World’s best kitchen 2016!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Design Intervention

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Singapore based studio, Design Intervention has won the award for the world’s best kitchen 2016 at The International Design & Architecture Awards. So, what makes a kitchen the best in the world?

Lost in space. Found in colour.

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Daisuke Shima; courtesy the designer

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Japan-based French architect and designer Emmanuelle Moureaux, known for playing with colours in public spaces, uses centimetre-level accuracy of the quasi-zenith satellite system (QZSS) as a motif in her latest paper-based vivid artwork.

The brand language

Compiled by Savitha Hira

Photography: Zooey Braun; courtesy Ippolito Fleitz Group

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With the Black Forest in south-western Germany as the driving muse, retail outlet Drubba Village scores high on its aesthetic interiors...

Of opulent lifestyles and ultimate luxury!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy www.kellyhoppeninteriors.com

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Theme Paris

Kelly Hoppen’s penchant for finesse can transform even the simplest décor into a charismatic abode. She works her brand of magic on One Shenzhen Bay…

Paved Interpretation!

By FinchD

Photography: courtesy v2com

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Ar. Jean Verville designs a joyous, experiential dance floor installation – a perfect adjunct to the ongoing “Pompeii” exhibition at the adjoining Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada.

Sky Garden: Novelty with a purpose!

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy Yerçekim

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Breaking the conventional style of citiscape gardens is a suspended garden in one of the busiest and most popular squares of Istanbul, Turkey…

For the love of books

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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Ar. Yoshitaka Uchino designs a circular bookshelf that functions as a partition and plays with light – as the mainstay of this compact home in Tokyo…

Nestle's unique celebration!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Info & Images: courtesy v2com

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Overview of the Piazza ©Mike Bink

Nestlé has opened its doors to the public on the occasion of its 150th anniversary!

Gaudi-inspired house on the cliff is a work of local genius!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Jesus Granada

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A must-see home crafted out of hard-work, love and seriously mind-boggling architecture by GilBartolome Architects on a challenging site, addressing a huge list of client requirements and self-expectations...

The bright and the bold of colour!

Colour Special

By Leah Linhares

Photography: courtesy www.rougeabsolu.com

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The thought of modernizing our spaces is always exciting and choosing the colour adds a different thrill to this experience; so why is it that we always choose the usual palette…?

Colour sets the mood!

Colour Special

By Emmanuelle Moureaux

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Colour Expert Ar. Emmanuelle Moureaux brings you some tips and tricks on how to use colour to energise your spaces and fill them with joie de vivre!

Play Yet: Create your personal domestic landscape!

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy Smarin

  

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Play Yet is a real-time, fully functional furniture game that is a reflection of a child’s imagination and design…

The school of tomorrow

Compiled by Leah Linhares

Photography: Maxime Brouillet; courtesy V2com

  

Relaxation Space cum Library

Sainte-Anne Academy in Dorval, Canada is more a blank canvas for the students’ creativity than an interpretation of the designers’ imagination! IAnD explores…

Lift-Bit: the world’s first Internet-of-Things sofa!

Info & Images: Courtesy Carlo Ratti Associati studio

   

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World’s first Internet-of-Things (IoT) sofa debuts at Milan Design Week 2016…

Real-life fantasy living

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Steven Rude

 

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Have you ever imagined living in your own Bat cave? Special effects and 3-D animation designer Steven Rude makes every sci-fi movie lover’s dreams come true with his unique fantasy-inspired homes...

Tech Style: Kinematic Petals Dress

Compiled by Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy Nervous System

Kinematic Textile Petals

Marrying art with technology, Nervous System brings forth a fresh look in fashion with its new project: Kinematic Petals Dress, using a fold strategy, which reduces the size of the dress by 85%, making it printable as a single piece… 

Of Brass Ribbons and Radial Geometry!

By Nitika Agarwal

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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Bureau de Change chisels a fascinating office space in Central London to cultivate a distinct brand identity, creating an environment that has a stimulating impact on its users and visitors both, from inside and outside…

The Rebirth of a Living Space

Complied by Leah Linhares

Photography: Rudy Bouchebel; courtesy V2com

  

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Beirut-based interior architecture and multidisciplinary Roland Helou Design’s (ROHD) latest residential project showcases deliberate artistic novelty in a renovation exercise...

Technological excellence - world’s largest waste-to-energy plant in Shenzhen, China

By SHL Architects

Visuals: Beauty & the Bit, Madrid and Ginsun, Shanghai

 Models: JR Models, Shanghai; courtesy SHL Architects

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects win international competition to design world's largest waste-to-energy plant in Shenzhen, China.

Boat-huts: seeking freedom through architecture!

By Team IAnD

Photography: Quangdam; courtesy a21studio

  

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a 21 studio from Vietnam play with the idea of conserving memories through their design of temporary field-shelters...