Red Bull HQ in Amsterdam | Sid Lee Architecture.

As a practicing interior designer, one of my personal pet-hates are over the top, tricked-up, gimmicky workplaces that try too hard and look outdated from the moment they are conceived. Yuck! Unfortunately I come across far too many...

Library Spaces.

What is it about books? How do they manage to make a space so damn sexy I wonder? Is it because we all strive to be a bit smarter on some level, and feel as though a large mass of books is going to make us feel more intelligent? Or at...

Design Free Thursday | Vintage Weight Gain Ads!

"Good news for thousands of girls who have no sex appeal!" "If you want to be popular, you can't afford to be SKINNY!" Holy $hit batman, has the world we live in changed or what? Not only are these politically incorrect slogans the...

Hotel The Exchange | Amsterdam.

The genius of Dutch design studio Ina & Matt strikes again (I previously blogged about their work here) - this time in the form of a concept hotel in Amsterdam called Hotel The Exchange. Conceived and presented more like an art...

Book & Newspaper Art by Nick Georgiou.

Nick Georgiou is an artist from Queens, New York who creates his pieces by sculpting newspapers and books collected over the years. What? Crazy sheee... I mean...

Awesome Aesop.

Aesop retail stores are so consistently and predictably AWESOME that it’s actually becoming a little bit boring. Except – WHAT am I taking about – awesome is totally never ever boring! Period. From the very...

Stråhattfabriken | Stockholm.

I always thought that Scandinavians do it better… Stråhattfabriken (Straw Hat Factory) in Stockholm is a real example of this. Dating back from 1886 to 1887, this beautiful heritage listed building was recently redeveloped into...

Shane McAdams.

Well this is just a little bit insane... and very beautiful I might add. Shane McAdams is a Brooklyn based artists who creates abstract paintings using ink extracted from ball-point pens. I love the softness of colour and tones mixed with...