Supermarket by reMiks

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Serbian design studio reMiks has completed Supermarket, a concept store inspired by the “golden years of communism”. (more…)

Fumo by Super Super

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Polish designers Hanna Kokczyńska, Jacek Majewski and Michał Gratkowski of Super Super have completed a low-budget clothes shop called Fumo in Warsaw, Poland, using cheap materials from a builders’ merchant. (more…)

Power Plant by Geneto

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Architects Koji Yamanaka, Yuji Yamanaka and Asako Yamashita of Geneto have created an installation called Power Plant at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. (more…)

Pabellón Ave Maria entrance hall by RaichdelRio

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Barcelona architects RaichdelRio have designed security desks and a waiting area in a historic former hospital in Barcelona, Spain. (more…)

Raise your Game by the Wilson Brothers

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London designers the Wilson Brothers have completed Raise your Game, a retail installation for Nike’s 1948 space, which opened last week in East London, UK. (more…)

Armani 5th Avenue by Massimiliano Doriana Fuksas Architects

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The Armani 5th Avenue store in New York City, designed by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects, opened last week. (more…)

Metropolitan Home To Reveal Met Home of the Year Online

methome mar09.jpgCan’t wait for the May issue of Metropolitan Home to see if your chic dwelling is the winner of the annual “Met Home of the Year” contest? No problem. Every day this week, the magazine will showcase a new outstanding reader home design (one of the five finalists and six honorable mention winners) on its website, culminating with the grand-prize-winning Met Home of the Year announcement next Monday, March 2. The winner will also be featured in the May issue.

“The online unveiling of the reader winners allows us the opportunity to showcase more photos and information about the residential designs than we can in the pages of Metropolitan Home,” said editor-in-chief Donna Warner in a statement issued by the magazine. “These homes and spaces are wonderful, and we want to give them a platform that will allow each of them to have their moment in the spotlight.” Among the winning entries? “A movie theater turned loft, an all-ages tree house, the savviest kitchen in Texas, and the ultimate PETA-friendly design solution.” We just hope the latter doesn’t involve chimpanzees, no matter how metropolitan.

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Ayres Store by Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos Asociados

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Buenos Aires architects Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados have designed the flagship store for female fashion brand Ayres Store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (more…)

House in Sagamino by Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects

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Here’s another project by Toyko company Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects, who designed the House in Hiyoshi in our earlier story. (more…)

Stephen Shadleys Oscar Green Room: A Seventies Mod Backstage Oasis

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(Photo: Architectural Digest)

Having teased you with a sketch earlier this month, we can now show you the Architectural Digest Green Room as it will welcome Oscar presenters and honorees this Sunday at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Designed by Stephen Shadley, the 920-square-foot space is described by the magazine as an “exclusive backstage oasis” with a sweeping view of Los Angeles from atop Mulholland Drive. The look is Seventies Modern, but a less severe version than that suggested by the initial rendering. Shadley, who began his career painting film backdrops as a scenic artist for 20th Century Fox (the studio is visible from the green room window), was inspired by film sets of the 1970s. Translation? An 11-foot-long sofa, newly reissued Tony Duquette garden seats, a custom quartz bar, and an updated take on the shag rug. Our favorite touch? The hazy wall covering, a paper-backed silk fabric from West Hollywood’s Kneedler|Fauchere Imports that reminds us of the horizon of an Ed Ruscha painting.

Previously on UnBeige:

  • Stephen Shadley Selected to Design Academy Awards Green Room

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