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October 24, 2021
October 24, 2021 Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki of design studio The New Raw, has created a limited edition of their Ermis chair, which has been crafted from the waste material of their in-house production facilities in Rotterdam. The New Raw does a lot of research by design, which by nature, is very wasteful. Everything […]
October 20, 2021
October 20, 2021 SkLO, a studio that designs and manufactures handblown glass lighting and objects, has created the Hold sconce and pendant light. Respecting the richness of glass as an organic material and the historical craft tradition it embodies, the designers, with a studio in California, worked with their team of master glassblowers in the […]
October 18, 2021
Located near the ancient Xi’an City Wall’s Yongning (South) Gate in Xi’an, the new HEYTEA café is aiming to connect the past with the present. This is nothing new as pretty much every café project coming out of China right now reveals similar aspirations. Designers trip over themselves talking about emerging lifestyles and historical metaphors, […]
October 16, 2021
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Hamptons residence has many of the features of a traditional clapboard barn, but it is in fact only a few years old. The owner of the house is antique collector and seller, interior designer Michael Del Piero, who with architect Kathryn Fee, created this finely balanced hybrid. The property, overlooking a golf […]
October 7, 2021
Blue Bottle Coffee, the American chain founded by James Freeman in California in 2002, has opened its first permanent store in Osaka, Japan. The 345-square-metre cafe was designed by Tokyo-based Studio I IN. In Chayamachi The cafe fills the ground and first floors of a new concrete and glass building in the Chayamachi district, an […]
October 6, 2021
Finding a gift for an interior designer, architect, or design lover can sometimes be a difficult task, so we’ve put together a collection of more than 50 gift ideas to make your life easier. Let’s take a look at the various gifts we’ve found ranging from fashion and home decor to kitchenware and stationery. Style […]
October 4, 2021
One of Hong Kong’s newest restaurants, Estro was created by such a level of celebrated talent that it could have been a problematic enterprise and a painful process. Michelin-star chef Antimo Maria Merone, multiple award-winning restaurant operator, founder and CEO of JIA, Yenn Wong, and highly acclaimed architect and designer André Fu, each have an […]
September 24, 2021
The brand-new Pera Perou villas are located on the mountainous, sun-baked Kefalonia, an island in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. With its colourful history stretching all the way back to antiquity and beyond, Kefalonia offers a dreamy and magical backdrop for this small, secluded resort. Athens-born owner and designer Kleoniki Androni has always been […]
September 5, 2021
A transformation from devout urbanites to resolute cottage-dwellers was unlikely for Torontonians Renee and Ken Metrick, their sons Andrew and Jamie and their families. They are the third- and fourth-generation owners of the Elte home décor retail brand and its extensions Elte Mkt and bath retailer Ginger’s. As a family they had proven they are […]
September 5, 2021
September 5, 2021 Designer Michael Hilgers together with German furniture manufacturer OTTO has created ANNIK, a small yet modern corner desk. This floating wood desk was designed as a solution for small spaces, like apartments and student dorms, where space is limited, and by using the corner of the room, it keeps the work area […]
September 1, 2021
Monegasque Christopher Poyet and Parisian Emil Humbert established their Monaco-based Humbert & Poyet design agency in 2007. Over the years, their well-publicized luxurious projects have range from villas and hotels to showrooms and offices in Europe including Monaco, Paris, Berlin and London, and also in Mexico City and Dubai. Perfectly timed to become also their home […]
September 1, 2021
The need to upgrade the design of medical and dental offices has been talked and written about for at least three decades. Yet real change has not taken place. Certainly not in the non-luxury world. From the customer perspective, most are still boring, bland and decidedly “medical.” Yes, we understand the need for hygiene and […]
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