Artichoke

Artichoke, Australia’s most respected interior architecture and design magazine, presents inspiring examples of design excellence and engaging discussion of design issues to industry professionals and a broader audience of design-savvy consumers. It reviews significant new projects, profiles designers, showcases new products and explores creative design collaborations. It is the national magazine of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA).

Issue 78 • March — May 2022

Artichoke — Australia’s

Celebrating DIA’s 60-year logo legacy

Contributors

The Edit • A round up of the latest and greatest furniture and objects for the workplace.

The Upper • In Tokyo, Sydney studio Luchetti Krelle has created two distinguishable yet highly compatible dining retreats, channelling mid-century Italian modernism and Art Deco decadence.

Fugazzi • Fugazzi is the latest entrant in Adelaide’s cohort of blockbuster restaurant fitouts. Designed by Studio Gram, it sits confidently at an intersection – boldly occupying an intriguing space between architectural norms.

Hope Street Radio • After three years operating as an online community radio station, Hope Street Radio, designed by Peter Frederick Cole Architect, is now a space to celebrate music, seasonal food and natural wine in Melbourne's Collingwood.

In Brief • A collection of the latest interiors recently completed by Australian designers, from a brewery in Melbourne to a luxury clothing store in Bondi.

Rekkan / Tamuwu / Nyinakat: sit/sit down • South Australia’s Jam Factory has curated an exhibition of collaborations between Indigenous textile artists and South Australian furniture designers.

Monash Robotics Lab • A robust intervention by Studio Bright delivers radical change, a significant civic contribution and a comfortable place to meet a robot.

Calum Hurley • This Adelaide-based emerging designer creates furniture and objects influenced by pure geometry, bold colour and the visual spirit of the Bauhaus and Memphis periods.

Alfred Stables • Architects EAT has reinvented a 150-year-old three-storey factory at Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital into a dynamic and adaptive workplace for 150 administrative staff, all while celebrating the existing building fabric.

Johnson Partners • In this Sydney office for a boutique consulting firm, YSG has replaced the sobriety of conventional corporate highrise offices with sculptural details and bold, expressive gestures.

The Edit • A round-up of the latest and greatest furniture, lighting and objects.

Artichoke Magazine Prize • The Artichoke Magazine Prize is awarded annually to interior design/interior architecture students who demonstrate excellence in the visual and written communication of an interior design proposition. Here we present the 2021 winners.

Edge Training • In this elite training facility in Melbourne's inner south-east, Pandolfini Architects employs floor-to-ceiling galvanized pods to provide function and privacy alongside visual strength and toughness.

Sampling the Future • This exhibition, which took place at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, explored some of the extraordinary new technologies and manufacturing techniques that are shaping our future.

In Brief • More of the latest interiors recently completed by Australian designers, from a waterside bar in Fremantle to a new hotel in Melbourne.

Improving workplace culture in interior design practice • Interior designers are uniquely positioned to create and lead new workplace typologies, rethinking the traditional work week and seeking greater care for mental health and encouraging a greater work-life balance.