Tag: UK
Pulsate installation design by Lily Jencks & Nathanael Dorent // Capitol Designer Studio, London.
18th March
Holy smokes! Talk about immediate visual overwhelm and super intense awesomeness. In your face – boom! You are looking at Pulsate – retail pop-up installation design by Lily Jencks and Nathanael Dorent for emerging London tile showroom Capitol Designer Studio. The entire showroom interior was wrapped in porcelain tiles in four different shades, creating a striking space that plays major tricks on the eye…
Deborah Bowness Wallpaper.
3rd October
Deborah Bowness has been creating the most beautiful wallpapers for nearly ten years. By combining photography with silkscreen techniques, Deborah’s digital and hand printed wallpapers are real works of art…
Konstam Restaurant by Heatherwick Studios // London.
4th September
I’ve seen some vamped up pubs in my time but none quite as theatrical as this. The clever crew at Heatherwick Studios have created one epic ceilingscape at the Konstam Prince Albert. They’ve used the site conditions to generate a monumental, glittering chandelier that hovers over the entire space. Lengths of metal chains extend from the pub’s fifty seven window frames and are strung to the ceiling before cascading back down again to form lamp shades. The view from outside is just as potent, appearing as if the restaurant has been sucked into a vortex of chains…
Innovative Surface Design by Giles Miller Studio.
27th August
London-based design practice, Giles Miller Studio, specialises in the development of incredibly innovative surfaces for the world of interiors. The studio prides itself on the ability to deliver solutions that marry architecture with beautiful interior finish by way of original and inspiring surface development…
Ochre Barn by Carl Turner Architects | Norfolk, England.
5th March
Ochre Barn is a multi purpose development that houses a retreat, studio space and a private residence for Carl Turner, principal of London based studio Carl Turner Architects, and his partner Mary Martin. Despite it’s rural setting at Norfolk in England, let me tell ya there is nothing remotely “agricultural” about these buildings. No sir!
Admittedly this project caught my eye a couple of weeks ago, however I wasn’t really sure whether to post about it or not. Why? Because of the abundant use of the ever so controversial Oriented Strand Board (OSB) all over the interior, and I simply didn’t know how I felt about it. So I decided to sleep on it for a few days and… here we are! I’ve managed to make peace with it and, even more so, actually start liking it…



















