A Nod to Scarpa: Abatellis Chair by Forme Studio.A new occasional chair for any occasion, the Abatellis is the latest from Monica Alba Colla and Ben Feher, the duo behind emerging Sydney-based design studio Forme. Working with local craftspeople in Sydney, the handmade solid timber chair...
Southwark Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects.In Bermondsey, London, Southwark Brick House is a newly built three-storey home that utilises two existing brick walls infilled with additional brick and timber elements. Fragments of history and a new narrative are interwoven together to...
Tin Tin Restaurant & Bar in Chandigarh by Renesa Architecture Design Studio.Tin Tin Restaurant & Bar by Renesa Architecture is a flurry of sweeping arches, contoured ceilings and morphing vistas as the interior volume feels at once disarmingly exotic and naggingly...
Rilievo Rug Collection by Tigmi Trading is an Ode to Brutalist Form.Inspired by the hard-edged beauty of brutalist architecture and Carlo Scarpa’s famed relief details, Rilievo is the first in-house designed rug collection from global curators Tigmi...
Homage to Scarpa: Villa Carlo in Mosman by Daniel Boddam Studio.Nestled in Sydney's affluent harbourside suburb of Mosman, Villa Carlo is considered as a spatial journey where materials play a leading role. Daniel Boddam Studio imbues a sense of minimalism into a practical reinterpretation of the...
Outdistance: Derek Swalwell’s First Solo Exhibition at Modern Times, Melbourne.Derek Swalwell's latest solo exhibition focuses on the details of Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi and Carlo Aymonino's famed sites Brion Cemetery, San Cataldo Cemetery and the Gallaratese...
Highlights from Venice Art Biennale 2017.The Venice Biennale continues to be a landmark event in the art calendar that attracts an increasingly global audience. Every odd year, over half a million people - collectors, curators and art lovers - flock to Venice to discover new work...
Stories On Design // Circles in Architecture.The Circle is a universal symbol with extensive meaning. It represents the notions of totality, wholeness, focus, infinity, unity, timelessness, the Sun, the Moon, the entire Universe. I suspect the reason most of us are drawn to it is...
Olivetti Showroom in Venice by Carlo Scarpa.Overlooking Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, peaking out from the cloisters and watching the hustle and bustle of passers by, is Carlo Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom. Typically Scarpa, typically Venetian and beautifully Italian, in...
