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Norwegian furniture and homeware brand Northern has introduced 12 new designs to its collection, including a daybed, a watering can and a flashlight.
Northern enlisted 10 designers to create furniture and accessories to join its debut homeware range, which launched in Stockholm last year. Before that, the company exclusively produced lighting products, under the name Northern Lighting.
The new additions were unveiled at the IMM Cologne furniture fair in Germany.
Norwegian designers Morten Skjærpe Knarrum and Jonas Norheim, who head studio Morten & Jonas, oversaw all of the designs, including two of their own. Their contributions include a lamp and a day bed.
The Blush pendant lamp has a semi-spherical head and a long, narrow neck. Meanwhile the Daybe lounge sofa features a thin metal frame, plus a detachable backrest that allows it to be used as a bed as well as a seat.
Also in the collection is the Grab watering can by Norwegian designer Stine Aas, which consists of two interconnecting cylinders that meet at the base of the spout. It is available in a dark green, yellow or plum colour.
“The product meets the need for attractive, multifunctional designs while reflecting the popularity of urban gardening,” said Northern.
Another product is the Ink wall lamp by Stockholm-based designer Felix Isidorsson, which features a concave disc-shaped body with a matt black finish. When turned on, the light creates a subtle halo effect, intended to evoke the glow of the moon.
The Oblong two-seater sofa by Chinese designer Mario Tsai comprises a simple metal frame and two rounded cushions.
The Ombre table lamp by Antoine Rouzeau has a flat, faintly curved head that rests of a narrow neck and cylindrical base, while the Reveal pendant lamp by Silje Nesdal comprises a hollow sphere of glass, framing a horizontal light suspended on a copper-coated cord.
Completing the collection is the geometric torch called Trace, created by design studio Gridy. It features a conical head and a cylindrical handle.
The brand has also launched updated versions of some existing Northern products. The Oasis planters, Peek wall mirror, Hifive modular system and Oaki dining chair are now available in new colours and finishes.
IMM Cologne 2019 ran from 14 to 2o January.
Other new launches at IMM included a “casual” desk designed by David Chipperfield and a collection of outdoor textiles by Kvadrat.
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Australian studio Alexander & Co has set sumptuous furnishings against worn brick walls to channel faded opulence throughout this Sydney dining venue.
The Imperial plays host to a series of jewel-tone dining spaces that have been designed by Alexander & Co to boast a similar atmosphere to a “lost palace”.
It is situated in the suburb of Erskineville and has been a go-to venue for members of the local LGBT+ community since 1983. However, over the past two decades the building had undergone little maintenance work and fallen into a state of disrepair, leaving it in need of a complete overhaul.
“Something in the metaphor of Priscillas restaurant is the ability for this rawness to never feel like a construction site, but instead a theatre of colour, a visual outrage,” explained the studio.
“Although the project feels immediately decorative, it is, in fact, a collection of robust building materials faced in makeup – brickwork, concrete, steel, all represented in colour and high fidelity.”
The ground floor now contains a 250-seat restaurant called Priscillas. It takes its name from 1994 comedy film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, which follows the journey of a transgender woman and two drag queens through the Australian outback.
Several of the time-worn walls have been left in their found state or freshened up with a coat of white paint, while a new mural akin to what could be seen in a church has been painted across the ceiling. Dotted throughout are dark wood dining tables, illuminated by fringed lamps and chandeliers that have been suspended overhead.
Should guests want to relax in a more casual setting there are also some lounge-style areas that are dressed with gold velvet sofas and tasselled seating poufs. There is also a pink-hued private dining room, which has a sculpture comprised of strings of coloured paper dangling at its centre.
Another bar at this level, which has a crimson-coloured marble counter and matching leather stool seats, looks through gridded glazing into an indoor courtyard.
Stairs lead to a second-floor eatery, named Up, which is finished with oversized velvet armchairs, a partially mirrored bar counter, and a multicoloured carpet patterned with geometric shapes.
Guests are also have access to a roof terrace that’s anchored by a shiny gold pizza oven.
“Conceptually, this space is conceived as an arts social club, a public salon which references Studio 54 and distant memories of Andy Warhol,” added the studio.
This year will also see the space used as a same-sex marriage venue.
Brooklyn-based studio Workstead also opted for an opulent aesthetic when it transformed an old brothel in Oklahoma into a wine bar – the space features velvety benches, brass lighting and blush pink walls.
