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Loewe store in Seoul designed as “art collector’s home”

August 27, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Spanish fashion house Loewe paid homage to its own craft history in this Seoul store, which features artwork including a multi-level bamboo sculpture and a basket woven entirely from horse hair. The store is located in Seoul’s Gangnam district and is the first Casa Loewe branch in South Korea. A gleaming monolithic facade characterises the

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Eight eclectic self-designed homes by architects and designers

August 24, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Our latest lookbook collects eight dwellings that were self-designed by architects and designers including Mexico-based Ludwig Godefroy and London studio Holloway Li. From a modernist-style house in South Africa to an American family residence characterised by a large interior crane, there are a range of materials and floor plans offered by each of these homes.

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Aesop clads London store with tactile bars of soap

August 22, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Skincare brand Aesop has opened a minimalist store in London’s Knightsbridge, featuring a “soap corridor” created with uniform tiles made from the everyday bathroom product. Set within a slim and narrow room on Brompton Road, the Aesop outlet is characterised by a floor-to-ceiling installation made of cream-coloured soap bars. The installation, created by architect Nicolas

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Eight wooden kitchens that make the most of the material

August 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Swirly cabinets and oak-lined ceilings feature in our latest lookbook, which collects eight residential kitchens from around the world where wood takes centre stage. Strong, versatile and often sustainable, timber is a favourite material among architects and designers. From an east London dwelling that is almost entirely underground to a rural Tasmanian farmhouse, here are

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Kallos Turin nestles monolithic Athens residence in oasis-like garden

August 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio Kallos Turin paired the cubic facade of this poured concrete Athens house with a sloping internal staircase to avoid creating a “rigid” home. Named Art House, the four-storey dwelling is located on a leafy hillside in Filothei – an Athenian suburb developed in the 1920s as a greener antidote to the densely built-up

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James Shaw’s light-filled London home is almost entirely underground

July 26, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Lumpy recycled plastic furniture and circular skylights characterise this sunken London house, which designer James Shaw concealed on a 60-square-metre plot for himself and his family. Located in a conservation area in east London, the two-storey dwelling was constructed by Shaw and his friend, architect Nicholas Ashby. The neighbourhood’s planning restrictions required the pair to build

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DAB Studio adds contemporary touches to Dutch home from Amsterdam School period

July 22, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

An Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder characterise this 1920s Dutch house, which interiors firm DAB Studio designed to reference the Amsterdam School. Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate brickwork and stained glass windows typical of the Amsterdam School – a movement from 1910 to 1920 that paid equal attention

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Aesop store interior references Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

July 17, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Danish bricks and narrow floor plan of this Aesop store in Copenhagen nod to the “humble” design of the nearby Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Located on Kronprinsensgade in Copenhagen’s old town, the neutral-hued store was created by skincare brand Aesop’s in-house design team to complement its setting without “unnecessary flourishes”. The interior takes

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Buckingham Palace’s chinoiserie interiors revealed following five-year renovation

July 15, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Porcelain lions, nine-tiered pagodas and a lotus-shaped chandelier feature in Buckingham Palace’s newly refurbished east wing, which has opened to the public for the first time in its 175-year history. The east wing at London’s Buckingham Palace, which opened this month, houses a series of decadent interconnected rooms including the centre room, which leads to

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Barbie exhibition aims to show toy is “worthy proposition from a design point of view”

July 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Barbie dolls and Dreamhouses featured in Barbie: The Exhibition at London’s Design Museum reflect shifts in visual culture over the famed toy’s 65 years. With over 250 objects on display, Barbie: The Exhibition opens today and examines the history of the doll since it was created by Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler in 1959. According

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