Hiveometric
Comodo Interior Design
16 May 2013
The name ‘Hiveometric’ is formed by two words ‘hive’ and ‘geometric’, which simply tells the main concept and visualize the design. The design is inspired by the brand’s hero product, a honeycomb-shaped electrical hob. There are a number of beams across the room and to avoid lowering the ceiling the designer attached the irregular polished
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Casa del Agua
THiNC ®
15 May 2013
Inspired by traditional processes, CASA DEL AGUA ® emerges as a nostalgic brand that evokes and appeals to that which is well made, to the practical, to the timeless, but especially to the beautiful. Man, machine, and nature come together in a common language, unafraid to speak with clarity and purpose. CASA DEL AGUA ® is the encounter between past and present speaking with a high sense
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Custore
Anna Dobek and Mateusz Wojcicki
10 May 2013
Custore is an experimental project of exhibition pavilion that explores the areas of parametric architecture, used for the commercial market. In this project the desgners Anna Dobek and Mateusz Wojcicki had to deal not only with the aesthetic issues of computer-generated sculptural forms, but also with practical problems associated with the execution of the project inside a commercial
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Topshelf by Greyroom
Editorial
25 Mar 2013
Topshelf is a linear LED product for shelf and joinery lighting. Available in 500,750 and 1000 lumens per metre, switched or dimmable and even with RGB colour change for shadow gap and washlighting applications. Topshelf is a custom profile that angles the LED's to the optimum angle to achieve 120 degree light output, in a kitchen shelf scenario this means light to the front of the counter and
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.PSLAB & Aesop lighting collaboration
.PSLAB
25 Mar 2013
.PSLAB and Aesop have collaborated with Parisian studio Ciguë, to light the newly opened Aesop stores in Paris and London. This constitutes .PSLAB’s third collaboration in London, after having collaborated with Mint, an interior design store, since September 2011 and with Bulthaup UK, high-end kitchen brand, since June 2012. .PSLAB chose site-specific products to highlight the
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National Bank of Canada
Ruscio Studio Inc.
18 Mar 2013
Financial institutions once occupied prestigious and opulent buildings and locations in every city and town. They oozed intimidation, grandeur and wealth. Then, with cities sprawling, bank branches became nameless and faceless boxes. It seemed we’d soon had limited physical bank locations, using only banking machines and online banking. Now we are starting to see banks wanting to talk
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Modern Chinese Garden
KLID(Kris Lin Interior Design)
15 Mar 2013
This project is a real-estate sales centre located in the flourishing urban area crowded with people, moving cars and lots of noise. The purpose of the design was to isolate the noisy traffic outside and achieve a quiet and elegant indoors atmosphere. It is hoped to melt the Chinese garden concept into the interior space, so that people feel like they are walking into the garden. KLID used
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Move-In
Elenberg Fraser
14 Mar 2013
The design of the showroom comes from the idea of the brick and the medium of the wall, in particular the point where the wall fails and becomes the ‘unwall’. This material-based investigation was inspired by the work of James Wines, the founder of SITE Architecture who brought the literal into the most prosaic architectural forms. The ‘unwall’ is not only not a wall, but
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Robert Welch Store, Bath, UK
Pentagram Design, San Francisco
13 Mar 2013
Best known for their classic modern silverware designs, Robert Welch have recently opened this new 52 sq m store in Bath, England, completed in November 2012. Located in Broad Street, in the heart of Medieval Bath, its interior design language builds on Pentagram Partner Lorenzo Apicella's previous design for Robert Welch's flagship studio store in Chipping Campden completed in 2009. That design
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Niseko Look out Café
design spirits co., ltd.
