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Lundia: Customisable shelving for a personal touch
30 Oct 2024
If you’re looking for functional yet stylish storage solutions with a commitment to sustainability, look to Lundia. Founded in 1962 by Monte Stone, Lundia offers more than just practical storage…
Designing charming interiors with perfect colour coordination
17 Sep 2024
Creating a harmonious and charming interior involves a keen eye for colour coordination and a knack for blending textures. The 2024 OLLO collection offers an exquisite range of soft furnishing…
Crafting time and space: Rosanne Kwan's design journey at Te Papa
22 Jan 2024
Rosanne Kwan is Te Papa's talented Spatial and 3D Designer. Her passion lies in crafting physical spaces that immerse visitors in compelling narratives. With a career spanning a decade, Rosanne…
Dinosaurs of Patagonia star at Te Papa this summer
20 Dec 2023
Produced by Te Papa and Museo Paleontológico Egidio, Feruglio (MEF), Argentina, the family-friendly exhibition Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia is now open. The exhibition uses bold and brilliant Resene…
The Hundertwasser Arts Centre: Where colour meets architectural brilliance
09 Oct 2023
In the heart of Whangarei, New Zealand, the Hundertwasser Arts Centre is a true testament to the power of creativity and collaboration. This architectural gem has been transformed into a…
Find inspiration with the hottest kitchen trends in 2023
11 Jul 2023
The National Kitchen and Bathroom Association of New Zealand (NKBA) is the leading membership organisation for designers, manufacturers and suppliers in New Zealand. As part of their commitment to showcasing…
‘Stain of the art’: The self-taught artist creating wonders with wood stains
04 May 2023
Mark Hopley has always loved timber, and when he discovered Resene’s range of wood stains, his art began to come to life. Once destined for the dump, Mark is saving…
Resene Total Colour Awards 2022 winners announced
25 Nov 2022
Despite the many roadblocks and challenges specifiers have been up against during the past few years, the 12th annual Resene Total Colour Awards saw a bumper crop of impressive entries.…
Artist Rachel Dodds has birds on the brain
19 Oct 2022
As voting gets underway for New Zealand’s Bird of the Year competition, one artist would find it difficult to pick a favourite. The natural environment is at the heart of…
A love of Kiwi heritage homes lets this architect breathe new life into them, while preserving classic character
10 Oct 2022
When architect Mona Kruse Hurnen arrived in New Zealand from Scandinavia she bought with her a love of heritage buildings and character homes that has melded perfectly with New Zealand’s…
Resene Total Colour Awards 2021 winners announced
22 Nov 2021
In Resene’s 75th year, it seems fitting that the latest Resene Total Colour Awards have been a true celebration of all things colour. From neutral to bright, pastel to weathered,…
Rainer and the dragon: A magical tale of an artist with a small brush and big dreams
01 Jul 2021
Artist Rainer Kozik is a wizard with the paintbrush, crafting magical landscapes and brewing up whimsical stories. Growing up amongst medieval castles and villages in his hometown of Traunstein, Bavaria,…
Architect Daniel Marshall's desert-inspired Resene Colour Collab brings the heat
26 Jan 2021
Modernity, Mexican architecture, surrealism and luminescence inspire this Auckland architect to create a moody and highly textural photograph. In this Colour Collab with Resene, Daniel Marshall recently spoke with ArchitectureNow…
5 colour palettes inspired by the upcoming NZ International Film Festival
24 Jun 2020
The Whānau Mārama: NZ International Film Festival has just announced their 2020 line-up and as a first, the films will be screened online as well as in selected cinemas across…
Design on film
07 May 2014
The Resene Architecture and Design Film
Festival is returning for a third year, screening movies from around the world.
The festival starts in Auckland on May 8,
followed by Wellington in late May…
Amber's world of style
27 Jan 2016
During her time as designer and stylist for an interiors magazine, Amber Armitage sometimes couldn't find the right artworks and accessories needed for styled shoots. Not one to sit idle,…
Wow, it's our watercolour wall
04 Apr 2017
When homeowner and mum Jodie Squires saw the watercolour feature wall in the latest habitat magazine, she knew exactly where the paint effect would look good – in her 10-year-old…
Three's The Block NZ recap: it’s all go with guest bedroom reveal
19 Jul 2018
It was all-go on week one in the new season of Three’s The Block NZ. First up the teams were tasked with making over the guest bedroom of their houses with big…
Three’s The Block NZ recap: Laundry and Do-Over week
27 Sep 2018
Last Sunday on The Block NZ, the teams struck a great balance between good looks and practicality for their laundries, and got a chance to re-do a space that hadn’t…
Nadika’s desert influence artworks
25 Oct 2018
A trip into the Australian desert lit the spark of inspiration for painter, jewellery maker and tattoo artist, Nadia Suartika, also known as Nadika.
Nadika and her partner, travelled north into…
Colour me coral
13 Dec 2018
Sociable and spirited is how Pantone is describing its 2019 Colour of the Year – Living Coral.
Pantone says the choice is all about finding a little fun among the modern…
Bring your walls to life with a photographic mural
04 Jul 2019
As homeowners and interior designers have begun embracing bold design, photographic murals have arrived as a way to bring exotic room-defining looks home – without ever needing to step foot…
One kitchen, three delicious ways
11 Mar 2020
With the help of architect Malcolm Walker, Philip and Jane’s 1920s Auckland bungalow was given a transformation into the bold and modern multi-level stand out it is today, complete with a…
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