The co-founder of the ongoing design collective Jonald Dudd has opened a physical gallery in Philadelphia to present a roster of emerging avant-garde talents. Chris Held, who launched the recurring independent show Jonald Dudd in 2015 during NYCxDesign, moved from New York and found a space in the Old City neighbourhood of Philadephia in which […]
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Richly patterned Alpi veneer and honey-coloured oak parquet characterise this Warsaw apartment interior by emerging Polish designer Dawid Konieczny. Located in Warsaw’s Praga district, the apartment is housed within a 1950s estate originally designed by Polish architects Jerzy Gieysztor and Jerzy Kumelowski. Dawid Konieczny has renovated a mid-century apartment in Warsaw Konieczny sought to honour […]
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As you might gather from the publisher’s description below, Open Wide is an … unsettling (!) book. I’ve always been fascinated by how cover designers can lean into the darker sides of a narrative without spilling into full-on genre territory—and Eli Mock absolutely nails the vibe on Jessica Gross’ Open Wide. Below, he tells us […]
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Skincare brand Aesop‘s first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film. Located within the Haitang Bay Duty Free Shopping Complex in Sanya on Hainan Island, the new store was designed by Aesop‘s in-house team and draws inspiration from the ocean. The store […]
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Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. Burns had just completed his degree in spatial design at Chelsea School of Art in 2019 when he was approached by the client to take a look […]
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Rustic oak from a 300-year-old wine press was used to craft the interior of Shii, a tiny Japanese restaurant in Helsinki designed by local designer Joanna Laajisto. Shii is an omakase-style restaurant offe ring an 11-course seasonal tasting menu. Diners can choose to sit at the 16-seat chef’s counter or at a six-seat private dining […]
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Tbilisi-based 10:10 Interiors has renovated part of the Lopota Lake Resort & Spa in Georgia‘s Kakheti wine region, introducing a colour palette that evokes the surrounding landscape and clay vessels used in traditional winemaking. Located in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, the hotel offers a range of accommodation organised around a lake, with the […]
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I’ve been following Cj Hendry’s work since 2013, when she was drawing in black and white pen with painstaking precision. Back then, her focus was on surface and detail. Over the years, I’ve watched Hendry push her practice outward, moving from colored pencils into immersive experiences that swallow you whole, each new project less about […]
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Athens concept store and cafe 10AM Apotheke has opened a pop-up shop on the Southern Aegean island of Antiparos, with interiors designed by the brand’s founder Eva Papadaki and Studio Andrew Trotter. During the day, the 10AM Apotheke pop-up operates as a store selling a mix of homeware and skincare items, with an on-site cafe […]
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London studio Bureau de Change has created an Athens store featuring intricate metalwork and an asymmetric window for Greek jewellery designer Nikos Koulis. Occupying a 1960s building on Voukourestiou Street, the flagship store takes cues from Nikos Koulis‘ geometric jewellery designs. The shopfront features an asymmetric window and aluminium details Greek architects Katerina Dionysopoulou and […]
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