Harnessing Materiality & Light: LES Berlin by RHO.Designed to be a highly flexible event location, LES Berlin is the kind of space that lies dormant until it is called upon. Lonely and stark, a series of hard surfaces build up the bones of three distinct areas—canteen, bar and event...
Mirage Cinema by DA Bureau Reinterprets the History of Film Technology.DA Bureau-designed Mirage Cinema is a vividly visual universe set within a historic building that required significant rework. Light became a vessel for the project and its core concept, uniting the new digs with its inspiration—the...
Sangmin Oh’s Knitted Lights Bring Deeper Appreciation for the Natural World’s Extraordinary Beauty.Sangmin Oh's Knitted Lights project, created in collaboration with the Textile Museum in Tilburg, combine light and textiles to create magical stories. These sophisticated glow-in-the-dark knitted 3D shapes are reminiscent of glowing coral...
Less, Light, Local: ITA NORI Seaweed Installation by We+.Japanese design studio We+ has completed a research project that offers new value to discarded and non-edible nori seaweed, highlights two overlooked qualities in the food source as a material—its lightness and...
Familiar and Futuristic: Pidapipo Laboratorio Fitzroy by Dion Hall.Melbourne’s beloved Pidapipo has a new Italian dessert destination in the heart of Fitzroy. With interior architecture by Dion Hall, Laboratorio is enveloped in stainless steel, taking cues from the high glamour of the 70s, in this...
A Break from Reality: Moco Concept Store in Barcelona by Six n Five with Isern Serra.An offshoot of Moco Museum, renowned for its collection of digital and contemporary art, Moco concept store in the heart of Barcelona was conceived by the multidisciplinary studio Six n Five in collaboration with Isern Serra. The project...
This Light & Sound Installation in Barcelona Exposes the Haunting Effects of the Screen.Morning alarms. One-touch Amazon hauls. Emails in the parking lot when the traffic threatens to swallow you whole. Boon or bane, there’s no denying that screens make most things possible—even at the cost of our privacy. This was the...
Time Travel: Ichi Station Milan Sushi Restaurant by Masquespacio.Masquespacio’s peachy dreamscape for Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan feels akin to stepping into a fantastical train carriage. With the restaurant’s previous outposts inspired by travel and train stations, the studio looked to...
Melbourne Now: NGV’s History-making Exhibition With 200+ Victorian-based Artists Now Open.The second edition of the ground-breaking exhibition Melbourne Now highlights the extraordinary work of more than 200 Victorian-based artists, designers, studios and firms whose practices are shaping the cultural landscape of Melbourne and...