Project credits:
Principal architect: Sophie Harris
Interior design team: Jeremy Bull, Larissa Raymond, Madison Faye, Lucy Forlico, Rouda Taouk
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This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour.
Locally based FreelandBuck designed the 1,500-square-foot (139-square-metre) residence as a series of irregular volumes tucked behind an existing property in the Culver City neighbourhood.
The residence – aptly called Second House – has an angular form that playfully takes cues from the neighbour’s gabled rooftops.
The architecture firm fragmented the property into the different blocks to create a variety of interior and exterior spaces on the dense site. Small courtyards and balconies give the occupants opportunities to enjoy the city’s warm climate.
“Each room of the house is expressed as a distinct block paired with a corresponding exterior space,” said FreelandBuck in a project statement.
Grey cement boards clad the home’s exterior, with the aim to create a “monolithic mass” and provide unity between different elements.
The ground floor of the two-storey property is organised around an interior courtyard. Residents can access the home via the alleyway at the back where the two parking spaces are located.
A corridor lined with a storage wall connects the kitchen and dining room to the living room on the opposite side of the courtyard. All of the walls facing this exterior space are made of glass.
“Even though the programme is articulated as separate volumes, the interior and exterior spaces are woven together into a single, visually continuous living space,” said the studio.
On the terrace, a triangular fireplace recalls the building’s angular aesthetic.
Bedrooms are accessed via separate staircases to offer more privacy. From the exterior, these rooms are clearly defined as trapezoidal shapes that slant away from each other.
“In contrast to the differentiated but open ground floor, the master bedroom and guest room at the second level are isolated volumes, each contained in a separate wedge,” said the firm.
Each bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom. Additionally, the master bedroom opens onto a south-facing balcony that overlooks the courtyard below.
Windows are designed to be higher than usual, to capture views of the sky and surrounding hills.
The interiors are intentionally sparse, with surfaces including bleached pine and crisp white walls. Furniture by American brand Knoll adds to the pared-back decor.
However, the architects used colour for the stairwells, providing a contrast to the rest of the home.
“The interior stairs are painted bright red and orange, with the colours leaking into adjacent bedrooms and living spaces depending upon light intensity and time of day,” said FreelandBuck.
FreelandBuck recently completed another home in Los Angeles, which is tucked into a steep site in the northern part of the city. Other properties that make the most of Southern California’s good weather include a renovated home overlooking Mulholland Drive by Heusch and a “sliced and folded” residence by Urban Operations.
Photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.
Project credits:
Lead designers: Brennan Buck, David Freeland
Project team: Johannes Beck, Nick Schwaller
Furniture: provided by Knoll Inc
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Les fans de Doctor Who seront familiarisés avec TARDIS, la machine à voyager dans le temps fictive et le vaisseau spatial utilisés par le personnage central de la série. Pour le grand lancement de Doctor Who sur le marché chinois, BBC Studios a confié à l’illustrateur et conteur visuel Feifei Ruan la création d’une série d’affiches représentant le TARDIS dans diverses villes chinoises. L’artiste basé à New York a présenté une campagne délicieuse combinant une ambiance artistique traditionnelle des années 50 et de la Chine qui frappe dans les bonnes notes, à la fois pour son public cible et pour les fans de Doctor Who. Le travail multi-stylistique de Ruan a gagné en reconnaissance au fil des ans, ses plus récents prix comprenant une médaille d’or de la Society of Illustrators: MoCCA Awards 2018, une médaille de bronze du Creative Pool Annual 2018 et le grand prix du concours Hiii Illustration International 2016. Visitez son site Web et Instagram.
This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour.
Locally based FreelandBuck designed the 1,500-square-foot (139-square-metre) residence as a series of irregular volumes tucked behind an existing property in the Culver City neighbourhood.
The residence – aptly called Second House – has an angular form that playfully takes cues from the neighbour’s gabled rooftops.
The architecture firm fragmented the property into the different blocks to create a variety of interior and exterior spaces on the dense site. Small courtyards and balconies give the occupants opportunities to enjoy the city’s warm climate.
“Each room of the house is expressed as a distinct block paired with a corresponding exterior space,” said FreelandBuck in a project statement.
Grey cement boards clad the home’s exterior, with the aim to create a “monolithic mass” and provide unity between different elements.
The ground floor of the two-storey property is organised around an interior courtyard. Residents can access the home via the alleyway at the back where the two parking spaces are located.
