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Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now

February 28, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. Arab Design Now was curated by Rana Beiruti to capture the spirit of contemporary design across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the curator told Dezeen ahead of

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Hauvette & Madani restores Haussmann-era Paris apartment to its “former glory”

February 16, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Local design studio Hauvette & Madani drew on the Haussmannian history of this Paris apartment to create a gallery-like interior for its occupant’s vast art collection. Located in the city’s historic Triangle d’Or, the dwelling previously featured minimalist marble surfaces and gilding leftover from a recent renovation. Hauvette & Madani “re-appropriated” the apartment, originally designed

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Oskar Kohnen fills “well-curated” London office with mid-century modern furniture

January 31, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

London studio Oskar Kohnen has outfitted a Mayfair office with mid-century modern furniture and contemporary pieces, which “are so well curated that no one would ever dare to throw them away”. Spread across three floors, the office is housed within a rectilinear building in London’s Mayfair neighbourhood with a gridded facade. “It has a townhouse

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“The Sims is a key part of why I ended up in interior design”

January 25, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

The Sims has been allowing players to act out their architecture and interior design fantasies for more than two decades. Jane Englefield finds out how the makers of the iconic life-simulation video game keep up with shifting trends. “People laugh when I mention playing The Sims, but it was hugely significant in terms of spatial

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RA! clads Mexico City taco restaurant with broken tiles

January 16, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Local architecture studio RA! took cues from Latin American art deco design when creating the tiny interior of Los Alexis, a small taqueria in Mexico City’s Roma Norte neighbourhood. Los Alexis is a taco eatery – or taqueria – in Roma, a famed district in Mexico City, which features examples of art deco architecture. RA!

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Space Projects creates Amsterdam store with thatched hut for Polspotten

December 28, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

A curvilinear thatched hut has been paired with terracotta-hued tiles at the Amsterdam store for homeware brand Polspotten, which was designed by local studio Space Projects. The studio created the store to straddle a shop and an office for Polspotten, a furniture and home accessories brand headquartered in the Dutch capital. Characterised by bold angles and

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Wooden elements “take centre stage” in Japandi-style Studio Frantzén restaurant at Harrods

December 15, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Scandinavian and Japanese influences come together at Studio Frantzén, a restaurant in London’s Harrods department store designed by Joyn Studio. Stockholm-based Joyn Studio created the sleek interiors for Studio Frantzén – the latest restaurant opened by chef Björn Frantzén. The two-storey eatery is arranged across a main restaurant and bar on the fifth floor, as

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Tara Bernerd fills Maroma hotel in Mexico with artisanal elements

December 11, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Interior designer Tara Bernerd worked with local artisans when dressing the cavernous rooms at the Maroma hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico, which were renovated to reflect hacienda-style living. Housed within white stucco volumes arranged on a coastal plot between lush jungle and the Caribbean sea, the longstanding Belmond hotel was renovated earlier this year but

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Cake Architecture draws on Bauhaus principles for Hoxton bar

December 8, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Cake Architecture has renovated A Bar with Shapes for a Name, an east London cocktail bar featuring “utilitarian” interiors. A Bar with Shapes for a Name owes its title to the yellow triangle, red square and blue circle that are emblazoned on its facade in a nod to the primary colours and understated geometry commonly

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