Aegean Lounge in Thessaloniki by Zege Architects
Designed by Zege Architects, the Aegean Airlines VIP Lounge in Thessaloniki airport is a space which has been created to envision every need essential for the traveller of the 21st. century.
Designed by Zege Architects, the Aegean Airlines VIP Lounge in Thessaloniki airport is a space which has been created to envision every need essential for the traveller of the 21st. century.
Inspired by the e-type from 50 years ago, design studio Skyrill, and designer Marin Myftiu have created a new electric concept car. Hussain Almossawi of Skyrill explains,"The XKX Jaguar is a new generation electric roadster, aimed at pushing both performance and power efficiency to a new level.
Designed by Urban Architecture Office, ABE House is a family residence in Tama-Shi, Tokyo. Built on three levels; this home is a concrete beauty made up of clean lines and balanced geometries.
The Cutty Sark conservation project was undertaken by Grimshaw architects, and the last surviving tea clipper is now proudly displayed as part of the Royal Museums, in Greenwich, London. The 963 tonne national treasure was built in 1869 and represents the finest of 19th century iron and timber shipbuilding techniques.
Designed by One Plus Partnership Limited, the concept behind this cinema is to bring the public into the atmosphere of motion pictures.Based on the concept of pixels and movement, this space almost seems to pull you into another dimension were you become the character in what i would imagine would be a cross between Matrix and Tron.
Strangely enough, design as an esthetical idea does not appear as an important topic to us. As a matter of fact, design is nothing but a term for the necessity of adjustment. Walking the street with open eyes, delivers to you a world of...
Items from the original Nuage series of bookshelves and cabinets designed by the groundbreaking Charlotte Perriand, are fervently sought after by collectors of modern design and are to be seen in leading design collections globally.
What used to be a 19th century prison located in Palencia, Spain, Has now been transformed into a fantastic new Cultural Civic Centre. Designed by Madrid based Exit architects, this public meeting place has come a long way from what used to be a dark depressing place.
Located in Shoreditch in the East End of London, known as ‘Tech City’ is the Google Campus. It is a non profit business initiative by Google in collaboration with Seedcamp, Tech Hub, Springboard and Central Working.
Designed by BAK Architects, this modern family home is located in Villa Udaono, a town near Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 190 sqm. one storey structure on a plot of 418.5sqm.is built of concrete and glass.
When Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret designed the Refuge Tonneau in 1938, it was considered to be a futuristic design, way ahead of its time although in later years, many of its features have been incorporated into mountain refuges.
In the picturesque town of Mandal, in the south of Norway, 3XN architects of Denmark have recently completed the new cultural centre for its 15.000 residents. Aptly names ‘The Arch’, due to the elegant curving lines of the roof which mirror the surrounding hills and the industrial heritage of a building, which once stood on the same spot.
Kilden, a theatre and concert hall in Kristiansand, Norway, has brought together all the city's institutions of performing arts. Kilden produces experiences. The core of its architecture is the way the concert, theater and multi-purpose halls are serviced efficiently and without interference.
The Caribbean island of Antigua is the playing ground of the rich and famous and is well known for the high standard of its luxury holiday accommodation, the Villa Capri, located in the exclusive area of Galley Bay Heights is surely a perfect example of this.
The design intervention on the 2nd floor apartment of this highly regarded 1930s Dukic building in the centre of Ljublijana, was executed by SADAR+VUGA design studio.
Designed by Madrid based architects Selgascano, the El “B” auditorium and performing arts complex located along the waterfront of Cartagena, Spain, was completed in late 2011. This 210m long low lying structure was inspired by the industrial heritage of the city and forms part of the transformation of the waterfront promenade.
Melvin Light is one of the world’s smallest Rube Goldberg (chain reaction) machines, recently created by the HEYHEYHEY design team.This project follows their initial Melvin the Machine venture, a huge installation created for the 2009 Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.
On the island of Mykonos, nestled between the iconic beaches of Paradise and Paranga, is the San Giorgio boutique hotel. The hotel, originally built in the 90s, was recently purchased by the owners of the nearby Paradise Club...
Gemologist and Jewellery designer extraodinaire, Lydia Courteille, seeks out rare and precious stones with which to create her exquisite pieces of highly sought after jewellery. Her style is pure fantasy born out of the desire to bring elegance and romance into the lives of her impressive clientele.
A collaboration between young Chinese fashion designer Qiu Hao and Shanghai based French photographer Matthieu Belin has produced a series of of hauntingly beautiful images of Xao’s Fall Winter 2011 collection.
Studio Golucci International Design have completed interior design for the noodle restaurant, located in China. The walls are completely decorated with authentic plates, that creates unique atmosphere. The Taiwan Noodle house located in Beijing China is not only a place for ...
This residence designed by Masahiko Sato was built on a sloping ground which faces the road along the Sasebo bay in Nagasaki and fronts the sea having a front road and bump. When you look the south side from there, you can see the blue sea and the blue sky.
Baccarat in collaboration with Spanish designer and architect, Patricia Urquiola, introduced the series, Variations, at the 2012 Milan Design Week. Charmed by the history of crystal as an art form and inspired by the memory of her father at the piano...
In the heart of London’s West End stands a beautifully restored Georgian townhouse, Home House. So named after a society lady, Elizabeth, Countess of Home, who commissioned the building in 1773 by James Wyatt with interiors by the legendary Robert Adam.
The Chandelier called El evolved out of working on an unfolded spiral form whose luminosity and movement of light were at it's core. This form reflecting light and creating unexpected effects crystallized the notion that light is both internal and external.
Designed by Tasos Sotiropoulos of ISV architects, this 4 storey town-house in the once industrial area of Kerameikos, may at first glance resemble the other buildings in the neighbourhood, however, its multitude of innovative features set it apart. It comes as no surprise that the residence of an ...
“Beauty is a form of genius, to be exact, it is superior to genius as it needs no explanation” writes Oscar Wilde. This is exactly what I feel about design. I have always believed that our purpose is to make this beauty known and to admire it...
The design of Glem offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is defined by its odd location, under a triangular end of a concrete stand for rowing competitions. Besides the fact that the first of the three floors is semi-buried and the roof is public seating made of concrete thus not allowing ...
Designed by Swiss architect, Valerio Olgiati and completed in 2010, the site of the auditorium has created a new central square on the campus of the Agricultural Institute Plantahof. The irregular tent-like shape of the structure features a low rise entrance which soars sharply to the high rear wall.
This incredible modern home is built on three levels following the incline of a lush hillside in Santa Rosalia, Guatemala City. The intentions of Alejandro Paz of Paz Arquitectura was to preserve the trees existing on the site and to incorporate them into the structure.
El Otro Lado is a luxury boutique hotel in the enviable location of Panama’s Portobelo National Park, a huge rain forest edged by the coral reefs of nearby Caribbean islands and just an hour away from Panama City. Completed in 2011 by architects, Eclectico, this tropical retreat offers its guests the ultimate in service and comfort.
For the aficionado of vinyl, this apparatus promises the very best in sound enhancement of the discs. The Viella 12, or V12 as it is known, by AMG, is a turntable designed and developed by Werner Roeschlan and his son and realized by a group of audio industry experts and master machinists at their factory in Bavaria.
AS Aperitivo is an extension to the established AS restuarant in in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana and was completed in December of 2011. The structure sits on the site of the old garden pavilion of the restaurant and is destined to become a meeting place for evening drinks and relaxation.
The international competition, “Design for a Changing World”, organized by delood.com in collaberation with Casaviva and Living Divani, has reached its completion. Out of 138 entrants, 4 new groups are highlighted as being well worth talking about.
Designed by the renowned Catalan architect, Javier Barba, this house is considered to be one of the most impressive on the island of Mykonos. The design concept has close ties with the traditional architecture of the island, curving domes, rounded walls and whitewashed chimney stacks ...
Located in the tranquil setting of a park in Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy, this ultra contemporary building is anything but tranquil. Its strong powerful form dominates the scene, representing the dynamics and continuous development of its owners, Porto Rossa SPA, in fact it is an image forming sculpture, instantly identified.
Van Herpen graduated from the ArtEZ Hogeschool voor Kunsten in Arnhem in 2006, did an internship with Alexander McQueen, among others, and started a label under her own name in 2007. A year later, she was nominated for the prestigious Createurope: The Fashion Academy Award.
The Thalatta Seaside Hotel is to be found in the resort of Agia Anna in the lush green region of northern Evia. Situated on the beach and backed by a pine forest, this modern complex in no way detracts from the beauty of its idyllic surroundings.
There are many types of Starbucks people, for example, you have the stereotype reporter/writer type spending all his day inside typing away at his mac, the young kids that probably skipped school and spend their day there splitting a muffin ...
The new City Hall and cultural center in the Dutch city of Nieuwegein, is designed to create cohesion and the foundation for a stronger local community. A modern participatory democracy requires transparency and communication at eye level in the encounter between citizen and authority. These elements have been the core of Danish practice 3XN's design.
With this multi-phased development now complete, the significance of the King’s Cross Station redevelopment is finally revealed. The transformation of King’s Cross Station for Network Rail involves three very different styles of architecture: re-use, restoration and new build.
Bruno Fattorini and Partners is a company, which operates internationally in the industrial design field. Established in Milan in 2009, is the result of an extensive collaboration between Bruno Fattorini, designer and founder of MDF Italia and Robin...
“Mountain” being selected as the main theme of this clubhouse, the design is inspired by the location of the project - Chongqing Nanshan District. The clubhouse is located in a valley surrounded by hills.
Entering Villa La Banane on the island of Saint Barthelemy, visitors instantly feel immersed in a world of vintage luxury. After passing through the cheery, colonialstyle lobby, which features original 1950s furniture, you’ll find the hotel’s private garden.
Starhill Gallery is perhaps Kuala Lumpur’s most iconic shopping mall, featuring an extraordinary array of luxury shops and fine dining restaurants. Spark's design proposal dealt with the reinvention of the existing façade of Starhill Gallery facing Bukit Bintang.
