5 mins with... Hare & Klein

Sydney home

Hare & Klein Pty Ltd formed in 1988, is an experienced and respected team of interior designers committed to creating original and individual interiors of quality that stand the test of time.

Hare & Klein have been a valuable client of Candana’s for almost two decades and continue to design and specify some of the most beautiful bathrooms we have had the pleasure of working on.

Meryl Hare and the team at Hare & Klein took some time out to answer our little questionnaire and came up with some fantastic answers...

 

Describe your design aesthetic in 5 words…

Timeless, individual, practical, elegant and textural.

Sydney home

 

Which bathroom brand are you most likely to specify for your clients?

It is project dependent, but Boyd Alternatives and Gessi are favourites.

Bellevue Hill residence

 

Double Bay residence

 

What inspires you to create beautiful spaces?

Every bathroom is a blank canvas and challenge to create something beautiful and special within the design language of the overall project. The daily rituals of bathing have the potential to become an enriching experience in a well designed space.

Beach house

Who are some international designers/architects that you admire?

Christian Liagre, Piet Boon, Andree Putman.

North Coast beach house

If you could design anyone’s bathroom (past or present), whose would it be? And what would you do with it?

Cleopatra! A bathroom open to the sky, with a generous round bath on a high pedestal in the centre, carved out of limestone, filled with milk and attended by a team of eunuchs! (lucky Cleopatra, she seems to be a popular choice for our designers! -Candana)

Vaucluse residence

What is your favourite bathroom product? Why?

Our team of designers loves the Gessi Goccia silver or black finished basin. It’s contemporary but voluptuous.

Carriageworks

We would like to thank Meryl Hare and her team for taking the time to share their insight on beautiful spaces and fabulous bathrooms.

For more info and to see more of their amazing work, visit Hare & Klein.

Light up my life

Bathroom by Ghislaine Vinas

Lighting has always played a massive role in any sort of design, whether it be interior, architectural or even civil.

It can be just as emotive as colour or texture and completely transform a space.

It's extremely important to take lighting into consideration when designing a bathroom.

Whether it be a fabulous feature pendant hanging over a basin, a strip of LED's recessed into the walls or under lighting a bathtub, the right lighting will provoke a different emotion and transform your space into a bathing oasis.

Alessi One by Laufen

XAL Lighting

Cersaie, Bologna by Candana

Client bathroom by TDDP Architects (previously blogged here)

Pura Vida bath by Duravit

Photography by Morten Holtum

Devon & Devon bathroom

Sporting Chance Charity Run

Managing director of Candana, Marc Reed had two resolutions this year;

the first was to get fit and the second was to do something worthwhile for charity.

He started running a little over 2 months ago and has set himself a goal of running the Sydney Morning Herald half marathon on Sunday May 20th.

"While I set myself this goal I thought why not use this as a way to raise awareness and funding for a worthwhile cause, the Sporting Chance cancer Foundation" says Marc.

This non-for-profit organisation was established in 1998 by Mark Taylor, Reg Gasnier, Raelene Boyle and Bob Skilton. They are committed to financially supporting children with cancer and also offering a number of research scholarships to doctors and scientists to help with ways to better overcome cancer. For more information visit http://www.sportingchance.com.au/.

I'm sure most people reading this have at least one time been affected by cancer (whether it be directly or through a friend or family member). It is an unavoidable part of life but by raising awareness and some much needed money for research we can slowly start fighting back.

"When Nick, Sebastian, and I set this up we never thought anyone would want to do something as crazy as run a half marathon. It seems it is not such a crazy idea and we have now decided to open the event for anyone wishing to join us. We have now gone from a team of 3 to a team of 7 within a few days. If anyone wishes to join our team please email me directly and I will fill you in on the details."

Anyone interested in donating to this great cause do so directly at the Sporting Chance cancer foundation website. Please state on the donation that it is for the 'half marathon' so we can keep tabs on the amount donated. By doing this an automatic tax deductible receipt will be made for you.

On the 26th of May the SCCF will hold their annual race day and Marc and his team hope to present them with a cheque on the day with the money raised by this run. Any donation big or small would be very much appreciated!

 

 

 

Happy love day

Vola HV1 basin mixer, pink $734

Outliving Flip bin, red $40

Gedy Yannis stool, red $99

Vola HV1 basin mixer, red $734

Gedy Rainbow tumbler, red $25

Outliving Flip bin, pink $40

5 mins with... Sarah Davison Interior Design

Previously known as ARA Design Studio, Sarah Davison Interior Design has been creating harmonious, life-enhancing interiors since 1998.

With an emphasis on beauty, quality and functionality, Sarah Davison is able to design interiors for her clients based on the individual and not one particular style.

We at Candana have had the pleasure of working with Sarah for many years and if Sarah Davison Interior Design have a signature, it’s that every space is created with quality and beauty in mind.

Describe your design aesthetic in 5 words…

Functional, natural, timeless, beautiful, eclectic

Palm Beach House

Palm Beach House

Palm Beach House

Which bathroom brand are you most likely to specify for your clients?

Vola tapware if it’s a modern interior…. Dornbracht if It’s classic.

Point Piper Apartment

Point Piper Apartment

What inspires you to create beautiful spaces?

The beauty of nature, the architecture we work within, and my clients – it’s a privilege to be involved in peoples’ lives, and create a home with them.

Sofitel Restaurant

Who are some international designers/architects that you admire?

Kerry Hill for Australasian architecture, Christian Liagre for European interiors.

Tamarama Apartment

If you could design anyone’s bathroom (past or present), whose would it be? And what would you do with it?

It would be amazing to design Cleopatra’s bathroom!

I’m thinking a custom bathtub almost as big as a swimming pool in an incredible deep blue lapis mosaic tile, for those asses milk baths…

Perhaps in an open- air colonnaded courtyard

Tamarama Apartment

What is your favourite bathroom product? Why?

 Ceiling mounted shower heads. Everyone loves a shower that feels like rainfall.

We would like to thank Sarah Davison and her team for taking the time to share their insight on beautiful spaces and fabulous bathrooms.

For more info and to see more of their amazing work, visit Sarah Davison Interior Design.

RR House by Studio Guilherme Torres

This super cool penthouse apartment in São Paulo, Brazil was designed by young architect Guilherme Torres.

Guilherme Torres designed the space around the bookshelf that surrounds the living room, this shelf is by no means just a book shelf. It houses collections, electronics and is also a workstation!

Polymer cement was used on walls, floors and stairs throughout the apartment so bringing in some colour fittings and furnishings was required to soften the space. They took their palette from the 70's and used block colours throughout, including painting the pool table blue.

The pops of colour look fantastic against the muted back drop, making this one of my favourite apartments!

all images via The Contemporist