SHOWTIME POLTRONA Chair, BD Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V Showtime was born as a collection for furniture designed for the home with the versatility and personality required in contract. A collection where plastic coexists with padded upholstery, the gloss of painted wood and the tradition of best ceramics. Showtime reflects, in its classicism and modernity with its contrasts which have

GARDENIAS VASES, Jaime Hayon, BD Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V Jaime Hayon designed the Gardenia Vases in terracotta as a complement to his outdoor armchair selection. They are unique, having emerging forms and Hayon’s unmistakable hallmark of design.

REMIX VOL. 5 Shelve, Moneo Brock, BD Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V Moneo Brock presents a new edition to the REmix project (Vol.5) created by BD Barcelona Design with the aim of REcovering, REcycling and REusing obsoletematerial that accumulates in warehouses, giving it a second chance. Belén Moneo has faced the challenge of converting old legs in stock into a limited edition of

Cristallo Cupboard, BD Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V Alessandro Mendini is a unique person characterised for his great generosity amongst many of his other qualities. He was the one that defined the concept of “neoartesanado postindustrial” (new post industrial crafted art) much like what we do at BD, ever since the business started in 1972.   In the 80’s he

Andels Hotel Lodz, Łódź, Poland

Curated by Editor V Opened this spring in Poland’s second-largest city of Lodz, the Andels Hotel has one of the most stunning entrance foyers we have seen in a while. The restored, stoic, red-brick facade hides the entrance so well that the initial impression is very strong.If you need to host a large event and impress your

REMIX VOL.1,2 CABINETS, DB Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V REcuperate, REuse and REinterpret. BD is joining the prefixed RE conscientiousness – with a project that is without any complex inspired in our grandmother’s kitchen. Cooking with leftovers is something as old as necessary and nevertheless creative. In our recipe book exist memorable dishes that are prepared with hard bread from

Berkshire Residence by Of Possible Architecture, Sheffield, MA

Curated by Editor V It takes considerable skill to design a house that is brand-new and completely modern yet fits in its rural farmland environment as if it had been there for a long time. The residence that founder Vincent Appel and his team at New York-based Of Possible Architecture designed for a retired couple in the

Résidence Portland, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Curated by Editor V When Cécile Combelle and Antonio Di Bacco came to Montreal from Paris, they had intended to stay for one year. But they liked the city with its French underpinnings and viciously cold winters and decided to stay and established their architecture and design studio Atelier Barda there in 2012. They have since created numerous

Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Barcelona, Spain

Curated by Editor V When in Barcelona, you will want to check into one of the several new or refurbished and distinctively cool hotels that have opened there recently. Among them, W Barcelona, located on La Barceloneta and designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, and the swish apartment residences of El Palauet that we featured in October. The

GAUDÍ DOOR KNOBS, Antonio Gaudi, BD Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V A company that has always attributed such great importance to the author of the designs could never forget the great figures in history. That is why the BD catalogue of contemporary creations has always included those by admired classical masters. Antoni Gaudí (1852/1926) is, without doubt, the most internationally well-known Spanish

La Banane Hotel , St. Barts

Curated by Editor V La Banane on St. Barts is an exclusive, retro-chic hotel of nine distinctive bungalows. This hotel’s cool vibe of the 1950s is not a fake as it has a great storied past and its stories are based on real life, real events, real personalities. La Banane’s founding father was the late Jean-Marie

Nanan Patiserie, Wroclaw, Poland

Curated by Editor V Every sweet tooth in Wroclaw, Poland, can now stay in home territory if they wish to indulge in eclairs, macaroons, fantastic mini-cakes and other sweet delicacies.  Former pastry chef, food blogger and photographer, Justyna Kawiak, has applied her formidable talents to co-founding Nanan Patisserie (Cukiernia Nanan) at Kotlarska 32 in Wroclaw. According to

Ladurée Quai des Bergues, Geneva, Switzerland

Curated by Editor V The French luxury bakery Ladurée was founded in Paris in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée. Today, the name is synonymous with the double-decker macaroon of which Ladurée stores around the world sell more than 15,000 per day. The brand now includes five segments from macaroons and chocolates to beauty, bath and body products.

