Taking Fun Seriously: The Scoop Kitchen by Studio Doherty.Laminex collaborates with Studio Doherty on a kitchen design that takes fun seriously. A masterclass of colour, texture and form, Scoop Kitchen veers off the traditional template, as the Melbourne-based studio pushes the boundaries of...
Gemstone-inspired Tones & Forms: Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Uchronia.In a Haussmannian building in Paris’s famous Golden Triangle is an apartment that dazzles like a jewel box. And not just figuratively. In terms of design, the owners, both jewellery designers, were keen to conjure allusions to stones,...
A Home of Civic Proportions: Gottlieb House by Wood Marsh.A home of civic proportions completed in 1990, this Melbourne residence is one that can only be produced by an architecture firm that holds Wood Marsh’s extensive experience in public work. Gottlieb House doesn’t stand as an obvious...
Alchemy of Styles: KODA Cutters Hair Salon by Arent&Pyke.Both nostalgic and futuristic, KODA Cutters, a blazingly bold hair salon perched on the upper mezzanine level of Sydney’s heritage-listed Queen Victoria Building, is a majestic work of sculpted fiction. Designed by Arent&Pyke, the...
Yuma Kano Transforms Forrest Debris into a Sustainable New Material.Tokyo-based designer Yuma Kano has developed ForestBank, a unique and innovative material that looks to find new value in our forests. Yuma repurposes twigs, leaves, and branches, bound by a water-based acrylic resin, transforming them...
Furniture & Product Designer Tom Fereday on Creating a Body of Work that Grows & Lasts a Lifetime.A unique figure in today’s design landscape with his star on the rise, Tom Fereday develops furniture and objects through a process of inquiry and collaboration. Fascinated by the tension that lies between natural materials and...
Pocket-sized Kaleidoscope: Praga Apartment in Warsaw by Mistovia.In true Mistovia’s enthusiastic memo ‘more is more!’, the design studio is back with another charming renovation in Warsaw, Poland. This compact apartment is an eclectic home with an explosive mix of textures and patterns reminiscent...
R48 Hotel in Tel Aviv by Liaigre.Commissioned to work on the lobby, suites and the rooftop of Tel Aviv’s 1930s Bauhaus building meticulously restored by Israeli architects of AN+ agency, Liaigre stitch their signature modern touch with layers of history inside the R48...
An Infinite Recycling Loop: Fake Realness by Palma and Nula Studio.For Madrid’s popular Urvanity Art Fair, Mexican architects Palma paired up with Madrid-based Nula Studio to present Fake Realness, an installation that explores the limits of reality and material fiction. Together, the two studios...
