Bricks Decoded: Typography with Bricks.On our journey of Bricks Decoded we’ve done a deep-dive into the vast and almost endless capability of bricks. Today we’re on the path less travelled as we discover how bricks are being used as a form of typography. Our experience...
Expressive Faceless Portraits by Iranian Artist Salman Khoshroo.Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo's visually arresting abstract portraits have undefined features that capture the potency of life and human spark, created with minimal intervention. Khoshroo is no stranger to creating faces without...
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...
Stories On Design // Iran’s Contemporary Architecture Boom.Contemporary architecture in Iran is flourishing. New building typologies are being explored with passion, rigour and ingenuity. There are some bold and daring statements alongside subtle and sophisticated expressions. This awakening is...
Iranian Photographer Jalal Sepehr’s Images Translate a Community’s Hardship into a Visual Metaphor.Jalal Sepehr's arresting images offer the Iranian photographer's personal perspective on global affairs, translating a community’s hardship into a visual metaphor. The title of Sepehr's 'Red Zone' series refers to the unending state...
Architect Photographs Extraordinary Ceilings in Iran.Armed with his iPhone, Iranian architect and ‘instagram photographer’ @m1rasoulifard takes spectacularly beautiful kaleidoscopic images of mosque ceilings in his native city, Tehran. From the oldest mosques in the city that date...
Inside World Festival of Interiors Shortlist | Barcelona 2011.Inside is an inaugural design festival celebrating the finest interiors and their creators. It will run from 2-4 November in Barcelona in parallel with the already hugely successful World Architecture Festival. Inside will consist of a...