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Fritz Hansen and Technics Collaborate to Create Sound Club at London Design Festival with Bauhaus-inspired Setting

🎧 Danish design brand Fritz Hansen collaborated with Technics at the London Design Festival, transforming its Farringdon showroom into four domestic listening scenes. Featuring a 90th-anniversary edition of the Kaiser Idell Luxus lamp and Technics' SL 40CBT turntable, the installation invites guests to explore how sound influences interior experiences until 20 September. The event highlights include a study area with Arne Jacobsen's Ant Chair and a living room featuring Poul Kjærholm's PK31 sofa.

Tropical resort scene with a turquoise pool, wooden lounge chairs, thatched huts, and orange umbrellas amid lush palm trees and mountains in the background, sunny sky.

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A-nrd Studio Transforms 19th-Century Glasgow Townhouse into Hotel Celebrating City's Industrial Heritage for Oberland Debut

🏨 In 1999, a 19th-century Glasgow townhouse was converted into a hotel. A-nrd, led by Alessio Nardi and Lukas Persakovas, revamped it for British hospitality brand Oberland, preserving its industrial heritage. The restoration included original features like stained-glass windows and a birdcage lift. The design emphasized a low-intervention development approach, collaborating with local artists. The hotel, now called Arthouse, blends grandeur with an intimate atmosphere, reflecting Glasgow's historic charm.

Modern home studio with glass-front cabinets, a keyboard on the right, and a blue rug beneath a gray ottoman.

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Architecture Studio Ortega Diago Designs New Locker Facility for Over 100 Factory Workers in San Sebastian, Spain

🏢 In San Sebastian, Spain, architecture studio Ortega Diago revamped part of a warehouse into a changing facility for over 100 factory workers. Completed by Gonzalo Sánchez Ortega and Armando Diago, the redesign maximizes natural light with freestanding walls. The facility, serving a mobility technology company, includes male and female areas. Satin-finished stainless steel lockers were installed. The challenge was managing high traffic in a long corridor, with access at only one end.

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Spanish Designer Isern Serra Completes Barcelona Speakeasy Bar with Retro-Futuristic Furniture Inspired by Verner Panton

🍺 Spanish designer Isern Serra completed a speakeasy bar in Barcelona called Focacha, featuring multi-coloured modular furniture inspired by 1960s Verner Panton designs. Located on Tuset Street, a historical nightlife hub, the bar is a tribute to Barcelona's vibrant era of the "gauche divine." Concealed behind a traditional focacceria, the hidden entry is through a refrigerator. Grupo La Confitería commissioned the design, emphasizing a multi-sensory experience with design, light, and music.

Polish Designer Dawid Konieczny Transforms 34-Square-Metre Warsaw Apartment with Curved Walls and Bespoke Joinery

💪 Dawid Konieczny, 34-square-metre apartment, Warsaw's Port Praski district, inspired by interwar docklands, completed in 2023. Designed for two friends visiting the city, it features curved walls and bespoke joinery for maximum space efficiency. The project transforms the layout, moving the bedroom to the former kitchen space. The interior combines warm minimalism with mid-century design, incorporating features like a raised sleeping platform to enhance functionality and space, echoing maritime efficiency.

Studio Elèn Letort completes “expressive and characterful” renovation of historic Amsterdam apartment

Vintage furniture and palette of richly toned materials bring a sense of warmth and personality to this renovated maisonette in Amsterdam, which interiors firm Studio Elèn Letort designed to reference the Dutch Golden Age. The house on the Dutch city's historic Herenmarkt was designed for a couple who wanted a home where they could showcase their collection of art, design objects and personal items collected on their travels. Studio Elèn Letort renovated a maisonette in Amsterdam The apartment spans three floors of a 17th-century former merchant's house and Studio Elèn Letort took inspiration from the building's past when designing an interior that reflects the owners' tastes. "What made the collaboration special was that they were not looking for a standard Amsterdam home," Studio Elèn Letort founder Elèn Letort told Dezeen. "They wanted a place that felt distinctly their own: expressive and characterful, yet calm, refined and easy to live in." The kitchen combined walnut cabinetry and steel worktops The property was in generally good condition so the project focused on aesthetic and spatial improvements, including the reorganisation of the upper floor to create a clearer separation between the main bedroom and bathroom. Throughout the home, Letort opted for a palette of rich wood tones, natural materials and subtle accents of colour that bring warmth, depth and tactility to the understated spaces.

Studio Multi and Tabitha Isobel reference hospitality design at Coppermaker Square co-working space

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Patricia Urquiola Designs Maya Development with 17 Alpine-Inspired Residences in Andermatt, Switzerland

🏘️ Patricia Urquiola designed the Maya development in Andermatt, Switzerland, featuring 17 residences and penthouses inspired by the Alpine environment. The structures, designed by Miroslav Šik, incorporate natural materials like wood and local stone. Key elements include curved loggias, full-height glazing, and fireplaces made from local green Salvan stone. The design features Urquiola's bespoke furniture and aims to create a "nest" with sustainable materials in a nature-inspired color palette. Urquiola won the 2023 Dezeen Awards for interior design.

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House of EM Transforms North London Terrace with Prefabricated Concrete Extension for Indoor-Outdoor Living

🏠 House of EM modernized a two-storey house in Kensal Rise, north London, adding a sunken rear extension for indoor-outdoor living. The project involved prefabricated concrete panels, lowering the extension by 500mm for space definition, and removing old extensions. The design accommodates a family of four with open-plan interiors, influenced by Scandinavian and Brazilian architecture. The revamped layout includes high ceilings, large openings, and skylights to enhance natural light, meeting the clients' requests for bright, spacious living areas.

Orient Express Corinthian, World's Largest Sailing Yacht, Sets Sail with Innovative Wind Propulsion System

🛳 Designed by Maxime d'Angeac, the Orient Express Corinthian, a 220-meter sailing yacht, launched from Saint-Nazaire, France. Built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique for Accor, it accommodates 110 guests across 54 suites. The yacht features Chantiers de l'Atlantique's SolidSail wind propulsion and LNG engines, reaching speeds of 12 knots. With 2,000 artisans contributing, the interiors exude French Riviera charm. The yacht will travel from Europe to the Caribbean, offering luxurious amenities like five restaurants and eight bars.

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