A personal review of design creations
#LifeAfterLockdown – Solaz Los Cabos Hotel
During our confinement, we all dream of escaping our flat and discovering the world again. Our habits will change but here is a series of destinations to keep in mind for your next holidays or simply escape your lockup routine.
Episode One: San José del Cabo, Mexico.
White Flower Arbour
On the occasion of a world festival in 2019, the Maezawa Garden House added a discreet arbour merging into the woods.
‘Partu’ by Johnny Nargoodah and Trent Jansen
On the occasion of Melbourne Design Week, the two Australian designers are unveiling “Partu”, a collection of objects made out of reused materials.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Paris!
The Centre Pompidou hosts a major exhibition retracing artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s years in Paris together from 1958 to 1964. After the Pont-Neuf, another Parisian landmark will be temporary wrapped in 2021: the Arc de Triomphe.
Casa Santa Teresa
The Isle of Beauty is the second name of Corsica; a land full of contrasts and surprises with stunning landscapes from crystal blue waters to snowy mountain peaks. In Ajaccio, birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte, Amelia Tavella worked on a white home called Casa Santa Teresa.
The Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre
It is not the first mission on Mars; it is not another science fiction movie; it is real and it happens in the UAE, in the desert of the Emirate of Sharjah: the Buhais Geology Park Interpretive Centre.
The RaeRae House
Austin Maynard Architects created an unconventional but thoroughly logical house in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Responsive, contextual and strategic, this is a functional home with nuanced moments of surprise and discovery.
Lille, World Design Capital in 2020
After Turin, Seoul, Helsinki, Cape Town, Taipei and Mexico, Lille Metropole, the first French local authority to obtain this distinction, is the 2020 World Design Capital.
Symbiotic Seeing
The Kunsthaus Zürich presents a major solo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson. At its centre in a new, space-filling installation that addresses a key issue of our times: the relationship and interplay between human and non-human actors on Earth.
The Bearable Lightness of Living
In the South-Eastern region of Thailand, Research Studio Panin worked on a house that anticipates the future needs of its owner.