Smart cities, digital cities, virtual cities, connected cities. Are these just trendy buzzwords? Christine Steinmetz takes a look. These types of cities are supported by infrastructure that is more than bricks and mortar. These cities are smart (thoughtful, people-centric), digital (driven by data acquisition, measured, analysed and sometimes exchanged) and virtual (experiential). And, as a […]
Dubbed ‘the concrete bunker’ for its deliberate use of rendered finishes and rejection of ornamentation, this project’s brief called for the redesign of an inner-city warehouse conversion in Camperdown, for a couple seeking a minimalist lifestyle and an interior to match. The clients, who work in design-related disciplines, sought to shed from their home unimportant […]
Located in Antwerp, Belgium, Mooy’s two-fold offering fuses healthy food with premium skincare products. Multiple shades of pink take a leading role in WeWantMore’s design for Mooy, which was inspired by the round shape of a ‘tache de beauté, one of seven attributes of female beauty. The biggest challenge for this 120 square metre shop location, says Mooy, […]
TechneÌ„ Architecture + Interior Design has launched the TechneÌ„ Artist-in-residence Program and is inviting submissions from upcoming artists and product designers to collaborate in its studio for 2020. Not the usual office, the TechneÌ„ studio contains a workshop designed to let the team get creative away from their desks. It’s this space that they are […]
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