The Design Files Issue 05 is the largest print edition yet from Australia's best-known design destination, gathering home tours, gardens, architecture and essays across more than 200 pages.
About This Book
Issue 05 grew because the editors had more homes than pages—so they added pages. The cover story is interior designer Leigh Ellwood's Scandi-inflected cottage in Fitzroy, furnished with pieces she has gathered from the Nordic countries over a decade. Alongside it sit the bold 1860s home of two Melbourne restaurateurs, the Northern Beaches house of designer Vince Frost, and a stone-and-log house in North Warrandyte with an artistic history of its own. The issue also looks beyond the private house: to the missing middle in Australian housing, to ancient rock art in Quinkan Country, and to what human creativity is worth as AI-generated design becomes commonplace.
Key Features
- Cover story on Leigh Ellwood's Fitzroy cottage, filled with furniture and objects collected from the Nordic countries
- Home tours including Vince Frost's Northern Beaches house, a stone-and-log home in North Warrandyte and a century-old Auckland villa reworked by Pac Studio
- A Melbourne family home shaped by a collaboration between landscape architects Peachy Green and Olaver Architecture
- Features on the missing middle in Australian housing, the rock art of Quinkan Country, and human creativity in the age of AI
- Photography by Eve Wilson, Sean Fennessy, Brook James, Milly Mead and Simon Wilson
What You'll Discover
- How a designer builds a cohesive Scandinavian-style interior from pieces sourced over many years
- How a compact family apartment can accommodate big ideas
- What the missing middle means for Australian housing, and why it matters
- The case for imperfect, human-made work in a design culture increasingly shaped by AI
- How architecture and landscape design work together to transform a suburban family home
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Dimensions: 275 × 205 mm
- Pages: Over 200
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781764013932
- Publisher: The Design Files
Perfect For: Interior designers, architects, design-curious homeowners, and readers who follow how Australians live, make and renovate.