House of Smarts, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dutch designer Maurice Mentjens has created the interior for the House of Smarts in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is an exhibition space for showcasing the…
Strauss Apartment – Strasbourg, France.
With a floor as beautiful as the chevron-patterned dark hardwood one in this recently renovated classic apartment, the re-imagining designers’ main job is to try…
Apostle Peter and St. Helen the Martyr Chapel, Paphos – Cyprus
We hesitate to use words such as charming or sweet here as they might imply excessive cuteness, but the recently completed tiny chapel on Cyprus…
Boxing Plus – Taipei, Taiwan
We have encountered dramatic, elegant and inviting yoga studios, spas and salons, but this is the first time that we’d like to include a boxing…
INSIDEOUT by Leigh Sachwitz
Glasgow-born, Berlin-based architect and designer Leigh Sachwitz’s Studio for Design flora&faunavisions GmbH has created a mesmerizing interactive experience called ‘Insideout’ for the Triennale der Photographie…
Le Roy Nightclub – Helsinki, Finland
The work of the Finland-born, Los Angeles -educated Joanna Laajisto is drawing our attention for the second time this year. In January, we wrote about…
Sacripante Gallery And Bar, Rome, Italy
In Rome’s ancient central Rione Monti neighbourhood, Via Panisperna carries a rich and heavy history. The Via Panisperna Boys (I ragazzi di Via Panisperna) were…
Multiform’s Form 45 Kitchen, A New Classic
In his quest to elevate the Scandinavian kitchen to the level of the Scandinavian furniture and lighting classics of the 1950s, Danish designer Carsten Michelsen…
Museo degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy
Florence-based IPOSTUDIO was in charge of the gorgeous renovation, restoration and reconfiguration of a complex of monumental, historical buildings that, when re-opened this past summer, were…
Ladurée Quai des Bergues, Geneva, Switzerland
The French luxury bakery Ladurée was founded in Paris in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée. Today, the name is synonymous with the double-decker macaroon of…