A corridor lined with a storage wall connects the kitchen and dining room to the living room on the opposite side of the courtyard. All of the walls facing this exterior space are made of glass.
“Even though the programme is articulated as separate volumes, the interior and exterior spaces are woven together into a single, visually continuous living space,” said the studio.
On the terrace, a triangular fireplace recalls the building’s angular aesthetic.
Bedrooms are accessed via separate staircases to offer more privacy. From the exterior, these rooms are clearly defined as trapezoidal shapes that slant away from each other.
“In contrast to the differentiated but open ground floor, the master bedroom and guest room at the second level are isolated volumes, each contained in a separate wedge,” said the firm.
Each bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom. Additionally, the master bedroom opens onto a south-facing balcony that overlooks the courtyard below.
Windows are designed to be higher than usual, to capture views of the sky and surrounding hills.
The interiors are intentionally sparse, with surfaces including bleached pine and crisp white walls. Furniture by American brand Knoll adds to the pared-back decor.
However, the architects used colour for the stairwells, providing a contrast to the rest of the home.
“The interior stairs are painted bright red and orange, with the colours leaking into adjacent bedrooms and living spaces depending upon light intensity and time of day,” said FreelandBuck.
FreelandBuck recently completed another home in Los Angeles, which is tucked into a steep site in the northern part of the city. Other properties that make the most of Southern California’s good weather include a renovated home overlooking Mulholland Drive by Heusch and a “sliced and folded” residence by Urban Operations.
Photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.
Project credits:
Lead designers: Brennan Buck, David Freeland
Project team: Johannes Beck, Nick Schwaller
Furniture: provided by Knoll Inc
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This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour.
Locally based FreelandBuck designed the 1,500-square-foot (139-square-metre) residence as a series of irregular volumes tucked behind an existing property in the Culver City neighbourhood.
The residence – aptly called Second House – has an angular form that playfully takes cues from the neighbour’s gabled rooftops.
The architecture firm fragmented the property into the different blocks to create a variety of interior and exterior spaces on the dense site. Small courtyards and balconies give the occupants opportunities to enjoy the city’s warm climate.
“Each room of the house is expressed as a distinct block paired with a corresponding exterior space,” said FreelandBuck in a project statement.
Grey cement boards clad the home’s exterior, with the aim to create a “monolithic mass” and provide unity between different elements.
The ground floor of the two-storey property is organised around an interior courtyard. Residents can access the home via the alleyway at the back where the two parking spaces are located.
A corridor lined with a storage wall connects the kitchen and dining room to the living room on the opposite side of the courtyard. All of the walls facing this exterior space are made of glass.
“Even though the programme is articulated as separate volumes, the interior and exterior spaces are woven together into a single, visually continuous living space,” said the studio.
On the terrace, a triangular fireplace recalls the building’s angular aesthetic.
Bedrooms are accessed via separate staircases to offer more privacy. From the exterior, these rooms are clearly defined as trapezoidal shapes that slant away from each other.
“In contrast to the differentiated but open ground floor, the master bedroom and guest room at the second level are isolated volumes, each contained in a separate wedge,” said the firm.
Each bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom. Additionally, the master bedroom opens onto a south-facing balcony that overlooks the courtyard below.
Windows are designed to be higher than usual, to capture views of the sky and surrounding hills.
The interiors are intentionally sparse, with surfaces including bleached pine and crisp white walls. Furniture by American brand Knoll adds to the pared-back decor.
However, the architects used colour for the stairwells, providing a contrast to the rest of the home.
“The interior stairs are painted bright red and orange, with the colours leaking into adjacent bedrooms and living spaces depending upon light intensity and time of day,” said FreelandBuck.
FreelandBuck recently completed another home in Los Angeles, which is tucked into a steep site in the northern part of the city. Other properties that make the most of Southern California’s good weather include a renovated home overlooking Mulholland Drive by Heusch and a “sliced and folded” residence by Urban Operations.
Photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.
