Small improvements of living
As the trees are losing their leaves, the air is getting colder and the sun is fading away, it can be a challenge to keep your house full of beautiful and healthy flowers. Most plants need a lot of sunlight to stay alive, but at…
Joren Naerebout is an Amsterdam based architectural designer and is about as minimalistic as a designer can get. His work looks so simplistic and yet there goes a lot of hard work into the design and manufacturing process. Atelier Naerebout’s Twofold Lamp is a minimal desk lamp…
In sunshiny Barcelona, in the El Born area opposite to the famous Mercat del Born, restaurant and bar Bananas is located. Here interior designers Yolanda Vilalta and Helena Jaumá created a playful atmosphere that will turn grumpy pessimists into lively stargazers. The establishment is divided…
Flax & Kale — ‘restaurante healthy flexiteriano’ — is situated in the northeastern part of the old Gothic city of Barcelona, close to the university and not far from Plaça Catalunya. Do not expect paëlla, calamares or jamón platters: twenty percent of chef Teresa Carles’ menu…
It is perhaps one of Neutra’s most noteworthy homes: Kauffman Desert House in Palm Springs, California. A true treasure of modern architecture. The house was built to create a connection with the desert landscape, while offerering protection against extreme weather—such as sandstorms and extreme heat—that…
Setareh, this is the name of the family of lighting fixtures that Francesco Librizzi, a young Sicilian architect working in Milan, has designed for the first time for FontanaArte. Nevertheless, in a way the lamps refer to iconic Italian design lamps from the 1960’s and…
Enter the rainforest realm at Bar Botanique in Amsterdam. Located near the upcoming Javastraat, local firm Studio Modijefsky transformed a former dime a dozen café into a vibrant botanical indoor garden. The bar is covered with plants and little mirrors that reflect daylight on scenery…
Every book collection deserves to be presented in the best way possible. We selected 10 of our all-time favorite bookcases, each with a unique approach in design. 10. Peter Hvidt and Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1960’s) 9. Molteni&C by Gio Ponti (1956-1957) 8. Tomado bookcase, by A.D. Dekker (1959)…
Design House Stockholm describes itself as a publisher of Scandinavian design, rather than a producer in the traditional sense. They ask designers to contribute to Design House Stockholm with their own style and vision. A refreshing strategy. We selected our favorite lamps within the collection.…
Set up as a brilliantly measured composition of large, light open spaces and dark secluded areas, the Utrecht University Library by Dutch architect Wiel Arets creates an exquisite environment for studying without restraint. The colour scheme in the building that houses 42 million books is…