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Gold palm trees adorn the monochromatic interior of Darial concept store in Barcelona

November 25, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Darial store in Barcelona

Towering gold pillars shaped like palm trees, ivory carpets and black lacquer screens fill this dramatic concept store in Barcelona, which has been designed by haute couturier Djaba Diassamidze. Called Darial, the 1,500-square-metre lifestyle store takes over the ground floor and basement of Casa Tomàs Roger, a 19th-century building in the city’s Dreta de l’Eixample

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Palma Hideaway in Mallorca is obscured from the street by a tiny tiled garden

November 24, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Palma Hideaway by Mariana de Delás

Architect Mariana De Delás created a green-tile garden to keep this apartment – which was formerly a motorcycle workshop – out of sight from the busy streets of Palma, Mallorca. Built from traditional Mallorcan limestone, the 92-square-metre Palma Hideaway is situated in the city’s old quarter and was bought by its current owners as a

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Plywood furniture “islands” are used to customise public housing in Japan

November 18, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Apartments in Senri by Nmstudio Architects

A multifunctional furniture unit made up of raised plywood floors and pegboard walls allows residents in this public-housing complex in Osaka to customise their apartments. Nmstudio Architects were invited to create four apartment prototypes for the renovation of a Danchi (a public-housing complex) in Senri, Osaka. The 14-storey building was originally constructed in 1979 and

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Moroccan carpets line walls of Warsaw’s Aura cocktail bar

November 17, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Aura bar, Warsaw, designed by Kacper Gronkiewicz

Heavy patterned carpets from Morocco and brass fixtures merge to form the rich interior of this cocktail bar in Warsaw, designed by architect Kacper Gronkiewicz. Set on the ground floor of a former tenement house that was built in the 19th century, Aura is in a small corner plot in Warsaw’s downtown Śródmieście Południowe neighbourhood.

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Meditation spaces inform minimalist interior of Valencia’s Swiss Concept clinic

November 15, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Swiss Concept Clinic by Francesc Rife Studio

Ash-wood surfaces, translucent glass screens and brass feature inside this serene clinic in Valencia, which Francesc Rifé Studio has designed in reference to Asian meditation rooms. The facial and dental clinic, named Swiss Concept, has been designed by Barcelona-based Francesc Rifé Studio to feature colours and materials that are typically applied throughout meditation spaces in

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China’s Lolly-Laputan cafe is designed to be an educational “fairyland” cafe for kids

November 10, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Lolly-Laputan kids cafe, designed by Wutopia Lab

A drawing of an imaginary fairyland was Wutopia Lab’s starting point for the design of this kids cafe, which is located in Dalian, China. Featuring a host of learn-play areas and whimsical decor details, the 580-square-metre Lolly-Laputan cafe is described by Wutopia Lab as “the first educational family restaurant in China”. “One morning my daughter

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Lot 1 Design creates calming green interior for Sydney restaurant

November 4, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Gumbuya Lot 1 Design

The colours and textures of a nearby nature reserve inform the interior of this Sydney cafe and restaurant designed by local studio Lot 1 Design. Located at the base of a multi-residential building in the Sydney suburb of Sutherland Shire, Gumbuya is a cafe by day and restaurant by night. Run by executive chef Noel

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Reflective surfaces and light bulbs illuminate cocktail bar in Moscow

November 3, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Sundukovy Sisters use reflective surfaces to illuminate Moscow bar

More than 2,000 dimmable light bulbs and a selfie-friendly fabric fill the grand interior of this cocktail bar on Moscow’s Red Square in Russia. Located in the city’s famous 19th-century GUM shopping centre, the bar was recently overhauled by Sundukovy Sisters, a local studio run by twin sisters Irina and Olga Sundukovy, who were on

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ZMIK turn school corridors into playful learning spaces

October 22, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Learning Spaces ZMIK

Swiss design studio ZMIK has transformed three corridors at a primary school in Basel into flexible learning-spaces designed to promote a sense of wellbeing. Called Learning Scapes, the corridors are spread across three floors of the St. Johann school in Basel. The multifunctional spaces were conceived as modern classrooms that provide pupils with more freedom

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Rina Lovko Studio creates austere interiors for Kiev’s Dicentra flower shop

October 20, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Dicentra florist by Rina Lovko Studio

Polished terrazzo fixtures and mirrored surfaces offset the exposed pipework and crumbling walls inside this minimal florist in Kiev designed by Rina Lovko Studio. Located in a Soviet-era warehouse on the left bank of the Dneiper river that runs through the Ukrainian capital, the 300-square-metre Dicentra store was previously used as a workshop. Locally based Rina

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