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People
Jack of All Trades, Master of All
An efficacious self-taught Danish designer, Johannes Torpe is what some would describe as a jack of all trades.
People
What Can Designers Learn From Issey Miyake?
Are we creating an environment in design where the next Issey Miyake might flourish? If young designers take one lesson from the practice of iconic Japanese designer Issey Miyake, it should be the importance of bringing innovation to life.
Project
What Can You Do When There Is No Brief?
Client briefs driving you mad? Whether they’re abstract, detailed, or, as in the case of this project, non-existent – focusing on the client instead and designing to their needs is a recipe for success.
Project
Let’s Break the Rules of Retail
Are bricks and mortar retail spaces dead? Not according to the team behind London’s Dover Street Market.
Project
Hotel or Office?
What’s been missing in your hotel experience? Designing the new Sydney Ovolo Hotel, Hassell Architects applied lessons learned in designing workspaces to target the real needs of hotel guests.
People
Sruli Recht, A Little Controversial
Icelandic-Australian designer Sruli Recht has been arrested, fashioned a ring from his own skin and created a jacket from the skin of a stillborn lamb – but he doesn’t believe he’s intentionally controversial.
Project
Start Ups Make Industrial Trash Workplace Treasure
Are start-ups looking for something more from their workplaces – some sort of connection with the past and a counterpoint to their ephemeral work and the ‘corporate culture’? We talk to US-based Leeser Architecture to find out.