Turning ceilings from mundane to insane
Reinventing what drop-ceilings should be like, MNML’s acoustic tile design for TURF comes with rare earth magnets that simply snap to the drop-ceiling grid framework…
Interiors
The incredible material that is “wood wool”
Let’s file “Wood Wool” under new materials, because I’m hearing about it for the first time. Also referred to as excelsior in North America, these…
Let sunlight be your wallpaper!
“I want a house where I can feel the sky” sounds more like poetry than a design brief, but then again, the resulting product also…
A Designer’s Dream Hotel
From gel pens and dotted notebooks to transparent toothbrushes and perfectly tailored shirts, MUJI has been an integral part of my life and many others…
A pen-stand for your Christmas tree!
Some biologists would argue that trees weren’t really evolved to handle being kept indoors. Most trees you see are usually outdoors. Almost close to a…
The flat-pack coat-rack
You could turn a simple 4ftX3ft piece of wall into a complete closet with the Luminaire Piano Coat Rack! Designed to look like a piece…
This wood panel plays MP3s
Turn that blank piece of wall into art. Not just visual, but also auditory! Room One’s Surface Bluetooth Speaker looks like a wonderful curved wooden…
An Office That’s Like Living Inside a Smartphone!
Droids on Roids is a team of programmers, so making their new office seem familiar made perfect sense to the designers at Mode:lina. Navigating the…
This hotel room served in the Royal Navy
I learnt two new things today. The first was the word “glamping” which is a portmanteau of glamour and camping, associated with the world of…
Dramatic Digs in Shanghai
The Drama Hotel lives up to its name in every sense of the word! Inspired by the immersive theater piece “Sleep No More”, every detail…
A Chic Curry Cafe
The interior and exterior revamp of Cari de Madame by Taipei Base Design Center is as simplistic as this curry cafe’s menu! The project originally…
Get Ready for Apartment Envy
It’s hard to look at this flat and not be jealous of the people who get to call it home! Titled “33 Kinds of Joys…