{"id":711588,"date":"2026-06-03T01:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T01:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:49:14","slug":"the-design-dozen-with-andrew-parr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711588\/","title":{"rendered":"The Design Dozen with Andrew Parr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Parr is among Australia\u2019s most respected interior designers, with a career spanning more than three decades across high-end residential and hospitality design. Known for his refined, contemporary minimalist sensibility, his work balances restraint with innovation, creating spaces of enduring elegance.<\/p>\n<p>As founder of SJB\u2019s interior design practice in 1994, Parr has been instrumental in shaping the studio\u2019s identity and influence. His portfolio includes acclaimed residences such as St Georges Road, Toorak House and Portsea House, alongside landmark hospitality projects including The Royce Hotel and Establishment Hotel, earning him significant industry recognition and lasting client acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>Here, Andrew takes on The Design Dozen.<\/p>\n<p>1. What was your seminal design moment?<\/p>\n<p>MG Garage. This was the first restaurant I designed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MG Garage by SJB\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/57b4b7171230f7c8a468262eb413d501.jpg\" height=\"575\" width=\"465\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p>2. It\u2019s your ultimate design dinner party \u2013 which four guests are you inviting?<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ford, George Michael, Ian Schrager and my partner.<\/p>\n<p>3. What\u2019s been on your mind lately?<\/p>\n<p>Where design is going.<\/p>\n<p>4. What\u2019s the most treasured design-y thing you own?<\/p>\n<p>A 1979 brown Porsche 911.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Easton Co Lab Office by SJB.\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5ce5ee830cd826e4ca23f401b81da051.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"728\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p>5. What is the most inspiring space you\u2019ve been to?<\/p>\n<p>Guggenheim Museum, New York by Frank Lloyd Wright.<\/p>\n<p>6. What\u2019s a design book you return to often?<\/p>\n<p>Modernism Rediscovered by Julius Shulman.<\/p>\n<p>7. What is your favourite quote about design?<\/p>\n<p>Less is more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Royce by SJB\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bf219234bc061e17cef0519bd4b99171.jpg\" height=\"485\" width=\"728\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p>8. Who do you look up to in design?<\/p>\n<p>Vincent Van Duysen.<\/p>\n<p>9. What do you consider the best project you\u2019ve done to date?<\/p>\n<p> Point Nepean House.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Point Nepean House by SJB\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6465438c6e7a95c4fc086a9ae1b6d8b9.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"728\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p>10. If you weren\u2019t a designer, what would you be?<\/p>\n<p> A painter.<\/p>\n<p>11. What would you change about the state of design?<\/p>\n<p>Less Pinterest and more research and knowledge of arts and movements.<\/p>\n<p>12. What is your dream project?<\/p>\n<p> A resort internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Parr is among Australia\u2019s most respected interior designers, with a career spanning more than three decades across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-711588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}