Stockholm Design Week 2013 // Best New Furniture & Products.The 62nd annual Stockholm Design Week 2013 and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair took place between 4-10 February. Despite the fact that I observed the developments of this significant Scandinavian design event from the comfort of my own...
Beautiful Brickwork.Had you asked me a few years ago how I felt about brick, I may have pulled a rather unenthused expression. For the longest time, bricks lived in the same brain cell as bad developer houses from the 90s. Oh, how things have changed. I am...
New Horizons Cinema by BUCK.ARCHITEKCI // Wroclaw, Poland.In 2012, young Polish firm, BUCK.ARCHITEKCI, were commissioned to redesign a three-storey new foyer for one of the largest art house cinemas in Europe - The New Horizons (Kino Nowe Horyzonty) in Wroclaw. In addition to regular film...
Refuge by Wim Goes Architectuur // House Extension in Belgium.In a small town outside of Ghent, lies this interesting little extension by Wim Goes Architectuur. It was completed in 2008, but I think good things deserve a revisit. The building is a living room extension to an existing brick house. It...
Lovely Linear Lighting.Here are some of the latest, the greatest and most interesting examples of linear lighting design trends from around the world. These bad boys take the concept of humble straight line to a whole new level, by applying materials, colours,...
‘Sense of Space’ // Asplund Furniture Collection for 2013.Asplund furniture collection for 2013, 'Sense of Space', was launched at last week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian design. The respected Swedish design store and manufacturer set out to...
Paris New York Burger Restaurant by CUT architectures // Paris.Designed by the clever boys at CUT architectures, Paris New York is the latest establishment in Paris's flourishing hamburger restaurant scene. The interior aesthetic is a careful blend of NYC's and Paris's combined cultures, spirits and...
Little Trace Of // Coco Reynolds of Marz Designs.Coco Reynolds is a young Sydney-based designer who studied Industrial Design at Istituto Europeo Di Design in Milan, and graduated from the University of Canberra in 2007. After establishing Marz Designs in 2010, Coco has gone on to focus...
Fun House by UdA Architetti // Holiday Apartment Renovation in Juan Les Pins, France.A little while ago, I dedicated an entire post to the sensational Turin-based multidisciplinary studio UdA Architetti. Back then, I eloquently described their work as "shit hot design with truckload of personality". How lady-like of me....
