“UNIVERSITÀ” SUBWAY STATION BY KARIM RASHID
Karim Rashid
05 Dec 2011
December 2011 - Naples, the Southern Italian city with the largest historic centre in Europe dating back to the early Roman era, has now celebrated the opening of the new "Università" subway station, featuring vividly colourful, expressive and dynamic interiors conceived by New York-based designer Karim Rashid. M.N. Metropolitana di Napoli commissioned Atelier Mendini, the Italian
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SMALL BATCH COFFEE COMPANY, MYHOTEL
Chalk Architecture Ltd.
05 Dec 2011
Client brief:Make the most of the chance to operate alongside the national boutique hotel brand 'myhotel' and breathe life into a unique site. Combine the core coffee service with: an expanded food offer, syphon bar coffee experience, brewing equipment sales area, and coffee bean roasting and wholesale area. Whilst staying with the spirit of the Small Batch identity, move the look forward and
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SHOOTING LODGE
De Hasse
24 Nov 2011
The design brief was loose, but one which required the combination of practicality and excellent hospitality, both of which are crucial in making the experience for the client guests a memorable one. Up to 18 guns to be received at any one time. Spacial planning and layouts were considered carefully, before furniture, decorative accessories and lighting could be sourced. Practicality was key
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WAITROSE COOKERY SCHOOL
gensler
10 Oct 2011
Waitrose, one of the UK's leading food retail brands, reinforced its position as the destination for food lovers by becoming the first UK supermarket to own and operate a cookery school. While clearly part of the Waitrose brand, the school has been designed to present itself as a brand extension for added connectivity with customers. Curated retail, within a more familiar, domestic environment -
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BOTA BOTA
Sid Lee Architecture
10 Oct 2011
Challenge In 2009, Sid Lee Architecture was hired to create the architectural designs for the Bota Bota floating spa (total surface of 3150 m2), thereby providing a third incarnation of a former ferryboat. This brief held two challenges. First, our teams needed to adapt with talents from various fields of expertise to work together effectively. Second, the very nature of the steel boat was
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'STICKS' FOR ISSEY MIYAKE
emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design
29 Sep 2011
A balance out of balance. Installation of 411 'sticks', connecting 3 ISSEY MIYAKE fashion stores, located on the same street in Tokyo. 411 sticks connecting the two spacesTheir colors and shadows float and overlap,creating a new spacewith a new appearance. Like flown away into space and floating there,the sticks spread all around the space.As if time stands still,"a balance out of balance" is
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VEGA-SICILIA
Salasstudio
08 Sep 2011
The alteration project for the wine cellars of the wine "Unico", by Vega-Sicilia in Valbuena de Duero (Valladolid), mainly consisted of renovating the space parting from a new conditioning system, lighting and services, and improving communication between different floors (staircases and freight lift). The project required maximum rigor, leaving little space for improvisation or casualty. Every
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ELEMENTS SHOWCASE
Reddymade Design LLC
31 Aug 2011
Pop-up Architecture for Fragrance Showcase: Reddymade Design's simple and elegant challenge to the typical tradeshow. Elements Showcase was conceived as the definitive new experience for established and emerging visionaries in the art of fragrance design to exhibit product and solicit buyers. Designed as a curated showcase of emerging talent , the show features fragrance related artworks
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THE RITZ-CARLTON SPA BY ESPA
HBA London
23 Aug 2011
HBA London has completed the interior design of The Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA, located in the International Commerce Centre (ICC) - the tallest building in Hong Kong and the third tallest in the world. The Ritz-Carlton occupies the uppermost 15 levels of the 118-floor building, qualifying it as the world's highest hotel. HBA London's design of the spa on the 116th and 118th floors has made the
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TOBACCO STOREHOUSE
VASD
15 Aug 2011
An historic wooden tobacco storehouse in Amerongen has been rescued from collapse by giving it a new use. Recently, the restored building opened its doors to the public as an information centre for two nature reserves (National Park Utrechtse Heuvelrug and Het Utrechts Landschap). VASD designed a solution that brings past and present together in a solid partnership. Fifty years ago this
