TRAVEL
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
In Melbourne, Australia, a city of Southern Hemisphere foodies, where fetid alleys reveal the cool cafes and bars, and hip, close-at-hand inner suburbs offer as much life as the heart of the city, everyone thinks they’ve cornered the market on […]
El Fenn Hotel
Take a deep breath and look inside into the hidden paradise of El Fenn Hotel in Marrakech. The unassuming doorway of this labyrinthine owns 22-roomed property which leads onto three inner courtyards: pass through the sensually lit courtyard with a marble […]
The Transformation Of Mitte, Berlin
Mitte is a central district in the Berlin’s former East. Once a post-Wall petri dish for Berlin’s creative innovators, the area has gradually gone commercial, welcoming international chains, four-star hotels and, on sunny days, seemingly half the under-40 population of […]
Escape Machines Pop Up in Paris
DDB Paris created a simple fun ‘Escape Machine’ for the French travel company Voyages SNCF. Wonderful, colourful cubes waiting till somebody goes to bush the button. Then the cube asks where the person would like to travel.
ARCHITECTURE
The Kaufmann House
This is the Kaufmann House, which is a 1946 glass, steel and stone landmark built on the edge of Palm Springs by the architect Richard Neutra.
Thibault Residence
This wonderful peaceful home consists of two boxes made of glass and wood, simple volumes of similar dimensions, which were added to the original house. One box was placed on the roof and the other one in the garden under […]
LIFESTYLE
Francoise Hardy
I love Francoise Hardy. She is inspiration. These black & white photos are so beautiful and timeless. I heard she was the inspiration for Balenciaga’s spring 2011 collection (and also some previous ones). Not a surprice really. Once she wrote […]
Stork Club
Marc Jacob eats health food, uses the korean panax ginseng supplements and has a personal trainer; he also dyed his hair blue, got tattoos and bought four diamond studs; he collects art!But what everyone seems to neglect is his work […]
DESIGN
Maud Vantours Paper Scluptures
Maud Vantours is a very talented visual artist and creative paper designer born in 1985 in France. She began her own freelance business after graduated specialized art courses in textile design and research materials to the ESAA Duperré Maud during her early […]
Optical Illusion Graffiti
Optical Illusion Graffiti creates portal to a parallel universe on the side of many different buildings around the globe! Parisian graffiti artist Astro knots flat architectural facades into illusory vortexes with a vibrant graphic twist. His painted patterns combine smooth, swirling curves […]
INTERIORS
ARTY
Bil Ehrlich, a young Harvard-trained architect, bought and gutted a derelict five-floor Manhattan town house and created, behind its old cast-iron facade, a huge white alterna-house. But it seems downright laughable today that the house might have once been seen […]
Open House
DESIGNSIGH is proud to present Nathália Favaro, a very talented architect who constantly works with the cash home buyers to buy new houses and renovate them. She ventured in Buenos Aires to complement her training. After receiving her diploma, she worked with […]