Design Free Thursday // Recycled Beauty by Laurie Frankel.I've always had a genuine fascination with the concept of turning trash into treasure, so today's post really hits the spot for me. San Francisco based photographer Laurie Frankel teamed up with Diane Gatterdam to create a fascinating...
Deconstructed Perfume Prints by Hedi Xandt for TUSH Magazine.Hedi Xandt is a Hamburg-based multidisciplinary designer with a fresh perspective on graphic art. He recently deconstructed a series of luxury perfume bottles for TUSH Magazine, reducing them to a single line drawing shown with key...
Floating Light Suspended Inside a Painted Metal Basket by Martin Azua.Light Container by Spanish designer Martín Azúa is a floating light suspended inside a painted metal basket. "Light is immaterial, but at the same time lamps are also objects. In this case we treat light as something with weight and...
House Built Over a Pastry Shop by Yuko Nagayama & Associates // Chiba, Japan.'Katsutadai House' is located in the suburban neighborhood of Katsutadai (Chiba) East of Tokyo, Japan. The owners are a well established pastry shop known for their killer apple pie, baking for the neighbourhood since 1977. After 35 years...
An (In)discrete Eye by UdA Architetti // Apartment Renovation in Turin, Italy.The latest project by our friends from UDA Architetti sits on the mezzanine level of a building overlooking Turin's Piazza San Carlo, the symbol of the city.This 150sqm three bedroom apartment is crafted with rigour and close attention to...
Duddell’s Cultural Concept Destination in Hong Kong by Ilse Crawford.Duddell's Hong Kong is a cultural concept venue designed by the one and only Ilse Crawford. Despite Duddell’s undeniable opulence and grandeur, Crawford took her signature humanistic approach to design, where people are placed at the...
Design Free Thursday // Photos of Chinese Artists Reproducing Classical Sculptures.Italian photographer Chiara Goia travelled to Dong Cheng, a small village in China where artists are responsible for producing imitations of renowned classical sculptures. I ache for the irony, the beauty and the bizarre nature of these...
Le Cercle Fermé by Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil.Everything is cool. You're not still drunk from last night. No, you're not losing your shit - the rooms here really do look like they are melting. You're fine. Relax. 'Le Cercle Fermé' is a surreal art installation by Martine Feipel &...
Two Circles Chair by Kebei Li.Two Circles Chair by Kebei Li is an "aesthetic study of the contrast between a line and a surface". Using only rectilinear and circular elements, Li created a highly rational, logical, and mathematical geometry. The designer chose a deep...
