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Richard Gardiner’s model-making career began as an effort to preserve earthquake-damaged buildings in Christchurch. We caught up with him to find out more.
This Porirua native is inspired by her heritage to use architecture and design to create better outcomes for the community she grew up in.
Can façades react - without electricity - to changing weather, temperatures and sun? US academic Doris Sung seems to think so.
The new NZIA president, Judi Keith-Brown, says she’s not a big ego with a big agenda – she just likes to get things done. Amanda Harkness finds out more.
This spatial designer shares a slice of his interior world: sources of inspiration, what he’s reading and more.
We speak to the co-founder of design studio Apparatus about how the studio started eight years ago and the design of his New York loft space.
This book designer and up-and-coming artist takes us on a tour of her home and the objects she loves.
Grade New York are no strangers to creating designs centred on an art collection. Here, they talk about their influences and love for interiors.
For this iteration, we speak to a graphic designer at Warren and Mahoney who works at the intersection of 2D design and 3D space.
Te Papa’s new chief, Courtney Johnston, shows us her home and her own personal treasures.
Reflecting the poetic, ever-changing hues of Raglan’s harbour, Tony Sly’s pottery provides a beautiful artisanal backdrop for serving and sharing food.
Winner at this year’s Cambridge International Outstanding Leaders Awards, Arden Callagher is a young designer who is passionate about preserving our future.
Sydneysider Sally Dan-Cuthbert has a penchant for New Zealand and Australian art and design; she gives us a tour of her home and impressive collection.
Watch this short video from David Trubridge, delving into his design process and inspiration.
This creative director uses architecture to inspire his after-hours artistic endeavours. Here, he explains his design process and how colour fits perfectly within it.
This Wellington-raised stage-lighting designer has worked with the likes of Drake, Post Malone, Janet Jackson and many more.
Harriet Pilkington – director of architecture firm Young + Richards – chats about texture and fabric selections for the recent Richards Partners office.
We caught up with this RTA Studio associate to discuss colour and how it has influenced his design choices.
This Dunedin native is talks alternative typologies, reimagining space, freelancing and generally pushing the boundaries of practice.
We chat with last year’s Student winner, Edward Ge, about his experience with the Interior Awards.
We sit down with the 2019 Interior Awards Emerging Design Professional whose budding career belies the strength of her expertise and the quiet tenacity.
A veteran Interior Awards jury member, this Interior magazine editor tells us what he’s looking forward to this year.
Get to know this passionate interior designer with several years’ experience in creating inspiring interiors in New Zealand.
As Auckland’s first-ever Design Champion departs for a new position in Melbourne, he speaks about about the highs and lows of his legacy in the City of Sails.
Olivia Patience of Material Creative discusses some of the selections made for the studio’s colourful and tactile Naumi hotel Auckland Airport.
A Kiwi interior designer brings her global experience to the 2020 Interior Awards jury. We find out more about what makes her tick.
We speak to the development firm responsible for the upcoming Seascape, a mixed-use high-rise expected to be the tallest building of its type in New Zealand.
This architect joins the panel of judges for the 2020 Interior Awards. We get to know what she’s looking forward to about the awards.
Get to know this urban design advocate, seasoned professional and NZIA Distinguished Fellow as she joins the 2020 Interior Awards jury.
Founded in Auckland just over 20 years ago, this passionate, strong-minded practice is now designing houses as far afield as California, Lisbon and London.
These five designers, researchers and professionals have garnered the most attention this year: all of them with a unique message to share.
After leaving Milan almost a decade ago to put down roots in New Zealand, this passionate landscape designer joined Suzanne Turley Landscapes.
This designer is one of the minds behind the Remuera renovation in the recent issue 113 of Urbis. Here, learn more about her creative process.
This graduate, working at Crosson Architects, combines a background in visual arts with a love for creating community.
We speak with two faculty from the AUT School of Future Environments, which is set to open at the beginning of next year.
This Balclutha-born creative working for Crosson Architects shares some of the people, ideas and objects that inspire him.
Kirsty Mitchell, interior designer behind the Fabric Bistro in Hobsonville Point, talks about what inspired the materiality of the space.
Born from four university students competing in an international competition, this studio continues to make waves.
John Walsh of the NZIA talks to Dr Haare Williams and Elisapeta Heta about the genesis and meaning of the Institute’s new te reo title.
Amanda Harkness talks to this landscape architect about his work creating beautifully textured pots and planters.