Project credits:
Lead designers: Brennan Buck, David Freeland
Project team: Johannes Beck, Nick Schwaller
Furniture: provided by Knoll Inc
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Les fans de Doctor Who seront familiarisés avec TARDIS, la machine à voyager dans le temps fictive et le vaisseau spatial utilisés par le personnage central de la série. Pour le grand lancement de Doctor Who sur le marché chinois, BBC Studios a confié à l’illustrateur et conteur visuel Feifei Ruan la création d’une série d’affiches représentant le TARDIS dans diverses villes chinoises. L’artiste basé à New York a présenté une campagne délicieuse combinant une ambiance artistique traditionnelle des années 50 et de la Chine qui frappe dans les bonnes notes, à la fois pour son public cible et pour les fans de Doctor Who. Le travail multi-stylistique de Ruan a gagné en reconnaissance au fil des ans, ses plus récents prix comprenant une médaille d’or de la Society of Illustrators: MoCCA Awards 2018, une médaille de bronze du Creative Pool Annual 2018 et le grand prix du concours Hiii Illustration International 2016. Visitez son site Web et Instagram.
This house in Los Angeles by US architecture firm FreelandBuck comprises a series of volumes with steeply pitched tops, which draw on the roofscape of its neighbour.
Locally based FreelandBuck designed the 1,500-square-foot (139-square-metre) residence as a series of irregular volumes tucked behind an existing property in the Culver City neighbourhood.
The residence – aptly called Second House – has an angular form that playfully takes cues from the neighbour’s gabled rooftops.
The architecture firm fragmented the property into the different blocks to create a variety of interior and exterior spaces on the dense site. Small courtyards and balconies give the occupants opportunities to enjoy the city’s warm climate.
“Each room of the house is expressed as a distinct block paired with a corresponding exterior space,” said FreelandBuck in a project statement.
Grey cement boards clad the home’s exterior, with the aim to create a “monolithic mass” and provide unity between different elements.
The ground floor of the two-storey property is organised around an interior courtyard. Residents can access the home via the alleyway at the back where the two parking spaces are located.
A corridor lined with a storage wall connects the kitchen and dining room to the living room on the opposite side of the courtyard. All of the walls facing this exterior space are made of glass.
“Even though the programme is articulated as separate volumes, the interior and exterior spaces are woven together into a single, visually continuous living space,” said the studio.
On the terrace, a triangular fireplace recalls the building’s angular aesthetic.
Bedrooms are accessed via separate staircases to offer more privacy. From the exterior, these rooms are clearly defined as trapezoidal shapes that slant away from each other.
“In contrast to the differentiated but open ground floor, the master bedroom and guest room at the second level are isolated volumes, each contained in a separate wedge,” said the firm.
Each bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom. Additionally, the master bedroom opens onto a south-facing balcony that overlooks the courtyard below.
Windows are designed to be higher than usual, to capture views of the sky and surrounding hills.
The interiors are intentionally sparse, with surfaces including bleached pine and crisp white walls. Furniture by American brand Knoll adds to the pared-back decor.
However, the architects used colour for the stairwells, providing a contrast to the rest of the home.
“The interior stairs are painted bright red and orange, with the colours leaking into adjacent bedrooms and living spaces depending upon light intensity and time of day,” said FreelandBuck.
FreelandBuck recently completed another home in Los Angeles, which is tucked into a steep site in the northern part of the city. Other properties that make the most of Southern California’s good weather include a renovated home overlooking Mulholland Drive by Heusch and a “sliced and folded” residence by Urban Operations.
Photography is by Eric Staudenmaier.
Project credits:
Lead designers: Brennan Buck, David Freeland
Project team: Johannes Beck, Nick Schwaller
Furniture: provided by Knoll Inc
The post Faceted volumes surround courtyard at FreelandBuck’s Second House appeared first on Dezeen.
Les fans de Doctor Who seront familiarisés avec TARDIS, la machine à voyager dans le temps fictive et le vaisseau spatial utilisés par le personnage central de la série. Pour le grand lancement de Doctor Who sur le marché chinois, BBC Studios a confié à l’illustrateur et conteur visuel Feifei Ruan la création d’une série d’affiches représentant le TARDIS dans diverses villes chinoises. L’artiste basé à New York a présenté une campagne délicieuse combinant une ambiance artistique traditionnelle des années 50 et de la Chine qui frappe dans les bonnes notes, à la fois pour son public cible et pour les fans de Doctor Who. Le travail multi-stylistique de Ruan a gagné en reconnaissance au fil des ans, ses plus récents prix comprenant une médaille d’or de la Society of Illustrators: MoCCA Awards 2018, une médaille de bronze du Creative Pool Annual 2018 et le grand prix du concours Hiii Illustration International 2016. Visitez son site Web et Instagram.
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