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The Garrison Club: An Exclusive Tennis Sanctuary in the Heart of Belgravia, London
Nestled in the prestigious enclave of Belgravia, London, The Garrison Club at Chelsea Barracks offers residents a private sanctuary that elevates the concept of sport…
Dome Restaurant, Desa Potato Head – Seminyak, Bali
Earlier this year, yet another restaurant opened at the Desa Potato Head resort in the village of Seminyak in Bali. Aptly rechristened as Dome, the…
Xanadu Roller Arts Skating & Event Space – Brooklyn, NY
Creative director, owner, operator, artist, hipster restaurateur, high-brow bohemian, impresario and all-around cool renaissance man Varun Kataria doesn’t want to be categorised. We will gladly…
Massara Osteria Campana, New York
Chef Stefano Secchi has opened his second Italian restaurant, naming it Massara. It is located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, a short walk from his…
Nightingale restaurant – Mayfair, London
Many restaurants in London have the word nightingale in their name but the latest addition to the offering in Mayfair, called simply Nightingale, is not…
Van Stapele Bakery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
In 2013, after several months of experimenting in her small kitchen, Vera Van Stapele decided that she had created a cookie that was special. The…
GIGI Studios Eyewear Head Office – Barcelona, Spain
Spanish eyewear brand Gigi Studios – formerly known as GIGI Barcelona – is a family-owned business established by Fulgencio Ramo in 1962 in Poble Sec, Barcelona….
Trattoria del Ciumbia, Milan, Italy
Those heading to the Milan Design Week and Salone del Mobile Milano will experience Milanese abundance when pondering their dinner options as Milan claims to…
Bar Prima, Queen West – Toronto, Canada
Bringing to life the darkly shiny opulence of dining rooms of the past was the goal of chef-owners Craig Harding and Julian D’Ippolito when they…
Casadonna Restaurant – Miami, Florida
Known for staging outlandish events and creating lavish interiors for a client list of celebrities, business tycoons and socialites, Ken Fulk has left his extravagant…
The Power of Color
Black and white are the safe choices in the design world. The colour of luxury is elegant and subdued. Yet, at the same time, even…
Medibank Building – Melbourne
What kind of society would we live in if architecture and design were merely just jobs instead of expressive art forms that articulated the beliefs…
Ford Models Agency – New York
When Eileen and Jerry Ford established Ford Models Agency in their New York City home in 1946, they created a new kind of global beauty…
Piano House – Chisinau, Moldova
May we just move in, please? This super-sleek, one-storey residence is rather close to a perfect minimalist house. It fits in its surroundings and manages…
Voodoo Ray’s Pizza – London
It’s yet another example of the worlds of food, design and architecture colliding as this clever modern adaption of the pizza parlour has forever changed…
INCH Hair Salon and Spa, Oslo, Norway
Blame us, Norwegian designers and/or their possible dislike of communication, or a slight language barrier, but Norwegian design is not often seen in design media….
Shanghai Film Museum
Should you be so lucky as to be asked to design a Film Museum, how would you feel? Most likely, overwhelmed. The many juicy aspects…
Club Lexy – Zurich
Zürich, Switzerland-based Dryer-Smith Fray have recently completed the concept and interior design for Club Lexy, a cool new nightclub located at Militärstrasse 84, the rough…
The Power of The Box – Powerful Packaging Design
Packaging has power – enormous power – over what we buy. The fashions we wear express who we are. Packaging does that for products. We…
Club MASCARA, Sofia, Bulgaria
The designers of the Mascara nightclub in Sofia, Bulgaria, took their cues from the whimsical story of Alice in Wonderland and from the storied building…
Feng Shui-inspired Fort Swimming Pool, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
In 2012 Parisian Mikou Studio submitted the winning proposal for the competition to design a swimming pool complex for the city of Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. The…