11 Mar 2013
On the island of Hokkaido in Japan, near to the top of the mountain in Niseko is the Look Out Café; designed for skiers to stop for a short break or lunch. The restaurant opens only during the snow season, December through April daily. This restaurant is owned by a hotel management and railway company and was originally built of wood 28 years ago before this renovation. In Japan, autumn
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One Hot Yoga
Robert Mills Architect Pty Ltd
05 Mar 2013
Architecture can change your life experience and emotion. One Hot Yoga is no different. The inspiration for One Hot Yoga was to create an escape, to provide an holistic retreat for Melbourne Yogis to practice. The typical Melbourne hot yoga experience is one of sticky carpet and musty heating ducts. Robert Mills set out to create an experience that was clean, fresh, cleansing, uplifting and
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CUA Carindale Branch
ThomsonAdsett
04 Mar 2013
This bank branch fit-out at Carindale, Queensland is the pilot of a larger national rollout for the client CUA. CUA wanted an innovative space that did not feel like every other bank branch, a space that their customers would look forward to visiting, and a space that would build stronger relationships with its customers and the community. The resulting branch moves away from the traditional
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Virgin Money Lounge
allen international
04 Mar 2013
Following a creative pitch, Virgin Money appointed allen international to develop a 350 sq m retail concept which would take its current online banking offer to the high street. Being an innovative challenging brand, Virgin Money wanted to create a completely unique experience, a cashless operational model, focussing more on customer service. However, Virgin Money were eager to build brand
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Fred Perry, Munich, Germany
BuckleyGrayYeoman
11 Feb 2013
BuckleyGrayYeoman has completed the design of Fred Perry's latest international store in Munich, Germany, uniting the brand's iconic British heritage with the vibrant Reichenbachstrasse area of the city. The store has been designed to transport the brand's ‘Britishness' to this culturally rich area of Munich. Amongst the subtle references to Fred Perry's roots are the same tiles used on
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Penhaligons, London, UK
Christopher Jenner
30 Jan 2013
Christopher Jenner presents new design project on Regent Street, crafting English architectural heritage to eccentric effect that sits jauntily within the Beaux Arts style for which the street is famous. At times societies break away from their obsessive ambitions, giving way to the pursuit of pleasure. With the British Empire at its height and the change of command at Buckingham Palace, the
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Wuxi Grand Theatre Public Interiors
PES-Architects Ltd.
30 Jan 2013
One of the main concepts for the interior design was to connect the exterior with the interior of the building. Some of the main design elements as the “metal wings” roof structures, the array of 50 “light columns” and the limestone facades penetrate into the main entrance foyer which results in a rich public space which is an extension of the exterior. For the curved
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Wuxi Grand Theatre Main Auditorium
PES-Architects Ltd.
30 Jan 2013
The Chinese bamboo “wood” is generally an ideal material for the opera/concert hall interior both acoustically and atmospherically as it echoes the beauty of a wooden instrument. Bamboo is a sustainable material with a truly Chinese character which has generally been neglected and under-estimated by architects and designers in China. One of the reasons for this might be that for
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Westpac, Auckland, New Zealand
Context Architects Ltd
22 Jan 2013
With its water's edge theme, café caravan, and LED store frontage, Westpac's new Signature branchin Auckland is at the forefront of what is happening internationally in retail banking. Westpac set a vision for creating the best bank in Australasia, one that delivered on Westpac's core value: Help is what we do. The architecture relates to and explores the ever-changing ebb and flow of
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Paris Kids, Quilin, Santiago, Chile
Dalziel and Pow Design Consultants Ltd
17 Jan 2013
Following the success of their re-launched women's fashion store in 2012, Paris appointed Dalziel + Pow to redesign the children's department for a new store opening in Quillin, Santiago. The brief was to take what was an uninspiring space and turn it into a modern department. The aim was to create an urban, playful and interactive space that engages not only children but parents too. The
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The Kooples, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK
Portview Fit-Out Limited
11 Jan 2013
The French fashion label first appeared on the UK high street in 2010 and has rapidly expanded with the aim of ‘bringing back chic to the streets'. The 59 sq m store in Kingston was finishedin September 2011 by Portview after five week fit out. The Portview team was responsible for bringing Boxco2's design concept to life. The existing unit was stripped back to its base shell which
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