Underground Glamour: Shenzhen’s Garage Reimagines Car Culture.An underground car culture paradise emerges in Shenzhen as DDDD Creative Company transforms 6,900 square meters beneath Poly Theatre into Garage—a retro-futuristic complex celebrating vintage and modified...
A Floor Lamp Inside a Pizza Box by Kazuhiro Yamanaka.Japanese designer Kazuhiro Yamanaka has designed Pizza Box Lamp, a polyester floor lamp that nods to Ingo Maurer’s 1980 Lampampe. Made out of 100% recycled polyester fibre, each layer is crinkled to create a unique pattern and add...
Futurism and Footwear: Ura Tokyo by Insideout.An innate sense of tranquillity comes to the fore at Ura Tokyo. A veil of fluorescent lighting, pierced by a mirrored obelisk-like mass breaks the boundary between inside and out. Insideout’s key consideration was playing with extreme...
The Dream is Real: FoodX in Warsaw, Poland by Nova Studio.Contemporary art, AI and luxury streetwear are just some of the references incorporated by Nova Studio at FoodX in Warsaw. The redesign expands the restaurant from mezzanine and ground floor into the basement, transporting visitors to...
Transparency & Collaboration: Melanie Beynon Architecture Unveils a New Office.Melanie Beynon Architecture has transformed an empty hospitality space into its contemporary office in Melbourne. Located in Prahran, the design focuses on flexibility, wellness and transparency to craft a highly functional and adaptable...
Constructing a Persona: Up There Melbourne Store by Kennedy Nolan.From bold colour choices, sculptural mascots at the door, clever use of integrated lighting, reflective metal surfaces paired with lustrous, yet sparing fabric choices across the fitting rooms, the physical gestures in Kennedy Nolan’s...
Past Meets Present Meets Future: A Clothing Boutique in Guangzhou by TOMO Design.In Guangzhou, China, is a clothing boutique that channels Dr. Who—minus the spaceship. The retail space—the first physical destination of vintage clothing brand MASONPRINCE, conceived by TOMO Design—transports visitors through...
Cafe Grao in Bratislava by Alan Prekop.At Cafe Grao, all are welcome. The mini cafe, located in Bratislava, was designed by Slovakian architect Alan Prekop on a shoestring budget. Welcoming the city's alternative crowd through its doors, the concept was taken from the venue's...
A Maverick Spirit: Nagnata Byron Bay by Pattern Studio.Pattern Studio unveils the debut flagship for Australian label Nagnata, located in Byron Bay’s newest fashion precinct, Jonson Lane. The brand’s rebellious inclinations prompted Pattern to look toward creatives such as the Hungarian...
