Mister Design Showroom in Den Bosch, The Netherlands by Studio 34 South.A remnant of early 20th-century industrialization in the Netherlands, a 2,000sqm former Ford factory with monumental 1930’s Neues Bauen façades is now a showroom for MisterDesign, refurbished by Studio 34 South. Studio 34 South were...
Bricks Decoded: High-rise Brick & Masonry Architecture.Aaaaaand… we’re back with our content partnership with our pals from Brickworks Building Products. Our partnership sees us exploring the versatility, immense magic and the infinite possibilities of bricks, and today we're turning our...
Kvistad Redesigns Bakken & Bæck’s Amsterdam Office.Designed by Norwegian studio Kvistad, the Amsterdam outpost for Bakken & Bæck is reminiscent of a ‘yellow submarine’ – a long and narrow space that sits below ground level by the docks of Houthaven. The main room of Bakken &...
Fleeting Parts by Milena Naef at Studio Oliver Gustav, Copenhagen.Milena Naef's new part-performance, part-sculptural collection Fleeting Parts is a tense melange of pale flesh and heavy stone. Carefully cut-out slabs of marble reveal humble human segments of the artist herself—an elbow and knee,...
Institute of Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam by HOH Architecten.The Dutch firm HOH Architecten have a delightful way of describing the two buildings they have recently restored for The Institute for Advanced Study of the University of Amsterdam. They refer to them as twins separated at birth. With...
Bricks Decoded: The Return of Glass Blocks.Go on. Admit it. The thought of glass blocks probably makes you shudder. Unless you fall into the 5%* category of new generation designers who have already embraced the potential of this highly misunderstood and marginalised building...
Sony Music Entertainment Amsterdam HQ by Space Encounters.Of course Sony Music’s Amsterdam HQ needs a vinyl boardroom table that doubles a DJ booth, and a stairway that is also a bar. It’s work made a bit more entertaining, and I for one, would not mind that meeting being added to my diary....
Bricks Decoded: Curved Brick Buildings.Curves. And bricks. These are two concepts we don’t usually associate with each other, at least not straight away, right? Since I personally love nothing more than challenging that which we’ve all come to expect, I thought it...
Secret Garden: An Outdoor Design Exhibition by Scholten & Baijings.Set to become an annual exhibition, Secret Garden presents works by Dutch designers and artists, featuring objects, furniture, lighting and...
