Half-Old and Half-New: Ignacia Guest House in Mexico City by Andrés Gutiérrez and Factor Eficiencia.Ignacia Guest House shares its name with its once-upon-a-time housekeeper (who looked after it for over 40 years), but its spirit is decidedly its own. The Mexico City guest house, which opened its doors in 2017 and occupied half a...
A Colourful Conveyor Belt: Anshan Naibang Chemicals Office Building by Wave.GB.For paint manufacturing company Anshan Naibang Chemical’s new office building, Wave.GB. injected a series of rainbow hues throughout the building, defining programs within the 2,000 square metre space. Just like colouring within the...
Queens Park House by Daytrip Studio.Finding the building in a complete state of disrepair, the owners of Queens Park House in West London looked to Daytrip Studio to turn a series of bedsits into a single family home. Today, its Edwardian frontage stands as the only...
Pa.te.os in Melides: Four Contemporary Holiday Houses by Manuel Aires Mateus.Fancy yourself a getaway? Pa.te.os by Manuel Aires Mateus beautifully sculpts four individual houses that embraces the topography of Portugal’s Alentenjo. A site that has plenty of awe on offer, each building embraces views of the hills...
Constructing a Persona: Up There Melbourne Store by Kennedy Nolan.From bold colour choices, sculptural mascots at the door, clever use of integrated lighting, reflective metal surfaces paired with lustrous, yet sparing fabric choices across the fitting rooms, the physical gestures in Kennedy Nolan’s...
From Unique Objects to Thought-provoking Ideas: Highlights from Melbourne Design Week 2023.Melbourne Design Week 2023 is over for another year but not without igniting curiosity, discovery and pride in our Australian design community. With the event’s enduring theme ‘Design The World You Want’ feeling increasingly more...
Modern Transposition of the Roman Domus: Molteni&C 2023 Collection Unveiled at Salone del Mobile.For this year’s Salone Del Mobile, Molteni&C presented a momentous showcase inspired by the Roman Domus. Evolving their concept of ‘Home’ for 2023, the legacy Italian brand united the connected living of the past alongside technology...
Light in Motion: Volant Chandelier by Ross Gardam.Ross Gardam’s latest creation, Volant, is a modern chandelier akin to a kinetic sculpture—a static lamp with an uncanny ability to appear in motion. Debuting at Milan Design Week 2023 in the studio’s solo show Transcendence, the...
Art Attack: A Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Rodolphe Parente.True to Rodolphe Parente’s signature—and in his own words, his penchant for "making people lose their perception of spaces and volumes"—this Haussmannian apartment on Paris’ Canal Saint Martin flows like sunlight. Rodolphe...
