New York based studio nemaworkshop designed the D’espresso bar located on Madison Avenue, New York, the espresso bar conceptually and literally turns a normal room sideways, creating a striking identity for the emerging brand. The client approached nemaworkshop with an ambition to build a unique espresso brand and to develop a creative environment that connects [...]
Inspired by African savanna trees, the New York-based designer Alvaro Uribe has created the Savanna Collection for Style Factory. The Savanna Tables bring the spirit of the African Savanna Tree through a beautiful metaphorical division of their surface as if they were leaves. With Walnut veneered tops and chrome-plated legs, the tables play with organic [...]
Alberto Vieyra shared with us one of his latest creation “Origamex” Coffee Table and Chairs. The table is handcrafted in metal with marble top, it has the distinctive identity defined by its form and shape. Please also visit our previous post for Vieyrah Designs’ Urban-Chaotic Respite Lounge Chair.
Arcsine Architecture and Bellusci Design transformed a piano store with little curb appeal into a vibrant and engaging restaurant, fitting the bustling downtown Walnut Creek. The clients sought an inviting, modern environment to complement the globally inspired, locally sourced menu by Executive Chef Robert Sapirman. Situated on a competitive street corner, the design needed to [...]
Urban-Chaotic Respite Lounge Chair by furniture design studio Vieyrah Designs (founded by Alberto Vieyra) is a contemporary lounge chair fused with local craftsmanship. The chair is hand crafted in San Diego, California. Metal Structure covered in metal sheet painted with Dupont car paint. A lot of people don’t know how furniture can be art, and [...]
‘O’ Proposal is the competition entry for Sukkah City designed by UGO architecture. + Design: Hugon Kowalski | UGO architecture and design + Project description courtesy UGO architecture ‘O’ is a project of UGO architecture & design proposed for the Sukkah city competition. The participants of the competition were asked to design a contemporary sukkah [...]
“Hollow” by Visiondivision, is an organic pavilion that changes the conditions for social interaction and behavior, built in a simple fashion and that uses compression to hold the structure together. + Designer: Visiondivision + Project description courtesy Visiondivision Competition entry for Sukkah City, where one where asked to design a modern sukkah in Union Square, [...]
The loft really is a hybrid space; as much a private museum as a living space. Because of that, flexibility is all; few rooms are actually fixed and most are interchangeable, so that in the end the areas devoted to living and to art are completely merged. Ben van Berkel Living with Books and Art: [...]
The new TIMELINE signature kitchen system from Aster Cucine USA, in collaboration with New York City-based design firm workshop/apd, draws upon the history of craftsmanship and artisanship in centuries past to create a kitchen collection with a “vintage” look and feel for contemporary life. Familiar but unconventional in a modern kitchen, the epoch collection features [...]
Constellation 2913 is the latest pendant light series by Fire Farm Lighting. Designed by Adam Jackson Pollock and the Fire Farm Staff, with special thanks to Jim Walch. The dramatic Constellation fixtures are available in four different sizes with multiple finishing options. Composed of metal points made from perforated sheet metal with internal light diffusing [...]
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, is the London-based architectural firm Foreign Office Architects (FOA)‘s first major building in the United States, and its first museum. It is approx. 34,000-square-foot with four-story structure, located at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road, the new MOCA is a flagship project of Cleveland’s emerging Uptown [...]
A New York-based architect, Delaine Isaac recently has designed the Nha House, which is Vietnamese for “House” House, is a beach house meant to stand out among the rest. The all glass facade provides a contemporary aesthetic and gives users the perfect opportunity to take in all the beautiful beach views. A prefabricated solid concrete [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
