Design Middleeast

MAY 20, 2024

Kristina Zanic designs Sofitel Al Hamra Kristina Zanic, CEO of the design studio, explains, “Our vision was to completely transform the subdued and traditionally styled interiors , and bring in a sense of lightness that resonates with contemporary tastes as well as the property’s beachside location.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To celebrate the vibrant history of the Louis Vuitton label and the genius of its namesake founder, the purveyor of high-end leather goods, monogram handbags, and world-renowned steamer trunks, is presenting an immersive discovery of art and imagination at its “200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries” exhibition.

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Dezeen

MARCH 31, 2022

Light fixtures inspired by James Turrell artworks, balancing stones, and a circular golden changing room feature in the interiors of fashion brand Forte Forte 's Los Angeles boutique. Back-lit, circular openings throw light on the boutique, which, according to the designer, also take cues from an existing artist.

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VMS

JANUARY 31, 2023

T HE FLOORING INDUSTRY continues to evolve and innovate as product developments push boundaries in fiber and materials technology, design, texture and pattern – for both hard and soft surfaces. Its longer thread loops allow for a soft feel, and its high pile creates the illusion of changing colors depending on the angle of light.

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Located in the AlJadidah Arts District, Design Space AlUla provides exhibition, workshop and archive space, and is designed to foster collaboration among design professionals, students, and design enthusiasts, whilst strengthening AlUla’s legacy across the cultural sphere as a catalyst for creative inspiration and design.

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Retail Focus

JULY 20, 2023

As luxury brands invest in various areas, they aim to create immersive and unforgettable experiences for their customers with a focus on aesthetics, arts, technology, food and services, collaborations, exhibitions and museums, these brands are taking the concept of luxury pop-up shops to the next level.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Taking inspiration from landscape, art, film, poetry, culture, and music, the pair see themselves as artists and storytellers as much as fashion designers. You listen to your gut as a designer – we love textile, we love texture, we love organic symmetry, and experimentation. On deciding to become fashion designers.

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is the market digital artist Andrés Reisinger is catering for with his latest project, a residential design inspired by frost in the winter. Following the success of his Impossible Furniture, Andrés Reisinger has become one of the most sought-after digital artists of the 21st Century.

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Dezeen

MAY 5, 2022

With its spherical gateway, limited palette and otherworldly lighting, the space was likened to a "desert planet" by Lialawlab's chief designer, Liya Xing. Italian fashion label Forte Forte 's art director Robert Vattilana designed its Los Angeles boutique based on the "volumes and lines of Californian modernism".

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Dutch contemporary artist Levi van Veluw , the creator of inaugural window display art for Hermès’ at Nordiska Kompaniet, said, “the window becomes an experience.” ” We know this to be true! Retail experts agree that visual merchandising is more than creating window displays to attract customers.

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VMS

OCTOBER 5, 2021

From an early age, Christian Dior dreamed of becoming an artist. As such, the question must be asked: Is fashion design an art form? In some quarters, art is defined as a creative endeavor that moves the emotions. If so defined, Dior clearly lived his dream.

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Design Wanted

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is the market digital artist Andrés Reisinger is catering for with his latest project, a residential design inspired by frost in the winter. Following the success of his Impossible Furniture, Andrés Reisinger has become one of the most sought-after digital artists of the 21st Century.

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Design Middleeast

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The hotel’s sophisticated interiors have been designed and executed by the famed Parisian duo, Gilles & Boissier and incorporate a carefully curated section of more than 50 art pieces, commissioned by local and global artists. The Lana will also be home to the first Dior Spa in the UAE, set to open in April 2024.

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VMS

JULY 14, 2021

The portfolio is inspired by everything from nature to art, global travels to couture fashion, and captures the growing ‘resi-mercial’ trend. Carol Benson-Cobb is an American artist known for her custom abstract paintings. The fluidity of her art is inspired by years of living in the landscapes of the high deserts of Arizona.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 6, 2022

From expectant art school couple to long-term retailers, the founders of the down-to-earth baby wares business have been on quite a journey. We came from art school, so we were always looking at ideas where there was some form of enlightenment. Jacob Faull: It started off as a traditional needs-based business.

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Design Week

AUGUST 3, 2021

A new documentary film, Summer of Soul (…or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised), hopes to shed light on the less-publicised festival which ran for a total of six weekends. As the film’s consulting art director Frank William Miller Jr. “The artists are going be the heroes.” “This is Harlem.”

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Design Wanted

APRIL 16, 2021

With an endless passion for art, design and photography, Formento naturally developed advanced skills in computer graphics at an early age and went on to study interior design and product design in Brazil before moving to the UK. Artists and studios working on Computer Generated Imagery like jformento. Post-production & sound.

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Design Wanted

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

These precious materials are all made unique by artisanal treatments and refined textures. Furniture design is becoming an increasingly artistic field, check out how Visionnaire blurs the lines between art and design. The Milan Sideboard from the Daytona collection combines and contrasts heaviness and lightness.

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Design Wanted

DECEMBER 3, 2021

As a child growing up in Brazil in the 1990s, designer Romulo Temigue recalls scouring the internet for inspiration, discovering different kinds of art, architecture, interiors, and design, which he would save as files onto his computer so he could go back and look at them later. 3D art is punching us in the face.

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Greater Group

JULY 11, 2023

Commercial restaurant interior designers will know the best combinations of lighting, colour and texture to create this setting while maintaining a balance between comfort and functionality. Stack vegetable or meat slices with contrasting colours or textures. Place food on the plate in such a way as to make it look taller.

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Greater Group

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The 5,000 squarefeet duplex store’s interior has been designed with an overall modern and sleek look, achieved through the use of bright lighting, neon signage against cement panels. The creativity extends to Siri House’s Art Space, which will showcase new exhibitions every quarter. Address: Jewel Changi, 78 Airport Boulevard.

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Design Wanted

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Lighting shaped like Roman arches and seating inspired by Classical Greek architecture were among works celebrating Greco-Roman aesthetics in the exhibition at Dutch Design Week this year. This texture intrigues the nature of the material itself.

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Design Wanted

APRIL 6, 2021

We studied architecture and overlapped a year in the same university at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beirut, then Tara transferred at the École Supérieure d’Architecture in Paris and Tessa to the School of Architecture at the American University of Beirut. We are curious to intersect our different interests and watch the results.

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