Harborview Hills by Laidlaw Schultz Architects
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.
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 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.
Storytelling is the new design frontier. As brands seek a deeper connection with an endlessly distracted consumer, storytelling in design becomes ever more crucial.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Although vases have a clear function (holding flowers) people tend to use them rarely for that; instead they just have them placed empty in the middle of a table waiting for some sort of celebration or birthday to come along and fill that void.
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.
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...
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.
The cornerstone of the Alpina Dolomites Lodge’s philosophy is its intimate relationship with nature based on environmental protection and absolute respect for the environment.
The 2012 Collection is a venture through dreamlike landscapes. The inspiration is drawn from mythology and tales, playing with escapist and Romantic fantasies.
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 project is within a plot aimed at urban infrastructure, so that the building’s projection is conditioned by the existence of the adjacent Health Centre located to the north.
The house footprint is designed based on the articulation between the existing alignments and the new proposed access road, which enables both car and foot access.
This house takes part of a program of the congregation Rotterdam who wanted to revitalize disadvantaged neighbourhoods by selling metier houses to private persons.
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.
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.
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
The new space is within a three story 1940’s concrete and steel frame warehouse in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, shared with IwamotoScott’s office.
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...
Graduates of the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, who both live as well as work together, form Studio Job.
The angelokatsapis label is a symbol of integrity, pure creative expression and a sincere respect for the artform, the business and the person.
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.
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.
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.
Located in the breathtaking Dovrefjell National Park north of Oslo and designed by Snohetta Architects, we find a beautiful (to say the least) shelter.
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...
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.
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.
The exhibition “Rapport. Experimental Spatial Structures” offers new insights into the interdisciplinary approach of the internationally acclaimed architectural office J. Mayer H.
Merus as defined in the dictionary means: (mer * us) n. [Latin] 1. Pure, unmixed. 2. Complete, absolute, undiluted; especially of wine.
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 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 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.
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.
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”.
Cate Parr is a fashion illustrator born and educated in England. Currently living in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
The restaurant is located in the very centre of Lodz - on the most important street in the city - Piotrkowska.
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.
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.
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.
Rodarte and Opening Ceremony presented their collaborative Fall Winter 2011 lookbook shot by frequent Rodarte collaborator Autumn de Wilde.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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 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 Marilena Rizou. More than just a celebrated tourist destination...
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.
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 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 !!!
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,...
Life itself is for me the source of everything, it may be people, music, journeys or nature. I want to create truths which are hidden within them and something fantastic.
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;
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'.
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...
The traditional white Cycladic house has been an unsurpassed model for the modernistic standards since the beggining 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.
I always say that you should make your hobby your job. Design is my life-long hobby. Life is about creation, be it intellectually (evolving the human race),or primordially (procreation).
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.
Gagosian Gallery Paris is pleased to announce an exhibition of limited edition furniture by Jean Nouvel, presented in collaboration with Galerie Patrick Seguin.
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.
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.
The fashion world hardly knew what to make of Yohji Yamamoto's extraordinary alternative vision of fashion when he first showed his clothes on the Paris catwalks in 1981.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Bodegas Portia is a new winery for the Faustino Group, located in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain’s foremost wine-producing regions. The building’s trefoil plan expresses the three main stages of production...
Fall is Nicole and Michael Colovos' second season putting their Helmut Lang collection on the runway, and their confidence is growing. If their Spring outing erred a bit on the repetitive side, this was more freewheeling...
Soon after his graduation, AlexandreVauthier joined the design studio of Thierry Mugler, who supported him and taught him thoroughness of the construction of the garment.
Tiwani Contemporary, in partnership with baudoin lebon gallery, presents a show of contemporary African art at their London gallery that will run until the 17th March.
The nine decades of Yayoi Kusama's life have taken her from rural Japan to the New York art scene to contemporary Tokyo, in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re-invented her style.
The renovation of La Boheme bar, located in the “Galeria de Paris” street, amidst the downtown area of Porto, embraces pine wood throughout the entire interior.
Vamiali's gallery is happy to present the site specific graffiti project titled "On the Blocks" with artists Apset, Blaqk, Boohaha, Mintone and RTMone, curated by Anneta Papadatou.
Smoke chair latest video reveals the astonishing process that makes Smoke Series by Maarten Baas for Moooi a unique sensation when sitting on burned furniture.
Gail Reid, 29, completed her degree in Fine Arts Fashion Design at Queensland University of Technology and launched her label in 2005 at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week after winning the Mercedes-Benz Start-Up Awards...
With the opening of D.O.M. chef/patron Alex Atala made a decision that was to change the history of modern Brazilian gastronomy. While many restaurants in Sao Paulo were impervious to...
Over the last two decades, geopolitical borders have shifted and new technologies have forged channels of communication around the world. Printed materials, in both innovative and traditional forms...
