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Game Changer palette from Haymes Paint’s Vol15 Colour Library — Awakening. Shown here is Haymes Artisan, Matte Polish, Pink Drift. Photography by Martina Gemmola.

Australia’s largest owned and made paint manufacturer, Haymes Paint, has launched ‘Awakening’, the Volume 15 colour library inspiring us to embrace change. The concepts of feeling grounded, reinvigorated and ready to break free are the foundation of this new colour range, allowing our personality to shine through.

Instrumental to the creation of this palette, Haymes Paint Colour and Concept Manager, Wendy Rennie, says — “Our new colour library is influenced by Australia’s slow rekindling after what has been an unimaginable time.”

Wendy rightly points out that our homes right now play a multi-faceted role. Not only are they spaces we retreat to, “our homes need to offer everything we could once find externally through travel for escape, work for our professional outlets and outings for social gatherings,” she says. “The expectations on our homes are greater than ever before — they are our ‘lifestyle’ and it is this focus on achieving everything we can to live our best life that is driving the uptick in home improvements across the board.”

A set of three unique palettes from Haymes — Game Changer, In the Moment and Clearview — encourage us to shake up the status quo while maintaining a sense of wellbeing and calm throughout our interiors.

The range features hues that combine the notions of strength and change. These concepts evoke passion and a sense of drive to embrace new opportunities as we emerge to new experiences and realise the true essence of what it means to be alive.

“This latest forecast offers three unique ways of infusing colour and design that can talk to the sentiments right now, whether it’s a need for security and comfort, fun and optimism or a staycation — all three of our themes are covered in the Haymes Paint Colour Library Awakening Vol 15,” explains Wendy.

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Game Changer palette. On walls Haymes Artisan, Matte Polish, Alabaster Shimmer.

Game Changer palette. Right wall: Haymes Sunset Pink. Elsewhere: Haymes Faded Blue.

GAME CHANGER

The Game Changer palette is conceived to encapsulate our newfound freedom to be ourselves and challenge everything, underlined by a playful vibrancy and fresh optimism.

Powdered blue, shades of sunset pinks, aqua greens, and mustard yellows bring a sense of fun and lively energy into our homes. Game Changer encourages us to break free from the limitations that have constricted our creativity and find the courage and drive to be truly free and original.

Related: Haymes Paint Reveals ‘Colour Conscience’ as the Latest Addition to their Colour Library.

 

In The Moment palette, featuring Haymes Fuzzy. Photography by Martina Gemmola.

In The Moment palette. Base: Haymes Artisan Surface Industrial, Chalk Clay. Top Coat: Haymes Artisan Scumble Wash, Coconut Grove.

In The Moment palette, featuring Haymes Sand Hazey.

IN THE MOMENT

A fresh take on the Australian landscape, the In the Moment palette features an array of varying shades of rust, earthy browns, burnt oranges, and organic neutrals to promote a sense of groundedness. The array of tones reminds us to find value in what we have already around us. Using layers and tactility, we can create spaces within our homes that reinforce a sense of security.

Our surroundings are unequivocally linked to our well-being. It is the details of the things we love that provide us with the strength to face the new normal, by creating a home that is connected to the essence of the Australian landscape with a robust aesthetic.

Related: Haymes Launches New Artisan Collection.

 

Clear View palette, featuring Haymes Classic Grey 1.

CLEARVIEW

Clearview represents the idealised tree change, sea change ideal, and everything in between. Whether it’s an aesthetic we can now adapt to perfect the ideal style and feel, or a true location change, this palette brings these concepts to life.

Its colours range from deep tones of ink blues and dark forest greens to light greys and powder blues. The new normal is to look for ways to promote idealism and to live in a way that is reflected in our day-to-day lifestyle, the core of what makes us feel the most fulfilled. Clearview enables us to create an everyday feeling of harmony, as we live more aware and in sync with what it is that genuinely aligns with our core values.

Established in 1935, Haymes is a family-owned business that’s maintained its head office and manufacturing in the same town where it all began — Ballarat — a decision that’s been instrumental in providing employment and growth to the local community. The family-owned business has built its enviable reputation with quality products and services, diversified to include a large range of surface coatings and accessories for residential and commercial projects. For more information on Haymes’ Awakening, visit haymespaint.com.au/awakening.

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Floating in time, this renovated 1930s duplex is a marriage of eras and duality of styles — artfully swerving the “total look”. For Parisian interior architecture studio Hauvette & Madani this has become their visual signature — that of making old with new.

