Stories On Design // Trending Terrazzo.Some people have a love/hate relationship with terrazzo. Divisive as it may be, it’s ALL love around here, baby! We can’t get enough of the quirky colour combinations, the clash of materials and the sense of movement and vibrancy it...
Food for Soul’s Refettorio Felix Soup Kitchen in London by Studioilse.Food for Soul, a non-profit organisation has set up Refettorio Felix Soup Kitchen in London, taking it’s own little patch and standing up for the vulnerable. Designed by Ilse Crawford and her team at Studioilse, this very special project...
Raval Hideaway in Barcelona by Mariana de Delás + Marcos Duffo.It started out life as a motorcycle workshop, then abandoned, it became home to the local Barcelonian squatters. Now the 55sqm space is both a hideaway and a living studio for a young, world-travelling, entrepreneur. Architects...
#YellowtraceTravels: Cathay Pacific’s The Pier Business Class Lounge in Hong Kong by Ilse Crawford.Over the years of travelling both for business and pleasure, I've come to realise that all great trips start well before boarding the plane. Yes, flying in a premium cabin definitely helps (like - a lot), but in many ways the hidden gem of...
Hidden Tints: Old Stockholm Office Transformed Into a Home by Note Design Studio.An apartment without a bathroom, kitchen or storage – the former head office for a fashion brand in the centre of Stockholm and a client who hoped to transform it into a home were the starting points for this amazing space recently...
As Good as Gold: Au79 Café in Abbotsford, Melbourne by Mim Design.A former auto repair garage has been transformed by Mim Design into a contemporary hospitality space in the guise of a sprawling indoor botanical...
Extraordinary Heritage Apartment Renovation in Venice by Marcante-Testa (UdA).Venice. What’s not to fall in love with? From it’s extraordinary architecture to the water that wraps itself around the buildings, hugging the bricks and mortar as it meanders its way along the canals. And those bridges… The...
Kaléo Fine Dining Restaurant in Downtown Beirut by david/nicolas.Designed by david/nicolas, Kaléo reflects the rhythm of its location in downtown Beirut, with fine dining unfolding in a casual and artfully inspired...
Growing Plants Indoor by Rem Atelier.Finally a solution for those born without a green thumb but with an inherent dislike of fake plants! REM atelier, a collaborative art and design studio based in Rotterdam, has taken an interesting approach to indoor plant life. The objects...
