Maude Artarit
Inspiration for a small world-inspired living room in Paris with light hardwood flooring, no fireplace, multi-coloured walls, a freestanding tv and feature lighting.

Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired open plan games room in Gold Coast - Tweed with white walls.

Photo of a large world-inspired open plan dining room in Gold Coast - Tweed with white walls.

Expansive yard with glass, seamless pool fence. Deck and fold away door bring the outdoors, indoors.
Inspiration for a large world-inspired two floor house exterior in Adelaide with a pitched roof.

Our brief was to create a calm, modern country kitchen that avoided cliches - and to intrinsically link to the garden. A weekend escape for a busy family who come down to escape the city, to enjoy their art collection, garden and cook together. The design springs from my neuroscience research and is based on appealing to our hard wired needs, our fundamental instincts - sociability, easy movement, art, comfort, hearth, smells, readiness for visitors, view of outdoors and a place to eat. The key design innovation was the use of soft geometry, not so much in the planning but in the three dimensionality of the furniture which grows out of the floor in an organic way. The soft geometry is in the profile of the pieces, not in their footprint. The users can stroke the furniture, lie against it and feel its softness, all of which helps the visitors to kitchen linger and chat. The fireplace is located in the middle between the cooking zone and the garden. There is plenty of room to draw up a chair and just sit around. The fold-out doors let the landscape into the space in a generous way, especially on summer days when the weather makes the indoors and outdoors come together. The sight lines from the main cooking and preparation island offer views of the garden throughout the seasons, as well as people coming into the room and those seating at the table - so it becomes a command position or what we call the sweet spot. This often results in there being a family competition to do the cooking. The woods are Canadian Maple, Australian rosewood and Eucalyptus. All appliances are Gaggenau and Fisher and Paykel.

Foto: Michael Renner
Design ideas for a large world-inspired formal open plan living room in Stuttgart with grey walls.

Jeff Karskens Designer
Medium sized world-inspired back custom shaped swimming pool in Sydney with decking.

Kath Heke Photography
This is an example of a medium sized world-inspired guest bedroom with white walls and medium hardwood flooring.

RON TAN
Design ideas for a small world-inspired swimming pool in Perth with decking.

Huge stacker doors and gas strut windows finished in monument mat black, open up the space. Timber accents in the fan, the bar top and bar ceiling (queensland maple), bring warmth to the bar. The varied greys and browns in the Travertine, laid in a french pattern, gives interest without distraction.The pressed metal panels to the front of the bar give a modern twist on an old fashioned English bar. mike newell status images

Our brief was to create a calm, modern country kitchen that avoided cliches - and to intrinsically link to the garden. A weekend escape for a busy family who come down to escape the city, to enjoy their art collection, garden and cook together. The design springs from my neuroscience research and is based on appealing to our hard wired needs, our fundamental instincts - sociability, easy movement, art, comfort, hearth, smells, readiness for visitors, view of outdoors and a place to eat. The key design innovation was the use of soft geometry, not so much in the planning but in the three dimensionality of the furniture which grows out of the floor in an organic way. The soft geometry is in the profile of the pieces, not in their footprint. The users can stroke the furniture, lie against it and feel its softness, all of which helps the visitors to kitchen linger and chat. The fireplace is located in the middle between the cooking zone and the garden. There is plenty of room to draw up a chair and just sit around. The fold-out doors let the landscape into the space in a generous way, especially on summer days when the weather makes the indoors and outdoors come together. The sight lines from the main cooking and preparation island offer views of the garden throughout the seasons, as well as people coming into the room and those seating at the table - so it becomes a command position or what we call the sweet spot. This often results in there being a family competition to do the cooking. The woods are Canadian Maple, Australian rosewood and Eucalyptus. All appliances are Gaggenau and Fisher and Paykel.

Expansive patio and fold-back doors brings the outdoors indoors and enhances the living area, winter and summer. Pool, garden and deck overlooked by master balcony.

Design ideas for a medium sized world-inspired dining room in Geelong with concrete flooring, grey floors, a vaulted ceiling and white walls.

Expansive patio and fold-back doors brings the outdoors indoors and enhances the living area, winter and summer. Pool, garden and deck overlooked by master balcony.

Custom-designed pool overlooked by lounge and deck. Changing pool lights bring colour and fun to the yard, all year round.
Design ideas for a large world-inspired back rectangular natural swimming pool in Adelaide with tiled flooring.

The transparency of the side elevation enriches this unity, inviting dialogue and connections that transcend the confines of conventional walls.
Photo of a medium sized world-inspired side formal partial sun garden for summer in Sydney with a garden path and brick paving.

Celebrating family unity, this modest project in Pekan Serdang reimagines an in-between garden space as a harmonious bridge of two homes. Inspired by the essence of Circle [Yuán 圆] in Chinese culture, a serene ‘Family Circle’ was crafted by dissolving boundaries between the cherished ancestral home and the new dwelling, bridging generations.

By redefining and erasing the boundary between two houses - the new and the old ancestral home - we create an activity garden that fosters joy and interaction for both sides, both generations, without compromising individual autonomy.

The reinstated and upgraded circular well.
Inspiration for a medium sized world-inspired side formal partial sun garden for summer in Sydney with a garden path and brick paving.