Dolder Grand Hotel, Zürich, Switzerland

Curated by Editor V ‘Someone has finally understood how the ultimate suite should look and feel,’ was our chief globetrotter’s seldom-heard endorsement, when he encountered the recently opened four top suites and spa at Z’rich’s Dolder Grand Hotel. Designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, the famed health spa/hotel has a perfect city location overlooking Lake Z’rich

El Palauet , Barcelona

Curated by Editor V In its latest incarnation, Barcelona’s El Palauet is now appearing as a most desirable home away from home. Six luxurious apartments, each approximately 150 square meters in size and designed to please even the most demanding traveler, are available for rent for stays of three days or longer. With the confident charm of

Maison Blanche, Casablanca, Morocco

Curated by Editor V If the city is called Casablanca (White House), creating an all-white interior for a restaurant there isn’t a major creative break-through. But Christophe Pillet, the designer of the Maison Blanche (White House), reflected the omnipresent white back on itself with smoked mirrors, and created a vertigo-inducing vessel-of-a-space that forces us to look again. The

Mews 04, Hyde Park, London

Curated by Editor V Balance. So difficult achieve as it requires the designer, architect and owner to know just where to stop – what is just enough but not too stark; what is just perfect for the building, for the space and most important, for the residents. Andy Martin Architects has succeeded in balancing the angular

REMIX VOL.4 DNA Vase, Barcelona Design

Curated by Editor V Mermelada Estudio signs a new edition for the REmix project (Vol. 4), created for BD Barcelona Design with the objective of giving another chance to accumulated and obsolete materials in company warehouses. Old stock from bathroom accessories are now reborn, having new utility thanks to the imagination of the designers and

Atherton II Residence, San Mateo County, California

Curated by Editor V The Atherton II residence is located in the Atherton area of San Mateo County, about 46 kilometres (30 miles) from San Francisco. Atherton is regularly ranked as one of the most expensive residential areas of the United States. San Francisco-based Leverone Design has completed several exclusive projects in the area including Atherton II

Renovated ancient building, Tel Aviv, Israel

Curated by Editor V This is what we call breathing room! A room in which one can breathe. Where the sea breeze moves freely. Where the scent of the ocean is ever-present. And the best part? It is not in a deserted island far, far away, but in an urban setting. This 300-plus year-old house

Tennyson 205 Apartment Building, Polanco, Mexico City

Curated by Editor J Many people say they crave cozy during this time of crisis but we seem to gravitate even more than usually towards stark clarity. We are also drawn to buildings that exude a definite character. We respect architecture and design that boldly declare what they are, rather than trying to ingratiate itself

Explorer Tables, BD Barcelona design

Curated by Editor V A series of side tables, Explorer 1, 2 and 3 inspired by the playful and what remind one of jelly-beans, rounded sweets that that children eat in the US. This childlike inspiration has at the same time a very elegant beauty which generally is characterised in my designs. It’s about new

A Private Buddhist Spiritual Retreat in Tangshan, China

Curated by Editor J This recently completed private spiritual Buddhist retreat and tea house in the rural Tangshan area in China’s northeastern Herbei province, produces perfectly the tranquil environment and reverent atmosphere that the design brief requested.  The project was executed by the Beijing-based design and architecture firm Archstudio established in 2010 by architect, Han Wenqiang. While the

Luxury Residence And Private Hotel, Haitang Bay

Curated by Editor V It is tough not to end up elbow-deep in clichés as we attempt to describe this residence that feels like a work of art itself. Located in Haitang Bay, Sanya, in Hainan Province, China, the building is a combination of an opulent holiday home, a gallery for exquisite art, a small private

Hunter Boots Flagship Store, London

Curaed by Editor V Hunter Boots is making waves again. The Edinburgh, Scotland-based historic icon has opened its first-ever flagship store at 83 Regent Street in London with a celebration featuring a troupe of Singing-In-The-Rain dancers arriving in a red double-decker wearing head-to-toe Hunter Original collection. The store design is a funky combo of urban shopping

Sigar Bespoke Menswear Store, Foshan, Guangdong

Curated by Editor V Designers Chen Xiejin and Wen Wei of Construction Union have created a smoothly masculine bespoke menswear store, Sigar Bespoke, in their home town of Foshan, China. With its dark, hard and sleek ambiance, the two-level, 110 square-metre (1184 sq. ft) store covers some familiar gentlemen’s store clichés. But by focusing on