This project from Apollo Architects was designed for a high school teacher and his wife and is located at a tranquil residential area in west Tokyo.The first floor of the house has the kids room, a main bedroom and a water area while on the second one, there is big family room with a large opening.
The London headquarters of Rothschild has been located at New Court, nestled in the medieval alley of St Swithin’s Lane, since Natahan Mayer Rothschild moved there in 1809. New Court is adjacent to Christopher Wren’s St Stephen Walbrook church, completed in 1680.
Often identified as the artist who successfully translated Abstract Expressionism into three dimensions, John Chamberlain wound through Franz Schubert, the U.S. Navy, hairdressing, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Black Mountain College poets on his path to art.
Facto Royale is new salon located in Lisbon. Dressed in white, Facto Royale almost seems like it’s frozen between reality and fantasy. Plaster hands extending from the walls, assist with the tools, whilst a deer head filled with Swarovski crystals watches over everyone.
At the 5th floor of a building built during the 70’s, opposite the Mayor’s House at the Kotzia Square – Central Athens, the Interior Architect Designer, Elena Karoula, based in Athens, converted a dull and impersonal space into a Loft. A Loft, through which one can travel into the past...
The Museum of Modern Art presents its first time-based artist retrospective with Kraftwerk–Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8, performed live on eight consecutive evenings from April 10 through 17, by Kraftwerk, the avant-garde electronic music pioneers.
The house is built on a hillside overlooking the Gulf of Corinth. Due to the natural slope of the ground it is developed on three levels (basement with ancillary spaces, ground floor with the main living spaces and a mezzanine level above the kitchen), in shape resembling a cube sitting on the hillside.
ManiaMania is an accessory label created by Australian art director and stylist duo Melanie Kamsler and Tamila Purvis. In each piece of jewelry from ManiaMania, themes of mysticism and magic are combined with inspirations from icons, music and film that are twisted into altered realities and pop culture fantasies.
This is the first crematorium in Lithuania. The idea to build a crematorium was born in the interwar period, but at that time only furnace to reduce medical waste in Kaunas hospital was built. Increasing cremation traditions Lithunians use cremation services in Latvia and Poland
Kartel is a three-story lounge bar located in the former Shanghai French Concession. The neighborhood is a pleasant mix of residential and retail areas, Chinese and European style architecture, international restaurants and tiny stalls, wide tree lined streets and traditional lanes…
Blacksheep, one of the UK’s leading creative agencies, unveils the design of its latest project, Union Jacks, part of a continuing partnership with renowned British chef, Jamie Oliver. The new restaurant concept, located in the heart of London in Central St Giles...
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk - known for her product designs and collaborations with big name brands and Joost van Bleiswijk - was asked to create a series of displays for luxury brand Hermès. Given carte blanche within the theme ‘the gift of time’, Van Eijk has created five designs which each tell a story.
Babis Ioannou and Tasos Sotiropoulos start their cooperation in 1977 by undertaking complex building projects in Saudi Arabia, as well as the construction of flats and houses in Greece. In 1982 Alexander Van Gider joins the team and they establish...
Tata Christiane is a fashion label founded in 2007 by Julie Bourgeois and Hanrigabriel. The brand proposes collections with serial and unique pieces and stands with its costume design studio for various cooperations in art performances, theater, cinema, photography and music.
Yucca is located at Mansion 26F in Sinan Mansions, in a prominent, traditionally-styled building of the former Shanghai French Concession. The building is the headquarters of Yucca’s creator, Australian-Greek renowned Chef David Laris
With its grand bones and patrician façade, this 1848 Gramercy Park townhouse presented exciting challenges for the new generation of the Isaly family. Previous conversions had left one large triplex crowned by three loft-like residences.
How could one revive vernacular architecture in such an exceptional setting as Imerovigli, Santorini, with its view of the Caldera, opposite the Skaros rock? Generally rooms to rent at the Caldera simulate the vernacular by cloning indefinitely vaulted roofs.
This 125sq.m. apartment is situated in a former industrial building on Meg. Alexandrou Street in Kerameikos. The 5 storey building, built in the 80s, originally housed a factory and is located in an area which has retained its strong industrial presence.
Nike unveiled Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training, two new experiences connecting digitally enabled footwear with interactive mobile applications that together deliver a revolutionary sport experience.
Treehotel offers a truly unique experience with contemporarily designed treerooms in the middle of an untouched environment. You leave the stressful daily life behind to rejuvenate and enjoy the tranquillity of an intimate and sophisticated setting.
En Haute Joaillerie’s new identity takes on an expressive yet classic visualization of the qualities that a gift can bring, with explorations of the brand name ‘En’, meaning ‘gratitude’ in Chinese.
"In the concept for this small house in the vicinity of Aldeia de Juso, the tiniest area of flat land and the house’ s, as well as the high density of the new houses yet to be built in the surroundings, forcibly draw us to some sort of “obsession” about the possibilities of dilating space.
The client wanted a complete remodel and update of a mid-century modern on the renowned Bird Streets in the Hollywood Hills. This new owner desired a bold, personally satisfying house, conducive to entertaining Hollywood style...
The aim of this design project was the conversion of two apartments into a comfortable roomy living space in order to accommodate a young couple and a future family.
This is a house on Avenida da Boavista in Porto. This site enjoys a prime location because it is located next to the City Park, providing great views all around. The gap between the avenue and the park was mainly responsible for the intervention strategy. Thus, the implementation of the house ...
Seattle-based Vim Beget makes jewelry and accessories with a vaguely antique aesthetic, blurring the barrier between past and present. Each piece of burnished silver is finished with rusted steel, affording it its own unique look and feel...
Bread is a simple product, of few ingredients, traditionally displayed and sold simply. The art of a baker such as D. Chirico is to perfect a simple process and do it like few others. The results are evident in their reputation.
The new Capsula Multi brand Store is a stunning and elegant space located on Andrassy Avenue, an iconic boulevard in Budapest dating back to 1872, lined with spectacular neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine-facades and interiors.
The architecture of the new visitors center next to E139 is an outcome of the sites close connection to the impressive mountain wall, Europe's tallest vertical, overhanging rock face in The Romsdal Valley.
Nakahouse is an abstract remodel of a 1960's hillside home located on a West facing ridge in the Hollywood Hills, just below the Hollywood sign. To the South and West are views of the Beechwood Canyon...
3XNs Interior for Noma Restaurant’s Food Lab unites the creative worlds of gastronomy and architecture in a modern expression of the Nordic aesthetic. As the number one ranked restaurant on theworlds50best.com for two years in a row, the expectations for creative innovation at NOMA are higher than ever before.
This housing complex in the exclusive region of Kavouri is comprised of two structures, both of which face the sea. Containing 9 apartments built on different levels, each one enjoying its own entrance and private outdoor area...
The Burbury Hotel is located in Barton, Canberra, a short distance from Parliament House. This 4.5 star hotel houses 100 guest rooms with interiors by Katon Redgen Mathieson.
The apartment of Amsale Aberra, who is a bridal gown designer and is located on the 11th floor of an industrial building in New York’s Garment District, was designed by interior designer, Vicente Wolf...
In many ways this project shares the logic of a Russian matryoshka doll. Not only in the most literal, physical sense, in which one thing is directly incorporated into another, but also in a temporal sense, in which one actually originates within the other.
Over the past ten years Massimo Bottura has become a leading figure among a new generation of Italian chefs. His work both as an innovator and restaurateur confirm him as one of the world’s most creative culinary forces.
Patterson Associates have created this Summer residence on beautiful Waiheke Island, New Zealand, Waiheke is famous for its fine vineyards and wine. The house is located on a steep coastal escarpment above a tree fringed white sand beach.
With a passion for modern architecture and an international understanding of style, the homeowners approached Laidlaw Schultz Architects seeking something unique and suitable for their growing family.
The vertical addition of a 200 sq.m. space on the 7th floor of a commercial building that would house a private gymnasium was the object of this project. The demand was that of an imaginary parasol creating a shade for the people working out, while being in visual touch with the dramatic view of the skyline.
The Renoma Café Gallery is not just a restaurant, it is a hub of social activity, part art gallery, part boutique and part fine dining establishment. Managed by “the grandson of Alain Bernardin, founder of the Crazy Horse,” Alfred Bernardin has brought a...
Studio Omerta, in accordance with the requirements of the client, have created a new space of just 55sqm in the Northern suburbs of Athens Greece, which consists of a home and work area.
Hôtel de Glace opened its doors to the public. For the 2012 season, this masterful structure entirely made of ice and snow will be accessible from January 6th until March 25th, 2012.
Twoplus-A, designed ARKHE beauty salon which is a space made of aluninum, transient and ever changng light which is inspired by the reflection of the light on the surface of the water.
Three years ago, Pedra Liquida office (Liquid Stone) was commissioned to create a new Hotel design concept -Casa do Conto, Arts & Residence- giving life to a beautiful XIX Century Oporto House...
The concept of Casa G is based on reading and feedback to the landscape it exists on. The characteristic landscape situation and view differences distinctively in each direction. Towards south the view to the sea and islands, towards north the characteristic triangular mountain ...
Founded in Amsterdam in 2003, UXUS is an international multidisciplinary and award winning design agency specializing in strategic design solutions. It all starts with a collaboration to bring out the best in your brand, their name reflects that...
A weekend desert residence for a family and their dog, the Four Eyes House is an exercise in site-specific experiential programming. Rather than planning the house according to a domestic functional program...
The aim was to create a display space that was both impressive and powerful but without detracting from the importance of the furniture on display. The central idea was to create a shell that would stand as an architectural element...
The proposal meets the pedestrian continuity between the gardens of the Explanadas and the Park Pueblos de las Américas, bridging the difference in height between these two areas...
Inspired by the existing company colours, Majkut has created a space of glamour. The most interesting feature however, is the wall behind the receptionists desk which he explains is the result of complex parametric design software.
The Freshwater House developed the idea of the operable facade to mediate between the requirements for privacy and shading on a relatively public site adjacent to the beach. The resulting building is made up of three distinct parts; a podium base, a garden/ living space, and a bedroom volume ...