Dubbed “Sleeping Beauty”, this pied-à-terre is located on the top floor of a building on Lauriston street, near Trocadéro in Paris. Commissioned by friends for a second time, the team were offered what most designers only dream about — “carte blanche” — to rejuvenate the apartment, reflecting the spirit of the 1930s. With this in mind, they set out to create the impression that the space has always been there, frozen in time.

Spanning 160 square metres, the existing envelope became the main source of inspiration. While the classic 1980s freestone construction of the exterior gives nothing away, inside art deco woodwork lines the walls of almost all the rooms on the ground floor. Although damaged by the sun, the team worked to restore the panels, applying a darker shade to the oak, creating depth.

Related: Elegantly Utilitarian: Paris Apartment by Ludivine Billaud.

Eclectic furniture choices and strong decorative elements were crucial to contrast with the dark panels. Groovy armchairs by Pierre Paulin and an Aldo Tura Coffee table add 70s glam to the interior — a contrast that particularly plays to Hauvette & Madani’s strength. A modern interpretation is also added with contemporary pieces from the Noguchi pendant to the sofa by the Bouroullecs for Ligne Roset. Tension is devised as the era-spanning furniture and fixtures respond to one another.

Playing with chiaroscuro, the kitchen acts as a cool antidote to the oak stained walls. Painted walls in blue-grey and white marble benches create an icy polarity with the honeycomb-hued volume. Lighting is maximised by dropping the level of the partition separating the kitchen from the living room, a simple moment that adds warmth to the small dining area.

An extensive selection of artworks complements the material choices. Curated by Galerie Française, a myriad of paintings, photo prints, engraving and drawings grace the entirety of the apartment. Hauvette & Madani’s own influences get a look in as well with artworks by Slim Aarons illuminated under Charlotte Perriand sconces in the corridor.

Restoring the bathroom to its Art Deco glory, opulent Emperador marble is balanced with Thala marble stone flooring. A custom made oak vanity continues the apartments love affair with wood, an addition that could easily be mistaken for original joinery.

Here lies the magic of Hauvette & Madani, through noble materials and an old-world sensibility they have faithfully restored the Trocadero Mansion while not falling into pastiche in a design that feels natural — having us forget any intervention at all.

A design duo taking Paris by storm, Samantha Hauvette and Lucas Madani met on the benches of the prestigious Camondo school, and have been working together ever since. Complementary in their timeless approach to design, from the conception of space to furniture design, they sign elegant and refined interiors, tinged with the patina of modernism.

Related: Rue des Réservoirs Paris Apartment Renovation by RMGB.

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Greater Tokyo, Japan, is one of the most populated and industrialized regions in the world. Encompassing several major cities, including Tokyo, Kawasaki and Yokohama, it is home to more than 38 million people. The so-called “Capital Region” also has the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a total gross domestic product (GDP) of about $1.8 trillion.

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This Overview was captured above Ground Zero in downtown Manhattan on September 23, 2001. Today, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we pay tribute to the victims, survivors, first responders and families affected. We hope this memory serves as a reminder of how essential it is to foster an appreciation and love for our fellow man.

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Clouds surround the volcanic peak of Atlasov Island in Russia. Recorded volcanic activity here dates back to 1790 and continues to present day, as seen with the ash plumes in this Overview captured in August 2019. Atlasov, the northernmost of the Kuril Islands, is uninhabited and rises 7,674 feet (2,339 meters) above the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Stuyvesant Town is a residential community on the east side of Manhattan in New York City. In total, combined with neighboring Peter Cooper Village, its 110 red brick buildings contain 11,250 apartments, providing homes for slightly more than 21,000 people. The development, commonly known as StuyTown, opened in 1942 and primarily housed veterans returning to the United States from World War II.

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Who hasn’t dreamt of having a holiday home right on the coast, close to the vibrant energy of a charming city while also maintaining privacy and peace? Casa JMA offers all of that. Located in Marbella in the Andalusia region on Spain’s Costa del Sol, the 300-square-metre house was designed by Madrid-based architecture and interior design practice Febrero Studio. Since their debut as a duo in 2016, cofounders Mercedes Gonzalez Ballesteros and Jesús Diaz Osuna — who have offices in Marbella and Seville — design with the objective of creating “warm, personal and functional spaces to help people reinvent themselves through architecture and design”.

