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Marni‘s space at Viale Umbria 42, will be transformed into a ballroom, named Marni Ballhaus, during Salone del Mobile 2016. The designers at Marni are inspired by an anciet Colombian dance – Cumbia, creating a link between design and traditions, customising the traditional full circular skirts worn by Cumbia dancers and the knotted scarves the men […] More
BASE Milano is a new center for design and creativity in the heart of the Tortona district, in the historical spaces of the former Ansaldo factory. The new integrated project for culture and creativity in Milan will be operating all year round and aims at becoming a new reference point for creativity and design in Milan and abroad. […] More
Jean Paul Gaultier collaborated with Tabisso on a new fabrics collection edited by Lelièvre and called Nature et Découverte. After being inspired by big cities and couture fashion, Gaultier found new inspiration in nature – alternative, inverted, oxidised but extremely pure. This faux suede which looks like rusted metal is used in decoration and accessories by Jean Paul Gaultier and […] More
The budget design hotel brand, Prizeotel, have recently opened a new hotel in Hannover, Germany.The new hotel’s interior is designed by acclaimed designer Karim Rashid. Take a closer look at the elegant hotel interior that shows Karim Rashid’s iconic style. More
Renowned architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a public auditorium in llinars del vallès, a catalan village located 40 kilometers northeast of Barcelona. The project is conformed by two red brick buildings, one which houses an auditorium with capacity for 300 seats and a second building with all the offices and technical spaces associated to the theater. Take a look at the […] More
The project involves the restoration and renovation of the building called the old officers’ mess and extension of the building to create a design center for businesses to professionalize and promote young designers and the Walloon design. This is a building dating from around the late seventeenth century and the first quarter of the eighteenth century […] More
Christ & Gantenbein have designed a new wing for the National Museum in Zurich. Set to open to the public in July 2016, the new wing provides exhibition galleries, an auditorium and a library for the 118-year-old museum, which houses the largest collection of cultural and historical objects in Switzerland. The raw concrete chosen by […] More
DUS Architects have completed a 3d printed facade on the temporary EU Building, for the Dutch EU Presidency 2016. The EU Presidency will take place in the Netherlands for 6 months from January 2016, and . After that, the bio-plastic facade will be fully recycled. The design references the sails of historical sailing ships, that […] More
The new owner of a dilapidated auto repair garage, located in the heart of the San Francisco Mission District, came to the designers hoping to fit an infinite program, into a tiny shoebox of a space, on an extremely limited budget. The design challenge was to create a minimalist “open-ended” event space for this avid […] More
MVRDV architects are working on a new type of cultural venue in Rotterdam, where visitors can experience the art collection, while it is being exhibited within state-of-the-art conservation spaces. It is planned as an extension of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, located in Rotterdam’s well known Museumpark district. The centuries-old establishment It currently keeps its […] More
The Stony Island Arts Bank , designed by William Gibbons Uffendell and built in 1923, was once a vibrant community savings and loan. But by the eighties, the branch had closed and the building remained vacant and deteriorating for decades. Chicao Artist and urban planner Theaster Gates purchased the rundown bank building for just $1.00 […] More
Based on the concept of a developing a prefabricated dwelling that can be assembled in isolated areas with difficult accessibility with limited available materials, the architects at Colectivo Creativo Arquitectos created the VIMOB modular housing solution, a modular home that can be easily transported and assembled, creating a comfortable setting for its inhabitants and allowing them to […] More