You Get Perspective 40 Floors Up
I have an affliction. I call it secondthoughtitis. Its symptoms are insidious: it flares up the moment I commit to an idea and it eats away at my resolve until …
I have an affliction. I call it secondthoughtitis. Its symptoms are insidious: it flares up the moment I commit to an idea and it eats away at my resolve until …
I’m no Tokyo virgin. I’ve been there a bit over the years. The first time I went, I was that wide-eyed guy with the camera, the phrase book and the …
Yo Shimada arrived in Brisbane last Friday with his colleague Chie Konno to begin the process of designing the Minimalist Monument to Moi. In the interest of tight-arse frugality, I …
Have you ever tried to listen to the words of an architect and then visualise them as something you can live in, walk around in, cook a meal in, socialise …
When I tell my friends that I’ve commissioned a Japanese architect to design a minimalist monument to moi I know they’re thinking, “here we go again”. I know they’re wondering …
It’s not unexpected that there are as many stairs as there will be stares with this house. I’ve looked long and hard at the latest 3-D visuals of my Minimalist …
I like order. That is part of the reason I am drawn to minimalism. Casual clutter is not my thing. Yes, I understand how complicated, textured interiors can be attractive. …
A bold concept is just a dream unless you can see the concept artfully through to fruition. Seeing it through is not easy, mind you. In my advertising days I …
You know what I love about Japan? Buying clothes that fit me, right off the rack, that’s what. It’s a luxury you standard-model-sized-Euro-Australians take for granted, but imagine you had …
I’ve had my block on Hamilton Hill for just over a year now and in that time I’ve met a couple of my neighbours. I’ve had coffee with my immediate …