Four designs that will make you see luxury materials in new ways

It’s always exciting when someone is able to take the luxe materials we love, and present them in a new way.

Through a contemporary aesthetic, these four designers and makers are reinterpreting opulent materials, and the results are breathtaking.

NINETEEN AT THE STAR BY MIM DESIGN

The latest addition to The Star Hotel on the Gold Coast is the fine dining, bar and function space.

Nineteen features a brass-panelled foyer, emerald upholstery, expanses of marble and largely custom-made furniture and lighting.

ACROBAT SERIES BY PORCELAIN BEAR

Melbourne design studio Porcelain Bear unveiled their new series of lights, Acrobat, during this year’s Milan Design Week.

Featuring four designs, each is characterised by the ambient glow of a translucent porcelain vessel.

OASIS DESIGN BY FRANK CHOU

Merging eastern essence with western design, HC28’s furniture collection reflects a sense of harmonious modernity.

The Oasis Side & Coffee Table, which is stocked at DOMO, combines a natural marble surface and an oak texture.

BE BOP CHAIRS BY KARTELL

Another new release from Milan Design Week, Kartell’s new collection includes the Be Bop chair, available from Space Furniture.

The design blends lines of a traditional carved African stool with softly-curved plywood shapes of the mid-20th century.