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Brasserie des Pres draws on the vibrant history of Paris’s Latin Quarter

February 20, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

The storied location of this brasserie in Paris inspired interior studio B3 Designers to fill the restaurant with tasselled chairs, disco balls and other flamboyant decor. Brasserie des Pres is set in Paris’s Latin Quarter, which was a hub of creativity throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, its cafes filled with artists, publishers and prominent

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YSG brings boutique-hotel feel to family home in Sydney

January 17, 2024 Natasha Levy 0

Interiors studio YSG has upgraded a home in Sydney’s Mosman suburb to feature “lavish yet tranquil” interiors that are more akin to those of a luxury hotel. The three-storey house previously had drab grey walls and awkwardly placed partitions but now features more coherently connected rooms finished in a sumptuous mix of materials. “Our clients

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Light Bureau subtly illuminates fjord-side rest stop in Norway

November 28, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Scandinavian studio Light Bureau has introduced minimal lighting to this rest-stop toilet along the Norwegian Scenic Routes so as not to distract visitors from the surrounding landscape. Espenes Rest Stop accompanies the Hardanger stretch of the Norwegian Scenic Routes – 18 roads that offer picturesque drives across the country. The structure itself was designed by

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Chongqing’s hidden factories inform interiors of Harmay beauty store

November 24, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Conveyor belts and cog-like display stands appear within this beauty store in Chongqing, China, designed by AIM Architecture, which takes cues from the city’s underground network of factories. Harmay is located at the heart of Chongqing inside a former shopping mall, with its entrance set below street level. “The store is located underneath a large plaza

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RooMoo reuses distillery’s old whiskey barrels to decorate its bar

November 22, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Chinese interiors studio RooMoo has used nearly 6,000 pieces of oak from discarded distillery barrels to adorn this whiskey bar in Shanghai. Laizhou Bar is located in the city’s buzzy Xuhui District and is an offshoot of Laizhou Distillery, a Chinese whiskey producer based out of Sichuan province. The distillery prides itself on reducing its

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Traditional design techniques are “alive and well” in Le Salon de Septembre exhibition

November 19, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Old and new blurred together in this exhibition at Paris’ GSL Gallery, which celebrated contemporary creatives who observe design traditions of the past. Le Salon de Septembre was the inaugural exhibition to be held at GSL Gallery, a factory-turned-arts space in Paris’ Patin neighbourhood run by creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke. Guided by

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Tembo Tembo lodge hides among landscape of South African game reserve

October 24, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Rammed earth walls and an organic colour scheme help this South African family lodge designed by architecture practice Studio Asaï to blend into its natural surroundings. Tembo Tembo sits close to the Sabie River on the western edge of Kruger National Park – a sprawling game reserve that’s home to a wide array of flora

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Australian hardwood lines Melbourne cottage extension by Prior Barraclough

October 17, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Architecture practice Prior Barraclough has expanded a modest workers’ cottage in Melbourne to include an extension panelled entirely in Australian hardwood. Located in the neighbourhood of Northcote, Union Street House is a single-fronted workers’ cottage owned by a recently retired couple who wanted their home to have more functional living space. Local practice Prior Barraclough

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Forma is a nomadic design gallery popping up around Berlin

August 8, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Contemporary German furniture designs are displayed alongside vintage pieces at this travelling gallery that multidisciplinary designer Vanessa Heepen has launched in Berlin. Rather than having a permanent home, Forma will take over different locations across the German capital. The gallery’s inaugural exhibition, titled The Room I Walk the Line, was recently on show on the ground

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Note Design Studio enriches Stockholm apartment with “cloudy” ceiling stucco

July 19, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Note Design Studio has updated this formerly characterless apartment in Stockholm to feature bespoke Douglas fir joinery and curvy stucco ceilings designed to suggest cloud formations. Although the Cloudy Outlines apartment sits within a building dating back to 1842, Note Design Studio says the interior had been stripped of any historic charm and “traces of

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