Nook Times: Saturday Indesign 2026
Explore the first edition of Nook Times, created for Saturday Indesign at Nook Collections, Surry Hills. Click below to open and browse the full issue. Want a copy? Download Nook Times
The material makes the meal: how to choose dining lighting ideas
There is a particular kind of light that makes people linger at a table long after the plates are cleared. It rarely comes from a single, obvious source. It comes from what the fitting above the ta...
Saturday Indesign 2026 at Nook Collections | Vol.1
Saturday Indesign 2026 at Nook Collections: A Day of Light, Material and Making | Vol.1 On Saturday 12 September, Nook Collections opened its doors for our very first Saturday Indesign - and what a...
Designed for laid-back luxury on Sydney's Manly Beach, 55 North is the bar and lounge heart of Manly Pacific hotel - a space where the beach's easy warmth meets a richer, more decadent palette of s...
Balcony, pool and alfresco: how to light every outdoor space in your house this season
As the warmer months arrive, life moves outside. Dinner runs past sunset on the balcony. A long afternoon by the pool turns into evening drinks without anyone quite deciding it should. The garden b...
Hospitality at home: A room-by-room guide to lighting like a venue
Walk into a hotel bar, a good restaurant, a lobby that gets the greeting right, and the lighting is doing something a home rarely bothers to do. It is layered. It is warm. It is dimmed to the hour ...
How Restaurants, Bars and Hotels Get Atmosphere Right
How Restaurants, Bars and Hotels Create Atmosphere With Light There's a reason we often remember certain restaurants long after we have forgotten what we ate. It is rarely the chairs... It is almos...
Designed for lingering from morning espresso to late-night red, Bar Lettera is a refined all-day dining room on Level 5 of Citadines Walker North Sydney - a space built to feel like a modern-day ar...
Designer Spotlight: Alex Fitzpatrick
NEW AT NOOK: ADESIGNSTUDIO We are always looking for makers who treat light as more than a fitting - designers who understand that a room is changed as much by how it glows as by what sits inside ...
Hallway lighting is a foundational element of interior design. It’s not only a powerful aesthetic statement, but plays a functional role too, providing visibility and safety when moving through cor...