Blueprint for Living - ABC RN Podcast
1) Connecting ideas of identity and place, a winter walk with Tim Entwisle, the path to Bundian Way, and the Rotary Clothes Hoist
If you were paying close attention to Vivid Sydney just now you might have caught mention of something called the Blak Hand Collective. A forming idea that connects indigenous architects, interior des...Show More
2) British Dandies, puff pastry, a sentimental journey of motels, and The Great Bed of Ware
For the dandy, looking swell is a way of life! He prides himself on wit and dress, but their influence reaches beyond fashion and intellect, as Dominic Janes discovers in his latest book British Dandi...Show More
3) More escapism, Garden Rudimental, Australia's oldest community cookbook plus, and pioneering women designers
Hotel designer Bill Bensley lives by the motto, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing. The California-born designer has studios in Bangkok and Bali, and his latest book More Escapism: Hotels, Reso...Show More
4) The perfect potato cake, the origin of the match, and copying nature to build our lives
Once regarded as a fringe movement, more designers and architects are looking to nature-based systems to build our lives while reducing carbon emissions. Claire Beale, Executive Manager at LCI Melbo...Show More
5) Genealogy for homes, design to the rescue, Anna Wintour, and the history of the public loo.
Via their Instagram page Design.Emergency Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli have brought designers together to tackle some of the worlds intractable problems. Journalist Amy Odell discusses her bi...Show More
6) Besha Rodell on food critics, Australia's newest herbarium, the Gothic Revival, and potatoes
All the world's great cities have some things in common and fantastic food is one of them. But what happens if a city doesn't have a chief restaurant critic? Besha Rodell, the recently appointed Chi...Show More
7) Luxury Indigenous tourism, urban farms, and the English country home's post-war revival
We see Indigenous art and motifs used extensively in Australia's marketing campaigns. But do Indigenous communities and businesses benefit from this branding? Professor Anne Poelina — a Nyikina Warrwa...Show More
8) Ancient odours, wilding your garden, the art of preserving, and the history of voting booths
Film and television shows have conjured up images of ancient cities many times, thanks largely to historical texts and archaeological finds. Now archaeologists are trying to recreate the odours of old...Show More
9) Lake Pedder, potato perfection, Confucius wisdom, and wombat time of year
Rima Truchanas learned to swim in Tasmania's Lake Pedder and watched on with her family when 50 years ago it drowned to make way for the Hydro-Electric Scheme . Her early life was shaped by her parent...Show More
10) Bruce Pascoe's farm and design after disaster
Jonathan makes the trip to Mallacoota in far-eastern Victoria, land of the Gunai Kurnai people, to visit writer, historian, and Dark Emu author Bruce Pascoe. During a wander around the farm, they disc...Show More