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Grant Major and Judy Darragh’s New Zealand art haven where sculpture and film collide

root — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:19:14 +0000

Judy Darragh and Grant Major have lived together in their three-level modernist house in Auckland, New Zealand, for the past eighteen years. During that time, the house has seen the couple and their 21-year-old son Buster through multiple art-show openings, school projects, home-studio renovations, and industry parties. The shag-pile carpet and ceiling rosettes have long

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The Periodic Journal pays tribute to locality and Auckland’s under-the-radar creative scene

root — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 03:25:56 +0000

Created by writer and editor Yasmine Ganley, graphic designer Natasha Mead, and photographer Greta van der Star, the free publication perpetuates the romance associated with print while encouraging a peaceful co-existence with the digital cosmos. Locality is the nexus that connects all of The Periodic’s topics and protagonists, as the trio promulgates Auckland as a

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Lucy Vincent

root — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:30:37 +0000

The beautiful aroma that greeted us at the door has been revealed. Hand-made socca crisps away in the oven and the windows of her kitchen start to fog up. We are advised to wait until the exact right moment before pulling it out to eat. Looking around her home, which is set on the cliff

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Harriet & Carter Were

root — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:18:48 +0000

With equal amounts of presence and mystery, twin sisters Harriet and Carter Were live their lives as if they’ve been granted a practice round. Perhaps this instinctive wisdom comes from their family and upbringing or perhaps it’s from their close peers, either way they have managed to strike a beautiful balance between life’s fundamentals and

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Jamie McLellan

root — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:16:49 +0000

After many years as an expat in London, Milan and Hong Kong, Jamie returned to his homeland with a wealth of professional experience. He now runs a small, but burgeoning studio that designs an extraordinarily wide range of objects: from coat stands to kayaks and from furniture to footwear. All his signature designs share a

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Gary Langsford & Vicki Vuleta

root — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 02:30:34 +0000

Just a short walk from a dog friendly beach in the suburb of Newtown you will find the home and combined workplace of Auckland’s art and design power couple Gary Langsford and Vicki Vuleta. Living and breathing what they do, their self-designed loft-style home is a far cry from the run-down windscreen repair business that

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Judy Millar

root — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:05:12 +0000

Setting out to design a house like a boat on the top of a cliff, artist Judy Millar purchased a plot of land outside Auckland on the west coast after graduating from art school. Upon four acres, her home, comprised of found industrial materials, overlooks the black sands of Anawhata beach. Known for its treacherous

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