Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2018 Preview.There is no doubt Salone del Mobile and Milan Design Week are bigger than Ben-Hur. The events seem to grow each year, and even for the seasoned pro over here, it feels slightly daunting to give you a full rundown of what to expect. Having...
Light-Fragments by nendo for The Noguchi Museum + YMER&MALTA.As a special tribute to the iconic Noguchi light, YMER&MALTA has gathered an international roundtable of six designers to reinterpret his innovative lighting concept for the modern age. Tokyo and Milan-based nendo decided to channel...
Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
Arflex Legacy: Artful Italian Design Knocking it Out of the Ballpark for 70 years.Considering the fact Arflex celebrated its 70th birthday last year, these guys are clearly onto something. Sure, they keep nailing it with their lust-worthy, high-quality furniture, and razor sharp art direction, but many other brands...
Ricardo Bofill’s La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall) Housing Project in Calpe, Spain.Projecting from the cliffs on the border of the Mediterranean in Spain, La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall), is a bold apartment block with breathtaking seaside views. Completed in 1968, Ricardo Bofill designed this playfully erratic fortress...
Sean Connolly at Dubai Opera by Alexander &CO and Tribe Studio.Sean Connolly at Dubai Opera draws upon the design team’s interest in 20th Century Classics and oceanic, Australian/ New Zealand influences of Connolly’s...
Richard Rogers’ 1960 Wimbledon House Renovation by Philip Gumuchdjian.Reviving Richard Rogers' Wimbledon House to its former 1960’s glory, Philip Gumuchdjian has restored this modernist jewel into new residences and seminar spaces for fellowship recipients from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design....
Common Sense Exhibition at Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House in SĂŁo Paulo.Common Sense brought together 7 renowned designers who produced original pieces from Portuguese stone, presented inside Lina Bo Bardi's iconic Glass...
In Pursuit of Beauty: Inspiring Visit to Expormim in Valencia, Spain.You know that feeling you get when you enter a special place where the building, the product, the history and the context all align in perfect harmony, and you can literally feel the hairs on your head stand up, followed by an onset of...
