Toronto based Deborah Moss of Moss & Lam designed a collection of tables that redefines the way we interact with furniture. Based on the idea of movement and reconfiguration – each of the pieces from the Playtime collection can be used as a side table and a seat. This collection was created to challenge existing… [Read More]
Polytope – A Creative Collaboration Between David Lister and Daniel Gruetter
Polytope, by Toronto-based designers David Lister and Daniel Gruetter, is a collection of eight unique brass pendant lights that synthesizes the material properties of brass alloy with the algorithmically assisted generation of tessellated forms and 3-axis CNC fabrication. The Polytope exhibit is part of the DesignTO Festival in Toronto, Canada and is the result of… [Read More]
Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
Designed by MYAA Architects, the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), is located on the Education City Campus, Doha. The scheme provides world class teaching and faculty space and the Education City campus mosque. QFIS is based on the Islamic ‘Kulliyya’ or ‘place where all knowledge is sought’ and the building provides a progressive learning… [Read More]
Jean de Lessard designs a warm and eclectic Rasoï – A sumptuous and exuberant India
Created by the interior designer Jean de Lessard, the new Indian fusion restaurant Rasoï, located in Saint-Henri, Montréal, is a true heightened sum of sensations. I wanted to recreate through shapes how I perceived the colours and flavours of the Indian cuisine while I was in London, a few months before I was commissioned to… [Read More]
Exuberant Nights in the Land of the Morning Calm
The transformation by the design firm Jean de Lessard – Designers Créatifs of a vast space abandoned for six years gave birth to the Ganadara Bar, last June. The design successfully modulates conflicting needs right from the start: to create a warm and comfortable environment, but in a place dictated by the aesthetics of Korean… [Read More]
La Vague – Unique refreshing rest stop in Montreal
Designed by Arcadia Studio and inserted into five parking spaces facing 4301 St-Denis Street between Marie-Anne and Rachel, La Vague (The Wave) is 74 wooden frames that rotate in three degree intervals, suggesting the motion of a wave hitting the pavement. The seven shades of blue used in this artistic installation are reminiscent of a… [Read More]
Printemps Haussmann by UUfie
The iconic departments store Printemps has been given a face-lift that features an incredible new atrium. Designed by Toronto-based architects UUfie and produced by Yabu Pushelberg, the new Dichroic Glass ‘veil’ takes your breath away. Printemps, named after the season of Spring, is a renowned department store located on Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, France. It… [Read More]
Dsignio creates nest inspired tile for Peronda
Spanish design studio Dsignio has created a nest inspired ceramic tile series for Peronda Group. Titled Laccio, the new relief-patterned series has been nominated for the Best Wall Tile of the Year by the TTA Award. Dsignio took inspiration from the way birds build their nests, creating a dynamic surface decorated with interlacing ribbons. These ribbons run… [Read More]
Lake Jasper House engages the senses
Canadian architecture studio Architecturama has designed a remote residence that engages the senses. Located in Chertsey, Canada, the sustainable home was designed as a relaxing refuge surrounded by nature. Within the geometric concrete volume, the space houses innovative modular furniture that can be re-arranged to serve multiple uses. The architects have envisioned the Lake Jasper House… [Read More]
Rothelowman-Designed Brasshouse Brings New Lustre To Hawthorn East
Australian architecture firm Rothelowman has designed a new apartment building in established Melbourne suburb, Hawthorn East. The residential building takes its name, Brasshouse, after its bold facade adorned in a series of brass ribbons that wrap around the entire structure. The dynamic effect of the facade gives the building a unique identity, but also adds a… [Read More]
