Home of the the 2014 - the winner!
Congratulations to Nat Cheshire of Cheshire Architects, who designed Eyrie, the twin cabins on an inlet of the Kaipara Harbour that have won our 19th Home of the Year award. Here's our new cover,...
View ArticleAmanda Levete on the Home of the Year
Given all the attention our Home of the Year is getting, we thought many of you might be interested in hearing some of the thinking behind the jury's decisions. The Home of the Year jury was made up of...
View ArticleDesign Awards 2014 Call for Entries
Designers! Each year our Design Awards programme features the best New Zealand furniture and homeware - and now's your chance to enter to ensure your design reaches the country's most engaged...
View ArticleModern furniture fans have a treat in store
Modern furniture fans have some treats coming up, with big auctions planned in May at Auckland auction houses Webb's and Art + Object. Webb's are collaborating for the fifth time with modern furniture...
View ArticleTop picks for the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival
As many of you hopefully already know, the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival is starting today at Rialto Cinemas Newmarket in Auckland (until May 21), before opening at The Embassy in...
View ArticleMore great picks from the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival
More on the Resene Architecture and Design Film Festival. This time, HOME senior designer and stylist Kendyl Middelbeek reveals her picks from the festival programme. "I'm constantly caught between...
View ArticleOur new issue has winter goodness aplenty
Our winter issue is on newsstands RIGHT NOW and we're quite excited about all that it contains. First, here's the cover: a photograph by Simon Devitt of an amazing small home by Pattersons on the...
View ArticleNew Zealand at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Venice Architecture Biennale begins later this week, and includes New Zealand's first-ever exhibition at this prestigious event (an initiative led by the New Zealand Institute of Architects). In...
View ArticlePresenting NZ's best new furniture in our annual Design Awards (with our new...
Every year we're delighted to showcase New Zealand's best new furniture and lighting in our annual Design Awards - and this year, we're delighted to present the finalists and winner to you in...
View ArticleTickets are on sale now for our inaugural Kitchen Design Day with Blum
We're delighted to invite you to our inaugural Kitchen Design Day, which we're holding in conjunction with our friends at Blum, the specialists in top-quality kitchen hardware.Modelled on our...
View ArticleNat Cheshire talks about the design of the beautiful 'Parison' pendant
We've just made this short web film featuring Nat Cheshire and Emily Priest of Cheshire Architects talking about the design of the gorgeous 'Parison' pendant for Resident, the winner of our furniture...
View ArticleIntroducing our new issue and brand-new website.
We like you blogspot, we really do ... but it's time to introduce you to our beautiful new website at www.homemagazine.co.nz. Check it out now for behind-the-scenes shots of the creation of our latest...
View ArticleOur new book: great New Zealand modernist homes
We're so pleased with our new book, Modern: New Zealand Homes from 1938 to 1977, which we've created in conjunction with the kind folks at Random House publishers. It'll be in bookstores from November...
View ArticleAuckland Architecture Awards 2013
The winners of the NZ Institute of Architects' Auckland Architecture Awards were announced last night. There's a whole host of great buildings here. We'll start with the houses. The Newcombe House in...
View ArticleMilan Mrkusich, modernist master
This week we had the pleasure of attending the opening of an exhibition accompanying an auction of works (by online art dealers Ocula Black) from the collection of the great New Zealand modernist...
View ArticleMore Mrkusich: this time, the master's marvellous house
Yesterday we blogged about Milan Mrkusich's great paintings (10 works from his collection are currently being auctioned by Ocula Black) but we didn't want to leave out the fact that the artist was also...
View ArticleOur new cover: The Summer Issue
Our latest cover (which will reach subscribers tomorrow, and be on newsstands from Monday December 2) features a photograph by Emily Andrews of the home and studio of artist Jennifer Bartlett (whose...
View ArticleDesign Case Studies with Altherm Window Systems: Drift Bay house by Kerr...
Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to the first in our new series of Design Case Studies, which will run weekly here on our blog. The Design Case Studies are created to give you insight into the...
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