Polished, Grown-up & a Little Bit Wild: Birch Selsdon Hotel by A-nrd.Situated in the 200-acre historic Selsdon Park, just 30 minutes from Central London, Birch Selsdon is the sort of place where you can slip off your shoes and into the wilderness, with nowhere yet everywhere to go. Once a 19th-century...
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...
Augusto Betti at Fondazione Sozzani: A Celebration of One of the Most Under-the-Radar Creative Minds of the 20th Century.At this year’s Miart—the international modern and contemporary art fair in Milan—and Milan Design Week 2023, Paradisoterrestre celebrated the life of artist and designer Augusto Betti with a retrospective curated by Gherardo Tonelli,...
Montesol Experimental Hotel in Ibiza by Dorothée Meilichzon.The Gran Hotel Montesol in Ibiza has undergone a complete redesign by Dorothée Meilichzon in collaboration with Experimental Group. Cool, calming colours counterbalance the Balearic heat and lush fabrics burst with eye-catching patterns,...
Generosity in a Compact Space: Light Years Skin Studio in Brisbane by Maher Design.This Brisbane skin studio by Maher Design creates a feeling of generosity in a compact space. Bespoke elements and a rigorous approach to layout ensures comfortable circulation while reinforcing Light Years’ ethos of openness and...
A Network of Micro-villages: OnLabs Global HQ in Zurich by Specific Generic & Spillmann Echsle Architekten.Designed by Spillmann Echsle, Specific Generic and On’s creative team, the new OnLabs headquarters in Zurich West, Switzerland, delivers a series of micro-villages within an existing high-rise building. While the headquarters operates as...
Contrasts of Starkness and Maximalism: EP Yaying by Franklin Azzi Architecture.Working with the collaborative duo Franklin Azzi and Serge Reffieux, Chinese ready-to-wear label EP Yaying is now armed with a new blueprint for all their future locations. Taking an old colonial house in Shanghai and renovating it...
Future Histories: Melanie Katsalidis Jewellery Store in Melbourne by Foolscap Studio.Melbourne jeweller Melanie Katsalidis has opened her first-ever dedicated retail store in the city’s iconic Royal Arcade. Working with close friends and collaborators at Foolscap Studio, the bijou interior is a true Melbourne affair that...
A Little Bit of Magic: ANZ Gallery by Foolscap Studio.An unexpected addition to the ANZ Docklands campus, this purpose-built gallery by Foolscap Studio is a counterpoint to everyday work activities. The project successfully mediates work, social, hospitality and gallery as a canvas for...