Fractal Geometry Echoes the Rhythm of Weaving in This Gallery-like Jaipur Rug Store.Roar's design for the new Jaipur Rugs store in Mumbai takes its cue from the rug itself. The studio built a spatial system around fractal geometry, echoing the steady repetition of weaving. Because the brain reads such patterns as calming...
Three Generations, One Nervy Brief: Hannes Peer Reimagines Merano’s Aurora Hotel.Aurora has anchored Merano's Passer Promenade for almost sixty years. Now the third generation of the Aukenthaler family has handed the 59-room hotel to Hannes Peer Architecture and Feld72, with a brief of unusual nerve: don't erase,...
Jungle’s Madrid HQ by Mil Studios Channels the Cool Restraint of 90s New York.The conceptual starting point for Jungle Madrid headquarters by Mil Studios is sharp: the corporate offices and creative studios of 1990s New York, where control and expression existed in constant productive tension. Translated across...
Sense of Direction: Alpha60 X Brendan Huntley at the Heide Museum of Modern Art.An installation of paintings, sculptures, monotypes, rugs and clocks that together explore the transience of personal transformation, Sense of Direction is a collaborative exhibition between Australian artist Brendan Huntley and fashion...
Perception, Perspective and Reflection: Ordinary Miracles by Rive Roshan.Rive Roshan returned to Dutch Design Week with Ordinary Miracles, an immersive exhibition that plays with perception, perspective and reflection. Held at LOADS 040 in Eindhoven, the artistic studio presented both sculptural objects and a...
The Stieglitz Experience in Amsterdam by S-P-A-C-E Projects.Like a 70s fever dream, S-P-A-C-E Projects has designed a new boutique that has landed in the heart of Amsterdam. Think Mad Men, Twiggy and a giant conversation pit all rolled into one—it's begging you to stroke the furry walls. This is...
A Slow Reveal: Signature Floors’ New Melbourne Showroom by HASSELL.For architects and designers, entering Signature Floors' new Melbourne CBD showroom is more akin to a gallery/hotel lobby. Designed by Hassell, what was previously a 275-square-metre shell, is now a functional ‘work of...
Sizzles At The Park Restaurant in Apeldoorn by Zware Jongens.Capturing the Dutch notion of ‘gezelligheid’, Zware Jongens has designed Sizzles in the Park, a multi-faceted dining experience set within a lush garden. The illusion of indoor and outdoor reaches its climax with a 9-meter-long custom...
TSAR Carpets Introduces Hand-Tufted Rug Collection, Forma.An Australian-owned company with a global outlook, TSAR Carpets has unveiled the new Forma Collection, an expansive series of high concept, hand-tufted floor coverings. Featuring never-before-seen textures, colour combinations and...
