Habitus

What does it mean to live in design? With three issues published each year, Habitus is a publication that has been passionately unpacking design from the inside-out and outside-in for more than ten years. Habitus explores how architecture and design express various ways of life, going beyond one-dimensional stories to gain a real understanding of how people live. Through rich narratives, Habitus unpacks what makes design and architecture from the Indo-Pacific so unique. From outstanding houses, to in-depth profiles and a curation of the latest design products – everything featured in Habitus offers a way for readers to connect with the richness and diversity across the region.

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Habitus

Habitus takes the conversation to our contributors, discovering their inspiration and design hunter® journeys

Wonderful ideas

Artisanal Delights • Handcrafted, artisanal objects and art are adding depth, curiosity, character and personality to our lives and homes with sometimes calm, sometimes spectacular outcomes.

Milan • Always extraordinary, Milan 2025 saw some fabulous introductions and some truly remarkable innovations.

Bathrooms • From fast showers to leisurely baths, bathrooms are the private expression of our aspirational self.

Kitchens • Where we gather, plan, connect, work together, cook and indulge.

Sublime Luxury • Layered and luscious, the key to luxury lies in the sumptuous collecting of pieces that feel as good as they look, with colour and light always just right.

Creative energy

Disarmingly charming • Combining rigorous horticultural knowledge, exacting creative vision and an unwavering passion and commitment, it is no wonder Myles Baldwin is one of the country’s most sought after landscape designers.

Open metaphors • At art school in Canberra in the 1980s, Sarah Robson was told that her work was too sculptural for painting, but too painterly for sculpture.

A design nomad • Jase Sullivan doesn’t follow a conventional path – he never has. So, it is unsurprising to learn that his career as an interior designer is shaped by happenstance and a big dose of intuition.

THREE – The third of Six

Take two • The first thing to know about this project is that it’s the second time I have renovated this Art Deco house, but for a different client.

A ritual through time • There is an art to bathing. As a time-tested tradition that goes back centuries, the humble bathtub can be seen as a barometer for human invention and material exploration.

Bathrooms

Oh so lovely • Merging playful, textural, luxurious elements, Malvern Residence III, by Studio Tate, is an uplifting family home making the most of its leafy landscape.

The joy of tiling • With its intrepid material and colour, Mo Jacobsen by YSG Studio is an extraordinary home with unique and inspiring bathrooms.

Squared away • The square tile continues to resonate, with bold approaches that see entire rooms explore this marvellous medium.

Kitchens

A living space • As the heart of the home, the kitchen of the impeccable Balmain East Home, by Studio Johnston, is an expanded living space of considerable finesse.

Home delights • Underpinned by ease and enjoyment, the design for the Hotel House by Splinter Society Architecture delivers a second city home with all the amenity of urban life.

Culture merge • Melding Egyptian and Danish sensibilities, Mo Jacobsen, by YSG, is a home of vivacious loveliness.

Sculptural promise • Defining and exuberant, the kitchen Sally Caroline has designed for Panorama House is beyond divine.

Always gorgeous

A Parisienne in New York • When you can have it all, what you need is an eye that lends everything...