From the editor

Simon Farrell-Green rounds up Home of the Year 2018 and highlights the upcoming Design Forecast.

Home of the Year 2018 started in October last year with a call to entries, and finished with an award ceremony on 28 March – and the magazine you’re holding. It takes a big group of people to bring it together: for a start, thank you to the architects and owners who opened their homes, plus our judges Mel Bright and Nick Stevens. The HOME team, meanwhile, has put their all into making this magazine: Arch and Jane MacDonnell from Inhouse Design with their team Alex Turner and Raph Roake; our wonderful copy editor Jo Bates; eagle-eye Jenny Farrell; and designer/stylist Sara Black, who has worked some very long hours over the past few months. And a heartfelt thank you to all our photographers and writers. Then, there’s the extended HOME team at Bauer Media, including George Gaddum and Dana Johanson on events, our editorial director Shelley Ferguson and brand manager Lauren Dyke. The commercial team: Rochelle Rodrigues, Nic Saunders, Amelia Murray and Stuart Dick for their amazing work in making the event a commercial success. And finally, to our long-time sponsor Altherm Window Systems for its loyal and enduring support. And now, we move on with the rest of the year. Coming up in May, we have our newest event, Design Forecast. A day of workshops taking in interior trends for the year ahead, it’s a bespoke guided tour of Auckland designers. Freshly returned from the Milan Furniture Fair, our guest experts are fizzing with excitement about their new discoveries, which will drop over the next few months. For more, turn to p.174. We’d love to see you there.