Far from the geometric construction methods of a traditional chalet, the interior architecture of this family home located in the St. Martin de Bellevile in the French Alps, is a domestic landscape whose forms emerge from the ground like small functional mountains rising from a valley.
The site is located in a well stablished residencial area. This house built in the 60’s, with its straight lines, honest distribution, communication with the exterior, and usage of materials, represents the architecture of its time.
Capanna is a pizzeria / trattoria in Kolonaki, an area in the center of Athens. The restaurant sits on the corner of Ploutarchou and Haritos street, where Haritos becomes pedestrianised. When the weather is warm enough, which in Athens happens more often than not...
Hamburg’s Hafencity is one of the most ambitious urban construction sites in Europe. A new district is emerging creating a lively city quarter, a microcosm of modern life where people come together, mingle, confer and celebrate.
The Design Museum presents the first UK retrospective of iconic French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, celebrating a career which has pushed the boundaries of high fashion shoe design. Louboutin’s exquisite shoes, with their instantly recognisable glossy red soles, are a unique fusion of fashion, craftsmanship, engineering and sculpture.
Located in a privileged environment in the province of Cáceres, the goal was to transform an abandoned stable into a family home by completely renovating it in a way that would be consistent and respectful with the environment.
“Fabrica Creaton” is a modern tavern located in a building of the late 50’s, at the centre of Komotini, in Greece. The concept of this restaurant reflects the idea of a Greek butcher’s shop, in a more industrial way.
Kois Associated Architects designed the pastry shop, named Sweet Alchemy, for celebrity pastry chef Stelios Parliaros. The store is located in the up market suburb of Kifisia in the northern region of Athens.
The building which is situated on the south side of the hill of Monteagudo; is without a doubt a parasite. It constitutes the first phase of a project that should improve access to the castle of Monteagudo...
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Viceroy Anguilla Resorts & Residences is a luxury resort community. It represents the pinnacle of understated, opulent resort living on Anguilla, expressed with a distinctive style and essence that has become a standard of the Viceroy brand.
The study of man and work within the steel company led to a complementary addition to the site through its “built landscape“. Existing woodlands serve as a conceptional starting point, an “oasis for the people”...
The apartment of 145 m² was almost in the last phase of finishing process when the young brazilian architect met the owners. The couple was displeased with the environment arrangements and the traditional decoration...
There is an immediate sense of something more informed, of something executed with a little more elan, as you step through the doors of Hostem, a new men’s establishment in the heart of London’s East End.
The house is situated in a typical residential area. The plots are characterized by large rear gardens and negligible side garden strips. The property can be described as a typical Belgian ‘fermette’, or farmhouse imitation from the Seventies.
Sarah Hood Jewelry features several collections of unique jewelry pieces ranging from very wearable limited edition jewelry to one-of-a-kind sculptural art jewelry. My work is a constant exploration of the natural world, both its forms and its materials.
This project is a residence for a couple in their thirties, built in Abiko City. The client desired a gallery-like concrete-made space where their pleasure of designed furniture stands out. The location is at the bottom of two plateaus on a soft foundation. Therefore, stakes were necessary to support a ...
We attended the Imm Köln 2012, and we were really impressed with the quality of this fair. The last years the Köln Fair is getting much more importance with a high number of visitors and many novelties presented by...
The Autoban team of 30 is now settled in their new office in the heart of old Istanbul. Designed by the Levantine architect Alexander Valluri, this late 19th century building once housed the Istanbul branch of the Union France Bank.
For this 2nd edition, Eastpak has invited over 130 artists from 18 countries who have dedicated their heart, soul and artistic vision to the project, converting around 200 blank Eastpak backpacks into unique works of art.
Danish-American based architects MLRP has transformed an existing graffiti-plagued playground structure to an inviting and reflective pavilion as part of the new Interactive Playground Project in Copenhagen.
Interior architect Aino Kavantera, and product and exhibition designer Federica Capitani, have designed the first Fin Noir exhibition, which took place at the ‘Passage du désir’ gallery in Paris during SS12 Fashion Week.
Situated in Hangzhou, China, within a three-storey gallery of 3000 sq. ft., Arthouse Café is on its 3rd floor. As the client suggested that this project is free of corporate branding, designing the café’s identity was completely up to the designer...
For the recent launch of MINI’s new coupe, KarlssonWilker collaborated with UK’s Dazed & Confused magazine to develop a 12-page fashion story in which six up-and-coming designers were invited to share their vision of clothing for today’s urban adventurers.
This project is the conversion of a late 19th century former grocery warehouse into a 2 level, one bedroom residence. In the mid 20th century it had 35 years of use as an engineering workshop before being converted to an artist’s studio and residence in the 1970s.
B&B Italia, is very happy to present the new outdoor version of the great Husk armchair designed by famous Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. Like the indoor version, Husk Outdoor is made of recycled and recyclable materials, highlighting B&B Italia's keen awareness of topics such as ecology and ...
Our Exquisite Corpse worked with the Huichol people of Mexico to create these beaded skulls. Each beautifully patterned and brightly coloured skull features intricate craftsmanship and are uniquely different from one another.
The clients were a husband-and-wife couple. He works as the director of an advertising agency, while she works in the food business. The couple purchased a plot of land that faces the cliff of a plateau and commissioned Apollo Architects to build a wooden three-storey residence for themselves and their child.
Ayazpasa House gets a fresh new makeover. Displaying more recent pieces from the Autoban collection inclunding the cosy Nest Chair and a specially enlarged version of the Deco Sofa, the house is given a sleeker, more dramatic look.
Design for me is a way of life. Design can create a better life for us. Design awareness improves values among people & the environment and among themselves. Design creates a more patient, quality of life and humour.
From its exclusive panoramic location on the Alpe di Siusi, Europe’s largest high-altitude plateau, in the magnificent setting of the Dolomites, the new Alpina Dolomites Lodge offers guests refined hospitality and professional services for vacations with an eye on health and overall wellness.
The 2012 Collection is a venture through dreamlike landscapes. The inspiration is drawn from mythology and tales, playing with escapist and Romantic fantasies. The collection makes up an odyssey of imagnination, mystique and poetry, switching between dreams and reality...
Turkish Airlines’ new CIP lounge has been opened at the Ataturk Airport International Departures in Istanbul. Designed by Autoban’s architectural standpoint, the lounge is spread over 3000m2, with a daily capacity of 2000 people.
In the warm and inviting environment of Funky Gourmet, the chefs offer their guests a carefully designed menu of a modern creative cuisine based on advanced culinary techniques and always featuring top quality seasonal ingredients.
The building is located in the south of Seville, next to the Litany Health Centre and on the corner Avenida de la Paz. The site has dimensions of 24.85m x 35.60m and an area of 884.66 m². The project is within a plot aimed at urban infrastructure, so that the building’s projection is conditioned by ...
Construction started in November 2008, and was finished in 2011. The plot has an area of 3300 sqm, part of which located in a green protection area. The house has 300 sqm of total area, and a gross building area of 290 sqm. The house footprint is designed based on the articulation between ...
This house takes part of a program of the congregation Rotterdam who wanted to revitalize disadvantaged neighbourhoods by selling metier houses to private persons. These homes have in common that they are neglected the last few years and have to be refreshed.
The light of the abundant tropical Sun falls on the white volume of the top floor of the house, penetrating the holes of the hollowed elements and covering the floor of the interior space. Thus, the design of spatialized lace is formed from the shadows and solar rays.
This project is the renovation of a traditional wooden town house in Nara, Japan, built about 200 years ago, for a young couple and their children. This old house consists of several small buildings, and there are several spot gardens, and passage gardens between buildings.
Marwan Sahmarani is one of the most skilled and diverse contemporary artists that have come out of Lebanon in recent years. He is based in Beirut, but his work is far reaching and universal in scope and meaning.
One of the world’s most up & coming architecture & interior design brands Penson, has released their first project for Google engineers, in Buckingham Palace Road, London.
Vangelis Paterakis was born and brought up in Piraeus, Greece.From the very beginning of his professional path he became a close collaborator of big advertising companies, editorial houses and magazines.
Given the fact that the client was a newly arrived surgeon in Thessaloniki, Mal-Vi Architects were handed the task of creating a memorable office space, providing an experience as distant as possible from the usual image one associates with a visit to a doctor's studio.
The collaboration between Ribbon Yachts and Vripack has resulted in to a new masterpiece, called; Ribbon 45 SC. A planing high speed cruiser designed for every day use.
The Timmelsjoch is the deepest, non-glaciated indentation in the main Alpine ridge between the Reschen Pass and the Brenner Pass. A road, once a mule track, links the Passeiertal valley and the Ötztal valley.
A private residence built in the center of a historic avenue and at the very heart of Haifa's French Carmel neighborhood. The avenue is studded with a number of residences designed in the Bauhaus style.
Delood in association with Casaviva and Living Divani is hosting its first international product design competition, "DESIGN FOR A CHANGING WORLD".
Hôtel Americano reflects the spirit of Latin culture while encompassing a variety of international influences. The 10-story building, designed by award-winning Mexican architect Enrique Norten, is a glass structure
Obscura Digital is an expanding and well-recognized immersive and interactive media company with a cutting-edge artistic ethos. This project called for innovative architectural strategies to transform a typical office building into an artistic design and production headquarters.
The theme for the new UXUS office’s décor is inspired by the rich visual world of Fables. Both the fairytale location of its Art-Nouveau/Neo-Gothic office tower at the crossing of two major canals in central Amsterdam...
Angelo Katsapis was born in Melbourne, Australia from Greek descent; both parents are from Sparta, Greece. Bachelor of Arts in fashion with honours at the royal Melbourne institute of technology. 18 years industry experience starting career in dispatch...
Villa Veth is a modern, customized villa, a private residence for a family of four. It is situated on a large parcel of land by a forest near the idyllic town of Hattem in the eastern part of the Netherlands. The driveway on the entrance side leads to a carport situated below the house.
In summer 2011 Berlin-based jewellery designer, Christian Koban, hired Studio Kattentidt to design a shop and showroom of the same name for his latest collection of jewellery, accessories and leather products.
