentional stint in practical experience’. Here, More Space catches up with Quah to discuss projects including an academy for snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan and the renovation of a traditional shophouse, and winning two Tattler Design Awards.

Design Insiders x Leighton Clarke

For Design Insiders, our More Space series that introduces the creative thinkers behind the Space brand, we meet Space CEO, Leighton Clarke, whose early career as a watchmaker has helped develop a love for detail and craftsmanship, along with the belief that great design can elevate our day-to-day life. 

St Andrews Beach House

Carefully placed above the sand dunes of St Andrews Beach in Victoria, the understated holiday home of Nik Karalis, CEO of Woods Bagot, was designed to evolve and grow along with its occupants.

Noonu by Antonio Citterio

A new sofa system designed by Antonio Citterio, Noonu is a project created to continue and complete the journey started in 2018 with Atoll, told through a new film by B&B Italia.

It's mission design at Acerbis

For more than 150 years the furniture house Acerbis has produced some of the world’s most innovative designs, penned by names including the legendary designer Vico Magistretti who is known for his buildings, furniture and the classic Fiat 500 car.