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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A large, bright-coloured steel feature in any environment is risky. It can easily turn out to be an eyesore or it can start feeling tired…

In its new flagship store, at Adalbertstraße 78 in Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighbourhood, Bonanza Roastery Café takes full advantage of the great space in which it…

We are all getting tired of clinically sterile, copycat concept stores that seem lifeless and completely void of adventure, story or history. And the sameness…

We love design that makes a clear statement. Not a pretentiously pompous statement, but a statement that is deeply relevant to the project, has an…

The recently completed Neobio Kids’ Restaurant in Shanghai is a pastel-hued world of balloon and cloud shapes that decorate the various activity areas. The goal…

It is a rare pleasure to run into a design project that stuns in its intelligent simplicity. When the designers have had the wisdom, courage…

Young, Kiev, Ukraine-based architect, Emil Dervish teams up with many interior designers on his commercial and residential projects. Salon Odes in Odessa, Ukraine, is a…

In the 1990s, supermodels did not wake up for less than $10,000 per day. A few zeros have been added to that fee since, and…

No Sunrise No Sunset is a spellbinding pavilion installation created by Kamin Lertchaiprasert, a Thai artist whose works are included, for example, in the Guggenheim…

Collective B, a brand and commercial design consultancy located in Seoul, Republic of Korea, has given a new beauty brand, Villa de Mûrir, its first…

Inexplicably, some aspects of the street-front retail scene seem forever doomed. Dry cleaners and laundry services are a perfect example of this. Yes, we have…

Looking at the images of the sweet Blossom School, it is tough to believe that it is a key part of a real-estate sales centre…

It seems that nearly every week, we discover another massive, new bookstore somewhere in China. Their size would represent mindboggling square-footage in any retail category,…

Tokyo and Himeji-based KTX archiLAB’s  head architect and founder Tetsuya Matsumoto has recently completed a fascinating wedding venue. with key team members Motoaki Takeuchi and Farid…

Nothing seems to slow the expansion of massive Chinese bookstore chains. Once more, we are left slightly stunned by the ambition and scope of the…