Chosen over two other firms, Sid Lee Architecture and Sid Lee’s Amsterdam atelier were mandated to create the new Red Bull Amsterdam headquarters. The company agreed to settle in the North side of Amsterdam’s port area, in a site evocative of both an artistic street culture...
Daisy Balloon is balloon artist Rie Hosokai (born 1976) and art director/graphic designer Takashi Kawada (born 1976). Making the world their stage, this balloon unit travels the globe to exhibit their art.
Kengo Kuma & Associates has recently completed the Casalgrande Old House an intervention to an existing farmhouse within the countryside of Reggio Emilia, Italy. Below you will find a description of the project by Kengo Kuma & Associates:
The design for the Amir Building arises directly from the challenge of providing several floors of large, neutral, rectangular galleries within a tight, idiosyncratic, triangular site. The solution is to “square the triangle” by constructing the levels on different axes ...
Located in the breathtaking Dovrefjell National Park north of Oslo and designed by Snohetta Architects, we find a beautiful (to say the least) shelter. This small building was commissioned by the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Foundation and is meant as a sanctuary for reindeer watching.
The Shadow House is a new build private house in Camden, North London. It has won a 2011 RIBA Award, Best small house of the year award at the British Homes Award 2011, received a commendation at the 2011 NLA Awards and was longlisted for the Manser Medal.
My.A Jewellery is a newly launched collection of jewellery pieces that have been individually designed and handcrafted by Myrto Anastasopoulou. Myrto`s pieces follow a fluid, sculptural aesthetic where shapes and curves interact in structured gracefulness...
This urban residence, set in the heart of Tel Aviv was designed for a fashion designer and owner of a boutique and brand bearing her name – Jerry. The building was designed as tribute to and a reflection of Jerry's precise and meticulous design language.
New York-based fashion & art photographer Tomaas’ Plastic Fantastic series of images definitely rock!!! The model is staged with various plastic everyday items that all of us are using such as straws, tubing, platters, and bottles.
This exciting hotel pairs the legendary hospitality of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group with the inimitable character that has made Barcelona one of Europe’s foremost travel destinations.
A Calvinist essentiality that recalls diaphanous, diffuse, pervasive lights in sharp contrast black and white, and rigorous geometry where very little space is left indeterminate or uncertain.
The UNOSTO group was founded in May 2011 as a base for the promotion of new Czech jewelry. UNOSTO would like to participate on a refreshing debate about contemporary jewelry in both Czech and international context through exhibition projects...
During the fifth edition of the yearly Dutch Fashion Awards held in The Hague, Conny Groenewegen was the winner. Conny Groenewegen impressed the jury with her ‘soft tech’ knitwear label CG, which according to the jury shows a perfect balance between traditional craftsmanship and innovation.
The reconstruction of the Halandri showroom is the fulfilment of the 37 year history of the Deloudis organization. In this space, the kitchens of the Boffi company actively participate in the main area of the house...
Tribal DDB Amsterdam is a highly ranked digital marketing agency and part of DDB international, worldwide one of the largest advertising offices. i29 interior architects designed their new offices for about 80 people.
The house is a row-house nested within the dense urban fabric of the city. The proportions of the plots and strict restrictions on neighborhood planning defined the positioning and proportions of the house.
The new project by Sandra Tarruella Interioristas is the chiringuito Pez Vela, at the base of the W Hotel in Barcelona. A chiringuito is a casual beach restaurant, and the Pez Vela is intentionally informal, youthful and fresh – an especially enjoyable place in summertime.
Graduated at Les Ateliers École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Matali Crasset is industrial designer of formation. In agreement with one of her emblematic objects, the column of hospitality "When Jim goes to Paris"...
Back in the 1950s and 60s, architect Gerrit Rietveld and his contemporaries made quite a stir in the quite village of Bergeyk, near Eindhoven. It all started when Weverij de Ploeg, a weaving mill inspired by socialist ideals and one of the leading actors in Dutch design during the postwar period ...
The exhibition “Rapport. Experimental Spatial Structures” offers new insights into the interdisciplinary approach of the internationally acclaimed architectural office J. Mayer H. For the first time, the team has developed a walk-in installation for the museum’s 10-metre high entrance area.
Merus underwent a transition from a premium artisanal cult wine, to a true luxury product of the highest level. UXUS was commissioned to create an experience where customers are enveloped in the excellence and complexity of the Merus brand. The objective was to create a Winery that ...
Essential Eames explores the classic yet contemporary educational philosophies of Charles and Ray Eames through an intimate look at their films, exhibitions, presentations, and former staff members' recollections.
ANYthing goes and whatEVER is possible in this fast-paced 21st century, high-pitched, super-energised, electrifying series of video installations that is ANY-EVER, the latest show by Ryan Trecartin in collaboration with Lizzie Fitch.
Markus Jehs and Jürgen Laub studied industrial design at the Hochshcule für Gestaltung Schwäebisch Gmuend, cemented their friendship during an internship in New York and began Jehs+Laub in 1994.
At the beginning of the year 2010 A1 Architects started designing grand attic loft in Prague. It was a new challenge for them to deal with almost "boundless" space for living according to their previous experience focused mainly on small scale.
Tomas Saraceno's installations shatter traditional concepts relating to place, time, gravity and traditional ideas as to what constitutes architecture. His works are utopian and invite the viewer to play a part in their impact on a particular space, as they reach up to the sky and down to the ground.
Iris van Herpen creates a new direction of couture that combines fine handwork techniques with futuristic digital technology. The essence of van Herpen is expressing the character and emotions of a unique woman and to extend the shape of the feminine body in detail.
At times, the simplest form with least manipulation from its original form can offer visual amenities and adapted solution to the context. California Roll prefabricated house takes this methodology to create its morphological adaptation to its environment: desert.
On Lusk Alley in San Francisco's South of Market district, a 1917 smokehouse and meat-processing facility has been renovated to become Twenty Five Lusk. The 265-seat new American restaurant and bar is an unexpected gem in the urban fabric. CCS Architecture crafted the two-level space...
The old local market of Ferreries, after falling into disuse for several years, has been restored and extended to become the new Cultural Center of this neighborhood. The main old nave of Ferreries market it's preserved and through its extension a new transition space is ...
The Pitched Roof House evolved from a strict interpretation of planning codes that require new houses to have pitched roofs. The new house reinterprets the traditional pitched roof. Unlike a traditional pitched roof, we proposed a series of triangles that not only pitch up ...
The home is located in a 250m2 18th century warehouse with a panoramic view over the city. The interior of the loft situated in an old sugar warehouse built 1763, had remained in its original state for almost 250 years...
A few months shy of his 80th birthday and today Gerhard Richter is being celebrated as the greatest painter of our time with an impressive retrospective at the Tate Modern in London. Curated by Nicholas Serota with Mark Godfrey and Amy Dickson ...
The London based Benjamin Hubert studio was founded in 2007 and specialises in industrial design across furniture, lighting and product sectors, working with international manufacturers throughout Europe.
Hailed simultaneously as a provocateur, prankster, and tragic poet of our times, Maurizio Cattelan has created some of the most unforgettable images in recent contemporary art.
The apartment is located in a block of flats in Constanta, directly on the Romanian seacoast of the Black Sea. It was the priming intention of having a beautiful open space with a continuous "sea coast feeling".
The first impression that Sandra Tarruella Interioristas meant to create when entering restaurant Mordisco [Bite] was that of being “at home”. For that purpose, the renovation of this old residential building in Barcelona’s district of Eixample, close to Paseo de Gracia, where a family used to live...
Cate Parr is a fashion illustrator born and educated in England. Currently living in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. For Cate, inspiration comes from many places such as Ealing Studios, French and Italian Cinema, couture design, along with music, photography, theatre and dance.
The project emerged out of The Oregon Manifest design challenge, and brings together a collaboration between a custom bike builder and a global design houses to rethink bicycle design for a new generation. Fuseproject partnered with local bike builder, Sycip, to create the ultimate utility bicycle.
The Groninger Museum presents the exhibition entitled Studio Job & the Groninger Museum. The exhibition displays the world-famous designs of Studio Job, which consists of Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel.
The house for a family with two children is situated on a former hillside vineyard that had remained undeveloped. On the northern slope of the hill adjoining a non-developable zone, the house is surrounded by large old trees.
BEVEL means to meet at an angle other than a right angle, or the slant thus formed. The philosopher, Joseph Campbell wrote that there are only two myths - the hero's quest, and the hero's journey home.
Zaha Hadid Architects were commissioned to create this unique concept which takes its inspiration from the power of water as a transforming element and which will bring the Roca London Gallery to life.
Together with festivals, street actions, and musical events, artists’ editions played an essential role in Fluxus, an network of artists that emerged in the early 1960s in the United States, Europe, and Japan.
The conversion of an empty volume to a living space can be as challenging as a complete building structure considering the level of difficulty dictated by existing restrictions and constraints.
A private family residence situated in an urban environment. In essence, the house is a closed, white box, devoid of any decorative or ornamental elements. Within the "box", long, horizontal lines have been opened which connected the house to its surroundings and ...
Hailing from the career-making Design Academy in Eindhoven, Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk are the latest real-life couple to join forces in the studio for Bernhardt Design.
The Scaffold Lights are born from the concept of light structures and flexible skins. Geometric metal wire frames support and pull elastic skins into organic shapes, creating contrasts of material and form, which is further highlighted when the lamps are switched on.
Christophe Pillet is a French designer who has won international acclaim for the spectrum and quality of his creations. Architecture, objects, furniture, art direction: his signature is invariably associated with the finest brands and projects of...
In the middle of picturesque nature in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bavaria, the Upper Bavarian native construction style with its typical dark wooden windows and gabled roofs dominates the architectural landscape.
Admirer of National Geographic magazine and nostalgic for legendary designers like Charles Eames, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Van de Rohe, Trosman takes distance from the classic methodology of a fashion designer.
This group of food designers have been a hot topic on the scene in London recently. At London Design Festival, they held a session of creative cappuccino at the Illy Galleria with guests including Marcel Wanders.
