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Handwoven in Ukraine, Spain and Portugal to her drawings, the pieces sit somewhere between artwork and interior object, and she’s in no hurry to decide which. Why handwoven textiles? What drew you to this as your medium? Textiles were always around me, even before I consciously chose them as a medium. My mother had a vintage store in Wānaka before I was born, and our home was filled with antique garments and textiles she had left over from that time.

They work as if by magic, but it’s scientific wizardry that’s behind these Haze pendants from Ōtautahi studio Nightworks. The rippled extruded-glass format throws layered, fragmented silhouettes into the space. Minimal in detail, with a flush ceiling canopy, the pendants come in three stacked, slightly offset configurations: single, double and triple. Make a solo statement or group them for a spectacular show. nightworksstudio.com Words Claire McCall

Blum’s revamped showroom takes their kitchen hardware into the living room, bedroom and bathroom, down to a drawer built into a sofa arm. In association with Blum. Imagining Blum products hard at work at your place is now a lot easier, with the company’s refreshed showroom that lifts the story of their clever, considered range to another level.

Brass won’t hold still, so Powersurge and Aalto Paint watched samples shift with the light and mixed Braze and Hearth for the workshop walls. In association with Powersurge. Brass won’t hold still. Left to itself, it darkens, warms and takes on the mood of the light it stands in, which makes it a moving target when choosing a paint to sit beside it.

Ted Nightingale mixed the first batches in 1946, and three generations on, the family is still deciding what we paint our houses. In association with Resene. After poring over decades’ worth of newsletters that document Resene’s long backstory, we were struck, mostly, by the sense of celebration, collaboration and can-do spirit held in their concise pages.

Every painting Jade Townsend has made since her son was born has him somewhere in it, as a shell, a feather, a bird, the reflection of the moon. Hung on the wall, propped along the bookshelf, leaning against the backs of chairs, paintings consume the dining room, inky blues bleeding into lilac. Up close the detail arrives, ink laid across the linen with the finest brushes belonging to Jade Townsend (Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi).

Makers of Architecture built this Mangakuri home as panels and volumes in their own workshop, to rest on timber piles set while it was still indoors. In association with First Windows & Doors. From the road, this house shows you its back. A long timber screen runs the length of the elevation, with everything that makes it a home secreted on the other side. TOP Walls are painted Aalto Iota and the ceiling is finished in Osmo Polyx-Oil in Raw Matt.

The stream-of-consciousness thoughts and sketches that form the basis of the Ritual Chair provide an insight into its conceptual naissance.

Lela Jacobs of The Keep asked 60 makers around the country each for a collar, then hung the lot on twine for a single night on Karangahape Road. The collars hung at the height they’d be worn, turning slowly on twine, spinning when a shoulder caught one on the way past. Pinned, tucked, beaded, threaded, cut, embroidered, woven: the method was in the making, and they were shown together for a single evening at Hardcore, a café on Karangahape Road, during New Zealand Fashion Week.

Head designer Hannah Middleton gave the rugs varying pile heights and hand-stitched detail, and the bolster cushions saturated butterscotch and earthy oxblood. In association with Baya. When it comes to soft furnishings, achieving measured balance between movement and structure is the gold standard. Hannah Middleton, head designer at Baya, understands this tension and in the Summer 2026/2027 collection, each piece is positioned to deliver architectural style against a nature-led fluidity.