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A Clock Tower transformed into a luxury penthouse
Jun 05 2013The jaw-dropping 6,813 square feet penthouse offers you a 360 degrees view of the city, overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan. Its signature feature, however, are the four massive clocks, installed in 14-foot-high round windows on each wall. The three-story apartment, with the ceiling going from 16 to 50 feet in height, also has a [...]
Century Old Butcher Shop
May 17 2013A century-old butcher’s shop-as in, from the good old days when butchers apparently commissioned artists for reverse painted glass ceilings and stunning decorative tiling—that’s been turned into the hippest of bars in Leipzig, Germany. The transformation of Fleischerei Bar is the handiwork of local designer Michael Grzesiak, who brought into the space, which, by the way, [...]
Radisson Blu Riverside by Doos Architects
Apr 28 2013This intimate business hotel is designed to promote being social and to collaborate across borders. The design concept has an urban eclectic theme inspired by the heritage of the location in Lindholmen, once the centre for the shipbuilding industry, and the area of today as a centre for science and innovation. The result is a [...]
ZENSE: The Rebirth, Department of Architecture
Apr 24 2013During 2010 Red Shirt Riot, many of Bangkok’s public buildings were set on fire. Podium of ZEN Tower in Central World Complex was totally unrecognizable. Smoke and heat went upward and destroy all furniture and finishing of all interior space on the tower. ZENSE, then a newly-opened yet one of the hippest Restaurants/Bars in the [...]
South Yarra Residence by Carr Design Group
Apr 20 2013Built in 1929 the property began life as two duplexes, one of which was originally inhabited by the famous artist Sunday Reed before her move to Heide Gallery. Positioned in Melbourne’s Domain precinct, this residence meshes the character filled historic architecture with the crisp detailing of a modern addition. Restoration of the dwelling internally and [...]
Philippe Starck: chapeau light for flos
Apr 13 2013Taking the idea of a hat stand and translating it into an object which also functions as a light, Philippe Starck’s ‘chapeau’ table lamp for Flos offers a whimsical design which allows one to use any type of hat as a lampshade in which to diffuse the LED array used for illumination. Presented at Euroluce [...]
DECORETTES™ RUNNING AMOK!, by Judson Rothschild
Apr 11 2013Eight little Indians… Seven should be scalped! This April 2013 issue is one of the worst Design Disaster™ magazine showcases I have ever seen. GREAT STYLE is emblazoned on the cover of the Magazine, yet when you browse through this horrifying “Designers at Home” issue, you are left feeling as if someone poured acid in [...]
THE CHEST OF SUITCASES BY MAARTEN DE CEULAER
Apr 08 2013Designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s passion for travel and exploring the world has led him to create a chest of suitcases. Titled “The Chest Of Suitcases”, the towers and asymmetric compositions are made of suitcases and briefcases in precious leathers and are part of a series called The Leather Collection launched in Milan in 2009. The [...]
Medusae Pendant Lamps: Interview with Californian designer Roxy Russell
Apr 02 2013“The ocean is such a boundless source of inspiration for myself and many other people, in all fields. Unfortunately, I am also very concerned about the fragile state of it’s very complex eco-system. I wanted to bring to the surface, and illuminate the growing problem of plastic polluting our oceans in a way that makes [...]
Fly on the wall smoke alarm by Paola Suhonen for Jalo
Mar 23 2013Who says safety can’t be fun? Finnish designer Paola Suhonen’s ‘lento’ fly on the wall photoelectric smoke alarm not only brings added security to your home, it also provides an entertaining alternative to the boring and unattractive options which are on the market. Produced by Jalo Helsinki, the entire external casing of the ‘pesky insect’ [...]
Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore
Mar 20 2013“13th century gothic architecture becomes a bookstore through continuous dialogue between history and modernity. In Maastricht, Selexyz Dominicanen is a project with multiple souls, where tradition and innovative solutions come together over a good book and a good cup of coffee. In the Classical world, Mercury, the god of merchants, was also considered the messenger [...]
Eira chair by Rafael Fernández
Mar 15 2013Eira is a seat conceived to occupy a special place in the lounge and so, becoming your favorite seating. Its design is based in individual bent wood pieces, in a way that the flexibility of the material itself provides a great comfort. A piece of furniture that doesn´t stand out simply because of its appearance [...]
Neil Barrett ‘Shop in Shop’ by Zaha Hadid
Mar 11 2013A display landscape The ‘Shop in Shop’ concept for Neil Barrett is based on a singular, cohesive project that is divided into sixteen separate pieces. Specific pieces have then been selected and installed into each of the four Neil Barrett ‘Shop in Shop’s in Seoul, and also into the Hong Kong shop; creating a unique [...]
Renovation of a farmhouse by Paola Navone
Mar 06 2013Andrea Falkner Campi called in the very successful and talented Italian Interior Designer, Paola Navone, to help her transform this Italian Farmhouse into a beautiful and cozy open space home of 5,300 sq ft (500m2) in Spello, Umbria. The first intervention of Paola Navone was to illuminate the entire area with a strong, clean, white color thus [...]
LOUIS VUITTON – YAYOI KUSAMA’s pop up store
Feb 20 2013LOUIS VUITTON – YAYOI KUSAMA’s pop up store for Selfridges London is explicitly derived from Kuama’s series of Pumpkin installations and endless Polka dot paintings. A series of pumpkin-like elements, self-similar in scale and geometry, intersect and overlap creating a fully immersive environment. Five large inhabitable “domes” integrate into a single, compound shell structure. Inside, [...]