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Interior design with a special focus on refurbishment and revitalisation.
24-05-2023 - Design
The Zikawei Library by Wutopia Lab in Shanghai
The story of the Zikawei Library in Shanghai is a tale of intelligent reuse, as the building was originally designed as a bookstore by David Chipperfield Architects. Immediately after the completion of the façade and the structure, it remained empty. However, at the city's will and thanks to the intervention of the Wutopia Lab studio, it has recently become the iconic public library of the Zikawei district.
26-04-2023 - Design
Art to narrate transformation, Carlo Stanga for LAND
Beyond words: leaving room for imagination, even when tackling extremely current and urgent topics, such as the ecological transition. This is precisely what the colourful drawings created by illustrator and architect Carlo Stanga deal with. While his works usually narrate cities with "WanderWorld", instead, he explored the new "urban landscapes".
15-03-2023 - Design
Circular design for a reversible shop in Milan
Flexible circular design for retail, a scene that is continually changing in response to new trends and demands, is the key to the new store opened by multibrand retailer ON-OFF in Milan, designed by bloomscape Architecture with Francesca Perani Enterprise.
RECENT PROJECTS
27-11-2020 - Design
Sentences after Conceptual Art, installation by Petr Dub
Czech artist, Petr Dub gives his own take on the famous Sentences on Conceptual Art by American artist, Sol LeWitt, published in 1969, in the space of a modernist church in Hradec Králové. His installation works on a range of visual layers. Also, it exploits architectural visualisation techniques to challenge the way we see and understand images.
19-11-2020 - Design
Kirsten Schwalgien, award-winning interior in a historical setting in Barcelona
German interior designer Kirsten Schwalgien has transformed the ground floor of listed local gem Casa Burés—one of the best examples of Modernist architecture in Barcelona’s Eixample district and designed in 1905 by Francesc Berenguer—into a state-of-the-art residential loft. The LoftBuresQ project also won the German Design Award.
13-11-2020 - Design
Past and future in the present, Vanke Nantou Gallery by Various Associates
The Chinese studio, Various Associates, has designed the interiors of a refurbishment project in the district of Nantou, Shenzhen, an exhibition gallery of urban memory. The venue tells the story of the past, present and future of the current transformation taking place in what used to be the heart of the Shenzhen metropolis.
28-10-2020 - Design
JG Phoenix and the Highland Star Chef Restaurant
With the Highland Star Chef Restaurant, the Chinese studio JG Phoenix has completed a venue that looks like it’s in the middle of greenery, despite it being in the centre of Shenzhen. The interior design project combines socialising and art with the desire to show the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
13-10-2020 - Design
After Ago new collection by Richard Yasmine
Lebanese designer Richard Yasmine is back in the limelight with a new collection of objects. AFTER AGO embodies the themes dear to Yasmine, who has always placed emphasis on the value of his native country’s artisan work, this time combined with architectural influences from the last century.
06-10-2020 - Design
La Sastrería, interior design by Masquespacio
The Masquespacio creative agency has created the interior design of La Sastrería, a restaurant in Valencia, Spain. The venue responds to the dream of chef Sergio Giraldo and barista Cristóbal Bouchet to open their own restaurant, with the help of Grupo Gastroadicto.