REDValentino Store, Rome, Italy

Curated by Editor V Pink has never been our go-to color to start with and more often than not, its use is just too much to handle for most designers. But, as always, we can trust India Mahdavi, the 52 year-old Iranian-born, Paris-based architect-designer whose talents we’ve admired and covered for a long time. This time,

Mid-century modernist apartment, Stockholm, Sweden

Scandinavian, mid-century modernist, minimalist. The style of Stockholm-based interior designer Louise Liljencrantz is all of these. As is the style of thousands of other designers, especially in Scandinavia. So, how does one stand out among all those considered-to-extreme white expanses that exude modern elegance with just the perfect touches of natural materials and texture? It

Duplex with Central Park view, New York

Manhattan’s Upper East Side with a view of Central Park – these are not the typical location descriptions of a home for a family of five. Unless you are a family that has the means, and a very specific desire, to stay right there. After a search, the couple with three small kids found a

City Loft G, Antwerp, Belgium

Curated by Editor V A city crash pad for a busy internationally travelling bachelor. It could be tempting for a designer to go overboard with an opportunity such as this. But when Antwerp-based designer Arjaan De Feyter received an assignment to create a quiet retreat from the busy city life, he knew a restrained approach was the

Boston House, Steven Harris Architects

Curated by Editor J Steven Harris Architects, the multiple award winning architectural firm established in 1985 and based in Tribeca New York, has been involved in numerous high-profile residential and commercial projects. In their first monograph, True Life, published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2010, 25 years of the firm’s residential work was featured. In the book’s

MRBL Apartment, Yaroslavl, Russia

Curated by Editor J A professional Russian couple who have a crash pad in Moscow was looking for a main residence in Yaroslavl, Russia, a city located 250 kilometres (160 mi) northeast of Moscow. What they found was a rather impossible 86 square-metre (926 sq.ft) apartment on the 18th floor of a building that was

RUFF lounge chair , by Patricia Urquiola, for Moroso’s

Curated by Editor J Moroso’s RUFF lounge chair relies on binary geometry to create a sculptural dialogue between seat and backrest. Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola created RUFF so that both armrests and back are one piece, wrapping around the seated individual like a hug. They get to feel the comfort, while viewers get both curvy and straight architectural

The BASIC table, by Jenni Roininen, for Nikari

Curated by Editor V The BASIC table, by Jenni Roininen for Nikari, is an elegant, modifiable jack of all trades. Whether you opt for the oval or rectangular shape, in solid ash or oak wood, it looks beautiful in a home, restaurant, or office setting. Both tables are lightweight, delivered in a flat pack, and very easy

Two iconic DOMM chair and TRIDO chair, FrattiniFrilli

Curated by Editor V The Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy has inspired many creations, and now we can count FrattiniFrilli’s DOMM chair among them. Created using traditional materials and processes, these bent wood chairs have a slightly different concept from traditional designs – it all revolves around the repetition of one beech wood “ring” with a bending

Wood veneer shade Lighting, MUT Design and LZF

Curated by Editor V Designed in collaboration with MUT Design, LZF again brings about the feeling of wood touched by light with Lens wall lights and the Tomo collection. Simple yet complex, both series bring about high design while integrating LED and bluetooth control to help keep your space smart. Lens’ wood veneer shade surrounds a light and

Mallow Lounge Chair, Note Editions, Note Design Studio

Curated by Editor V. With all of 2020’s design shows canceled and sales across the globe plummeting, it would be fair to say that much of the industry is scrambling. On the hunt for a solution, Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has built an online direct sales platform – Note Editions – for the new world we find ourselves living

White and neutral tone Penthouse M, Gold Coast, Australia

Curated by Editor V **** Those familiar with the 1980s architecture will recall the curved whiteness and plastic-y expanses that were so modern then but today seem like tacky cruise-ship design. Some globally recognized buildings of that era include the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. Designed by architect Eberhard Zeidler the hotel is part of

