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A D A M G O O D R U M
& MICHELLE SPINKS
Industrial designer Adam has picked out some beautiful pieces for the Sydney
home he shares with his graphic designer wife Michelle and their children.WHERE WILL YOU BE SPENDING THIS CHRISTMAS?
Adam: Down the coast at Congo. Not the African
nation, a little seaside town on the NSW South Coast.
KEY DECORATING TIP FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON?
You can never have too much tinsel or too many
twinkling lights.
HOLIDAY FASHION MUST-HAVES? Surf cap, beach towel.
ULTIMATE HOLIDAY DESTINATION? Himalayas, Nepal
and Mentawai Islands, Sumatra – a travel surf ’n’ turf!
ANYTHING YOU’RE PLANNING TO BINGE-WATCH OVER
THE HOLIDAYS? Mad Men – finally. And we’ll listen to
The Ballad of Billy Balls podcast driving down the coast.
FAVOURITE STORES FOR BUYING GIFTS?
Top3 by Design, Cult, Tait.
WHAT’S ON YOUR SUMMER READING LIST?
Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, Barbarian Days,
A Surfing Life by William Finnegan and
Quichotte by Salman Rushdie.
WHICH FLOWERS OR FOLIAGE WILL FEATURE
ON YOUR FESTIVE TABLE? Plants from around
the house, bedecked with tinsel.
WHAT’S ON YOUR HOLIDAY MENU?
Pizza in the new outdoor pizza oven at Congo,
a hangi on New Year’s Eve and negronis.
WHAT’S ON YOUR TO-DO LIST FOR 2020?
An exhibition at Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne, some
collections for new launches, plus I need to clean the
studio and give it a lick of paint.
Adam Goodrum is a Sydney-based
industrial designer whose focus is on furniture,
product and interior design.
adamgoodrum.com1 Binic ABS and polycarbonate table lamp, $240, Space. 2 Peperomia plant. 3 Sphere silver cufflinks, $405, Georg Jensen.
4 Fornasetti ‘Tema e Variazioni No. 137’ porcelain wall plate, $244, Amara. 5 Volley steel lounger by Adam Goodrum for Tait.
6 Tonto leather dog lead, $79, Georgie Paws. 7 Beltrami Brown leather duffle bag, $399, Republic of Florence. 8 VDKA 6100 vodka,
$70, Vintage Cellars. 9 Marrakech Intense eau de toilette, $95, Aesop. >TOP PICKS[
Surf ’s up
]Text by Sarah Pickette. Styling by Kate Nixon. Photograph by Jason Busch. Hair & make-up by Kelly Tapp. Artworks (from left) by Misha del Val and Alexander Calder.
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