So Hot Right Now // String & Thread Installations.Lately I've been noticing a whole heap of amazing installations that redefine spaces, utilising modest materials such as strings, threads, ropes, metal chains etc. These interventions often allow colour and light to manipulate their...
Scandinavian & Native American Inspired Tile Collection by Commune for Exquisite Surfaces.'Native Tile Collection', a new line by Commune for Exquisite Surfaces, consisting of subway and square cement tiles inspired by Scandinavian and Native American textile patterns. The unique custom flooring collection is made up of four...
So Hot Right Now // Scale Shingles in Architecture & Design.Scale shingles are by no means a radical new concept in architecture & design. Far from it. I don't know if this is the same as you, but I remember my early drawings of houses from when I first learned to hold a pen, which featured scale...
Yardhouse in East London by Assemble Studios.Handmade concrete tiles give a scaly facade to this collaborative workplace building designed by Assemble for artists and designers in east London. Yardhouse was built with a simple wooden post and beam structure and a basic off-the-shelf...
Video // ‘Folded Light, Folded Shadow’ by Yuko Nishimura.Yuko Nishimura is a Japanese artist who specialises in abstract, large-scale paper sculptures that create shifting visual effects with patterns &...
Liza Beirut Restaurant Designed by Marc Soughayar & Maria Ousseimi.Paris-based Lebanese-born restaurateurs, Liza Soughayar and Ziad Asseily, recently made a comeback on the upmarket Middle Eastern dining scene with their latest venture - Liza Beirut. The restaurant, named after it's owner and the city...
Video // Janine Rewell’s Body Paint Collaboration With Minna Parikka.Scandinavian illustration and body paint meet fashion in a collaboration between shoe designer Minna Parikka & Helsinki-based illustrator Janine...
Faig Ahmed Deconstructs Traditional Azerbajani Rugs to Form Unconventional Sculptures.Be careful - don't trip over Faig Ahmed's three-dimensional rugs as they unravel before your very eyes! This Azerbaijani artist is no stranger to fibre arts - most of his work revolves around the construction and deconstruction of...
Dominique PĂ©trin’s Colourful & Trippy Interior Installations.Dominique PĂ©trin is a multidisciplinary Canadian artist based in Montreal. Her unwavering commitment to extraordinary hyper-colour excites me to no end. Squeal! In her more-is-more approach to mixing clashing patterns, graphics and...