Ford Models global beauty Agency office, New York

Curated by Editor V When Eileen and Jerry Ford established Ford Models Agency in their New York City home in 1946, they created a new kind of global beauty agency concept, and an entirely new business category. Since then, the agency has been the benchmark establishment for all others in the business of beauty. Opulence and grand

Monoarchi office, Shanghai, China

Curated by Editor J Too often, we see office, residential, hospitality and retail design where the designer seems to have been unable to stop. Perhaps it is our minimalist sensibilities, but much of the time, we get the feeling that half of what’s there is superfluous, not necessary, not adding anything. And all that excess

Table lamps, Fragment light series, Hayo Gebauer,

Curated by Editor V. Hayo Gebauer has created a series of table lamps, called Fragment Lights, composed of fragmented and slanted shapes that form primal outlines. Color helps liven the rather austere shapes. Says Gebauer, “The resemblance with monumental and industrial silhouettes is opposed by a bright color palette.” “They are meant to illuminate table tops,

Brass pate reflecting soft lights, Hector Esrawe,

Curated by Editor V. From Hector Esrawe, Parabola, parabolas made of brass, “Reflection based on how the light travels through a solid surface, the beginning and the end, the darkness, the gloom to the dawn, on tension and flexion, in the parabolas of Felix Candela.” “The path of the light in each of the versions, is

Scape concrete house, yamagata, japan

Curated by Editor V. apollo architects & associates has completed the ‘scape’ concrete house for a pediatrician and his family, located in yamagata prefecture, japan. the design began with the idea of using a rock garden on the adjacent property, where the client’s parents live, as ‘borrowed scenery’. all images by masao nishikawa situated in an area that receives heavy snow yearly,

Pink and green filled fantasy apartment, NewYork

Curated by Editor V. architecture and interior design practice reutov design has completed a brightly colored, mexican-inspired apartment in new york city. featuring terracotta pink and green hues, the interiors seem to be taken out of an instagram post, where designer furniture meets a cactus-infused landscape. ‘the owners of the apartment are a young couple that completely entrusted

Audemars Piguet Showroom, East Hampton, Long Island – New York

Curated by Editor V Architect and designer Lula Galeano, founder of New York-based Studio Galeón was no stranger to the Swiss luxury watch brand, Audemars Piguet when she was asked to design the brand’s East Hampton showroom on Long Island, New York. Studio Galeón had just completed Audemars Piguet’s offices in Wynwood, Miami, that house the brand’s regional Latin

Grand Private Residence, Munich – Germany

Curated by Editor V The stone-clad street-front façade of this opulent residence in Munich appears mausoleum-like, impressive and enigmatic. In contrast, the other side of the house is completely open to the beautiful garden through all-glass walls that in some cases move in rails to connect the rooms directly with the outdoors and let natural

Kennedy Apartment By Guillaume Alan, Paris, France

Curated by Editor V We are seeing arches everywhere. In newly built spaces, in restored hybrids and, of course, in a historical context. Even more surprising, at least to us, is that we like them. Perhaps our former arch-fobia was the result of old images of American suburbia with cookie-cutter bungalows with their hideous arched

Casa RJ, Mantua, Italy

Curated by Editor M Sometimes we find ourselves contemplating our preferences. Or, let’s be truthful here, that’s all we ever do. We keep re-evaluating our preconceived notions and questioning whether we still like what we used to like, or have we discovered something that has changed our earlier views. One of the juxtapositions we have

Flourist Bakery and Flour Mill, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Flourist is a retail bakery and flour mill located at 3433 Commercial Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In fact, Flourist is a reincarnation and the first retail store of what used to be known as Grains. Owners and founders Janna Bishop and Shira McDermott founded Grains in 2014 as Vancouver’s first and only artisan flour

Sulwhasoo Flagship Store – Seoul, Korea

Curated by Editor V Lyndon Neri and Rosanna Hu, the husband-and-wife team behind the Shanghai-based “design and research office” Neri & Hu have had their bold work recognized in many ways over the 12 years their office has existed. In a Wall Street Journal article, Neri explains how he grew up in the Philippines, studied at Berkeley

Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining, K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong

Curated by Editor V Cleverly executed retro is always worth another look. We do like Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining, a restaurant that is part of the Ming Fat House cluster of restaurants that also includes Mrs. Pound, Dr. Fern’s, Foxglove, Frank’s Library and Eat Darling Eat. All of the Ming Fat restaurant concepts are the creation of

