An Ode to Gio Ponti: A 1920s Apartment in Milan by David/Nicolas.Refurbishing a property designed by one architectural icon and redesigned by another can scare even the mightiest of architects. But the Lebanese design duo David/Nicolas, it seems, are immune to such angst, as evidenced by their project,...
Lighting Up Sydney: Nook Collections Opens Doors to its First Showroom in Surry Hills.Australian lighting retailer Nook Collections has opened its first showroom in a historic building on Cleveland Street in Sydney's Surry Hills. The space plays with personality within a muted palette, creating harmony between product and...
Seeing Double: Casa Gracia in Madrid by Hanghar.Hanghar have split a single 1970s Madrid apartment into two near identical dwellings. Inspired by Louisiana Interiors, Gaudi’s Casa Vicens and Caccia Dominioni’s double doorways in Villa San Valerio, the research oriented architecture...
Hopper Joint in Melbourne is Brahman Perera and Jason Jones’ Love Letter to Sri Lanka.Hopper Joint has been a long time coming. The Sri Lankan diner in Prahran is a personal project eight years in the making for Melbourne designer Brahman Perera who has weaved his own heritage and familial customs into a space that breathes...
This Collection of Ceramic Lamps and Glass Objects Serves a Big Dose of Collective Visual Memory.This collection of ceramic lamps and glass objects by Los Objetos Decorativos combine materiality, colour and form to create something utterly unique. Ornamental details nod to fashion and tailoring while the brand happily embraces error,...
Now Showing: De Witt in Dordrecht by Studio Modijefsky.It’s often not a single moment of revelation that leads to the burst of excitement and inspiration so often brought on by good design, but rather, a collective of moments and measures that have been orchestrated so clearly and...
Two Distinct Souls: 17th Century Apartment in Rome by Punto Zero.In the heart of Rome's historic Monti neighbourhood, Punto Zero transformed a 17th Century apartment into a colourful and bright home. Approaching the project with a keen sensitivity to the existing architectural narrative, original bones...
Subtle Experimentation: Apartment in Warsaw by La Fala Studio.Polish architects Agnieszka Dominik and Marlena Banaszewska have completed their first project together as La Fala Studio—a vibrant transformation nestled within a post-war tenement house in Warsaw. The compact 55-square-metre apartment...
Rive Roshan’s Australian Show Colours our Perception with Hope, Optimism & Empathy.In Rive Roshan's debut Australian solo exhibition, Amsterdam-based design studio showcases a new series of mesmerising functional art objects and shifting wall pieces. Partners in life and work, Ruben de la Rive Box and Golnar Roshan...
