Napoléon Apartment Renovation in Paris by FREAKS freearchitects.This lovely heritage apartment is equal parts beautiful, clever and fun. Recently refurbished by FREAKS freearchitects, it is located on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, which happens to be an old address of Napoleon I. In order to celebrate...
Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau.Water Light Graffiti is a wall embedded with thousands of LED lights which illuminates as soon as it is touched by water. It was created by French artist Antonin Fourneau, during his residency at Digitalarti Artlab, and exhibited for the...
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...
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....
Hôtel Paradis, Paris.Hôtel Paradis in Paris is a boutique hotel in the capital's 10th arrondissement, recently transformed by French designer Dorothée Meilichzon. Ms Meilichzon successfully combined vintage, mid-century and modern elements to create a rich...
Damir Doma Store by March Studio // Paris, France.After visiting the Aesop fitout in Paris, fashion designer Damir Doma took a bet that March Studio could do no wrong. Well, well, didn’t the Melbourne practice prove Doma so right with this ragingly fabulous fit-out for his Paris...
Merci Concept Store // Paris.And so we arrive to the final post about my recent trip to Paris for the Design Week. Today I'd like to tell you about my visit to Merci, a wonderful concept store in Le Marais. Chances are you've already seen a million photos from Merci,...
Comme des Garçons “White Drama”, Cristóbal Balenciaga “Fashion Collector” & PGL by Pigalle // Les Docs, Paris.Rei Kawakubo, the designer behind avant-garde Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons, created an intriguing exhibition of her spring/summer 2012 collection titled “White Drama”. The exhibition showcased monochrome pieces from the...
‘Le Sergent Recruteur’ Restaurant by Jaime Hayon // Paris, France.If you are familiar with the work of so-hot-right-now Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon, chances are you would have known this was one of his interiors at a first glance. Oh, and also from reading the title, but that would be cheating....
