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During the 2016 Milan Design Week, the colonnaded cloister of Basilica Minore di San Simpliciano, in the heart of the city’s Brera Design District, underwent a brilliant transformation courtesy of Japanese creative studio Nendo. The installation, titled 50 Manga Chairs, featured, as the name says, 50 different chairs lined up in a perfect grid filling…
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” That mantra — the memorable max im of famed British novelist C.S. Lewis — undoubtedly chimes with the philosophies of architect Matthias Hollwich. The German-American designer and author, cofounder of New York–based firm Hollwich Kushner (HWKN), has recently taken on one…
At the height of Salone del Mobile in Milan, Architizer hosted a dinner party right in the MINI LIVI NG Installation. Bridging privacy and community is central to the MINI LIVING Installation. While curious visitors freely roamed the space to kick the proverbial tyres of the concept apartment, special guests sat down to a long candlelit…
OUR NEW COLUMN ‘Tiny Revolutions’ EXPLORES initiatives in grassroots architecture around the globe, addressing issues of affordable, sustainable and accessible construction techniques and design solutions for developing communities. All around the world, crowdfunding has empowered communities of all sizes to present grassroots projects and gain the support of thousands of people to make them happen.…
Possibly the biggest showcase of architect-manufacturer collaborations every year, Milan Design Week returned with new site-specific installations and, of course, products by award-winning or emerging international architects. We whittle down the list to present our top product picks of the 2016 edition. Zaha HadidThe final furniture design of the late Zaha Hadid, Mew is a…
Atira Women’s Resource Society’s mission is clear: to provide resources to self-identifying women wh o have been affected by violence. One of these resources is, of course, housing, and Vancouver’s skyrocketing real estate market provides an extra hurdle to its already-challenging endeavor. The Society has been inventive in its proposals, however, and has become an important…
If there is one company for which the mantra “creative use of space” rings true, it is MINI. The com pact car manufacturer has been designing with this motto in mind for almost half a century, and it is now aiming to bring its famous brand of pocket-sized ingenuity to the realm of architecture and interior…
One would expect nothing less than a dream team to design the objects of an annual program called “W aterDream.” So that’s just what manufacturer Axor delivered once again for the 2016 edition at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Philippe Grohe © Alexander Schneider für Axor / Hansgrohe SE “We discussed the meaning and value…
Title Photo by Jordan Inskeep The massive renovation of Columbus, Ohio’s 200 Civic Center lobby (for merly the Columbus Gas building, constructed in 1983) needed to achieve a modern and transformative aesthetic — but it also had to be completed with efficiency to meet a tight deadline. The team of architectural firm Behal Sampson Dietz turned…