The Urban Devlopment Institute Of Australia Awards My Clients

One of my clients, Kyko Group, were recently awarded the prestigious 2011 UDIA (Qld) Boral Awards for Excellence. They won for their wonderful work at Mon Komo, winning the Multilevel Development category sponsored by The Laminex Group.

Winning this very sort-after award is certainly a big coup. I was so thrilled when I found out about their achievement.

Around this time last year I was putting the finishing touches on 4 display suites that Kyko Group invited me to design & install for the Mon Komo development. You could say it was a dream job with a dream brief, working with dream clients who entrusted me to unfold my vision.

As with the majority of our commercial projects, things had to happen fast. From initial brief to final installation we were able to design, procure and install in just under 8 weeks. Once the job was confirmed we flew up to Brisbane to get our impressions and measurements. From that point I recall getting very little sleep.

The satisfaction and creativity this job provided was so concentrated and rewarding it fuelled my fire to give it all I had. To work so intensely and passionately on something that you love, within a relatively short space of time, is my true bliss. I am still revelling from the experience.

My brief was to design 4 Caribbean inspired display suites that addressed certain special requirements, enhancing the floor plan of each apartment. All 4 suites had to be very different and specifically designed to appeal to a particular demographic. It was so FUN!  

I would love to share more on this project so I will do a post on each display over the next few weeks.

Until then here is a  quick snapshot of each display that I designed for the Mon Komo development.....

Our Caribbean Carnivale Display





Our Seaside Dreaming Display





Our Island Breeze Display





Our Travellers Sanctuary Display

And I must say Kyko Group did an outstanding job on these apartments. The finishes, the design and the construction were extremely impressive. Well done Kyko Group for a well deserved win.

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One BIG rug and one BIG artwork!

I do love the evolving process of residential design however tackling a commercial brief quickly, realistically and appropriately certainly appeals to my business acumen.

Commercial spaces have an entirely different agenda and often require a specific custom solution. Often that solution needs to be BIG! As was the case with this massively oversized rug and artwork I recently installed into this office foyer.

We commissioned this stunning artwork from one of our favourite artists Sophie Taggart and teamed it with a custom designed goat hair rug from Tretford. We also installed three Sea Reed sculptures to imbue a sea side sentiment whilst not being overtly seaside.

And of course commercial grade fabric for some industrial strength benches were sourced and manufactured.

At the last moment, artworks for two more walls were added to the brief but not to the budget!

 Quick on our feet we painted up a series of inexpensive fish plaques and hung them in a row to create a bespoke piece that effectively filled up the long wall. 

We did the same to this seagull panel we sourced from a local retailer.

The client was very happy and so were we. It was certainly a big improvement to the mass of grey they had previously.

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My Furniture Design

My lovely friend and interior designer buddy Mina came over for a swim last week. While she was visiting my home she asked where I got my console table from. I had a little chuckle and said "it’s a Bronnie original".







I designed this stainless steel mesh console table back in 1998 at university. Being a particularly practical person it was my intent to design a piece of furniture that was completely functional, as well as unique and beautiful.












At the time I was very inspired by the super stylish French interior designer Andrée Putman. I still am today. Her strong minimal yet feminine style is so elegant. Putman used stainless steel mesh in a few of her designs (pictured above) and I was instantly drawn to this stunning and underused material. I found the purity of its texture and colour completely tantalising.







I thought it would be a gorgeous material for an indoor / outdoor console. I imagined the sun streaming through it when outside and the light of a lamp shimmering on it's flawless surface when inside.








Nearly 14 years on this console table has always found a spot in my homes. Although it needs a good polish after being outside at our previous home, it will remain a special piece reminding me of 4 wonderful years at university.

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