Highlights from Milan Design Week 2022, Part 01.Never before has the proverb “absence makes the heart grow fonder” been truer than this year in Milan during Salone del Mobile. Being able to catch up with friends old and new, touch, feel and experience the products in person, and...
Future of Living for Gen Z and Millennials.Where master planning is constantly pinched and moulded to accommodate growing population changes, Urtzi Grau and Guillermo Fernandez-Abascal implore different thinking for utilising existing resources. Selecting four residential...
Australian Designers & Artists Transform Broken Design Objects Into Future Heirlooms.In Transformative Repair, leading Australian designers transform the broken design objects of celebrated creatives and climate change activists into future heirlooms. This important initiative aims to generate discussion around the...
A World of Curiosity and Discovery: Gold Digger Courtyard Installation in Tortosa, Spain.This glittering large-scale public installation was composed of golden thermal sheets, occupying the patio of a 16th century convent in Tortosa. The installation highlighted the inherent quality of the material and created two opposite...
Looks like Magic: Textile Clay by Jorge Penadés.Madrid-based designer and materials-alchemist-extraordinaire Jorge Penadés is back with a new material made out of textile waste and starch. His new research-driven project, dubbed Looks like Magic, utilises industrial textile “fluff”...
‘Types of Spaces’ Installation by Palma and Hanghar.A surprising passageway leads visitors to the old Tobacco Factory of La Rioja. This temporary installation was envisioned by Palma and Hanghar for Concéntrico, Logroño’s International Architecture and Design Festival. With the...
Architecture Meets Nature: The Hometown Moon Chapel by Syn Architects.Did you know that the saying ‘The Moon Is Beautiful Tonight’ is a romantic confession in Chinese and Japanese literature? Syn Architect’s Hometown Moon Chapel in Tai’an, China, recreates the serene moment of moon viewing from afar...
‘Maximalist 180°’ Offers a New Take on Swedish Design.Adorno unveils ‘Maximalist 180°’—a virtually presented Swedish collection set in a concrete skatepark surrounded by a field of flowers. Curated by Stephen Markos, eleven designers demonstrate the new, maximalist-leaning wave of...
Garden House in La Rioja, Spain by Hanghar.In a small village in La Rioja, Spain sits a very special project. Undertaken by Hanghar, a 10 year-long architectural exploration by the OWN foundation, this reconfiguration of an old stable in the village of Cameros is unlike any nearby...
