We are interested in what fabric can bring to life. This journal is a celebration of the lifestyle, culture and design that influences what we do.
People & Places
Despite dreaming of a career in fashion, happenstance lead Stephanie Moffitt, Mokum Design Director, straight from design school to a career in interior textiles. Discover the cultural fascination, thematic collections, and risk-taking collaborators who help to maintain her affection for the Moku...
Annie Moir, James Dunlop Design Director and James Dunlop descendant, offers a unique insight into growing up enveloped by the world of textiles and the unexpected twists which lead her into a career within it.
A shared venture between 12 interior design companies, 159Design opened in Auckland’s Grey Lynn in 2021 and in late 2022 it was time to dress up and celebrate the city's newest interior design destination.
Over the past four decades David Shaw Furniture has established itself as an institution in New Zealand’s manufacturing landscape. From beginning at a grassroots level to working alongside his daughters Amy and Amanda, David Shaw is one of the country’s foremost manufacturers. David’s designs hav...
It was essential that the story behind Homestead, James Dunlop's latest collection release, be expressed visually from an architectural home set into a panoramic landscape. The multi-award winning Arrowtown House by RTA Studio Architects fit the brief, offering captivating views of Queenstown’s m...
The Royal Menagerie collection by Catherine Martin by Mokum launched this August in Sydney. Presented in partnership with Designer Rugs the affair was a nostalgic celebration of 1970s glamour and the enduring cultural presence of Elvis Presley.
Hugh Stewart has photographed many of the greatest actors and characters of the past 50 years. His story is one of an ambitious, bold, and somewhat dissatisfied youth with a definitive goal: to work for British Vogue – and a naturally relaxed ability to follow his nose on the way there. From a sm...
Nestled into an opulent array of pink and green velvets and maximalist animal prints sits the denim-on-denim clad Catherine Martin. We’ve found a mid-photoshoot moment to pause with the Academy Award winning costume and set designer to find out what inspires her at work and in her home.
