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It is so luxurious and modern (almost juicy!) with a warm, glossy amber color and a captivating texture and pattern. And you don’t need much of it to make a statement; an accent wall or using it as trim would be just perfect. Started by industrial designer David Clark, ModCraft is an impressive company and [...]
American designer Christopher Stuart of LUUR Studio has created the Hopeless Diamond Sofa. The Hopeless Diamond Sofa” by Christopher Stuart utilizes off the shelf materials from the local hardware store like copper plumbing pipe, shipping blankets, zip ties, and carpet padding. There are no difficult miters or glued joints. The form was inspired by a [...]
The Mendoza lane house designed by Lanefab was the first ‘laneway house’ finished under the city of Vancouver’s 2009 bylaw that allowed for small infill dwellings to be added onto existing single family properties throughout the city. With passage of the bylaw (part of the city’s ‘eco-density’ program) over 60,000 properties became eligible for this [...]
Mexican architects CheremSerrano designed the La Nonna restaurant in Mexico City. La Nonna is an Italian restaurant located in La Condesa. This project was made in collaboration with DMG architects. The design premise was to liberate the plan so the restaurant could take the most advantage of the 200 square meters local. The restaurant fuses [...]
Maybe the basic concept of Tiger Restaurant is ‘back to nature’. The designer, ICrave, created this house with using all natural material. It was to fulfill what the restaurant’s owner want. The owner wanted to use local materials in order to reduce the project’s environmental impact. The materials came from southern California and the furniture [...]
In a city known for its ancient past, the Semiramis is a hotel of the future. Facing a tranquil green park in the Kifissia area of north Athens, the hotel is the creation of designer, Karim Rashid, well-known for his fluid, soft style that mingles rounded forms with bright, lively colours. The Semiramis is no [...]