Vogue Living May/June 2022

Vogue Living tells stories that engage, fascinate and excite, weaving together a myriad of influences that inspire our lives, be it cultural trends, arts and architecture, a new secret find around the corner, a far flung destination, or a privileged glimpse into a private and compelling world. Interiors, spaces and places, here or there, come vividly to life through their inhabitants and the lens of the camera. Beauty is paramount.

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in this issue

Upfront

Contributors

Felix Forest PHOTOGRAPHER It’s no surprise that Felix Forest’s home is an elegant, artful and tranquil space, considering the images he creates. As he invites us into the home he shares with his family (page 88), you’ll spot a honed collector’s eye at work in a covetable selection of furniture and artworks. From an early career highlight being assigned to AD Spain while living in Paris to a decade immersed in our local style and design scene, creativity has long inspired Forest. “The pieces in our home have been collected over the past 15 years, he says. “We have always gravitated towards unusual design pieces, one-off freeform ‘experiments’ and organic shapes and colours; a celebration of timeless design.” Art is a key element of the space. “I don’t think one can ever…

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Take the tour

Finding your DREAM home is rare, especially in a specific architectural style. So when creative director PERNILLE TEISBÆK and husband Philip Lotko, cofounder of outerwear brand Rains, discovered an elegant 1875-era West Copenhagen house with ORNATE DETAILS intact, they jumped. The WHIRLWIND RESTORATION’S guiding principle? Embrace the unexpected. “I love it when things contradict each other, that’s what makes it interesting,” says Teisbæk. For the full house tour, visit VOGUE.COM.AU/VOGUE-LIVING. Vogue Living @vogueliving Vogue Living @VogueLiving vogue.com.au/vogue-living…

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Editor’s letter

The best thing about this issue is how hard it was to make. As a celebration of the next generation of talent, you might think that finding candidates who fit the bill would be a piece of cake. After all, we are living in a golden age of design, a time when exciting new creatives are constantly popping up, here in Australia and everywhere. But that’s just the point. With so much brilliance around, where do you start? And when you’re so spoiled for choice, how do you whittle that selection down to fit inside a magazine? Luckily, we’re a ruthless bunch at Vogue Living. And I’d like to think that what we’ve managed to capture in these pages is a snapshot of the design world today, and what makes it…

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A new age

The future is not what it used to be’ is a mantra appropriate to the times we find ourselves in now. It’s hard to envision what life will be like in the next two years, let alone five or 10, when myriad crises — public health, a changing climate, an ageing population and housing affordability — envelop us, alongside the impacts of these monumental challenges upon one’s quality of living. Rather than try and solve all the world’s problems, each task that Sibling Architecture takes on, such as designing a house or addressing the needs of a public space, can be seen as a closer examination of one of these issues or an experiment in living to meet these challenges. It is these small, novel experiments that contribute to the…

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VLoves

JOIE DE VIVRE

STYLE ASSISTANTS: LAURA ALEXANDRA, THOMAS MESKER…

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VLoves

The VL edit

PHOTOGRAPHERS: BART CELESTINO (DINOSAUR DESIGNS), DAVE WHEELER (MAISON BALZAC). STYLISTS: JAMES GUERRISI (DINOSAUR DESIGNS), JOSEPH GARDNER (MAISON BALZAC). EXCHANGE RATE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINT SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PHOTOGRAPHER: DIEGO PADILLA MAGALLANES (PAMPA). EXCHANGE RATE CORRECT AT TIME ¥OF PRINT SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PHOTOGRAPHER: ANSON SMART (ARMADILLO), IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND GALLERY SALLY DAN-CUTHBERT (SABINE MARCELIS). STYLIST: JOSEPH GARDNER (ARMADILLO)…

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