A personal review of design creations
The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara
If you are heading to Art Basel and Design Miami/Basel next week, do not miss Vitra Design Museum’s brand new addition on its Campus: the Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara.
#Salone - Little Monsters / Scary Beasts
Craftsmanship is an essential element in every country’s narrative. It is not only its soul but it is a signature, a way of using what is locally available and creating something noble out of it. During Milan Design Week, discover the works of five communities from Albania, Bosnia, Hungary and Romania thanks to co/rizom.
#Salone - Port Light by Tom Fereday
At Salone del Mobile 2022, Australian design Tom Fereday unveils ‘Port Light’, a new light series made out of cast crystal glass. Handmade in Australia in collaboration with Rakumba Lighting.
The Colour Bath at Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station
With an estimated 3.7 million commuters daily, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, in Japan, is considered the busiest transportation hub in the world. But somehow Moment Factory managed to create an oasis of calm…
Phillips New York Design Auction
It’s almost the end of the auction season. On June 7th, Phillips is hosting a design auction in New York. Here is my personal selection…
Colour Rush! An Installation by Sabine Marcelis
Following an invitation from the Vitra Design Museum, Sabine Marcelis has transformed the Schaudepot in one simple, sweeping gesture by sorting its roughly four hundred exhibits by colour.
Villa M, a Green Spot in the Parisian Urban Jungle
In the heart of Montparnasse, a new mixed-use complex hides its metallic structure beams by medicinal herbal plants and fruit trees. Villa M is the perfect combination between nature and a human-centered mission.
The Pacific, a human-scale skyscraper
In Vancouver, ACDF Architecture unveiled The Pacific, a new high-rise building whose façade creates a new skyscraper language in the form of new relationships between pedestrians and the building.
#RamadanSeries – Cambridge Central Mosque
For our last episode of the #RamadanSeries, let’s discover a ‘place of tranquillity’ with tree-like pillars built by Marks Barfield Architects…
Episode Four – Cambridge Central Mosque, UK.