Florence Broadhurst

We've seen her designs in every influential interior design magazine. Her patterns grace fabric, wallpaper, accessories and now fill the pages of a stunning new book. Florence Broadhurst is a design icon not just in her home country of Australia but deservedly worldwide. Hers was a colourful career from outback Queensland via cabaret singing in Shanghai to couturier in London and back to Australia, where from the mid fifties until her unsolved murder in 1977 at the age of 78, Florence created a body of work that leaves us gasping today. Her astounding designs are now again in production through Signature Prints .

All images above courtesy of "Florence Broadhurst" by Helen O'Neill

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"Florence Broadhurst" by Helen O'Neill	Australian Vogue Living

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"Florence Broadhurst" by Helen O'Neill

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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.

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.

Greg Natale Interior Design

Greg Natale and his team of architects and interior designers are based out of Sydney, and they have a very modern, unique style. Here are some of my favourite photos:

Australian glam

A little glam goes a long way. When we want to be girly but sophisticated as well. I love the aboriginal art incorporated with the mirrored side table, canape and lucite lamp.

Australian Vogue Living

Belle magazine, Australia