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Circus Restaurant by Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio
Circus is a restaurant that is also a venue for cabaret style acts, where the staff become the performers with the diners. The main dining table brings theatrical presence to the restaurant, as it doubles as a stage, with stairs at either end. The building once housed the animals which performed at the Royal Opera House.
Circus, London, by Tom Dixon, Design Research Studio
Sailing Yacht by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Most Yacht interiors steer toward the traditional, Claesson Koivisto Rune have designed a sleek modern space with a high water mark.
Sailing Yacht, by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Miami Residence by Nacho Polo
Miami designer Nacho Polo has completed an interior in white, with a mix of both 20th century design classics and recent furniture by Maarten Baas, Bertjan Pot and Marcel Wanders.
Miami Residence, by Nacho Polo, Photography by Andrea Savini
Pipe House by Butenko Vasiliy and Sergey Mahno
The Pipe House is a weekend get-away retreat by Butenko Vasiliy and Sergey Mahno located along the Black sea, just at the edge of the Crimean Mountains of the Ukraine. Planned as an oasis for rest and relaxation, the house has been divided into zones by opaque and translucent screens, allowing the user flexibility in shading the sun, creating privacy, and blocking off areas when entertaining guests
Pipe House, Crimea, Ukraine, by Butenko Vasiliy and Sergey Mahno
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Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Curiosity
Kanebo’s international prestige brand Sensai has opened first Sensai Select Spa in Victoria-Jungfrau, a 5-star hotel in Switzerland.
Kanebo Sensai Select Spa, Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland, by Curiosity
Singel Residence by i29 Interior Architects
Nominated for the Bathroom Design Awards 2010, this project exists as one open space where several functions have been put into freestanding objects. The kitchen and wardrobe are placed near the entrance and combined into one single volume.
The bath and bedroom is hidden in a volume which is placed at back of the house. From the open living area you look alongside the volume towards the vertical garden and the entrance stairs to the roof terrace. The view on the green wall holds a promise in itself which will be redeemed once you enter the bed/bathroom.
The panorama on the overgrown plantwall and the contrast with the minimalistic white bed/bathroom provides an intense experience. Integration of nature is an important aspect of traditional culture in Japan, the homeland of the client.
Residence, Singel, Amsterdam, by i29 Interior Architects
Fabergé Suisse Boutique by Jaime Hayon
The interior of the Fabergé boutique presents an innovative approach to the High Jewellery experience, with its expression of modern luxury through simplicity and sensuality. The concept and design focuses on superlative craftsmanship, sensually minimal shapes and forms, and exquisite materials, including silk wall drapes, rare woods and Carrara marble.
Fabergé Suisse Boutique, Geneva, Switzerland , by Hayon Studio
T-Magi Shop by WE architecture
The design of specialist tea retailer, T-magi is intended to allow the shop itself to be perceived as the display window. The designers have used the teapot as the motif for both the shop, logo and PR material. Tiny backlit holes perforate the shelves and back wall providing a large 3D image of a teapot–a powerful eye-catcher. The image of the teapot dissolves as you approach and becomes part of the display stands of the shop.
T-Magi, Copenhagen, Denmark by WE architecture, Photography by Enok Holsegaard
Loft Apartment NYC by Bonetti Kozerski Studio
Designed a young couple with two children, this loft in Soho features dark floors and dark perimeter walls to unify the space and create a stark contrast with the views of the adjoining rooftops; with custom furniture designed by Bonetti Kozerski Studio.
Loft Apartment, Soho, New York, USA, by Bonetti Kozerski Studio
Casa Son Vida by Marcel Wanders & tec Architecture
Marcel Wanders has designed the interior for the Casa Son Vida, a luxury villa on the island of Mallorca. The building is composed of both old and new parts, with a new extension by tec Architecture. Their addition influenced Wanders‘ design choices for the interior, in which he wanted to complement the building by continuing to bring together historical and contemporary elements. Round and square shapes, futuristic blobs combined with antiques result in a mix of traditional and modern references throughout the villa, with the play of reliefs and contrasting surfaces creating an unusual atmosphere.
Casa Son Vida, Mallorca, Spain, by Marcel Wanders, and tec Architecture
via: designboom
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