The UK’s leading minimalist, John Pawson, and Swarovski Crystal Palace have created a spectacular installation in the Geometric Staircase of St Paul’s Cathedral to reveal a new perspective of this architectural masterpiece and the genius of Sir Christopher Wren.
In 1948, following the separation of the Punjab between India and Pakistan, the Indian Prime Minister, Nehru, sought out to do something unprecedented. He selected Le Corbusier to build him a brand new Punjabi capital on the location of a small...
The Ozone Bar designed by Wonderwall is located on the top 15 floors of the International Commerce Center (ICC) in Kowloon, the new Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, which will be the world’s tallest hotel.
The Reddress is designed by Aamu Song and produced by The Finnish Institute in London, featuring an installation and performance space in the form of a vast, red dress. This London Design Festival Reddress hosted a series of evening concerts and daytime events at the ...
Mark Parker’s office on Nike campus in Portland, Oregon, is full of stuff. Seriously full. It’s optic overload when you first walk in. It’s not exactly the office you’d expect a top CEO to have...
I have always been a fan of the Dutch,in every aspect of design and architecture and they never seem to disappoint me, this time its a very cool house by VMX Architects called Sodae House.
The Cité de l’Océan et du Surf is a museum that explores both surf and sea and their role upon our leisure, science and ecology. The design by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião is the winning scheme from an international competition.
It may come as a surprise to find a flourishing catholic monastery in the midst of an industrial city like Duisburg. The urban district of Hamborn is, however, rather different from the ones dominated by withering heavy industry.
3XNs design for Danish Law Firm Horten’s new head office reflects the duality between the classic and the modern, combining solidity with an advanced choice of materials that express the profile of Horten’s practice.
Fairmont Penthouse is a 6400 square foot residence on two levels the 47th and 48th plus a roof deck on 49 of the Fairmont Building in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Below you will find a description from Robert Bailey...
Polymorphic is a kinetic installation utilizing an innovative design and engineering solution inspired by the simple kinetic action of a see-saw and the reverberating motion of a Slinky. The design is comprised of a double-sided bench which transforms through a series of 119 unique and ...
The winner of the most prestigious talent scouting event, the Who is on Next competition, held by Italian Vogue and Alta Roma, is Greek designer, Angelos Bratis. Previous winners include such names as Nicholas Kirkwood and Tommaso Aquilano.
Like a « phantom », silent and insidious, the soft protean curves of the mezzanine level float above the dinner guests, covering the space with a surface that bends and undulates. Behind the columns of the east facade of the Opera Garnier, the restaurant is located in a place where...
Spiros Halaris is a graphic design graduate from Middlesex University although Illustration has since won his heart. He works with various techniques using collages, hand drawn as well as digital elements. Most of his images embrace emotions, human elements and fashion.
This luxurious apartment, located close to the Colosseo area, has been reorganized through a complete and detailed design project. The owner's main need of opening the space toward the outside landscape, generated a design characterized by light and airy rooms.
Atelier Mecanic (Mechanical Workshop) is a bar made of 1950 to 1970 industrial relics, salvaged leftovers, graphics and original furniture. It is a take on the industrialization of the country during communism.
For the seventh year running, Sotheby’s are once again holding an extraordinary selling exhibition of sculpture, now on view at Chatsworth. Arguably one of the most important stately homes in England, Chatsworth is the seat of the Dukes of Devonshire and it is a ...
The Sixth Order Installation by Michael Hansmeyer opens at the Gwangju Design Biennale 2011. The installation engages the main theme of the Biennale 'dogadobisando' (design is design is not design) by presenting not a designed object...
Architectural thinking can “set” spatial experiences that incorporate very strong deeper intentions, extending the limits beyond the building’s material substance between the familiar and the experimental, the organized and the imaginary, the...
This design proposal for two vacation homes for two brothers and their families on one plot of land in upstate New York represents an examination of a curious part to whole relationship.
A cosmopolitan arrangement with hints of refined technology veiled in mysticism. Experimental research, a re-elaboration of Japanese and western design styles, a mix of poetry, dreaminess,harmony and spirituality, in a minimal art key.
Raf Simons, the creative talent behind the Jil Sanders line, is a busy man and also an extremely private person. Spending 110 days per year in Milan for Sanders as well as producing his own line, it comes as no surprise to learn that he has a sanctuary to return to as his base.
The Ghost collection by Studio Drift is a futuristic concept of a chair, a 3D image captured within the boundaries of its outer shell. But with today’s technologies the impossible can be simulated. The chairs are handmade with the best materials and specialists from Europe.
Grégoire Alexandre approach is founded essentially upon commissioned photographic works within which he strives to explore their constraints and to question their limits. His predilection for eclecticism results in his undertaking various projects, in fashion, still life ...
The city of Lodz located in the centre of Poland is one of three biggest cities in the country. Before the World War II a highly prospering city with lots of industries, now is troubled with poverty and social problems. Although it has high aspirations to be a cultural oriented city of artist and students.
The 5th edition of Exactitudes is out. Photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek have worked together since October 1994. Inspired by a shared interest in the striking dress codes of various social groups, they have systematically documented numerous identities over the last 16 years.
Connecting the three storey internal volume is a glazed void, a room within a room, drawing through fresh air, light and the open elements. At its base a pond mirrors the sky and cools convecting air.
Based off the novel Austerlitz, by W.G. Sebald, this thesis explored the potentials of narrative in architecture. Through analysis of Sebald's provocative writing style and taste for melancholy and mystery, a project revealing the forgotten tunnels of Antwerp's 1970's metro project...
The Deloudis company, the first to introduce ‘to design’, the contemporary design furniture into Greece, have always, from the outset of their development, combined good taste and elegance with an innovative look.
The idea for Blitz originated a year ago with a shared passion for the beauty of vintage motorcycles of three friends from Paris. Fred, Hugo and Leo restored and modified old bikes for friends, streamlining them and creating ergonomic machines with sleek lines and ultimate performance.
Spanish born (1972), Txema Yeste, began his career as a reporter after completing his photographic studies in Barcelona and Birmingham. His stunning pictures are the combination of high- end technique, a sophisticated imaginary world and a perfectionist eye.
How should an architect’s office be? The architect’s office as a project has repeatedly been a field of discussion for architectural competitions and theoretical approaches. Excluding the "mental space" which is the most important part and can be housed everywhere ...
Giorgio Busnelli is the son of the founder Piero Ambrogio Busnelli and after attending The School of Management of the Bocconi University in Milan, Busnelli joined B&B Italia in 1973 as assistant to the Production Manager...
Delood Library presents the Olivetti Showroom designed by Carlo Scarpa in the late 1950's. Adriano Olivetti commissioned Scarpa to design a display space for his Olivetti products.
In the Lumen series the topic of investigation is light itself. It is a lifetime project in which various aspects of light are explored in several bodies of work. Michael’s aim is to let light reveal itself. Luminescence, primarily investigates light using electroluminescent (EL) wire. .
21_21 Design Sight is pleased to announce a new exhibition, Irving Penn and Issey Miyake: Visual Dialogue opening to the public on September 16, 2011. The exhibition will focus on the collaborative work of legendary photographer, Irving Penn and...
“We have found a place which is extraordinary. A place which is definitely our dream and perhaps yours too…” It is with these words that Cyrille Regottaz and Corrado Agusta came to meet Philippe Starck.
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) was a famous American photographer of German origin. In the 1930s, he published collages mocking Adolf Hitler. In 1936, he emigrated to Paris. With the German occupation, he was interned in a concentration camp in 1940 because he was Jewish.
The 100 square meter residential home is located in Old Jaffa. Its location is unique in that it is set above the harbor, facing west with all of its openings facing the majestic splendor of the Mediterranean Sea.
Since April 2010, when Tecno Spa asset changed having D. Academy, company controlled by Giuliano Mosconi, acquired 60% of the company’s shares, the potential development of the company received a strong impulse.
Amanruya is located on the southeastern Aegean coast of Turkey, on the northern coast of the Bodrum Peninsula in Mandalya Bay. Named after the Sanskrit word for peace, ‘aman’, and the Turkish word for dream, ‘ruya’...
The american jewelry designer, just released his resort 2012 lookbook, and the artistic element is so impressive that takes us to a surreal dreamworld.
Through the past year Soulland has been working on a special project, which is now ready to be revealed, and they couldn’t be more proud about that. Soulland has designed a postage stamp for the Danish postal service, Post Danmark.
Montblanc House is a house for a family of four: the young couple running the shop, their 3 year-old girl, and their newborn. The site, surrounded by neighboring houses in 3 directions, is in a quiet residential area.
Alter is a project for an alternative fashion store. Sonja Long, the owner, had a vision out of the main stream, a vision about inverted values, alternative beauties and subverted point of views. Despite the appearance actually Shanghai is a very conservative city...
Rodarte and Opening Ceremony presented their collaborative Fall Winter 2011 lookbook shot by frequent Rodarte collaborator Autumn de Wilde. The lower-priced collection itself was inspired by the Nordic romance of Scandinavia and mixes billowy silk...
During a live performance to music, designer Paul Cocksedge will be heating and moulding old LPs to give them new life as vinyl speakers that amplify music from smartphones. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own 12” record to see it transformed into a unique object.
Truly cool rock stars travel without much fanfare, preferring a low-key style to the predictable flash. Chambers Eat+Drink, the new restaurant and lounge at San Francisco’s iconic rock n’ roll hotel, the Phoenix...
“Sumahan on the Water” a newly restored nineteenth century Ottoman distillery opened its doors as a hotel in 2005. Sumahan on the Water is a rare example of thoughtful, historical transformation in Istanbul.
Containers tell the world how well or how poorly the global economy is doing. Empty container ships indicate a downturn; fully loaded container ships—or orders for new, even bigger ships—are euphoriant symbols of better times.
Tron, a cult film from 1982, takes place in two parallel universes: the real and the virtual. Through a laser that converts real people into pixels, the world of Tron appears like a strange foreign world without sun, where androids live surrounded by 3D landscapes.
A.P.C. has opened a new store on rue Royale in the 7th arrondissement in Paris. Located next to Dior, Gucci and Chanel, l’Atelier de Production et Creation (A.P.C.) is a beautiful boutique spread over two floors.
