Lingua Franca

From a hand-drawn doodle to a Red Dot Award, designer, and reluctant engineer, Michael Anastassiades, discusses his celebrated N.200 lounge chair for Gebrüder Thonet Vienna.

Shaping spaces and people is all part of a day’s work for designer Kian Liew

Meeting designer Kian Liew late last year, the Vice President and Head of Global ID and Technical Services at The Ascott is upbeat about his dream team of designers and a swathe of projects. Describing the most exciting part of his role as "people development”, the interior designers and engineers who join Liew's studio develop talent and tenacity across projects from Tokyo to Paris and Mumbai, and a design approach that is reshaping home and work life.

The talented Pierce Widera

Design studio Pierce Widera is interior designer Amy Pierce and architect Nat Widera, who met while working together at Chris Connell Design. Since opening their own office they have completed a diversity of projects, from a teeny tiny 35 square metre café, to a co-working space and a multi-level hospitality project. more space caught up with the talented duo to talk design, friendship and the influences that shape their practice.

The curious minds behind Edra

Not a design company that follows the status quo, more space talks with Edra’s Niccolò Mazzei who grew up in the family business amongst the designers and the history of craftsmanship and innovation in Tuscany, and where knowledge runs deep and curiosity begins each new collection.

At Studio Arihiro Miyake, it all begins with a sketch...

Designer Arihiro Miyake is on the go. With a studio in Helsinki where he teaches at the University of Art and Design, any given week will find the designer in Amsterdam at Moooi, in Milan or Japan, visiting a growing list of projects and manufacturers. For designers who work with international clients, being nimble and close to all the action is crucial for lasting relationships, and it is this long-term thinking that is at the heart of Studio Arihiro Miyake.

Meet Ritz & Ghougassian

The Melbourne design studio founded by architect Gilad Ritz and interior architect Jean-Paul Ghougassian is building a reputation for finely honed interiors that have won the duo a prestigious AIDA Emerging Interior Design Practice Award and a loyal following.

Designers doing interesting things: Studio Juju

Studio Juju is Singapore designers Priscilla Lui and Timo Wong. Their work traverses furniture, products and interiors and carries the spirit of 1960s contemporary art – minimal in form, often saturated in colour, and embedded with an optimism that says "hello, let's try something new".

SP01 launches new collection by Tim Rundle

New Zealand born and London-based, Tim Rundle has designed the latest collection for Australian brand SP01 inspired by design history, making, an Australian colour palette and bringing together a diverse mix of materials. more space caught up with Tim to chat about the ideas and influences behind the new range.