Features revealing the design and development of the world’s most innovative building-products.
Lighting can completely fade into the background — or steal the spotlight, so to speak. Obviously th e latter, these recent luminaires — from a recessed fixture to wall lamps — boast playful personality that enhances even the most buttoned-up of settings.
The Reconstruction Studies is a collection of “tiles” created by artist John Whitmarsh that are eith er composed of or cast from surprising materials — but the results are stunning. Designed for Sausalito-based Clé, the series comprises five styles with individual character — or, even, history — that make them perfect for cladding focal walls where…
The trend of applying more of a residential feel to commercial, workplace and institutional projects is alive and well, and there’s a plethora of crossover furnishings to prove it. While these pieces look as if they can occupy a personal home office, living room or, even, nursery, they’re contract grade to withstand the wear-and-tear of…
When it launched in 2013, Dekton — a universal architectural application material — stormed out of t he gate: the ultra-compact surface already accounts for 10 percent of manufacturer Cosentino’s U.S. market share. No doubt, performance partly explains the surfacing’s immediate appeal. To produce Dekton, Cosentino — who also manufactures Silestone — employs what it calls…
The ability to blur the lines between interior and exterior is in high demand.
IN OUR CONTINUED EXPLORATION OF how architects experience the emotional realm during the process of creation, Michael Brady — founder of architecture, engineering and interiors firm MICHAEL BRADY, INC. — discusses how his emotions ebb and flow during design development with Saxon Henry, the author of Four Florida Moderns. Saxon Henry: I have emotional responses…
The largest consumer technology fair and conference — affectionately known as CES — kicks off today in Las Vegas and is expected to deliver the usual hoopla, diversions, product and brand launches, celebrity appearances and intense crowds that it has in previous years. (Case in point, the 2015 show attracted more than 176,000 attendees from…
What brands like Dornbracht™ keep reaffirming is that luxury product design can be both unique and v ersatile. The company’s newest series of bathroom fittings combines technology and delicate contours meant to delight both the eye and the skin while providing numerous possibilities for customization. The new CL.1 series, conceptualized and designed by Sieger Design, introduces…
Like offices, education projects have been getting another look: it’s no longer the case that any at tempt to beautify these spaces is purely about aesthetics. Some studies point to pleasant and comfortable built environments as positively impacting students’ retention, attention, engagement and motivation — all factors in the learning process. To accommodate the new theories…