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A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM • The performances and PARTNERS of the VL50 awards, presented by Mobilia.
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VL VISION
CIAO MOBILIA! • High-end design dealership MOBILIA branches into Sydney with a NEW SHOWROOM, one that situates ‘the masterworks’ in brilliant mini theatres of branded style. Vogue Living quizzes company director SAM FAZZARI on the indivisibility of Italian family, the furniture business and faraway beginnings.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO • On February 27, Vogue Living honoured the industry’s best at the VL50 AWARDS, the most glamorous event on the design calendar. With Georges Antoni behind the camera and the Museum of Contemporary Art as their backdrop, the WINNERS took part in a PORTRAIT SERIES revealing moments of reflection and euphoria.
MAKE WAVES • Immersed in the unspoilt idyll of Palm Beach, Hayden and Danielle Cox have crafted the ULTIMATE expression of their joint passions: surfing, family and SUSTAINABLE design.
MATERIAL CULTURE • The face of menswear brands before launching his own, ARMANDO CABRAL is now the creative mind behind NKYINKYIM, a collaboration with USM that rethinks MODULAR FURNITURE through the lens of his African heritage.
CLEVER COOKING • Electrolux teams with Harvey Norman® to enrich your kitchen, serving up its most innovative cooking technology yet.
THE VL EDIT
Escape with VOGUE LIVING AUSTRALIA
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N • NEW SENSATIONS A British-Lebanese designer with a taste for experimentation, DANIELLE MOUDABER transforms a London loft apartment into a sensory living sculpture that oozes ’70s sex appeal.
GALERIE PRIVÉE • MAISON ROCHER is a family home and chic arts space in the MARAIS, PARIS. Once occupied by offices, it is now defined by an intimate installation of works by the likes of Juliette Minchin and JAMES TURRELL.
TALE OF TWO CITIES • A pantheon of treasures by 20th-century Italian MAESTROS and a laid-back decorating style influenced by Los Angeles combine in a Milanese penthouse designed by GIAMPIERO TAGLIAFERRI, who calls both cities home.
OPEN MIND • Architect CLÉMENT LESNOFF-ROCARD untethers an Art Nouveau apartment in Paris from the binds of history by authoring an entirely new interior, its mirrored, all-white skin enacts an awakening of the IMAGINATION.
Y • YOUNG AT HEART In Melbourne’s Yarraville, FIONA LYNCH preserves the ripeness of an octogenarian couple’s downsized lifestyle with the lush and florid design of a VICTORIAN home located right next door to their grandchildren.
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COLLECTED WORKS • The newly opened STUDIO HENRY WILSON showroom in Sydney is a metaphor for the industrial designer’s devotion to his practice and his desire for WELL-MADE things.
THE HOLIDAY EDIT
DRIVING FORCES • With the uncompromising talent of CRAFTING PLASTICS research studio and its own material INNOVATION and responsive technology ambitions, LEXUS rewrites the blueprint on luxury automation at Miami Art & Design Week.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE • A visionary LIGHT YEARS ahead of her time, Nanda Vigo designed the DUE PIÙ CHAIR in 1971. Today, it is produced by Acerbis, its fluffy rollers recast in circular materials that embrace contemporary expectation.