Architects of mode:lina have completed an apartment designed for guests visiting the Poznań International Fair. This specific customer defines the nature of this apartment - at the crossroads of hotel features and relaxed homely atmosphere.
The Interactive Light Objects are the result of a project that was designed in order to show the interaction between human & object. As the designer Viktor Alexander Kölbig, explains “the result should be objects that are more intuitive in use on the one side...
The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is one of the few Natural Science Institutes where the public experience is directly related to in house scientific research, done in the same building, since its foundation.
Heatherlands is a substantial addition to an existing house, built in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the Dorset Devon border. It responds carefully to the folding of the landscape and roof pitches of the existing house...
George Stavrinos (1948–1990) created artwork that was characterized by its strong draftmanship, and as a fashion artist, he created an arresting new look that set the pace for his contemporaries and still continues to be an influence.
In her newest collection, which debuted at Amsterdam International Fashion Week on Thursday, July 13, designer Winde Rienstra demonstrated her fascination for structure and space.
Yong Joo Kim is a young Korean artist who has gained international acclaim with her creations of jewelry which can only be described as wearable artwork. After a background of working with precious stones she turned her attention to textiles...
The exhibition, which was first shown at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam, curated by José Teunissen and Han Nefkens, will being reshaped for Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg by José Teunissen and Annelie Lütgens, curator of Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
After her resounding success of her in Casa Cor’s 2008 edition, Fernanda Marques now presents her 2009 version of her Loft 24/7. This time, in the form of a spacious bungalow, of about 250m²...
Marina Bay Sands Hotel consists of three unique hotel towers crowned by the magnificent Sands SkyPark. With over 2,500 rooms and suites, Marina Bay Sands Hotel is the biggest hotel in Singapore. The rooms offer views of the South China Sea or Marina Bay and the Singapore skyline.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents the first major UK exhibition of sculpture and drawings by Jaume Plensa, with new and recent work displayed in the Underground Gallery and surrounding landscape.
This house for an artist includes the street level of an existing small house. It now houses the entry hall, a family room and a kitchen; the living-room and the stairway are in the extension to the building.
The art duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have created a vast exhibition featuring a specially designed block of flats, an abandoned funfair ride and numerous other elements.
The 12th Istanbul Biennial, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and sponsored by Koç Holding, is set for 17 September–13 November 2011, under the curatorship of Adriano Pedrosa and Jens Hoffmann.
The plot is located at the island of Paros in the Cyclades. It has orientation in the big side South-western with view to the sea. The project concerns a summer house with hostels and a pool. The place of the residence is to benefit of the view to the Aegean Sea.
Parisian-based Maison Michel has been perfecting the art of headwear since 1936. Founded by French milliner Auguste Michel, the atelier is now owned by Chanel, under the creative leadership of Chanel accessories and jewelry designer, Laetitia Crahay.
The Hedonist and Mazokist are the unique bespoke luxury yachts, designed and crafted by the Art of Kinetik. Their aim: "a quest to realise an ideal, to craft a vision, to create the ultimate balance between Art and Performance"
On the left banks of the river Iller a new, highly efficient hydro – electric powerstation substituted an older powerstation from the Fifties by now supporting approximately 3000 households with 10,5 million kilowatt – hours of environmentally friendly power per year.
Christian Wijnants was born in Brussels in 1977. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, in 2000, Wijnants worked with designers including Dries van Noten and Angelo Tarlazzi;
Melvin the Machine appears to be a device like no other. It could be described as a Rube Goldberg machine, a machine which operates via a chain reaction function, but Melvin is certainly far more complex.
The new exhibition at the HangarBicocca Foundation is dedicated to the Thai artist Surasi Kusolwong, whom realizes a spectacular site-specific installation in the Shed, the initial part of the big space of the Hangar.
Located in the Rue Charonne, a stone’s throw away from Bastille. Welcome to South Bastille where restaurants, organic shops, store concepts, specialized book stores are blooming. Young designers meet here, young chefs open their restaurants, you can cruise around and meet your friends.
The Solo Houses concept is enough to make any architecture enthusiast in search of a new experience fantasize: Collections of eight or ten unique 200m2 vacation homes, each designed by some of the most exciting architects of today’s young international guard.
In summer 2011, art and fashion meet at the Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec through works by the designer Ying Gao. The exhibition Ying Gao: Art, Fashion and Technology presents a dozen pieces that include three series of interactive...
The latest member of Design Hotel in Thailand, Casa de La Flora, the 36 cube-shaped villas located in Khao Lak, brings a modern edge to this palm tree beach of Phangnga province. Designed by VaSLab Architecture, commissioned in 2008 by one of leading Thai businessmen ...
Ai Weiwei – Interlacing is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by Ai Weiwei. It foregrounds Ai Weiwei the communicator – the documenting, analyzing, interweaving artist who communicates via many channels.
In the heart of Berlin on the Museum Island, with view on the cathedral and the ‘Lustgarten’, the world of the Humboldt-Box awaits you with a vision of the future along with a highly interesting function.
Visiting Venice and furthermore the Biennale, is a difficult way to make a living, but someone has to do it. So with heavy hearts, Kostadinos and Myself decided to go there and see whats going on this year, and this is how it went.
The task which Coop Himmelb(l)au had to solve with their design was to create a space with 300 seats (or 700 standing spectators) for experimental performances of the Bavarian State Opera.
The dialogue and collaboration between Philippe Chapelet, Patrick Elouarghi and Matali Crasset started in 2005. They all decided to push the contemporary experience a bit further with Dar HI a new concept of hospitality and serenity.
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 is designed by world-renowned Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This year’s Pavilion is the 11th commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind.
Born in Saga, Japan in 1967. After worked under Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, established his own studio, Tokujin Yoshioka Design in 2000. Tokujin has collaborated with various noted companies in and outside Japan such as Hermes, Swarovski...
Yes! Hotels are delighted to announce their exciting new hotel project in an exclusive partnership with award-winning Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers, New Hotel. Due to open in the heart of Athens by summer 2011, New Hotel is a renovation of the former Olympic Palace Hotel in Plaka.
The Groninger Museum presents the exhibition Material World. Art, design, fashion. It shows work of eight artists, designers and fashion designers in whose work the use of materials as well as the experimental study of materials plays a major role.
The Elies resort is an example of the trend in luxurious holiday destinations and since its inauguration in 2004 it has grown in popularity and remains an example of contemporary Greek architecture and interior design.
A city is a cosmos, a site for social encounters and cohabitation. A museum is a vision machine that challenges our senses, thoughts, and felt opinions. The public, you, is a barometer of the world. You mould as much as you receive.
There are buildings that are more easily photographed than others. Not because they are necessarily better designed, but because they seem to display themselves well, as if they knew how to work the camera as a fashion model does.
A significant cultural, architectural and touristic evolution of the urban fabric of one of the world’s most iconic and timelessly beautiful cities has occurred with the opening of the first luxury lifestyle hotel in Jerusalem and Israel: Mamilla Hotel.
Like a crystal growing from rock, a dramatic structure emerges from the ground. The Villa, Daniel Libeskind’s first signature series home, creates a new dialogue between contemporary living and a completely new experience of space.
This project originates in the architecture plan of the Transparent Japanese House, first presented in 2002. The idea has been developed into a transparent teahouse, an architecture project incorporating a symbolic Japanese cultural image.
Kenoa - Exclusive Beach Spa & Resort is located on Brazil’s stunning northeastern coast, caressed by an emerald-colored, seemingly infinite ocean and miles of pristine white beach. Its position just nine degrees south of the equator ensures year-round summer temperatures.
Arnhem Mode Biennale for a brief spell opens the door to the fantasy world that is called fashion. This fourth edition is a true exploration of the three main locations in the historical Dutch city (including the Museum for Modern Art) that each shows a different side of fashions wonderful persona.
This summer, the Museum of Arts and Design is proud to present David Bowie, Artist, a multi-platform retrospective re-framing Bowie’s daring, multi-discipline career as that of an artist working primarily in performance.
Former Dutch government employee and the look for unique frames was the beginning of the Ralph Vaessen brand. Sophisticated eyewear of exceptional quality, these “contemporary classics” are sold in exclusive stores worldwide...
Studio Daniel Libeskind served as a design consultant to Adamson Associates to design the retail and public space complex on the main Las Vegas strip as part of the MGM MIRAGE's City Center construction project.
“The most resistant element is neither cement, nor wood, nor stone, nor steel, nor glass. The most resistant material in construction is art.” Gio Ponti
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906. Following his graduation from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in 1943, Johnson designed some of America’s greatest modern architectural landmarks.
Both are undoubted world stars: the American artist Frank Stella, who has used painting since the 1960s as a medium to pierce the surrounding space, and the Spanish engineer and architect Santiago Calatrava...
Planted within the lush green of Balinese rice terraces, the Alila Villas Soori is the first luxury boutique resort in West Bali. Designed with Singapore based SCDA architects at the helm, the 48 Villas are exquisite, representing the finest in luxury while enabling the most complete relaxation.
The architectural project of this photography studio, specialized in food photos, emerged from an internal competition held at StudioMK27. The team was divided into 3 groups that worked on the development of different ideas for one day.
The 1990s witnessed that installation art become an emergent form of expression in the post-modern art world. This is reflected in the National Museum's collection. Installation art arose through, among other things, the historical avant-garde's anti-aesthetic artistic vision early in the twentieth century.
Oki Sato aka Nendo was born in Toronto, Canada in 1977. He studied Architecture at the Waseda University in Tokyo and on graduating in 2002, he established "Nendo" office in Tokyo. In 2005 he established the "Nendo" Milan office.
Sharing the unlimited possibilities of glass is both the vision and the true value of the Shanghai Museum of Glass. After exploring dozens of museums around the world, the Museum’s founding committee invited...
A one bedroom vacation house, designed by architect, Dimitris Rizos and interior designer Marilena Rizou, for a big family who owns more than one summer houses on the island. A place of tranquility and relaxation for two which can at the same time host a great dinner party for the whole family and friends.