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THE GRONINGER MUSEUM, MENDINI RESTAURANT
Studio Maarten Baas
20 Jul 2011
For the very diverse and large group of guests at The Groninger Museum's restaurant ‘Mendini', Maarten Baas developed an interior that functions as a café during daytime and that changes into an Italian ‘a la carte' restaurant or is used for private parties in the evening. The interior is largely based on Maarten Baas' concept Clay furniture; the chairs and lights have al been
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REORDER EXHIBIT
Situ Studio
18 Jul 2011
The Brooklyn Museum is a lasting landmark in the New York area that brings more than 450,000 visitors annually to see its acclaimed artistic temporary exhibitions and permanent collections. The Great Hall of the museum, located on the first floor, is a 10,000 square foot room filled with 16 giant columns. The hall which is positioned between the café, museum book store and other
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WAN INTERIORS + DESIGN LIGHTING AWARDS
Editorial
14 Jul 2011
We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2011 Lighting Award have been announced! The accomplished jury included Mark Major, Director at Speirs + Major, Tord Boontje and Jane Pavitt both from the Royal College of Art, David Atkinson, Creative Director of DALD and Lighting Designer of the Year 2011, Florence Lam, Director, Arup and Martyn Roberts, Business Development Manager,
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CLERKENWELL DESIGN WEEK
Editorial
22 Jun 2011
The much-loved little sibling of international design events, Clerkenwell Design Week is a three-day event that has grown from the creative history of this cosy little area in London. Over 150 events, showcases and workshops brought together the best of this year’s British contemporary design, from tiny one-man band product designers to international architects. A whole day is barely
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ICFF 2011
Editorial
22 Jun 2011
In New York, design blooms in May. That's the time of design week and the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, a sort of serial dating affair between designers and makers. Now in its 24th year, the four-day event, held each year at the Javits Center, puts on view "what's next and best in design" as thousands of designers troll the cavernous exhibition space looking for inspiration.
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NOAM GAGNON WELLNESS CENTRE
Stantec Architecture Ltd.
02 Jun 2011
Open for just six months, the Noam Gagnon Wellness Centre was selected by WE Magazine as "the best Pilates studio in Vancouver" and has subsequently been featured in the Wallpaper City Guide for Vancouver. Stantec provided Architecture, Interior Design, and Lighting Design for this new Pilates studio located on the second level of a 1970s retail building. The challenge for the design team was to
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OVO
ACT lighting design
02 Jun 2011
On first sight you see the shape of an egg, the two gateways inviting you to enter. Symbolic associations spring to the visitor's mind, suggesting richness and universality, linked to ideas of birth, unity, and perfection, of a cocoon, of transformation. The structure is a combination of 24 crossed spiral pairs, based on the Golden Number. This organic fractal structure that exists in the
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ETERNAL LIGHT
Francesco Draisci Studio Ltd
31 May 2011
A bespoke contemporary eternal light feature has been completed for the New North London Synagogue. It is very rare that a spiritual brief drops on the desk of a designer. If then, the ambition is to interpret and synthesize in a contemporary way a key symbol of a religion that is 3000 years old, the task becomes a rather complex challenge. The “NER TAMID” is a feature in all
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WANDERLUST
DP Architects Pte Ltd
31 May 2011
Be indulged in the world of exploration in this boutique hotel. Converted from an old school, the conserved 4-storey boutique hotel is situated in Little India, a culturally rich enclave in Singapore. The themed hotel draws on the concept of travelling, the desires to explore, while interiors are inspired by the vibrant fabric colors of Little India. A theme on travelling with a
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OMS STAGE
5468796 Architecture Inc.
30 May 2011
OMS Stage, Lights Up Winnipeg's Downtown "The Cube" is an open-air performance venue set against the backdrop of historic warehouses in Winnipeg’s Exchange District. The design commission gained through an invited competition, recognizes that the stage typically functions as such during a very limited time season, and questioned what opportunities the venue could provide during the
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