This Mexican Pavilion was the competition entry designed by AS/D for Shanghai Expo 2010. + Project description courtesy of AS/D World fairs are showcases that deploy human advancement in regard of science, art and technology – pavilions act as platforms to exchange culture, history, experience and innovative ideas about the future. The design scheme for the Mexican Pavilion [...]

Italian architectural firm Tissellistudioarchitetti has completed a residential building with 28 flats located in Cesena (FC)-Italy. The clean and strong elevational statement features double ‘C’ interlocked each other which emphasized by contrast colors, giving a strong architectural identity within the context. + Project description courtesy of Tissellistudioarchitetti The aim of the project was to revitalize a dismissed [...]

Lebanon-based design firm .PSLAB beirut recently has completed the Saradar Private Offices in Beirut- Lebanon. + Press release courtesy of .PSLAB beirut Offices made up of three main double volume spaces featuring high glass facades onto the building central atrium; two symmetrical and identical entrances connected by a conference room. We unified these spaces in the way they [...]

Italy-based Studio06’s recently has created “Piuma” fluid chair. + Product description courtesy of Studio06 Light, smooth and sinuous “Piuma” creates a new icon. The chair is made of beech wood, laminated wood base and seat in curved plywood panel. Are joined together with polyurethane glue and dowels. The support base is chromed steel and has an elliptical [...]

In Sweden, Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects’s winning project aims to create a crystalline landmark for Helsingborg. By giving the new life to the existing city waterfront, the project consists of a 16,900 m2 congress and hotel facility and 17,100 m2 housing. It was inspired by the city’s block structure, skewed and developed from [...]

Bozhinovski Design recently has designed the Lamp 60. The lamp is made of fiberglass from Elza Design – producers of products from fiberglass. The lamp can be used both outside and inside. It is 120 centimeters high with a diameter of 16 centimeters. [...]

The fashion’s presence has changed, the trend of fashion going towards modern art responding to the times rather than just ‘wearing’. Japanese designer Tetsuya Uenobe steps beyond traditional fashion, he designed shoes as ‘wearable art’, putting art pieces together with a theme which are all made by hand. + All images courtesy of  Tetsuya Uenobe [...]

SAAL Design, one of innovative and creative design studio in Portugal. Their mission is to create design furniture to provide people a better life, trying to understand new attitudes and new lifestyles. SAAL’s products are taletellers, to transmit feelings and emotions, on topics like life, memories, nostalgia or just the art of the world around us. [...]

French architects Air have completed a raw yellow concrete extension to the Apprentice Formation Center in Saint Maur des Fossés, near Paris in France. The project comprises a new three-storey building containing a double volume hall, plumbers workshop, classrooms, and meeting rooms, as well as the refurbishment of an existing cafeteria, classrooms and offices. + Project [...]

AGENDA, the new book from JDS Architects, published by Actar, and edited by Jesse Seegers, Benedict Clouette, Ryan Neiheiser, and Julien De Smedtedc  . The book includes contributions from Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lars von Trier, Bruce Sterling, Michael Speaks, Geoff Manaugh, Ernesto Neto, Brendan McGetrick, and many others, and was designed by graphic designers Korczak and [...]

Italian brand Q-BO is one of our favorite brand for stone and tiles. This year, Q-BO presents MODA – The fashion, glamorous and glittering look of natural stone and marble tiles. If you are designers/architects who looking for innovative tiles, the Q-BO’s new MODA series might suit you. + Press release courtesy of Q-BO Q-BO presents MODA: the fashion, [...]

Australian architectural practice Marcus O’Reilly Architects has designed the Kyneton house located on a leafy well established street in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia. A central spine between the two roofs splits the house into public and private functions and visually connects the entrance of the home to the sculptural forms of the rear garden. Marcus O’Reilly Architects + Project [...]

Berlin-based dan pearlman has completed the Elise Island project, the transformation of a children psychiatric clinic, in the German capital. The clinic is called ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ (KEH) and has created a holistic dreamland for young patients with psychiatric issues. Each room was designed in terms of shape, color, materials, light and [...]

Dutch design studios i29 interior architects‘ latest project – a residence at the Singel, Amsterdam (NL), is nominated for the Bathroom design awards 2010. The winner will be disclosed 1th of February in Media Plaza Utrecht, NL. + Press release courtesy of i29 The latest project of i29 is a residence at the Singel, Amsterdam (NL). [...]