A SPACE ABOUT (ASA), the design studio founded by Laura Blanch and Noa Massanet, transformed a small empty shopfront into Vereda bar and restaurant. ASA’s spatial vision gives material form to the culinary concept of Vereda’s chef and owner, creating an authentic space appropriate for the community of Barcelona’s Eixample district.
Roland Baldi Architects, the studio appointed to design the interiors in the renewal and expansion of the Clubhouse in Falzes, in the Pusteria Valley, has made the town’s cultural hub into something truly special. The architects’ proposal allows the facility to adapt to the changing needs of the community with great elegance.
“Local Cultures in Global Settings” is an international contest promoted by the Iris Ceramica Group and its associated Foundation and organised by UAE Modern, drawing attention to creative contributions arising out of the interaction between expressions of identity and universalistic culture. We talked about it with Massimo Imparato, who, with Monica Mazzolani, co-founded UAE Modern, the cultural hub presenting the series of events accompanying the competition.
As we eagerly await the start of the 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile and the Milan Design Week, here is a preview of two collections created by Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine: Woven Whispers and FURRYBUM/SOFTBUM. As characteristic of Richard Yasmine's works, the two collections are the result of a collaboration with several Lebanese master craftsmen, for intrinsically sustainable and timeless products.
Masquespacio, the creative agency of Ana Milena Hernández and Christophe Penasse, designed the interior of a Greek fast food restaurant in Valencia, Spain inspired by the restaurant’s existing visual identity, which Masquespacio reinforces with great abstraction and elegance.
Visual Display, Giorgio Di Bernardo’s creative design company, worked on a project in the designer’s own hometown, Udine, to bring new life to a venue offering typical Friulian conviviality. Piccolo Bar is a place for sampling the region’s famous wines and hams, paying tribute to the bar’s history and tradition.
Hitzig Militello Arquitectos, HMA, designed a striking new venue in an existing building with a bold aesthetic impact in Buenos Aires’ hip Palermo district. The design idiom is inspired by the gastronomic specialty on offer: typical American pies, of the type traditionally cooled by an open window.
Designers from the Amsterdam-based i29 interior design studio have brought a typical canal house back to life near Amstelveld. After two years of careful restoration and transformation works, in collaboration with a team of specialists, the house is ready to welcome a new family.
Designers from the One Fine Day Studio & Partners firm have created a veterinary clinic and pet store in Guangzhou on par to the most exclusive luxury boutiques. The retrofuturist-style architectural storytelling is geared to Gen Z's tastes, elevating the spaces from functional to experiential, at least for pet owners.
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