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The private residence of architect Koen Heijse of the young Ghent based office Caan Architecten is a thoroughgoing paradox between minimalism and maximalism.
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Famous for his fabulously outlandish and opulent interiors – one of our favourites being Camper’s Tokyo outpost – Spanish wonderkid Jaime Hayón has started to make some seriously big waves in the world of product design of late and, having wowed us with his collaborations for London-based Sé at last year’s London Design Festival, he’s giving us some serious bathroom envy with luxury Italian brand Bisazza’s debut bathroom collection.
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via designws.com
Layers of fast-hardening fluid are poured in 6 metre long runs across an immaculate surface. As the viscous material hardens, enforcements are added to brace the giant slab, the first pours becoming buried under its foundations.
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At its fourth renovation, the Mamounia Hotel sheds its Art déco appearance and moves on to the Arab-Andalusian style. The stylist? Jacques Garcia, who reinterprets the splendour of the East in a luxury boutique hotel.
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via Yatzer™ | photo by Erieta Attali
Breathtaking, picturesque, stunning… all words that are commonly used when describing the Greek Island of Santorini. Known as the “honeymoon” island, visitors come from all over the world for the legendary sunsets and steep cliffs that lead down to seemingly untouched beaches.
Enjoy the tour of the Santorini Grace @ Yatzer™ »
circa 05/08/10 © Junichi Nakagawa
circa 04/21/10 © Junichi Nakagawa
Architect Junichi Nakagawa gained extensive experience both in the field and office. We have seen some of the well-executed projects when he was still working for a small “komuten” (a general contracting company) in Tokyo. Continue Reading…
via NOWNESS | Photo by Estelle Hanania
C’est très joli !
Dior Haute Joaillerie’s Victoire de Castellane Unveils Her Botanical Sculptures at Gagosian Paris
For her debut solo art exhibition Fleurs d’Excès, Victoire de Castellane remade the Gagosian Gallery in Paris into an imagined Eden.
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今日は、初代エスパフュームが誕生してから11年。(イメージをクリックすると11年前のサイトへ．．．）
Today marks the 11th anniversary since the first S-Perfume® was launched in 2000 (eleven in Japanese implies ‘samurai’ and is my favorite number). Forgive this rather personal post, but I wanted to share the first S-Perfume website with our readers. Click the image!
via NOWNESS | Photo by James Welling
We just can’t get enough of the Glass House…
The Photographer’s Impressionistic View of Philip Johnson’s Architectural Wonder
From 2006 to 2009, LA-based photographer James Welling made several trips to Philip Johnson’s Connecticut retreat, to capture the modern marvel in all aspects and seasons. The series of photos are collected in Welling’s forthcoming book The Glass House, which we preview in the exclusive images above. “It reminded me of my [architect] uncle’s house: It was nowhere near as grand, but had glass walls and looked out onto a little lake,” the Connecticut native says of his attraction to the structure, built in 1949 on a 47-acre plot of land just outside New Canaan.
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