Vincent Beaurin’s Before Daylight Encourages us to Question the Value of an Art Piece.Strouk Gallery in Paris presents Before Daylight, the new exhibition by Vincent Beaurin, with the artist is producing artworks in bronze for the first time. These are exhibited alongside pieces made in polystyrene, with the artist...
Rich in Dualities: Veja Store in Madrid by Plantea.The 'sustainable', resolutely modern and minimal philosophy of the Veja brand is expressed in a complex dialogue in this Madrid retail space designed by Plantea. A place between the new and the traditional, the functional and the...
Unconventional and Abstract: Bananain Concept Store in Beijing by Some Thoughts.Spatial design and research office Some Thoughts continues their collaboration with apparel brand Bananain, designing their first concept store in Beiling. Incorporating several architectural elements, the retro futuristic and industrial...
Can Living with Less Result in More: Adam Haddow’s Home in Sydney’s Surry Hills.Buried amongst the urban chaos of warehouses and terraces that once served Sydney’s rag trade sits a unique home neatly packaged within a 29-square-metre site. Designed by SJB director Adam Haddow, for himself and his husband Michael and...
Monica Armani’s Latest Collection for B&B Italia nods to Jackie O’s Distinctive Sunglasses.Furniture and fashion have always been intermeshed, whether inspiration comes from the present times or, in the case of Monica Armani’s award-winning collection, from the swinging 1960s. Armani’s Flair O’ and Allure O’ for B&B...
A Trip of the Senses: Melt Restaurant in Paris by Atelier HA.Memphis design and postmodernist inspired, Melt’s third outpost in the 15th Arrondissement of Paris takes us on a trip of the senses. Designed by Hugo & Adèle of break out design practice Atelier HA, the smoked meat restaurant was...
A World of Surprises: Barcelona Apartment by Raul Sanchez Architects.Raul Sanchez divides this spacious and colourful Barcelona apartment into public and private zones via a long and striking walnut timber ‘façade’. On one side of the timber panel—running the entire 21 metre length of the...
A Material Haven: Terra Abu Dhabi by Bone Studio.Bone Studio has designed a second outpost for Terra at Al Qana, Abu Dhabi. The cafe’s new home seamlessly translates the brand’s distinct architecture while embracing the idiosyncrasies of the local community. Materials are layered...
A Sense of Community: Shanghai Advertising Agency Office by Yatofu Creatives.It's not often an employee's sense of happiness, freedom, and inspiration takes top billing in a workplace design project, but that was exactly the brief Shanghai advertising agency Inmedia shared with the Helsinki-based studio Yatofu...
