Design Milk

MARCH 29, 2024

Sarah Jefferys leads her namesake design firm, Sarah Jefferys Architecture + Interiors , through a path of inspiration gathered from international design and cultures with respect for personal desires, constraints, environment, and budget. Today Sarah Jefferys joins us for Friday Five ! Photo: Morten Smidt 1.

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Design Milk

DECEMBER 4, 2023

A symphony of rich textures play while gossamers dance in the sunlight of Ulla Johnson’s Los Angeles, California, flagship store designed by Kelly Wearstler whose repertoire of collaborations with furniture makers, craftsmen, and artisans give the space its local gusto. It was our first exterior architecture project.

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We And The Color

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Whether it’s the precise balance of colors in a painting or the structural layout of a sculpture, design is an indispensable element of the artistic process. These architectural marvels are not only functional but also works of art in their own right. Fashion: Fashion designers bridge the gap between art and design daily.

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Design Milk

JULY 29, 2022

Studio Pretext crafts modern, sculptural mugs out of raw ceramic, bringing an earthy look and natural texture to your kitchen and tabletop. Accented by hand built geometric forms in lieu of conventional curved handles, Studio Pretext mugs are equal parts simple, yet sculptural staples artfully designed for daily use.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Opening this book is like unwrapping a present," says Jeremy Myerson, professor emeritus at London's Royal College of Art. Later, I attended architectural college, but it was too formal. Music, record covers, fashion, interiors, architecture, food, brand, and advertising were all cross-referencing each other.

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Design Milk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

That persisting California 1970s vibe is embraced and magnified in every corner of the Sun Ranch hotel, a textural nostalgic ode to sun-soaked good times that recently opened its doors to present an immersive ranch experience. Book it: Sun Ranch Go virtually on vacation with more design destinations right here.

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Design Milk

JUNE 17, 2022

Germane Barnes’ award-winning research and design practice, Studio Barnes , investigates the connection between architecture and identity. They take this on by examining architecture’s social and political agency through historical research and design speculation. Today, Germane is joining us for Friday Five! Germane Barnes.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Another New York institution, The Shed (the saving grace of the much-maligned Hudson Yards development), represents a transformative architecture in this regard: Its puffy, ETFE envelope rolls out on wheels to enclose, and embrace, an outdoor plaza. Lovely, yes. Surprising? Not really. But for the team, it’s about much more than form.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

It has taught me a lot about how something simple can be so powerful: Anish Kapoor 's work, for example, is something you must experience – the textures, the colours. I am really interested in architecture: the design for Underground Spirits was based on architect Walter Burley Griffin's plans for the city of Canberra.

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Design Milk

JULY 14, 2023

She graduated with a degree in English Literature and a minor in History, because they didn’t offer design courses unless you were studying architecture. In 1983, when an opportunity to buy the showroom in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart that would become HOLLY HUNT was presented, she took a chance. Photo: Mnuchin Gallery 2.

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Azure Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Flash forward to this year — the 10th anniversary of the competition, which honours the best in global architecture, design, concepts and more — and a record 1,200-plus projects from nearly 50 nations were submitted, suggesting just how much the AZ Awards has grown in impact, scope and stature. Read the Magazine.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Imagine Architecture : Explores creative architectural drawings from around the globe, organised by architectural style. Microsoft Surface Pro 8 – Microsoft’s 2-in-1 detachable notebook alternative features similar power specs in a thinner form ideal for drawing, presenting or editing graphics while travelling.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Largely spared the bombings of the Second World War , Prague remains one of the most well preserved — and architecturally beautiful — European cities, with most of its urban centre now designated as a Unesco World Heritage Site. Utopia by Johan Pertl. Though closely tied to tradition, these entities have rarely rested on their laurels.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 9, 2023

As he prepares to exhibit 15 brand-new works – including paintings, sculptures and pictorial installations – at Dorothy Circus London, we chatted with Samson to learn more about his unique approach to art. Using textures, colours, and forms, I aim to create a sense of inclusivity and acceptance in my work.

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Design Milk

JUNE 16, 2022

The bench sits somewhere between sculptural form and functional furniture. Oslo-based Kurdish-Norwegian designer Nebil Zaman made Collective Division – a series of sculptural room dividers – from discarded city bus handrails, combined with plaster, wood glue, and natural resins. Milan Design Week is back with a bang.

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Design Milk

MAY 10, 2024

When it presents itself, you must seize it with both hands.” femm’s designs reflect the attention Femke pays to her surroundings, whether that’s a buzzing city, the immense height of a piece of architecture, or colors in the surrounding environment. “Perhaps the timing wasn’t right yet.

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Design Milk

APRIL 14, 2023

Our histories inform our present and future and are essential to any practicing designer today. It’s a fantastic sculptural object featuring a different surprise on every page. I chose to include this pick as it is a huge ambitious effort worth celebrating. Photo: Yi-Zhi Huang 3.

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Design Milk

AUGUST 2, 2022

For a sculptural take on Magic Circles 2.0’s The jug’s sculptural simplicity and bright yellow hue beautifully complements the rug’s golden yellow accent color and circular pattern. The four-legged stand doubles as a drainage tray to help prevent root rot and overwatering, while giving the plant pot a modern, architectural look.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Different architectural flourishes can spruce up plain square signage even without a themed topper object. Or try stacking words vertically or at angles—overlay type on imagery or textures. 17 – Sculptural Signs Most business signage sits flat against buildings. A bakery may have a plastic moulded cake or cupcake.

