Maike Design has remained sympathetic to a heritage Californian bungalow by creating calm and open spaces while making the garden an integral part of the design.

Once a burnt-out restaurant, a 1890s corner shop and terrace in Surry Hills is transformed into a light-filled creative office and headquarters for Australian fashion house Aje by Those Architects.

Designed by Tribe Studio Architects, Venice Beach House brings the leafy sub-tropics of the Californian environment within the walls of the residence, seamlessly merging interior and exterior, with a touch of Australian aesthetics.

Nestled in Suffolk Park, just six kilometres from Byron Bay, Brandon Street is a tropical family retreat with a strong connection to the outdoors.

Inspired by traditional cultures, religious customs and historical bathing rituals, Cult Stella, designed by The Stella Collective, is an imagined blending of the highest ideals of design for bathware.

Rebecca Elms curates her favourite local brands and makers in her breathtaking retail space, Elms Store in Sydney’s Surry Hills.

Australian artist Emily Imeson and Two Good Co join forces to collaborate on Recipes for Resilience: a cookbook that empowers and gives hope to women battling with domestic violence and homelessness.

Ceramic artist Meg Lumley of Nice Clay by Meg makes playful and feminine ceramic pieces that fuse pretty with purpose.

Kalaurie invites us into its considered world, as the Melbourne made-to-order label opens its first showroom and atelier in the heart of Fitzroy.

Semi-precious stones are undergoing a renaissance and making their way into the contemporary homes in Lounge Lovers’ Armana and Rose Quartz range of coffee, console and side tables.

Capturing a bright and vivid world, Rotterdam-based duo Visual Citizens create utopic art to inspire the senses.

Author Georgina Reid and photographer Daniel Shipp welcome us into the world of plants, and along the way, teach the reader valuable lessons about life and the people within it.