1930s Villa Kaplansky in Antwerp, Belgium Restored by B-Architecten.Sometimes you just have to gut the place and start again. Pull out all the windows and demolish the inside. It’s not pretty, but if the job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. B-architecten, the architectural studio behind this...
Interview: Sydney Architect Kelvin Ho of AKIN.Today's interview takes out the award for being THE LONGEST EVER IN THE MAKING. And when I say longest, I mean it's taken over 6 f*#$&!g years to get us here. I know, it's disgraceful, and if it was anyone else I would've probably...
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...
Stories On Design // Old Meets New: Architecture of Renewal.We are extremely lucky to have a world filled with creative geniuses that appropriate spaces which are built in one era and transform them into a space that harmoniously incorporate a contemporary one. Be that by planning, use of...
Flora Noir Furniture Collection by Marcin Rusak.Warsaw-born London-based designer Marcin Rusak has released a series of new resin furniture for his latest exhibition in New York's Chelsea. Rusak takes leaves of tropical plants, flowers, and other botanicals and impregnates them within...
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...
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...
The Woman Who Never Existed: Photography Project by Anja Niemi.Melancholic, romantic and ironic, Anja Niemi’s work was inspired by the sentiments of the Italian actress Eleonara Duse. Her chilling words, ‘Away from the stage I do not exist,’ promoted Niemi’s exploration into identity, status,...
Stories On Design // Lusty Libraries.It's fairly safe to assume we can all agree that books infuse spaces with texture, colour, depth and character, adding a sense of comfort and a certain warmth. In this increasingly digital and intangible world we live in, books and...