This particular project consisted of the complete refurbishment of an old villa and the addition of a new extension. “The client wanted a summer house, which would be very open to the garden and ready to welcome friends and family”, remember the founders of Febrero Studio. “There was an existing house and we decided to maintain part of its structure as it was in very good shape.”

Related: VH Apartment Madrid by Febrero Studio.

The brickwork structure was the starting point for this home, which is articulated around a semi-public entrance corridor dividing the public spaces, situated on the lower level (opening to the pool), from the private areas with all the bedrooms and bathrooms overlooking the garden.

“The biggest challenge was to reuse and modify the structure of the pre-existing house for our new layout”, the duo says. “We did not want to demolish a structure in good condition, so we readapted most of it and extended it.”

Throughout the project, Gonzalez Ballesteros and Diaz Osuna had a lot of freedom, which enabled them to really reflect their creative vision based on the purity of materials and the desire to design spaces to foster slow life and relaxation. Soft and restrained, the colour and materials palette accentuates the feeling of serenity that pervades the spaces.

Just a few pieces of furniture and accessories were placed in the house, inviting visitors and dwellers to focus on the bare essentials while enjoying both the comfort and simple refinement of the architecture and interior design.

Instead of a poolhouse, which was originally planned, the architects shaped a guest room with its own bathroom that provides beautiful views of the mountains.

“We like the way the materials play together to create a very calm and peaceful atmosphere,” Gonzalez Ballesteros and Diaz Osuna confess. “The fact that we achieved the expected result, without making compromises, is what we are most proud of.”

Related: Lover’s House in Mallorca by ISLA Architects.

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Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, lies on the northwest coast of the island of Java. Its metropolitan area covers 2,468 square miles (6,392 square km) and is home to nearly 36 million people, making it the world’s second-most populous urban area, after Tokyo. This Overview shows the massive city along the Java Sea, with some of Indonesia’s “Thousand Islands” archipelago visible offshore.

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While many of us are feeling a sense of collective hangover as this year and the last one blur together, others — like Sydney-based tapware manufacturer Astra Walker — have taken this time as an opportunity to innovate. Their latest collection — Sensor — responds to the global demand for contactless hand hygiene, prioritising health and safety while retaining the clean and refined silhouette we’ve come to expect from the premium Australian brand.

Positioning the bathroom as a place of sanctuary and sanitation, the collection employs new age technology that elevates the daily ritual of handwashing to a seamless and joyful experience. Eliminating the typical frustration of finding and triggering an infrared sensor, the tap detects changing levels of capacitance to activate water flow automatically and without the need for contact.

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The hero of this design is the harnessing of capacitance—the physical property of the human body which allows an electrical charge to be stored. When hands come into close proximity to the Sensor tap, an increase in capacitance is detected and water flows automatically. Likewise, when the hands are removed, a decrease is detected, turning off the water and returning the tap to standby mode.

Simple and beautifully resolved, this is just the type of cutting edge product we’ve come to expect from a brand that prides itself on being adaptable, responsive and agile.

Not only highly functional and technically superior, the product is available in a range of bespoke finishes encompassing PVD, Electroplated, Living and Organic finishes. Minimal and refined, the palette feels considered and contemporary.

As Andrew Shirtliff, Astra Walker brand director and co-founder explains—“Every detail and material choice is a reflection of the Astra Walker brand.”

Related: Astra Walker Unveils New Brisbane Showroom by Richards & Spence.

A drive to produce sustainable and high-quality products is at the heart of the Astra Walker philosophy. With a commitment pertaining to practical energy and water-saving goals, the Sensor Tap Collection comes with a high WELS rating and low power usage. With five levels of sensitivity for waterflow accuracy and efficiency, along with a self-calibration system that enhances stability, the result ensures a seamless experience.

“As an Australian company, it’s about controlling the quality of the product and not cutting corners,” says Andrew. “We have control of the manufacturing process, even from the design phase.”

With over 20 years of experience as an Australian owned and operated tapware manufacturer, Astra Walker is a brand rooted in heritage and tradition. Fluently walking the tightrope between Contemporary and Classic, their attention to detail can be felt from the precision of form to the seamless finish—a formidable combination of technology and design.

For more information on the Sensor Collection from Astra Walker head to astrawalker.com.au/sensor.

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A whirlpool interchange connects three major roads by the Miracle Garden in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. When construction of this junction began in 2006, Dubai contained 30,000 industrial cranes — 25% of all cranes on the planet.

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