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JMD Design of Redfern, Sydney has created a cool kids’ outdoor space that makes us all want to run free and wild, with our hair…

Never thought we’d say we love an abandoned quarry. But through a massive six-year restoration, replanting and re-imagining process, the Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical…

The Italian wallpaper company Wall & Decò is known for creating exquisite, large-scale mural-like wallpapers that define a room. They are widely used in hotels…

Our latest summer must-have: A Louisa Parris scarf. The London-born and -educated fashion designer’s second scarf collection is airy, large-scale, intensely colourful and deliciously Art…

We love the way Bangkok University has been branding itself as a Creative University during the past few years. One method they have chosen to…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…