Four Unique Coffee Shops to Break Your Doom Scroll.Ever walked into a coffee shop on the other side of the world and had the eerie feeling youâve been there before? No longer just the hallmarks of Starbucks, homogeneous designed cafes can be found all over the worldâyet these venues...
Fashion Meets Design: Three Shows That Have Us Inspired This Season.Fashion and design have always intertwined, natural bedfellows that overlap in sinuous ways. While the marrying of form and function is at the heart of both, the runway is a place for pure, unadulterated spectacle and art. Some of our...
Le Marais: A Luminous Apartment in Paris by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq.âLe maraisâ, in French, literally translates to âswampâ, but there's nothing remotely swamp-like about Le Marais, the apartment in Paris recently redesigned by Studio Haddou-DuFourcq. Mind you, the same canât be said about its...
Smoke and Mirrors: Lamarck Apartment by Lauranne Elise Schmitt.Parisian designer Lauranne Elise Schmitt creates an illusion not dissimilar to that of a dream desert mirage, in this 60-square-metre Haussmanian apartment. The lounge room is elevated and brought into focus by the dynamic backgammon-chess...
Turning Back Time: Bar Nouveau in Paris by Atelier Alma.On Parisâs Rue des Haudriettes is a bar with a floor intact from the 1970s. Or so a first look would have you believe. In reality, the floor wasn't laid then, but it was made then. âOne of the most remarkable features of this project...
Historic yet of the Moment: Haussmannian Apartment in Paris by Hauvette & Madani.A renovation usually ends better than it begins, although Samantha Hauvette and Luca Madani would probably beg to differ. Their pair's project isn't just a renovation; it's a renovation of a renovation that turns back the clock on its...
Reflection on Measurement & Time: Benoit Maire at the Ozenfant House, Paris.Conceived as a journey from Rome to Paris, this exhibitionâset in Le Corbusier and Jeanneretâs Ozenfant House, their first ever creation in Parisâevoked a reflection on measurement and time, echoing Benoit Maireâs artistic process...
Dialling-up the Whimsy: Jules Brisson Transforms Trade Magazineâs Paris Office.Jules Brisson breathes new life into the Paris headquarters of Le Betteravier Françaisâthe trade magazine for the sugar beet industry since 1952. Feeling remote from the beet fields they were writing about, the magazine editors got the...
Form and Function: Compact Paris Loft by PS Studio.Modest in budget and scale, this Paris loft in a former brewery offers a peaceful refuge from the hustle and bustle of the city thanks to a clever redesign by PS Studio. The apartment's optimized layout, continuity of existing windows...
