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The Wright at the Guggenheim Museum

Manhattan-based architect, Andre Kikoski has designed a restaurant in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum. The design solution references the building’s architecture without repeating it, and in the process transforming familiar geometries, spatial effects and material qualities. The playfulness of forms and the dynamics of movement through this 1,600 square foot space imbue the design with novelty, subtlety and intrigue, in part through the material palette of the space.

“We chose materials and colors for these dynamic forms that are restrained and elegant” explains Andre Kikoski. The design features include: a curvilinear wall of walnut layered with illuminated fiber-optics; a bar clad in a shimmering skin of innovative custom metalwork and topped in seamless white Corian; a sweeping banquette with vivid blue leather seating backed by illuminated planes of woven grey texture; and a layered ceiling canopy of taut white membrane.

The Wright at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, by Andre Kikioski for Restaurant Associates. Photography: ©2009 Philip Greenberg

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AIAIAI Tracks Leather Headphones

Luxurious sensations — Tracks Headphones with leather earcups, are on-ear headphones inspired by the function and design of the old iconic walkman headphones.

Tracks Headphones, by Kilo Design, for AIAIAI

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Travel: Amangiri Resort at Four Corners Utah

Located on a 243-hectare (600-acre) expanse of wilderness the Amangiri resort is tucked into a protected valley with sweeping views over colourful, stratified rock towards the Grand Staircase – Escalante National Monument. Architecturally, the resort has been designed to blend into the landscape with natural hues, materials and textures a feature of the design. The structures are commanding and in proportion with the scale of the natural surroundings, yet provide an intimate setting from which to view and appreciate the landscape.

Amangiri, Amanresorts, Canyon Point, Utah, USA, by Marwan Al-Sayed, Wendell Burnette and Rick Joy

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Loto & Ninfea by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba for Zanotta

Ludovica and Roberto Palomba has designed a set of indoor/outdoor tables made from a special composite material based on polyester and acrylic resins.

Loto & Ninfea Tables, by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba, for Zanotta

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Octium by Hayon Studio

Hayon Studio has completed Octium, a new concept jewelry shop, located in 360º mall in Kuwait, Octium presents the work of various exclusive jewelry designers from around the globe. Jaime Hayon’s design offers an innovative approach to an interior. Most elements were custom designed for the project using contrasting finishes like glossy lacquered woods, natural oak, ceramic, and luxurious fabrics.

Octium, Kuwait, by Hayon Studio

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Eternal Ice Drop by 5.5 Designers for Hennessy

Encapsulated in a glass drop, the imprisoned water freezes after a few hours in the freezer then spreads its coolness through the glass by finding its liquid state. Beyond its sustainable and reusable aspect, this object has a not unimportant consequence over the moment of the tasting of a good Cognac. Certain consumers, if they like the effect cooling some ice cube on their drink, do not like that by melting ice cubes alter the taste of this one, by dilution. Furthermore, the action of the cold tends to break certain aromas of the Cognac. This mode of cooling, lighter than a traditional ice cube, represents then an ideal solution to lead the cognac to the good temperature of tasting.

Eternal Ice Drop, by 5.5 Designers, for Hennessy

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Dominio Boutique Amsterdam by MFD

Netherlands based MFD has teamed up with Taco Joustra to create an interior for luxurious lifestyle store Dominio (Italian for Domain). The Store is located on the famous Nine streets of Amsterdam. The area is well known for its unique shops and Dominio stands out with its exclusive Italian handmade mens and ladies footwear, leather goods such as handbags, luggage, briefcases, handmade shirts, leather finished scooter helmets and vintage 60’s and 70’s watches, as well as vintage items.

By using museum-like displays the designers have chosen to put the products on a pedestal and they receive the full attention they deserve. Colors and materials used were chosen to match the various shades and materials of merchandise offered by Dominio. The warm gray tones in the concrete floors, walls, staircase and counter offset the deep hues of the American Walnut shelves and displays, giving the boutique a timeless appearance which is completely in sync with the Dominio brand.

Dominio, Amsterdam, by Taco Joustra, and Martijn Dirks of Studio MFD.
Photography by Dim Balsem.

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Vogue Magazine at Philip Johnson’s Glass House

Philo has the fashion world buzzing again with her first collection for Céline. Vogue Magazine and Annie Liebovitz used Philip Johnson’s Glass House as the set for the photoshoot.

Photography by Annie Liebovitz, at Philip Johnson’s Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, October Issue, Vogue Magazine

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Northbeach Residence by Heliotrope Architects

For over a thousand years this site was a summer camp location for the Lummi Indians, and due to its archeological significance no footing excavation could take place on the site. Further, its location in a federally designated flood plain required that the structure be raised off the ground several feet. The design brief called for a very low-impact, easy to maintain summer home that provides necessary programmatic functions with minimum distractions from the land and the view.

Northbeach Residence, Orcas Island, Washington, USA, by Heliotrope Architects
Photography: Benjamin Benschneider, via: eye candy

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I.cono by Lievore, Altherr & Molina for Vibia

The design for I.cono achieves visual lightness, combining cleanliness and consistency throughout the range. The rotating mechanisms of the head and base seem invisible thanks to the high technical quality in all the processes of creating this light.
Available in polycarbonate lacquer, black, white or pistachio.

I.cono, by Lievore, Altherr and Molina Studio, for Vibia

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