interior-design
Major Issey Miyake exhibition opens in Tokyo
Forty-five years of innovative fashion and design by Issey Miyake are on display at the National Art Center in Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…)
HHF Architects and Sadar + Vuga to transform abandoned Socialist monument in Montenegro
HHF Architects and Sadar + Vuga have won a competition to adapt and reconstruct Montenegro’s Dom Revolucije, a monument to Socialist revolution that has lain unfinished and derelict for almost 30 years. (more…)
Garden Bridge moves towards construction despite ongoing controversy
Thomas Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge has moved one step closer to reality with the appointment of a building contractor, despite calls for the project to be halted from a number of key figures. (more…)
APH reveals “futuristic” concept for low-emission commercial aircraft
Tubular glass house by Aibek Almassov could be built around a full-grown tree
A mature fir tree would be enclosed at the centre of this conceptual tubular glass house by Kazakh architect Aibek Almassov, which may finally become a reality now that potential investors have been found (+ slideshow). (more…)
Nendo designs 50 chairs based on Japanese manga comics
Sacha Baron Cohen spoofs Jonathan Ive’s Apple design presentations
British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is promoting his new film by releasing a video of him mimicking Jonathan Ive and delivering an Apple-style presentation about his latest character (+ movie). (more…)
“Schizophrenic” house in rural Spain provides separate winter and summer lodgings
Metal and plastic shutters cover the walls of this residence in Spain‘s Catalonia region, which is split in two parts to provide seasonal quarters for a family (+ slideshow). (more…)
Estudio Extramuros creates 100 architectural illustrations over 100 days
Young Spanish architects Fabiola Muñoz and Carlos León have spent 100 days creating a series of 100 illustrations, featuring art and architecture by Sou Fujimoto, Peter Zumthor, Gordon Matta-Clark and more (+ slideshow). (more…)
