Highlights from Design Miami/Basel 2017.With Julie Andrews’ ‘The Sound of Music’ firmly entrenched in my mind, I headed off to Basel for my first excursion to the annual Design Miami showcase in Europe. I am definitely cut from the more contemporary cloth when it comes...
Highlights from Venice Art Biennale 2017.The Venice Biennale continues to be a landmark event in the art calendar that attracts an increasingly global audience. Every odd year, over half a million people - collectors, curators and art lovers - flock to Venice to discover new work...
Porcelain Gallery Project in Central London by Simon Astridge Architecture Workshop.Our first encounter with architecture is often perceived through sight. Vision is considered at the top of the hierarchy of the five senses but architecture should be a multi-sensory experience. Porcelain Gallery by Simon Astridge...
The Layered Gallery in London by Gianni Botsford Architects.The Layered Gallery is aptly named, for layered it most certainly is. It is an unlikely blend of Moroccan inspired architectural screens and other layers of steel framing. Located in central London, the gallery houses a private...
Mexican Artist José León Cerrillo Deconstructs the Principles of Modernist Design, Architecture & Art.Mexican Artist José León Cerrillo has taken graphics and architectural principals to the next level. His single line geometrical installations are site specific and are made of metal frames. José León Cerrillo's three-dimensional...
Stories On Design // Cunning Cantilevers.The soaring cantilever is a daring thing of beauty. Cantilever speaks of ambition, inspiration, unconventionality and an aversion for doing things the easy way. It’s the extreme sport of architecture as it defies gravity and screams...
Milan Design Week 2017 Survival Kit & Our Updated Must-See Milan Travel Itinerary.We are sharing some tips for the upcoming Salone del Mobile including our must-see Milan travel itinerary - from hotels, restaurants, bars & site seeing. If you’re heading to Milan Design Week 2017 this April (or heading to Milan at...
Galería OMR in Mexico City by Mateo Riestra, José Arnaud-Bello & Max von Werz.Given Mexico and walls have been getting a bit of press recently, we thought this little-known Mexican belleza may be of interest. Mexico’s Galería OMR has moved into a newly renovated villa in the nation’s capital. Masterminded...
PALMA Cover ARCHIVO Gallery in Mexico With a Sea of Shredded Plastic.PALMA's exhibition design for #MXCD01 at ARCHIVO Gallery in Mexico seeks to portray the sentiment of reuse and repair rather than discarding, through the use of shredded plastic. The material is no longer seen as waste but rather as a...