Perianth Hotel, Athens, Greece

Curated by Editor M. Athens, unlike some of the other capitals of Europe, is not a city we would describe as glamorous at first glance. It’s been described as ugly and congested, a stopover for the approximately 33 million visitors to Greece this year alone, while on their way to the ever so chic greek

Bras House, Brasschaat, Belgium

Curated by Editor V. What looks like a tranquil retreat in a remote location is actually a busy family home near Antwerp, Belgium. A couple with three young daughters engaged DDM Architetuur to design their new family home in the town of Brasschaat, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Antwerp. And although the house seems

Vincenzo De Cotiis villa, Pietrasanta – Tuscany, Italy

Curated by Editor. V We love the idea of Old is New Again. We also believe that when we experience global disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, we learn to appreciate our history even more. When we are forced to look at humanity from a wider perspective, we see the beauty of the human endeavour. The

Stereoscope Coffee, Newport Beach, California

Curated by Editor V We have followed the Small is the New Big trend for a long time now and we do not see it weakening. We predict that when the pandemic has become manageable, people will value and respect the small operators. And, as many small operators will not survive the crisis, many will miss dearly

Nike ISPA is a bold approach to functional design with experimentation in mind

Curated by Editor M launched in november 2018, nike ISPA is nike’s most radical, cutting-edge division, seeking to rethink sneakers and sportswear while improving athlete’s interaction with the built environment. for nike, ISPA is a philosophy, a set of design principles that through observation and experimental expression aim to solve problems. deriving from the words improvise, scavenge, protect,

% Arabica Coffee Shop – Shanghai, China

Curated by Editor M The newly renovated % Arabica coffee shop in the Xuhui District of Shanghai is another perfect example of the Small is the New Big trend that we’ve been observing for several years. Regardless of its 50-square-metre (538 sq.ft) size, the café glows especially at night like a precious gemstone in the shade of mature wutong

Say No Mo Social Nail Bar, Kyiv, Ukraine

Curated by Editor V Combining a fully licensed bar, a café and a luxury beauty salon that is available also for private events is possible in Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv. In many other cities around the world, property rental costs, liquor licensing rules and other obstacles would make this kind of enterprise impossible. But Say

ilil Café, Cheongju, South Korea

Curated by Editor V We are getting more and more bored with the uniformity of branded corporate coffee shops although their familiarity and predictability still feel convenient and safe for many. But we are noticing more unique local cafes opening up even in the big cities where every shopping centre, main street and airport is

B&B italia sustainably updates 1970 camaleonda modular sofa by mario bellini

Curated by Editor M every piece of furniture becomes a part of your home, but not every piece of furniture helps shape your home. ever since its inception in 1970, the B&B italia camaleonda sofa – designed by mario bellini – has been seen as an animate object, a home-shaper, a part of your family. it enables users to

‘moon’ light fixture at kyoto boutique hotel by kubo tsushima

Curated by Editor M kubo tsushima architects has designed two rooms within a boutique hotel in kyoto, japan. for the first space, room 103, the design team made dimming the lights — usually a mundane action — an experience to be remembered. as the room only had one narrow window facing a courtyard, the architects were not able to bring

Sweet desserts inspired by famous architectures

Curated bu Editor J from the simple geometry of le corbusier to tadao ando’s characteristic use of concrete, marie troitskaia has sculpted a series of mouth-watering cakes inspired by renowned architects. the desserts reinterpret not only the style of the famous architects, but they also taste like their home country. for example, the alvar aalto dessert looks like

Sony launches wearable air conditioner that fits in your pocket

Curated by Editor M. as temperatures soar higher than ever before, the idea of a portable, wearable air conditioner that keeps you cool via a smartphone app seems pretty idyllic, if not a little far-fetched. well according to sony, it’s apparently not. the reon pocket, from the company’s startup acceleration program, is a small device that does just that. the

Endless block furniture play, USM furniture

Brand : USM Lineup : Haller by BEOM USM Modular Furniture is a renowned Swiss manufacturer of modular furniture for the home and office. The company’s signature product line, USM Haller, is widely celebrated as a design classic and included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design

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