International
Blink Design Group Completes the Guerlain Spa at Hotel Barrière Le Normandy, Deauville
The scope encompasses the hotel’s wider wellness areas as well as the region’s first Guerlain Spa – bringing together two icons: Guerlain’s French beauty heritage and one of Normandy’s most storied hotels, in a spa defined by material rigour and coastal calm… Photography credit: BLINK Design Group / Hotel Barrière Le Normandy With studios in… Read More >
The Human Touch: How South African Craft Offers an AI Antidote
Is this the most concentrated argument yet for South Africa’s place in the global design conversation? We take you inside an award-winning room that makes the case for design from the tip of Africa… A new meeting and conferencing space in Johannesburg, designed by Clout/SA in collaboration with Proportion Design Studio, brings together more than… Read More >
Louis Vuitton Le Café : A Spatial Journey Between Brand and Culture in Beijing
Louis Vuitton Le Café in Sanlitun, Beijing, designed by Astet Studio, explores travel as a mental and emotional condition rather than a purely physical act. Addressing a new generation of consumers shaped by digital culture, yet still deeply reliant on physical environments to truly experience a brand, the project transforms the café into an experiential… Read More >
DLSM Studio Brings Miami Cool to Bahrain with The Pelican Club
The Pelican Club has officially made its mark in the Bahrain Financial Harbour, introducing a vibrant brasserie designed by award-winning DLSM Studio. Working in collaboration with Dubai-based hospitality consultants Meraki & Modus, the studio has created a dazzling setting that redefines brasserie dining in the Gulf. DLSM Studio (formally DesignLSM) is a renowned, award-winning agency established… Read More >
How did you get into design?
Last week we asked three established designers how they had made their way into their current design positions. We discovered how their young family life shaped both Pernille Stafford and Alex Hellum’s journeys into design. We also leant how finding the right scale moved Katerina McMahon away from architecture into the furniture workshop. Read more… Read More >