Shaped by a life of travel, Wayfarer House by Sunday Homes brings Mediterranean colour, natural materials and handmade finishes to a family home on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

Inspired by the Riva yacht and its mid-century Mediterranean glamour, Riva brings Italian dining to the waterfront at Rose Bay Marina, interpreted through a softer, more romantic, feminine lens.

An existing eucalyptus tree sits at the heart of the redesign of Eucalypt House by CARD, where a new rear addition brings in more light, height and connection to the landscape.

YSG Studio brings surrealism and local artisanship to Hotel Moon Gang, a five-suite Balinese retreat hidden in the hills, where wellness and design shape a more playful kind of escape.

With the waters of the Mediterranean as part of her toolkit, Amanda Jones’ pilgrimage to the Aegean Sea led to The Colour of Water, a collection shaped by landscape, memory and the sea.

Lauren and Kass Hernandez are the artists behind Crossing Threads, a Sydney textile studio where sisterhood, Australian–Filipino heritage and a shared language of texture are mindfully woven together.

After six years at its Paddington flagship, Black Blaze called on Strutt Studios to shape the next chapter, using the brand’s natural, moody palette as the starting point for a design that reflects its evolution.

In her latest collection, Shifting Ground, Naarm/Melbourne based artist Hannah Fox explores the changing impressions of a landscape and the space between what’s seen and remembered.

In Sydney’s Inner West, Lintel Studio has reworked a terrace into a light-filled family home, where a central cube, saturated colour and texture reframe the familiar long-and-narrow plan.

Multidisciplinary artist Pascale Zintzen of Oikos Estudio works between Barcelona and the Baix Ebre countryside, drawing on her archaeology background and the memories, rituals and identities held within objects.

Named after the Italian red bitter, Amaro Rosso is a Preston Edwardian by Alyssa Owens Design, drawing on the owners’ Italian heritage through a mix of Murano glass, mulberry and fire-engine red.

Ewart House by Hall + Roberts is a mindful, light-handed renovation focused on drawing in northern light, keeping materials minimal and connecting the home to the lush Queensland landscape.