Does Design’s Biggest Event Reflect a World in Crisis? Dana’s Unfiltered Take on Milan 2025.Milan Design Week 2025 reflected our broader cultural moment: confused, transitioning, searching for meaning. With the world in crisis, genuine creativity struggles, while marketing machines dominate. Fashion brands have invaded design...
Tactile & Familiar: Holzweiler Copenhagen Flagship by Snøhetta.Snøhetta has designed the first international retail space for Norway cool-girl-fashion-brand Holzweiler, taking its unique Norwegian ethos abroad with a considered approach to materiality and experience. The space takes cues from the...
Highlights from Milan Design Week 2022, Part 01.Never before has the proverb “absence makes the heart grow fonder” been truer than this year in Milan during Salone del Mobile. Being able to catch up with friends old and new, touch, feel and experience the products in person, and...
Forite Tiles by Studio Plastique & Snøhetta for Fornace Brioni.Norwegian studio Snøhetta teamed up with the Belgian research practice Studio Plastique and the Italian manufacturer Fornace Brioni to develop Common Sands Forite, a collection of recycled glass tiles made from components found in...
Aesop Unveils a Sensorium at Sydney Pitt Street Store.Within the granite-covered walls of Aesop Sydney lies a newly installed surreal, other-worldly form, which provides a unique opportunity for sensory explorations. From discovering the aromatic fables behind Aesop’s fragrances for the...
Interview: Architectural Photographer Rory Gardiner.Architectural photographer Rory Gardiner’s work consistently captures both aesthetic and conceptual beauty, due in part to the fact he prioritises visiting all projects prior to a shoot and taking time to simply observe the feel of a...
Aesop Opens Sydney Store by Snøhetta.The newly opened Aesop Pitt Street, set on a pedestrian mall in central Sydney, is the skincare company’s largest retail space to date and Norway-based firm Snøhetta’s first Australian store design. Bringing the magnitude and...
Extraordinary Underwater Restaurant in Lindesnes, Norway by Snøhetta.Oslo-based firm Snøhetta have completed Europe’s first ever underwater restaurant in Norway. Appropriately named ‘Under’, the 495sqm monolith is submerged 5-and-a-half metres below the ocean’s surface. Inspired by a sunken...
Norgesglasset Bar at Oslo Airport by Snøhetta.Snøhetta used 4,000 original 'Norgesglasset' jars to clad the ceiling and back wall of a unique bar designed for the expansion of Oslo...
