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Interior design with a special focus on refurbishment and revitalisation.
26-07-2022 - Design
digitalCHURCH, a church in Aachen reborn as a co-working space
A place of sharing par excellence has become a digitalCHURCH. Thanks to the initiative by Norbert Herrmanns from Landmarken AG, together with the digitalHUB Association, the city of Aachen in Germany has its first co-working space in the nave of the former St. Elisabeth’s Church. A very appealing space that honours the Church’s original meaning as a gathering space for the digital community.
14-07-2022 - Design
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL’s decidedly minimal interior design
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL, the architectural studio founded by David Neuhäusl and Matěj Hunal, designed Prague’s Kro Bistro & Bar, the studio’s third restaurant for Kro: a new gastronomic experience in the Czech capital centring around honest local cuisine. The same philosophy is reflected in the restaurant’s interior design.
07-07-2022 - Design
Retro-futurism for X11, a toy store by TOMO Design
For some time now we have been seeing beautiful Chinese stores whose interior design is inspired by retro-futurism. The new X11 Toy Collection Store, a well-known toy brand, located in Xi'an in central China and designed by the TOMO Design studio, has been conceived as an airship, carrying young customers to another dimension.
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29-06-2022 - Design
CCD designs Hoiana Hotel & Suites in Vietnam
The Chinese CCD studio has designed the Hoiana Hotel & Suites in Vietnam, in Hoi An, within the new Hoiana Integrated Resort tourist destination. The projects starts from local traditions, to meet the different functional space requirements of people in the contemporary context, creatively introducing new meanings and functions into the space.
27-06-2022 - Design
The renovation of Casa Hotel in Amsterdam by i29
Casa – as the project is called – was born in Amsterdam in the late 1950s, founded by four friends looking to help solve the shortage of student accommodations. Thanks to the unique hotel and residence mix, the project continues to offer affordable housing for students. The i29 studio has created the new interior design for all 518 hotel rooms, in collaboration with the Lensvelt furniture brand and textile designer Mae Engelgeer.
21-06-2022 - Design
PIFO GALLERY by ARCHSTUDIO, renovating with natural light
Designers from ARCHSTUDIO renovated the renowned PIFO GALLERY art gallery in Beijing. The space, which integrates the functions of art exhibition, reception and office, has been revisited from what was originally a "closed box". By choosing the theme of light for the design, the architects in fact opened up the space to the urban context.
17-06-2022 - Design
Tillandsia WALL Green Wave for Fuorisalone 2022
Set up along the Cortile d’Onore portico of the Ca' Granda, home to the University of Milan, a green wall enchanted Fuorisalone 2022 visitors, as part of the INTERNI Design Re-Generation initiative. The installation made with small Tillandsia plants is a project conceived by Roberta Filippini, founder of the ROBERTA STUDIO, with Paolo Michieli for Michieli Fioricoltura.
31-05-2022 - Design
Richard Yasmine, materials and craftsmanship at the Milan Design Week
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.
16-05-2022 - Design
Masquespacio interprets a Greek restaurant in Valencia
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.