The Felix Nussbaum Haus originally designed by Daniel Libeskind, completed in the summer of 1998, was his first completed project. The new extension also designed by Libeskind opened in May 2011 and provides an entrance hall with museum shop as well as learning center.
The monumental white building on Amsterdam’s Da Costakade was originally constructed in 1901 as a storage space for a wine company, before being converted into a parish in 1932 named De Liefde (‘The Love’).
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Rodarte: States of Matter, the first West Coast solo exhibition of the work of fashion and costume designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte.
The architect who have mostly influenced my work is Mies van der Rohe. I have always admired his use of clean lines and consistent palette of materials in order to create spaces of pure minimalism.
Hotel Sezz Saint-Tropez is following the success of Hotel Sezz in Paris which opened in 2005, hotelier Shahé Kalaidjian and designer Christophe Pillet, have joined forces again to transport their vision from the City of Lights to the French Riviera. Although distinctly different in look and feel ...
This summer, Tate Modern will bring together new images of Afghanistan taken by British photographer Simon Norfolk (b.1963) alongside those taken by the nineteenth-century Irish photographer John Burke (1843-1900).
Two old traditional buildings were joined in the old community in Triantaros village in Tinos in order to create a stone house with a special architectural concept. The areas were shaped according to the family’s needs without losing any of the old building’s ambience and air of mysticism.
The interior design for the new Puma House Tokyo, located in the city's Aoyama design district. Puma House Tokyo combines the brand's press room and event space into one space for the first time.
Piero Lissoni studied Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and on graduating in 1985, he began collaborating as designer and Art Director with furniture manufacturers Boffi, Living Divani and Porro.
Every Spring in the South of France, the ‘International Fashion and Photography Festival’ spotlights young promising artists in the fields of fashion and photography. The festival proposes diverse exhibitions, professional panel discussions and two competitions.
"Metropol Parasol", the Redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon in Seville, designed by J. MAYER H. architects, becomes the new icon for Seville, - a place of identification and to articulate Seville's role as one of the world´s most fascinating cultural destinations.
The clients' top priority was to gain the feeling of maximum security in their future house, which determined the building's outlook and performance. The house took the form of a cuboid in which parts of the exterior walls are movable.
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Art in the Streets, the first major U.S. museum exhibition on the history of graffiti and street art, April 17 through August 8, 2011, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
Just a stone’s throw from the port of Mykonos stands the residence designed by architect, Dimitris Rizos and interior designer by Marilena Rizou . More than just a celebrated tourist destination, Mykonos is also the home of some 10.000 residents and accordingly, this home was designed as a residence for all seasons.
Yves is a designer who clearly has a vision, if I had to place him somewhere within the designer spectrum, I think I would have to create a place just for him. His approach to design is heavily defined by innovation, technology, and industrial...
Funky, restless or reckless ... whatever you wish to label it, the Fashion Factory is out to cause a stir. 1100 m2 of stylish fashion pieces, trendy jeans and hip outfits await the young fashionista (and fashionisto) in the heart of the Kempen.
Andreas Eberharter, goldsmith and sculptor, founded And-I label in 2001 in which his works have been shown in fashion shows internationally from Tokyo to San Paolo, to Paris and New York.
Check out our short clip of some of the most renowned design companies during last month's design fair. From via Durini for B&B to via Manzoni for Sawaya & Moroni, right down to Via Savona for Cassina and of course a jump next door to via...
The site is surrounded by pine trees on an isolated estate that began being built in the seventies, near the town of Benicassim in Castellon, Spain. What really stands out about its location is the views. The plot, with its steep slopes and irregular geometry, is situated on top of a hill in Montornes ...
The concept is holistic, with every element of the project telling a common story and coming together to create an inspirational yet laid-back atmosphere, perfectly suited to the site.
George Vamvakidis and Stathis Panagoulis inaugurated the Breeder in November 2002, with the presentation of a solo show by British artist Jim Lambie. The gallery represents a core group young artists.
A man that needs no introduction, Marcel Wanders was kind enough to take some time out off his very busy schedule and have a conversation with us. As we walked into Moooi's showroom in Via Tortona 37, it was clear that what we see in their products...
Trap Light is the result of an exciting collaboration between Gionata Gatto (Pedalator, Urban Buds) and Mike Thompson (Latro, Blood Lamp), proposing a radical new approach to lighting design.
Designed by Ensamble Studio, Hemeroscopium house is true example of architects having fun. This structure took a year to engineer but only 7 days to build! Made completely of prefabricated elements the construction process reminds us of a child...
The company’s long research project restores stability to Franco Albini’s iconic bookcase. An audacious challenge to the laws of physics: “Veliero” is the legendary bookcase that Franco Albini designed and had made for his house in Via De Togni,...
His philosophy is based upon his love for classical forms. In his search for contemporary elegance, he aims to create a truly alternative urban style with interesting shapes, quality tailoring and experimental combinations of fabrics and textures.
The purity, non-colour, transparency and fluidity of Junya Ishigami’s design style juxtaposed with theclean, clear lines and bright colours of Piero Lissoni. A cosmopolitan arrangement with hints of refined technology veiled in mysticism.
Art-Athina continues its exemplary mission of promoting contemporary artistic creation, making a keenly-anticipated return with its 17th edition. Art-Athina 2011 will take place on 12-15 May at the Faliro Pavilion, widely regarded as the perfect venue for the event.
The architects were influenced by the plains of Larisa, which they remember as an earthy rectangular puzzle. This is expressed in the geometrical lines of the building and the regularity of garden...
Once again, Kartell had one of the most superbly imaginative stands. References to the travelling Circus Theatres of the past and the beloved pop aesthetics of the company became an ideal setting for the presentation of their products.
The MDF Italia exhibit space, conceived for the 50th anniversary of the SaloneInternazionale del mobile is a space with strong architectural distinctive features; a location where to bring out the products as a whole: the newest proposals together...
This March the Moon has made its closest approach to the Earth in 19 years, which is known as a phenomenon so-called supermoon. "MOON" is the chair as if sculpted from this beautiful rounded shape of the Moon.
Starting from an underdog position in the Milan Design Week, Ventura Lambrate 2011 immediately turned into the must-see design district in Milan for the period of the Salone, with a strong selection of 21 of the most interesting exhibitions.
Hermès has thrown open its doors and invited the designers Enzo Mari, Antonio Citterio and the RDAI studio (Rena Dumas Architecture Intérieure) to chart a new page in its history in the domain of furniture.
Tron designs Corian, is an exhibition taking place in Zona Tortona were Walt Disney studios have collaborated with Corain© to create the project called 'safe house'. It is a collaboration of various designers and design studios which have come...
What is beautiful today is ugly tomorrow and what was ugly yesterday is beautiful today. I would say that what interests me more is charm, an actuality which contains both beauty and ugliness. Charm opens pathways, etches journeys, creates myths,...
For those who are not familiar, Salone Satellite is an exhibition space located in the Fiera del Moblie in which new and young designers get an opportunity to share their designs, and hopefully have them pick up by a producer.
The simplicity of the surrounding environment and the brown & grey color scheme of the area of Karavostasis paired with the clarity of the volumes of the hotel complex led us to design the interior and surrounding spaces with solutions that underline simplicity and elements ...
The traditional white Cycladic house has been an unsurpassed model for the modernistic standards since the beginning of the 20th century. Le Corbusier, when he first visited the Greek isles in 1933, spoke of the "eternal house" and said, "These humble island houses are the archetype of modern architecture".
The Petit Palais offers a new perspective on the work of Charlotte Perriand, revealing for the first time the role of photography in her creative process, acting as both a source of inspiration and a constructive component of her works.
After a renovation project which took over 8 months, the Groninger Museum reopened its doors to the public on Sunday 19 December 2010. The entire building has regained its original lustre and and its colours have been fully restored.
The Shorefast Foundation and the Fogo Island Arts Corporation commissioned Todd Saunders to design a series of six artists’ studios on various Fogo Island locations. The organisation is committed to preserving the Islanders’ traditions and aims at rejuvenating the island through the arts and culture.
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design. His award winning designs include democratic objects such as...
The design of a bathhouse and library for the Safe Haven Orphanage in Ban Tha Yang, Thailand was undertaken by TYIN Tegnestue architects, a non-profit group of 5 young Norwegian graduates whose aim is to...
La Co(o)rniche is a hotel in an extraordinary location. The key landmark in the Pilat-Plage district, the vantage point over the Arcachon basin, backing onto the highest dune in Europe, it is suspended between sea and sky, nestling between sand and pines.
Unveiled in February 2011, Captur is the new concept car embodying Renault’s new design strategy. A sporty crossover with a flowing and athletic body language, it conjures up visions of two people exploring the world and previews a forthcoming road car.
Cassina continues its exploration and research of Le Corbusier’s vast collection of work with a study of creations by the great architect and designer during the 1950s. The company presents four new projects for its “Cassina I Maestri” Collection ...
Jean Nouvel was born in Fumel in 1945 and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. A key protagonist of intellectual debate in France regarding architecture, he was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l’Architecture. The Musée du Quai...
My first approach to design, or rather to architecture, was through painting. As a child I wanted to become a painter and it was my painting teacher who at some point suggested I should become an architect. Architecture, then, for me was something...
Mark Deweer, founder of both DEWEER gallery and a carpet factory, merged the two passions that defined his life and created ‘Art of the Loom’, a stunning collection of 32 exclusive tapestries made by reputed artists from Belgium and abroad.
In 2001, top chef Gert Jan Hageman, who had earned a Michelin star in Dutch haute cuisine, found a new direction for his own career and a new purpose for the old greenhouse that belonged to Amsterdam's Municipal Nursery.
Chae Young Kim applies digital media graphics to ordinary objets to design a variety of products. Her works lies the boundaries between digital and analogue, reality and illusion, and art and design.
As a new V&A one-man show opens the Japanese designer reflects on his thirty year career in fashion.The fashion world hardly knew what to make of Yohji Yamamoto's extraordinary alternative vision of fashion when he first showed his clothes...
