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  • Kink restaurant in Berlin is dominated by a red-neon light installation

    A tangle of red neon tubes hangs at the centre of Kink restaurant and bar in Berlin, which has been designed by owners Oliver Mansaray and Daniel Scheppan. Kink was created by Mansaray and Scheppan to blend contemporary art and gastronomy “with a touch of nonsense”. It occupies a restored industrial building in Pfefferberg, a […] More

  • Atelier Caracas models Venezuelan day spa on 2001: A Space Odyssey

    Formica panels with circular oculi form the walls of the suites in 2020: A Spa Odyssey, a day spa in Venezuela that Atelier Caracas has based on the sets of a Stanley Kubrick film. Modelled after the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, the spa is located on a busy street in Caracas, Venezuela. The clients enlisted local studio Atelier Caracas to […] More

  • McLaren Excell channels church interiors for The Splash Lab's LA showroom

    Arched doorways, altar-like tables and a nave-style display area feature in this Los Angeles showroom that McLaren Excell has designed for bathroom brand The Splash Lab. The Splash Lab’s showroom takes over a converted factory in LA’s Culver City area that was originally built back in the 1930s. As this is the bathroom brand’s US […] More

  • Studio Paolo Ferrari turns shipping containers into boutique-like salesroom in Ottawa

    Toronto-based Studio Paolo Ferrari has designed a showroom for a new development in Ottawa that appears more like a home than a sales gallery. The salesroom is for a development in the Canadian capital called Zibi that will span 34 acres (14 hectares) with residential and commercial complexes near the Ottawa River. Called Zibi House, the […] More

  • Proem Studio uses muted shades to design Cheeks & Co facial spa

    Hues of soft pink and bold grey are coupled with tiled surfaces in this California facial studio designed by Los Angeles firm Proem Studio. Cheeks & Co is a facial spa and skincare boutique located in a narrow building in Old Town Pasadena that was previously a travel bookstore. To give the space its “high-end” […] More

  • Atelier Dialect places mirrored tub in minty green bathroom of Apartment A

    Green walls offset a shiny steel tub in the bathroom of this Antwerp apartment, which has been updated by Belgian design studio Atelier Dialect. The green bathroom is one of a handful of aesthetic changes that Atelier Dialect made to Apartment A. Before the studio’s intervention, the home had already undergone an extensive renovation by […] More

  • Stained plywood box houses kitchen and bedroom in renovated Seattle condo

    US architecture firm GoCstudio has inserted a dark plywood box into an apartment in Seattle that doubles as a studio space for an amateur photographer. Western Studio is a home and studio designed for a client who enjoys photography and hosting guests. The 1,000-square-foot (92.9-square-metre) open-plan unit is located inside a commercial building in Seattle’s […] More

  • BART and Ronin design virtual exhibition New Horizons to launch Vredestein car tyres

    Dezeen promotion: Dutch design agencies BART and Ronin have created a digital exhibition for tyre company Vredestein to launch its winter tyre and bring the new visual identity “refined by design” to life. BART and Ronin designed online exhibition New Horizons for Vredestein to launch its new products. The duo were enlisted by the company […] More