@pcraswell.bsky.social
Writes about design, art, architecture. Lives in Sydney. Magazines, history, comedy, literature, women’s writing, new writing, poetry, podcasts, music. My books are published by Thames and Hudson. My blog is The Design Writer.
Jia CURATED is an event like no other, held in the grounds of an abandoned theme park in Bali.
Read more on my blog #thedesignwriter
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“What defines Balinese design? Natural materials, quality craftsmanship and a strong connection to nature, according to the more than 100 exhibitors at last month’s Jia Curated.
My article on JIA Curated is now up on the Australian Financial Review website.
www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Fantastic to be on the radio live this morning talking with Maisy Stapleton about architecture, sustainability and my books Reclaimed and The New Sustainable House.
To listen, head to the website and click on 19 June recording. Thanks Maisy!
eastsidefm.org/artsthursday/
#architecture #radio
Last week on a rainy Sydney morning I visited the MCA Australia to see the new exhibition by Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans whose works are known for their investigations into light, sound and language. My review is out in The Saturday Paper Today. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visu...
Canberra architect Ben Walker has designed this house with an insulated building envelope and a heat-recovery system that means the clients' daughter no longer needs her asthma puffer. Article in Green magazine's current issue #103
greenmagazine.com.au/article/brea...
Faye Toogood modelled her new sofa on an actual pat of butter which she moulded with slippery hands. Find out more about this and nine other of the best products launched as part of Milan Design Week in my report for InteriorsAu. architectureau.com/articles/ten...
On a beautiful autumn evening at the Sydney Opera House, London-based designers Martino Gamper & Max Lamb sat down to talk all things materials, design and making, ultimately revealing a deep friendship and respect. But first they had to make their own chairs.
thedesignwriter.com.au/martino-gamp...
Thank you Mobilia for commissioning me to write this longform article about Italian craftsmanship in furniture design. Mobilia Journal Issue Three is just out and they have a new showroom in Alexandria Sydney #italianfurniture #italiandesign #designhistory #designwriting #thedesignwriter
From coffins and elaborate gifts to some of the most iconic furniture pieces and ambitious architectural projects of our age – plywood dominates.
Ply-curious by Penny Craswell for Never Too Small
www.nevertoosmall.com/post/ply-cur...
At Home by Bill Bryson is one of the best history of design books that’s not a history of design. It even starts with the Crystal Palace. Great reading. Conversational. Plenty of social history. And history of inventions. And stuff that’s sort of nothing to do with the home.
Oh great! Thanks so much
Anyone know what these are? Fire shelter? Bomb shelter? Vent? I’m in Milton a small town on the South Coast of NSW. #concretemound
🌿Big news! My book, The New Sustainable House, is officially out today in the US and the UK.
Designing with the environment in mind is not ‘new’. What is new is the increasing number of ways houses can be more sustainably built. @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
#sustainabledesign #booklaunch
"... an accessible, passively designed home that is oriented intelligently for the sun and climate, uses long-lasting local and natural materials, and has sustainable systems in place."
Somers House by Kennedy Nolan in an extract from "The New Sustainable House".
architectureau.com/articles/bur...
My new book, The New Sustainable House, is available in the US from 21 January. It features houses across the globe designed with the environment in mind. www.amazon.com/New-Sustaina...