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s the heart of the home, the kitchen is the place where households gravitate to eat, socialise and, increasingly, to work. So it’s timely that Australian industrial designer Charles Wilson (inset) has developed the versatile Carafe table, a dining table that responds beautifully to the needs of modern living. “In my apartment, the dining table is the most-used piece of furniture,” says Wilson. “A good dining table should be able to seamlessly segue from functional work area to elegant entertaining surface and back again.” The perfectly proportioned table features cantilevered shelves at either end and a faceted drawer: just the thing for stashing electronic devices, homework, reading material and stationery when it’s time to dine. Discreet cut-outs for cables in the base of the drawer keep you connected so you can pick up where you left off after dinner. Available in white oak, cherry wood (left) or black-stained ash (above). From $5360 (1340x860cm).
I love what chef René Redzepi and Noma stand for. René’s brief for Noma Australia was that the design should be uniquely Australian. It should incorporate the use of fire in the cooking and focus on coastal regions. From a design perspective, we distilled this into simply ‘Land and Water’. The colours speak of the meeting point between land and water: earth tones and dark timbers, light-golden curtains
and flecks of green to signify new growth. In a restaurant, you first experience the space on a macro scale – things such as light and architectural forms – and then at a very personal level when you’re seated at the table. With a degustation, you can be sitting at the table for up to four hours, so the detail is vital. The experience all comes down to the senses – tactility, smell, acoustics, ergonomics and aesthetics. Foolscap Studio; (03) 9012 6637 or foolscapstudio.com.au. >
Living Edge; 1300 132 154 or www.livingedge.com.au.
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Liebherr fridge
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The fridge company is founded by Hans Liebherr in Germany.
The FrostSafe system improves frozen food storage.
NoFrost technology eliminates the need to defrost fridges.
Text by Christina Gee (Charles Wilson) & Georgia Madden (Adele Winteridge). Photography by Maree Homer (Charles Wilson) & LendLease (Noma Australia).
TA S T E O F H O M E Interior designer Adele Winteridge of Melbourne’s Foolscap Studio gave pop-up restaurant Noma Australia (pictured below) a local flavour.