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Azure Magazine

APRIL 26, 2023

A group of installations dubbed “Constellations” presented light sculptures (including Nanda Vigo’s “Light Tree,” shown here) inside of structures designed by Formafantasma. ” Appropriately, the display was anchored by a cloud-like glass sculpture by Lasvit art director Maxim Velčovský.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Whether volcanic rock or chunks of demolished architecture, the resulting juxtapositions carry the original history, although they’re presented anew. ” Find more of Todo’s textured sculptures on Artsy , and see where his work is headed next on Art Front’s site. The uniqueness of the place.

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Azure Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

What follows are four profiles of architectural projects from around the world, each with an original take on circular architecture and sustainability. Could the wood be repurposed for architecture instead? How Can Architecture Respond to Climate Change? How Can Architecture Respond to Climate Change?

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UX Collective

JULY 20, 2021

Today, when I am presenting my work to creative directors I often get this reaction: “ Well that’s a very slick and polished design but where is the beauty? ” You may remember things like the buttons with the bevel, the stitches texture in the calendar or the wooden bookshelf. This question has been haunting me since.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 24, 2024

They balanced clean, grid-based layouts from the International Typographic Style with handmade brush strokes, fabrics, origami textures, and calligraphy. Their innovations blended past and present to define the postwar Japanese style. Tactile irregularities in printing, textures, or brush strokes add individuality.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 20, 2022

Displayed in a two-toned pink-red configuration, the system features ridged panels that mimic the look of wood slats — adding up to a backyard statement piece that lands somewhere between a log cabin and a Donald Judd sculpture. It can be made-to-order at any height, featuring any combination and configuration of 10 sculptural shelf shapes.

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Colossal

JUNE 5, 2023

Her large-scale, immersive installations are architectural, with feet-high columns looming over interiors, ladders holding stitched works on their rungs, and structural forms arranged like walls or distant skylines. Rich in color, pattern, and texture, the works continue the artist’s interest in contrast and juxtaposition.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Respect is paid to their Elders past, present, and emerging, with hope for an optimistic and inclusive future for Indigenous communities. The main reception area will house a sculpture created by a community collective of local First Nation women and trans women artists called ‘Ngardang Girri Kalat Mimini.’

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When viewed together, the designs that left the strongest impression on us over the past 12 months offer unexpected insights into the colours, textures, and shapes of the moment. Luxe textures. Our main observations: warm wood, long recognized for its comforting power, feels particularly resonant right now. Photos by Yong Joon Choi.

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Viktorija Illustration

APRIL 10, 2019

The space is incredibly inspiring so after soaking up all the art I got myself a cup of coffee and sketched overlooking beautiful sculptures and the sea. ?? The park is so spacious and works as a perfect backdrop for the stuning amount of work and epic scale/quantity of Gustav Vigeland sculptures. ?? Lush Dive Stationery shop.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

South Korean artist Ilhwa Kim describes her meditative sculptural works as analogous to living architecture, “a live plant or the tree in (an) urban or natural space.” “But I’d like my works to have a far stronger life presence in the physical surroundings as a sculpture.” Seedsystem detail.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This beam radiates out of the sculptural design, amplifying a barely-there presence into a dramatic focal point. What better way to reflect (in the words of Marset ) “the fragility of the present moment.” Outdoor Collection curated by Vincent Van Duysen for Molteni&C Soft, modern forms meet organic, woven textures.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 21, 2023

Organized around the theme of “Roots,” the design competition invited landscape practitioners to “imagine a present and a future that is ecologically, economically, and culturally responsible by drawing on the teachings of past generations.” Matière-Matière The walls bend and curve, coming together and turning apart.

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The new Pace Gallery on West 25th Street presents a discreet rectilinear face to its formerly industrial neighbours. Designed by NYC’s Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture , the 7,000-square-metre building features five floors of indoor galleries and – partially shaded by the double-storey penthouse – a sixth-floor terrace gallery.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Throughout her career, Ju’s work has swing between scales and creative disciplines, borrowing from sculpture and architecture to create unique brand experiences that are functional and visually enticing. That feeling of being present and focused during the creative process resonates with me.”

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We are enamoured by new approaches to ecological architecture, work-life balance, multi-family co-habitation, high-rise technology and more. Wherever innovative architecture meets everyday needs while elevating life itself, our top houses of 2023 shows that great design has a big heart. Photos by Anson Smart, here and below.

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Design Milk

JUNE 27, 2022

Combined with in-depth research into the modernist and brutalist architecture that surrounded Broom as he grew up, these influences resulted in pared-back silhouettes presented within the context of an “ecclesiastical journey, contemplating how light is often linked to hallowed places, evoking a sense of stillness, reverence and contemplation.”

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It harnesses the skills that Partisans has pioneered in previous projects, where the firm has turned walls into pixelated clay caverns and bulky ceilings into showstopping sculptures, to extraordinary effect. “I wanted a new architecture — a hyphen between the past and the present.” ” Tadao Ando, Architect.

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