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CASE FILES

CASE FILES

CONCEPTUAL INTERIORS, MATERIAL STUDIES, AND SPATIAL NARRATIVES.

CONCEPTUAL INTERIORS, MATERIAL STUDIES, AND SPATIAL NARRATIVES.

A developing archive of projects and process work.

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ENSAMBLE THEATRE

Project in progress, November 2026.

All photography by Gabrielle Hopping, site visit 2026.

Ensamble Theatre site photograph
Ensamble Theatre site photograph
Ensamble Theatre site photograph

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INKU

Inku is a Lexus Intersect space in Sydney, designed to create a more immersive experience of the brand beyond the traditional showroom. The project explores Lexus’ philosophy of Takumi, meaning craftsmanship, through a combination of hospitality, exhibition and retail. Guided by the Brute trend forecast, Lexus manufacturing environments, brutalist architecture and Sumi-e ink art, the design contrasts raw industrial materials with organic, handcrafted forms. The result is a multifunctional space that translates Lexus’ mechanical precision and Japanese craftsmanship into a tactile and contemporary spatial experience.

Inku retail concept
Inku interior concept
Inku retail concept

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HATCH

Hatch is an office fitout for IDEO, a global design and innovation consultancy establishing its first Australian studio at 210 George Street, Sydney. The project responds to IDEO’s core belief that the iterative process of thinking, testing and refining holds more value than the final outcome alone. Guided by the Blue and Metals trend direction from Milan Design Week 2026, the language of technical drawing, and IDEO’s own seven-step design process, the design adopts the blueprint as both motif and spatial logic. The IDEO logotype becomes the floor plan generator, embedding the brand’s identity directly into the architecture of the space. The result is a workplace that does not simply contain IDEO’s design process, but materially demonstrates it through exposed junctions, honest material transitions, and a restrained palette of blueprint blue, raw steel and concrete.

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HIVE

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MONASTIC MINIMALISM

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THE TERRACE SET