Stories On Design // Lusty Libraries.It's fairly safe to assume we can all agree that books infuse spaces with texture, colour, depth and character, adding a sense of comfort and a certain warmth. In this increasingly digital and intangible world we live in, books and...
Peter Zumthor’s Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Sauda, Norway.It’s a bleak Norwegian vista. What appears from the outside as a series of dark grey cubicles suspended from a stone wall offers no relief from the aggressive landscape of grey rock and wilderness surrounding it. The story behind the...
Knapphullet: Home on a Cliff in Norway by Lund Hagem.Designed by Oslo-based practice Lund Hagem, Knapphullet is a small residential annex that replaces two small sheds on the cliff-side property in Norway. With a roof that folds down to touch the ground, the new building appears to be...
Awkward Family Portraits by Morten Borgestad… And See You In 2017!The "Awkward Family Photos" meme had spread across the globe like wildfire in the recent years, and just as I though I'd had enough of it and I couldn't possibly handle another version, along comes this hilarious series by Morten...
Floating Performance in the Middle of the Arctic Ocean by Ludovico Einaudi for Greenpeace.World renowned Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has performed a historic concert, set on a floating platform in the arctic ocean. Against the icy backdrop of the Wahlenbergbreen Glacier in Svalbard, Norway, Einaudi has...
Stories On Design // Perfectly Perforated.Perfectly Perforated (try saying that as fast as you can five times in a row) is a celebration of the love affair architects & interior designers seem to have with the 'hole'. Get your mind out of the gutter - you know that I mean,...
Stories On Design // Room With a View.Room With a View talks about spaces that embrace their context wholeheartedly - the site, the location, the climate, vernacular architecture and more. What I love about all these examples is the demonstration of many different ways in...
‘Ode to Osaka’ Installation by Manthey Kula.Architect Sverre Fehn’s competition entry for the Scandinavian pavilion at the World Fair in Osaka 1970 is part of the Norwegian National Museum – Architecture’s collection. Fehn’s proposal of a breathing structure where images of...
Stories On Design // Sheds, Cabins & Retreats.Although humble in stature, these mini-structures speak of the ultimate luxury - the luxury of stillness and more time, and rare pleasures of direct connection with nature. There is no denying the fact that the concept of a minimal,...
