Archive for March, 2014

This is Knoll

This is Knoll

This is Knoll – a brand with Modernity in its DNA

The Knoll adventure started 75 years ago, with the vision and the charisma of a young German who moved to the United States and the extraordinary design sensibility of a young architect who was to become his wife.

” The Colour of Bondi ” by Rex Dupain

” The Colour of Bondi ” by Rex Dupain

In the series ” The Colour of Bondi ” photographer Rex Dupain has captured every aspect of the famous Bondi beach strip – Its’ surfers, bathers, skaters, backpackers, musclemen, sun worshippers, divers and divas who all co-exist on this iconic beach that seems to define the quintessential Australian lifestyle.

Tribute to the (sydney) and (melbourne) magazines – now expired !

Tribute to the (sydney) and (melbourne) magazines – now expired !

The recent closure of the two high-profile monthly insert magazines, the (sydney) magazine and the (melbourne) magazine, was a surprise given they have attracted lucrative advertising.

Both of the (sydney) and (melbourne) magazines were originally launched as a means of attracting luxury brands into the Fairfax Media portfolio that were otherwise sceptical about newspaper advertising

Alexi Freeman @ dedece for VAMFF 2014

Alexi Freeman @ dedece for VAMFF 2014

Alexi Freeman & Studio Twocan designed an installation at dedece for Melbourne Fashion Festival that references the waxing and waning cycle of the moon.

The installation is made from copper plated metal chain, with the colour and materiality sitting cohesively in proximity to products on the dedece showroom floor.

DePadova @ Villa delle Due Palme, Genoa

DePadova @ Villa delle Due Palme, Genoa

Buy your piece of heaven in the middle of the sea !

Facing a very clear sea, “Villa delle due Palme”, is located in a quite privileged and peaceful situation, near to the towns of Arenzano and Voltri, just a few minutes from Genoa

The Vidun “Screw Table” by Vico Magistretti

The Vidun “Screw Table” by Vico Magistretti

Vidun = “big screw” in Milanese dialect

The “big wooden screw” sets the height of the tempered glass top – and this way Vico Magistretti converted the typical support of the old workbenches into a domestic element.

Vico often said: “It is always the conceptual detail that attracts people’s attention”.

Archist – Art meets Architecture by Frederico Babina

Archist – Art meets Architecture by Frederico Babina

Can a work of art be a building ?

Iconic works from artists including Piet Mondrian, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Marcel Duchamp and more are reinterpreted as cross-sectional drawings of buildings in this series from Italian architect and illustrator Federico Babina