Impertinence as a Design Strategy: Studio KO Brings the Legendary Bus Palladium Back to Life in Paris.Studio KO's Bus Palladium is not a hotel with a club, nor a club that decided to add rooms. It's something more interesting — an attempt to do for Paris what the Chelsea Hotel did for New York: a place where artists, musicians, and...
Roy Grounds’ Timeless Vision Lives On: Furniture Collection and Book Launch Celebrate Australian Architectural Legacy.Melbourne's architecture and design community gathered at K5 to celebrate Roy Grounds furniture collection launch alongside Tony Lee's book. The evening brought together respected voices including Dana Tomić Hughes, Clare Cousins, Peter...
Le Dorian: Geneva’s Legendary Brasserie Shows How to Change Everything by Changing Nothing.This 1950s Geneva brasserie, originally gifted to actress Mademoiselle Dorian by her wealthy admirer, retains its romantic theatrical DNA while embracing fresh artistic energy. Ykra Architects' approach was surgical: preserve the...
Design Legend Lives On: Eames House Reopens Studio Doors as Family Launches Global Foundation.Case Study House No. 8 has emerged from wildfire recovery stronger than ever, offering unprecedented access to the legendary design duo's intimate creative sanctuary. The newly established Charles & Ray Eames Foundation represents...
Nanna Ditzel’s Sculptural Bench for Two Returns with Contemporary Colour Stories.When Nanna Ditzel first unveiled her Bench for Two in 1989, the sculptural seating piece challenged every conventional notion of what a bench should be. Now, more than three decades later, Fredericia is breathing fresh life into this...
Robin Boyd’s Heritage Tree Becomes a Coveted Furniture Collection.When Robin Boyd's iconic Monterey Pine died after 60 years at Walsh Street, it marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of another. Melbourne furniture maker Alexsandra Pontonio's transformation of the heritage timber into...
From Marble to Wire: How Knoll Transforms Raw Materials into Timeless Design Icons.Material mastery meets design intelligence at Knoll, where fewer than 10% of marbles meet exacting standards and wire chairs are still hand-bent after seven decades. This uncompromising approach, established when Florence Knoll invented...
Titina Ammannati & Gianpiero Vitelli’s 70-Year Design Legacy Comes to Light in Milan.Discover the untold legacy of Titina Ammannati & Gianpiero Vitelli, Milan's influential design power couple who quietly transformed Italian design across seven decades. Their retrospective at Atelier Balderi celebrates the inseparable duo...
Australian Design Gold: Grazia & Co Breathes New Life into Meadmore’s Mid-Century Classics.Australia's design landscape welcomes back a crucial piece of its creative history with the revival of Clement Meadmore's modernist furniture and lighting designs that won acclaim in 1950s Melbourne. This updated collection represents...
