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After visiting the Aesop fitout in Paris, fashion designer Damir Doma took a bet that March Studio could do no wrong. Well, well, didn’t the Melbourne practice prove Doma so right with this ragingly fabulous fit-out for his Paris flagship store? In order to reflect Doma’s design ethos, March Studio were asked to design a space that was both raw and sophisticated with a focus on layering and materiality…

There’s been a lot of talk about gold and brass all over the internet and design magazines in the last little while. This is hardly a new trend – brass made a huge come back some time ago in the world of architecture, interiors, fashion and product design, gently shoving it’s previously celebrated silvery and coppery friends aside. It turns out that the time has come for the golden sheen to enjoy it’s well deserved 5 minutes in the sun.

I must admit, I was never really a big fan of gold for the longest time (I know, we all make mistakes), but my palettes these days are all about hints of this lovely shiny shade. Perhaps this is because we are collectively getting much better at using golds and mixing them with nudes, greys, charcoals and navy, to ensure they are always sophisticated, and never too blingy…

This project is a wonderful example of a heritage home built in 1870 in Albissola Marina in Savona, where one of the three floors were lovingly refurbished by Italian architects Grooppo. Hexagonal floor tile design mimics the original layout, with different colours defining the sequence of rooms and highlighting the continuity of spaces. I love the way the floors in each room lend their own personality, and how different colours and patterns harmonise with each-other so beautifully. There is something nana’s-patchwork-quilt about the overall aesthetic – it feels warm, familiar and authentic – which really resonates with my ethnic origins…

The extremely awesome Stockholm based studio Claesson Koivisto Rune designed these stunning cement floor tiles for Marrakech Design, which were released at the recent Stockholm Furniture Fair. The CKR trio travelled to Morocco to gain an understanding of the local tile making industry and applied their learnings when creating these contemporary tiles which use traditional materials and old production process, blending it seamlessly with their signature Scandinavian aesthetic…