A personal review of design creations
Tanween 2023
Each year for the past decade, Tashkeel unveils the creations of UAE-based designers whose mission beyond their creations is also to produce in the country. On the occasion of Dubai Design Week 2023, discover the four innovative, sustainable furniture and lighting designs at Downtown Design.
Design Your Christmas 2022 - Episode 1
#DesignYourChristmas - Season 3… Episode 1. Let There Be Light.
A first round of my random and personal selection of design creations for your Christmas list.
Casamirador – A Pyramid in Belo Horizonte
With this unique shape and structure, Casamirador Savassi by Gisele Borges Arquitetura stands out in the neighbourhood with its bold façade.
#RamadanSeries - The Mosque of Light
In Al Quoz, one of Dubai’s busiest industrial areas, The Mosque of Light by Dabbagh Architects is a contemporary place of worship that is quietly masterful in its use of form, materiality, and controlled natural light to evoke a sense of calm, spiritual connection, and to transition the worshiper from the outer material world to an inner sense of being.
#RamadanSeries - Episode 1 - Mosque of the Late Abdulkhaliq Gargash, Dubai
MH142, Moët Hennessy’s new HQ: a serene contemporary homage to Art Déco
Enthusiasm, curiosity and pleasure: these three key words guided the approach of the architects of the Barbarito Bancel practice in designing the Moët Hennessy group’s new workspaces in Paris.
Tanween 2021 by Tashkeel
Made In UAE… This is the first and most important condition that Dubai-based Tashkeel as set for its yearly collection since its inception. On the occasion of the seventh edition of Dubai Design Week, discover the 2021 collection.
Hymn, the movement of light by Hiroto Yoshizoe
For Ambientec, the Japanese designer (re)invents the traditional chamberstick.
‘Life’ By Olaffur Eliasson At The Fondation Beyeler
If you need to add one reason to visit or return to the Fondation Beyeler, here is stunning one: LIFE by Olafur Eliasson… an artwork open night and day, inside and outside the building…
Talin Hazbar At The NGV Triennial
From December 19th, the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne) will present the second edition of its Triennial, Australia’s largest and most important event for Art, Architecture and Design.
The UAE-based designer and architect Talin Hazbar has been commissioned to present a new series of light works.
Alis - A Light In Space - by Potemine
The lighting industry has experienced an extraordinary change in the last decade… Here is a brand new creation by Potemine for the next one.