There are entire streets in London where so little has changed that one marvels at the sense of having stepped back in time. Newly painted, unusually colored front doors are sometimes the only clue that the nineteenth century has well and truly gone, and that owners today live in a quite different way from their [...]
The owner of this house near Holf in Germany was fortunate enough to be able to build virtually anything he wanted. His business, the manufacture of luxurious textiles for an international clientèle, is housed in immaculate premises in the rural and agricultural district where he now lives. His quirky collections of chairs and sofas are [...]
Greatly respected and internationally recognized London decorator, who bought two apartments to create the layout she wanted, it would rightly be many people’s idea on the perfect city home.
The wooded rocky landscape of south-east Mallorca was natural choice for a sculptor wanting to build a new house on the island. Planned the design and construction in order to maximize the use of contemporary green technologies.
Small cottage design on the island of Nantucket. The house just a tiny two-bedroom cottage. The attic provided several bedrooms and bathrooms. As the house is used year-round the owner included a fireplace, which has full-height bookshelves on either side.
The major attraction of this house, apart from superb light, was the amount of wall space on which to display the owner’s collection of contemporary art. Furnishings comprise neutral design classics teamed with eighteen-century French and sixteenth-century Italian antique
This spacious penthouse overlooking the River Thames in west London was an empty shell. The interior designer started from scratch and took her inspiration from the often grey and white watery scene beyond.
Luster and light are dominant features of this Thames-side apartment within a new landmark London building. Careful attention has been paid to the whole, where square chairs and sofas echo grind-like book selves and side-tables, and the mixture of diagonal and vertical lines appears to expand each space.
The Turkish design studio Autoban have sent us photos of a recently completed apartment interior they have refurbished and filled with their own furniture designs.
Project description from Autoban:
Lying between one of the chiquest streets in Beyolu and the lively heart of Tünel, the Ojeni flats boast stunning views over the whole of historic Istanbul and [...]
Leif.designpark a Japanese based design studio have created the Hug Lounge Sofa for De La Espada.
This past weekend, contemporist.com attended the IDSWest design show in Vancouver, Canada, where we met Kevin Wharton of Designers at Large. Kevin was exhibiting the FlatFish no.1 prototype, which is designed to be used in small apartments, and can transform [...]