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Belle is an interior design and decoration magazine, with a focus on Australia and the world’s finest homes. Belle keeps readers up to date with local and international news and trends in design, interiors, art, architecture, furniture, fabrics and wallpaper, food, travel and luxury goods.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

RIGHT NOW • Belle’s dedicated posse of design lovers takes flight to round up inspiring makers and emerging talent from Melbourne to Milano.

Bright star • Emerging artist Sophie Sachs takes a shine to luminous objects.

HOME GROWN • Tour the dazzling installations and creative collaborations on show at Melbourne Design Week in May as selected by the 2022 Belle/Fanuli Emerging Design Star Brahman Perera.

MONO CHROME • CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY, MONOCHROME AND COLOUR, FLOATING IN SPARE AND SPLENDID HARMONY AT THE FLAGSHIP FLEXFORM SPACE IN MILANO DURING SALONE DEL MOBILE. FLEXFORM’S COMMITMENT TO ENDURING DESIGN AND ICONIC CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ILLUSTRATED IN ITS CURATION OF SIGNATURE PIECES AGAINST DRAMATIC AND MEMORABLE IMAGERY.

MILANO DESIGN WEEK 2023 • THE SECOND OUTING OF SALONE DEL MOBILE SINCE THE WORLD-CHANGING PANDEMIC WAS BUZZY, VIBRANT AND MAXIMALIST ON THE ONE HAND AND MONASTIC, MINIMALIST AND PRONE TO REVERIE ON THE OTHER. AND WHILE THE BIG BRANDS SHOWED AND TOOK ORDERS AT THE GIANT RHO FIERA FAIRGROUND, DESTINATIONS LIKE ALCOVA IN EX-MACELLO DI PORTA VITTORIA, AN HISTORIC ABATTOIR, KEPT THINGS LIVELY AND ATTRACTED EMERGING, ESTABLISHED, EDGY AND EXPRESSIVE DESIGN. AND INSTALLATIONS LIKE ‘DESACRILIZED’, CURATED BY THE INTERNATIONAL GALERIE PHILIA IN AN 11TH-CENTURY CHURCH, INVOKED SPIRITUALITY AND SERENITY BEFITTING THE WORK OF ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS.

CHIC AGENDA • Dynamic creative mecca Milan Design Week 2023 provided inspiration overload for Belle style director-at-large Steve Cordony. Here’s what he loved on the chic cobblestoned streets of Milano and surrounds.

ON THE TOWN

SMART SPACES • Diverse in form and function, these five svelte re-imagined dwellings each demonstrate the creative magic of constraints.

VOLUME CONTROL [South Yarra]

CLOUD NINE [South Yarra]

PRIMARY VOTE [Sydney]

CHEER SQUAD [Melbourne]

AIR PLAY [Sydney]

Gold standard • Creatives raising the bar of excellence.

HOMES • A lucky eight houses beat the odds to conjure winning interiors with vivid imagination and myriad inspiration.

Invincible summer • Packed with all the ingredients for an everlasting holiday mood, this inspiring home celebrates views of Port Phillip Bay via vibrant green outlooks.

Inner calm • Peace and simplicity reign in the interior of this grand, historic Melbourne home where a discerning rollcall of eclectic pieces catches the eye.

CLASSIC FIT • Due to a dexterous makeover, a family home in Sydney’s east lets its hair down while still retaining its timeless appeal.

LAYERS of INTRIGUE • Rationalising a century of alterations and forging a coherent design language for this heritage cottage effected a vibrant, contemporary family home.

BREAKING BLAND • Courting a handful of challenges with a clutch of bold ideas in hand, architect Scott Weston freed this Victorian terrace from a drab existence.

Match fit • A tennis court was the icing on the cake for this luxurious home that boasts an impressive suite of facilities for both exercise and entertainment.

BROAD RANGE • Bringing this vast home in Melbourne back down to earth required fresh furnishings on a human scale.

Raw talent • Crafting products as art pieces, Italian designer and maker Henry Timi envisions fabulous forms within clay,...