Apart from being all I can really do for a living it means the creation of economy but what I love about design is that inside it's universe is the creation of 1000 amazing events, be it love, hate, hyporocy or pleasure... its a big world.
In the heart of artistic Venice, a XVI century building overlooking the Canal Grande, next to Palazzo Grassi, hosts the first hotel designed by Philippe Starck in Italy: Palazzina Grassi. Dream, poetry, romanticism and tradition, revised by the ingenious and multi-faceted French designer ...
In this Cycladic village, famous for its local, neoclassical architecture, an old olive press, built towards the end of the 19th century, an exquisite sample of island "industrial" architecture, was chosen as a summer and part ...
Inspired by the endangered aquatic world, Alba Prat created her Universität der Künste graduate collection “Synthetic Ocean” as a statement illustrating the mutations and defense mechanism life forms might have to embrace in order to exist among decay and pollution.
The private residence is situated in the outskirts of Monemvasia, in a high pitch ground with panoramic view to the sea. Residence spaces are organized in three levels (underground floor, ground floor and upper floor) along a corridor which includes the main entrance of the building.
Design is about simplifying and embellishing the daily life tools. No matter who you are you will enjoy better done objects, more accurate and more appropriate to the use the object was created for.
Haider Ackerman is possibly the most talked about name in today’s fashion world. Karl Lagerfield expresses his admiration and rumors have it that he may take over the house of Givenchy.
The fourth exhibition of the Brit Insurance Design Awards celebrates the best of international design in the fields of architecture, fashion, furniture, graphics, interactive, product and transport.
The Guangzhou Opera House was a project undertaken by London based Zahad Hadid Architects. It is part of a larger project for the cultural development of the city, including libraries, museums and other buildings of public interest.
This project involves the conception and design of a new column order based on subdivision processes. It explores how subdivision can define and embellish this column order with an elaborate system of ornament.
The work of Alexander McQueen will be presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A preview of the show, which will run 4 May to 31 July 2011, was unveiled at the Ritz as part of London fashion week.
Architects WORKac worked in close collaboration with the owners over a four year plus period on the design of the White Street Loft apartment redesign. The result is a stunning urban space with multi-functional aspects and light hearted features which fulfill the needs of the four member ...
Deutsche Bank has now a new headquarter in its historic location in Frankfurt. To sign it is the Milanese architect Mario Bellini, who has radically refurbished and renewed the two towers after winning, in December 2006, an international competition...
Born in Romania in 1968 during one of the 20th century’s worst dictatorships, through her architect parents she acquired a taste for the world of art, sculpture and architecture, origins upon which her creations are today founded.
Baartmans & Siegel, introduced new covetable threads such as the interspersion of draped, soft, rounded tailoring amongst the sharp cuts and have experimented with even more tactile fabrications that provoke endless stroking and much luxurious comfort.
Today, Giannis Bournias is one of the most celebrated Greek photographers. He works on behalf of both Greek and foreign magazines and simultaneously, photographs for large advertising campaigns.
Greg Horn is best known for his artwork on Marvel Comic’s titles Elektra, Emma Frost, and She-Hulk. He is currently the regular cover artist on Ms Marvel. In 2008, he will provide cover art for Virgin Comics Shadow Hunter starring Jenna Jameson, and Top Cow Productions Witchblade.
D.A.D Garage is a strange name for a building hidden away in Westchester County, N.Y. which contains one of the most comprehensive collections of luxury cars in the world. If a garage is defined as a place to store cars then this is a garage.
In my profession, the architectural lines, curious shapes and design in general, have always fascinated and formed a source of inspiration for me. However, it is light which allows this inspiration to rise to the surface or prevents it from materializing.
This exhibition at the Medusa Gallery shows the works of two famed 20th century artists, Kostas Koulentianos (1918-1995) and Marios Prasinos (1916-1985) who, in spite of their different academic and social backgrounds...
Both Dimitris and Konstantinos Karampatakis completed their architectural studies at the Bartlett, UCL in London. After gaining valuable and varied work experience with Will Alsop at Alsop Architects, they returned to Athens and set up their own...
Sandra Backlund is a fashion designer with an exam from Beckamans College of Design in Stockholm. She graduated in 2004 and founded her own label the same year. In 2007 Sandra Backlund was the winner of festival international De Mode &...
The building of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation project, designed by one of the world’s most admired architects, Frank Gehry, has been halted.
The recent project to renovate the Galaxy Bar in the Athens Hilton was undertaken by architect Alexandros Tombazis and his Associates. The purpose was to upgrade the interior and terrace areas in a more contemporary style, creating a smoother transition between the two spaces as ...
The new Dali Museum situated on a popular waterfront site in St. Petersburg, Florida, was opened to the public in January, 2011. Designed by HOK Designs, lead by architect Yann Weymouth it was built at a cost of $29.8m and comprises 66.000sqf.over 3 levels.
Stielglitz, Streichen, Strand – a special exhibition of photographs hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York featuring a total of 115 works by the American photographers.
How Wine Became Modern exhibition, explores the visual culture of wine and its stunning transformation over the last three decades. Designed in collaboration with renowned architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the exhibition combines historical...
The Williams Studio is a photographer’s studio, constructed over a boathouse on Stony Lake, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Ontario based architects, GH3, it was inspired by the glass house in the Canadian Shield.
In 1981, Tassos Zeppos and Eleni Georgiadis, founded the Architectural design office Zege Architects SA. The company specializes in the design of hotels, residences, offices, stores and -state of the art- exhibition spaces.
Christophe Gilbert, Brussels based photographer, most likely inherited at least part of his talent from his artistic parents. His mother was a photographer and his father, initially in advertising, became an artist.
The Design Museum Holon, in Holon, Israel, is hosting an exhibition entitled “Post Fossil: Excavating 21st Century Creation.” Organized by international trend setter, Lidewij Edelkoort, it is an expanded version of the one which she curated in Tokyo in 2010.
The renovation of an apartment in a building built in the 1930s in central Athens was a project which presented an opportunity for experimentation for architect Dionisis Sotovikis and Kirki Mariolopoulou.
A new addition to the London skyline will be the Tate Exchange. Situated behind the Tate Modern and designed by award winning architects, Herzog & de Meuron, it is intended to expand and update the exhibition spaces of the Tate Modern and...
JIA Boutique Hotels’ founder Yenn Wong opened in May 2010 a new neighbourhood restaurant and bar inspired by the New York-style Italian culinary tradition, 208 Duecento Otto, on Hong Kong’s art and antique Hollywood Road in the up-and-coming Sheung Wan district.
Clay brick has been one of the most commonly used building materials, which exists for thousands of years. It has always been a symbol for solidity and reliability, for human scale, and in many cases it has also been admired for its sensual...
The Merrill Wright house, was designed as a weekend gateway for Merrill Wright, a Seattle resident, by Tom Kundig, of the local firm Olsom Kundig Architects, who is known for houses that are both elegantly rugged and eminently livable.
Creating a unique space, but harmonious and relaxing was the main goal in the procedure of creating “ENSAYAR”, in Athens- Greece. Thousands of ropes hanging from the ceiling and the reflection of light between them is the first impression of a space...
As part of the programmed revitalization project in Eindhoven, the Nederlands, Italian architects Massimiliano Fuksas have designed ‘de blob’. Located on September 18 square in the historic heart of the city, this 3000 m2 multi-purpose construction...
The spring 2011 collection of internationally renowned designer, Hussein Chalayan, was not a conventional runway show. As one would expect from Chalayan, famed for his innovative approach and use of technology in his creations presented his show in...
Once a thriving metropolis, the heart of the industrialized world, Detroit was an example of how to attain the American dream. Today evidence of the magnificence that once typified this city remains in the form of its deserted buildings.
The School of Arts in Saint Herblain, France was designed by Tetrarc Architects between 2006 and 2010. The 4,457 m2 structure was built at a cost of 8.3million euro.
Exlusive and individual, yet practical and efficient, Cygnet gains access to the city like no other car. Enjoy an exhilarating new freedom to take to the streets in supreme comfort and luxury.
17 May 2012 - From her Manhattan based boutique, ZSO-NYC, young inspired illustrator Sara Blake, (aka ZSO), has released her beautiful Tantrum silk scarf in a limited edition of 50 pieces which come with a printed ...
17 May 2012 - This surrealistic outdoor installation is the work of Kurdish/Turkish artist, Ahmet Ogut. This young artist, known for a sense of humour and social comment within his work, submitted the inflatable pi...
15 May 2012 - A collaboration between the Costume Institute and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (MET), has resulted in their recently opened Spring exhibition, ‘Impossible Conversations’, a retrospective of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada.
14 May 2012 - Designed by Tel Aviv based Golany Architects, Two-Tree House, located just outside of the city of Jerusalem, is a practical exercise in eco-architecture. The delightfully rustic home is built on a sit...
14 May 2012 - Designed by B.K. Architects of Tel Aviv, the Zozobra Asian Noodle Bar is a shiny contemporary restaurant which encourages communal dining and general socialising.
12 May 2012 - Tower Studio if one of six studios on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, designed by the Norwegian firm, Saunders Architecture. Commissioned by Shorefast Foundation and Fogo Island Arts Corporation, as an eco...
11 May 2012 - When Beijing based MAD Architects were commissioned by the Municipal Government of Ordos in Inner Mongolia to design the planned Art + City Museum, they were given free rein to create a structure whic...
11 May 2012 - Lako Bukia, also known as Lali, is a young fashion designer from Georgia. In spite of her tender age, she was born in 1987, she has completed her studies both in her native country as well as at Central Saint Martins in London.
10 May 2012 - Created by Seoul based design studio, Monocomplex, the Afterimage floor lamp is an imposing 1.5m tall lighting unit which will almost certainly arouse controversial interest.
10 May 2012 - Plicate is a wrist watch with its increments of time embodied as three dimensional faceted surfaces. This three dimensionality replaces the conventional 2D graphical display of time and is inspired by plicate pleats found in paper fans.
09 May 2012 - The origami inspired collection of free standing, table and hanging lights was designed and developed by Issey Miyake and his research and development team, ‘Reality Lab’ in association with lighting experts Artemide.