A personal review of design creations
The Uncommon Beauty of Common Things
Charles Eames drove through Nuevo León nine years before he ever met Ray, a footnote so small he barely mentioned it for decades. Now it's the opening scene of Mexico's first-ever Eames retrospective.
The Egg That Eats Itself
How OMA's new mushroom pavilion at Casa Wabi is turning fungi into architecture, community, and lunch.
Orchid Pavilion for Casa Wabi
Merging Oaxacan craft, Japanese philosophy and sustainable design to preserve orchids.
Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980
The Museum of Modern Art presents Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980, the first exhibition by a major American museum to examine modern design in the region on a broad scale.
#HeatSeries - Enso II, Mexico
The planet is overheating this Summer… Here is a series dedicated to homes created to hide in the shade to avoid the boiling temperatures.
Episode 1 – Enso II by HW Studio, Guanajuato, Mexico
Design Your Christmas 2022 - Episode 2
#DesignYourChristmas - Season 3… Episode 2. An Ode To Clay.
Molding the Earth into art.
Ling Ling Mexico City
Undoubtedly with the best views of the city, Ling Ling Restaurant by Hakkasan by Sordo Madaleno, is Mexico’s hottest and highest spot for lunch or dinner…
An Absent Architecture
In architecture, clients often look for the best view from a hill, but what happens when the desired location is inside the ground… Discover the hidden retreat by HW Studio.
Totomoxtle: a veneer material made with Mexican corn
Totomoxtle is a veneer material created by Fernando Laposse made with husks of heirloom Mexican corn.
#BrickWeek 2 - Sforza House
Just a year ago, I launched the first edition of the #Brickweek, celebrating this building material so often disregarded but which is nevertheless the basis of all sedentary civilisations.
Here is a new series of five articles proving, if it was still necessary, the versatility of brick for projects of luxury hotels up to a bush school.
Season Two, Episode One - Sforza House in Mexico