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from the Middle Ages

An 800 year old Dominican monastery in Ptuj, Slovenia,  has been converted  into a contemporary performance center by Slovenian architects ENOTA and the juxtaposition of the past and today are breathtakingly beautiful. The spaces are tied together into a more solid design whole by black concrete paving, which is sufficiently neutral so as not to compete with the revived beauty of the restored parts of...

Indigenous Kurkara Collezione

Collaborating together Tappeti Rugs , art curator Sophie Seeger and artists from the Warlukurlangu Artists' Aboriginal Corporation’s Art Centre in Yuendumu, have worked together to bring the rich story telling of Indigenous Australians to life through deeply textured rugs for commercial use; the Kurkara Collezione. The Art Centre is fully Aboriginal-owned and governed. It is a stronghold of traditional Warlpiri culture and an essential part of...

The Fabulous Frozen Factory

Think of fabulous frozen delicious ice-cream and what do you get? The Fabulous Frozen Factory of course! Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia in Mexico, is a new concept that's just hit the streets. With so many new comers in the frozen world - ice creameries, gelaterias and of course frozen yoghurt, what we love about The Fabulous Frozen Factory is its point of difference....

Brazilian Dreaming

Last year I was drawn to Studio Guilherme Torres not so much by their design credentials but more by their website, which required you to complete a game Space Invaders (!) to enter. Of course, their work was phenomenal and though the arcade games may have left their website, their design work has only continued to grow stronger. This project is the principal’s own – a...

it was all …. Yellow

(fos) is a multidisciplinary team based in Madrid and Barcelona. Working as independent architects, interior designers, art directors and graphic designers that decided to join as a multidisciplinary team to create design experiences and have fun.
(fos) is also the name of the first ephemeral installation by the multidisciplinary team. This first installation has been represented by a skin that covers both vertical and horizontal...

Danish summerhouse

When the Powerhouse Company we were first asked to design a holiday home in northern Sjælland, they noticed that ‘traditional’ Danish summerhouses had been increasing in size. They were becoming less and less distinguishable from the everyday homes that holidaymakers were leaving behind. So they set out to revive the scale of the classic cabin with the finished building measuring only 110m². The smaller size means...

New York’s Finest

It’s not often someone gets the chance to buy a place, gut it and turn it into their dream home. Even rarer still is the chance to buy five places surrounding each other, combine them and turn them into a super-apartment in the middle of Manhattan. However, that is exactly what one couple have done. Enlisting the talents of architectural designer Thomas Juul-Hansen and decorator...

Too Much Sin?

Meet the most visually stimulating burger restaurant this side of the moon.  Meat Mission located on the outskirts of London is the newest associate to join existing family members - Meat Liquor and Meat Market.
Located inside an old Christian mission building, Meat Mission is certainly on a mission to stand out from the crowd.
Is there a surface that hasn't been finished, decorated or plastered with...

The light box

After living in Sydney for many years I saw first hand the challenges...

The Last Day of Our Acquaintance

Andrew Salgad has created a buzz for himself since moving to London, England in 2008 he has been making a big name for himself internationally with sell-out shows in London, New York, and Ottawa. His assertive, gestural images explore issues of masculinity and identity. In this new body of work, Salgado strikes an interesting balance between realism and abstraction by prioritizing the property and quality...