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The LOOKNOW Xintiandi Flagship combines artistic studio with home comforts

Retail Focus

The “Space Object” installed in the window exhibition area transforms the front area of the store into a flexible space, providing the possibility of future collaboration with other brands and artists for pop-ups, installation displays, and media shows. Abandoned pipes were rearranged and turned into racks for handbags.

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Graham Baba Architects Transforms a 1917 Building into a Contemporary Art Studio for World-Renowned Glass Artist Lino Tagliapietra

Home World Design

Tagliapietra’s work explores the limits of glass—its form, texture, and color. Located in Belltown, a downtown Seattle neighborhood, this studio is dedicated to the display of Lino Tagliapietra’s glass art. Continue reading.

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Studio Verbaan’s Minimal Marquetry is like a giant wooden puzzle

Design Wanted

Founded by artistic woodworker, Jordi Verbaan, and his partner, conceptual artist Solange Frankfort, the design duo has made a name for themselves with their minimalist language and use of quality materials. The latest collection by Studio Verbaan is entirely reflective of its practice.

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How fashionista Trinny Woodall created her own beauty empire

Inside Retail

And you don’t really even get that at a counter unless you have an incredibly experienced makeup artist. As a brand, we are about offering the nicest textures and the best ingredients in our skin-based products and I felt there was a real gap for those kinds of crossover products as well.

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Interiors inspiration: Design Week’s pick of spaces using natural materials

Design Week

Lake Ontario has informed the material palette – reclaimed timber, native plants, board-formed concrete and local marble all feature throughout the space. An industrial theme runs throughout, and textures of brass and concrete are used to contrast with softer furnishings. A living green wall provides a sustainable focal point.

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Studio Verbaan’s Minimal Marquetry is like a giant wooden puzzle

Design Wanted

Founded by artistic woodworker, Jordi Verbaan, and his partner, conceptual artist Solange Frankfort, the design duo has made a name for themselves with their minimalist language and use of quality materials. The latest collection by Studio Verbaan is entirely reflective of its practice.

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VGnewtrend’s leaf-shaped Fenice Table unites the brand’s striking collection—take a look

Design Wanted

The unique Leaf Table is just one of the luxury furniture brand’s nature-inspired designs made from the finest materials and shaped into an architectural form. Swapping out the natural vein of wood is the elegant and sophisticated texture of marble. The Leaf Marble might echo the Fenice in shape but its tabletop is entirely different.

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