Hermès Campaign Shot inside the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Fashion may long have been criticised for being fickle, shallow and skin deep, keeping company with waif like, beautiful creatures who haven’t seen a decent meal in untold years. Unlike libraries, of course, which are revered as the...
MK House in Antwerp by Nicolas Schuybroek Architects.In this digital age, we’ve all grown accustomed to digesting news, social media and even our daily dose of design with a simple swipe of the finger or a scroll of the mouse. We skim through articles, glaze over images but often, nothing...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Stella Collective’s Own Studio Inside Former Department Store.Melbourne-based interior design studio, The Stella Collective, has set up their office within the glamorous hundred-year-old former department...
