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 &...
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka Architects // Yokohama, Tokyo.And so my obsession with all things Japanese continues. How's a girl to move on when Japan keeps smashing out so much boundary pushing and obscenely beautiful work? This particular one deviates so far from my Western understanding of...
Villa Weinberg by Mette and Martin Wienberg // Højbjerg, Denmark.I wish this was my house. It's not - because life is not fair, and also because it belongs to Mette and Martin Wienberg, both architects. Both Danish architects at that, meaning my predisposition to like this place is as strong as Sarah...
Product Design & Lighting by Aust & Amelung.Aust & Amelung is a young German design studio formed by two product designers - Miriam Aust and Sebastian Amelung. The pair creates and develops lighting, furniture and interiors in their Kassel studio. Human desire for individuality is a...
Idokoro House by mA-Style Architects // Shizouka, Japan.Konichiwa! Today we’re south of Mount Fuji in the Shizouka Prefecture of Japan, to look at a house so good I wish I’d thought of it myself. This little slice of simplicity is by mA-Style Architects, and the photographs come from Kai...
Loft by Lissoni Associati // Monza, Italy.Converted warehouses are a dime a dozen these days, but how's this for a fascinating case of repurposing? Lissoni Associati have taken an old private theatre and transformed it into a home. Monumental and so strictly restrained, this loft...
Bence Bakonyi’s Striking Images With a Surreal Twist.Young Hungarian photographer Bence Bakonyi is a bit of a legend when it comes to striking images with a surreal twist. His work captures engaging moments that leave me with so many questions. How did he capture that shot? So, was the dog...
Dagmar by Guise: Stockholm Retail Space Constructed from Triangles.Stockholm-based firm Guise have designed a new retail space for a young Swedish fashion brand House of Dagmar, housed within the amazing Stockholm department store Nordiska Kompaniet. The client brief was to invent a hybrid spatial...
