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Design people: Masquespacio
Masquespacio’s Ana Milena Hernández Palacios and Christophe Penasse are not as preoccupied with colour as most people think. “The way we use it is very much dependent on the project,” says creative...
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Mad about Madrid
Barceló Torre de Madrid is a sophisticated, nine-storey inn designed by Jaime Hayon, one of the ‘it kids’ of Spain’s new wave of interior and furniture design. The inn is a contemporary take on classic...
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In focus: David Flack
What was your background prior to establishing Flack Studio?I studied interior design at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology and spent my formal training years working at Hecker Phelan...
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Nanette Cameron’s legacy continues
The Nanette Cameron School was founded in 1967 by Nanette Cameron and grew to become an institution that brought interior design into a professional domain for women, with many social and cultural...
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Last known home
Created for the AD Intérieurs exhibition in Paris recently, French designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s project Last Known Home is designed as a futuristic – yet also historical – refuge from the world.Mineral...
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Carpet diem
To celebrate the launch of their new Grey Lynn showroom, Designer Rugs hosted a party for architects, designers, clients and friends on 15 March. Up to 400 guests enjoyed live performances from Boh...
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Kaleidoscope in motion
When interior designer Kelly Wearstler first set eyes on this house in the West Hollywood district of Los Angeles, she was anything but impressed. “It didn’t have anything exciting,” she recalls. “I...
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Inside the Celebrity Edge: Kelly Hoppen
Urbis: When it came to designing the staterooms, did you alter your usual design process for a stay at sea?Kelly Hoppen (KH): No not at all, but of course I designed within budget and commercial...
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Refuge in stone
The store’s façade – composed of rhythmic, highly textured, vertical grooves, bush-hammered into granite – is imposing and restrained in equal measure. Set amongst the glass-clad, mannequin-dotted...
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Draft of shadows
When Moisés Micha came across an abandoned four-storeyed townhouse in Mexico City’s affluent Chapultepec district, he purchased it without a second thought. The 1970s’ brutalist building may be...
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