Stories On Design // Coworking Spaces.You would've had to have spent the last couple of years in a coma if you'd failed notice the rapid rise of Coworking Spaces. Ongoing development of technology and the good old internet have enabled the proliferation of countless...
TECHTILE #3: NOSIGNER Wrap a Gallery Interior in Aluminium Foil.Techtile #3 by Japanese multidisciplinary design studio NOSIGNER is a temporary exhibition that took place in 2010, which saw the designers wrap the entire gallery space in imprinted aluminium foil. The space was ‘spontaneously formed’...
Stories On Design // Take Me To Church.Regardless of whether or not you love churches, it is difficult to deny the extraordinary power of these sacred elemental spaces. In today's world full of noise, the church represents a little break, and a sweet moment of peace. To...
Stories On Design // Empty & Abandoned Buildings.I've always had a profound fascination with empty buildings and abandoned spaces. It's difficult to look at these sorts of images without a whole bunch of mixed feelings rising to the surface - a sense of wonder, confusion, awe,...
Muji Unveils Three Tiny Prefab Houses at Tokyo Design Week.Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison & Naoto Fuksava explore minimal living for Japanese retailer Muji in a set of ultra-simple cabins at Tokyo Design...
Nendo’s Border Table Collection Utilises Corners of Rooms as its Structure.Japanese studio Nendo have designed a minimalist table collection that looks like it has been drawn onto surfaces at the Eye of Gyre gallery in...
Stories On Design // Room With a View.Room With a View talks about spaces that embrace their context wholeheartedly - the site, the location, the climate, vernacular architecture and more. What I love about all these examples is the demonstration of many different ways in...
Pillar Grove Architects’ Office by Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio.Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio have designed their own workspace, located in a suburb of Nagoya City, Japan on a site facing a major road. This engaging and quirky space and explores the possibilities of a timber structure. Internally and...
Ekouin Nenbutsudo: Tokyo Temple Veiled in Trees by Yutaka Kawahara.Forming a refuge of tranquility in the heart of Tokyo, local practice Yutaka Kawahara Design Studio has created the magical ‘Ekouin Nenbutsudo Temple’ veiled in trees. This intimate and reflective building enables congregation and...
