Marion Hall Best

Regarded by many as the founder of Australian interior design, Marion Hall Best was the local arbiter of the latest style in the 60s. Her interiors showcased the best of what the world had to offer as well as providing a platform for promoting Australian design. In a post war world of "porridge" colours Marion is probably best known for her vivid glazed walls, colourful undercoats with contrasting translucent glazes; yellow over red,pink, black, blue or green producing intriguing tangerines, olives, aquamarines and chartreuses. Her Woollahra, Sydney shop became known internationally as an authoritative index of the latest modern trends in interior design. But perhaps her best work was in supporting promising young local talent including Gordon Andrews and Grant Featherston.

All images from "The Best Style. Marion Hall Best and Australian Interior Design 1935-1975" by Michaela Richards. These are original photos from the time and the quality is not the best but the design is first class.

I like Pink

No this is not another post on pink rooms. This is a post for Pink, blogger extraordinaire of pink mohair and casapinka. She loves the g hotel, Galway Ireland, a Monogram Hotel designed by reknowned hat designer Philip Treacy, a native of Galway.

And Philip Treacy hats....yum!

Another apartment I really love

I can't quite put my finger on it but maybe it's the eclectic mix of pieces. The white on white with punches of colour. The Baroque and roll of 60s movies. Iain Halliday of Burton Katon Halliday, an award winning Australian design firm, has grown a little tired of hard edged design. Here's his interpretion of a "modern and traditional at the same time Italian interior" transplanted to the Sydney seaside.

Palm Springs - mid century wonderland

Jaime from Design Milk shared a link with me. OMG..... wait til you see Mid Century Real Estate where you're "buying a lifestyle not a home". I'm dreaming of moving to Palm Springs or maybe moving Palm Springs to Australia.

All images from Mid Century Real Estate

PS I haven't even posted the exteriors!

Black and white

More black and white. So classic, so modern, so graphic.

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