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    Rockwell Group designs art deco-influenced Manhattan restaurant

    New York studio Rockwell Group has unveiled interiors for a steakhouse inside a newly renovated office building on Park Avenue, featuring sumptuous red walls and strong geometry. The restaurant is named La Tête d’Or after the city park in Lyon, France, where Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud was brought up. Guests arriving at La Tête d’Or […] More

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    Philadelphia gallery Dudd Haus showcases “underrepresented” design

    The co-founder of the ongoing design collective Jonald Dudd has opened a physical gallery in Philadelphia to present a roster of emerging avant-garde talents. Chris Held, who launched the recurring independent show Jonald Dudd in 2015 during NYCxDesign, moved from New York and found a space in the Old City neighbourhood of Philadephia in which […] More

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    Islyn Studio combines raw and refined materials in Miami Beach restaurant

    New York-based Islyn Studio look to a nearby Miami Beach marina when designing the interiors of a Japanese restaurant, blending “tropical brutalism with the elegance of Japanese deco”. Uchiko – a sister restaurant to Uchi in nearby Wynwood – serves a Japanese menu from James Beard Award‑winning chef Tyson Cole. The host stand at Uchiko […] More

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    Civilian designs workplace with mission control centre for space company Vast

    Aerospace company Vast has worked with interiors studio Civilian to bring a human-centred feel to its Californian headquarters, which incorporates a mission control centre and clean room dedicated to the building of space stations. A start-up that is only four years old, Vast is building the world’s first commercial space station, the Haven-1. It is […] More

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    22RE creates “distinctly Californian” LA offices for Day Job

    Los Angeles-based studio 22RE has designed a workplace for a local creative agency in the former studio of artist Ed Ruscha. Featuring a monolithic Douglas fir and stucco-clad exterior, the 1,800-square-foot (167-square-metre) building in Glassell Park was overhauled by 22RE to house offices for creative agency Day Job. Central workstations sit on green carpet and […] More

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    Spaced Agency references “iconographies of Chinatown” for New York social hub

    US studio Spaced Agency has created a headquarters for non-profit Welcome to Chinatown in New York City, divided by one long curtain and mobile wooden “carts” to make the space flexible for a variety of events. The Small Business Innovation Hub is located in New York City’s Chinatown neighbourhood and was formerly a plumbing fixtures […] More

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    Chrysler Building cafe by Deidra Hodgson riffs on art deco location

    A glossy wood ceiling and a large circular light preside over this cafe that UK interior designer Deidra Hodgson has completed inside the Chrysler Building in New York. The art deco icon in Midtown Manhattan provides the setting for the second US location of UK coffee group WatchHouse, following a flagship at 660 Fifth Avenue […] More

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    Studio MBM deploys “dynamic contrasts” at nightclub in Williamsburg skyscraper

    This Brooklyn nightclub designed by New York-based Studio MBM features two distinct areas: a 1970s-influenced lounge and a futuristic dance floor. The 5,200-square-foot (483-square-metre) space is located in the basement of The William Vale hotel in Williamsburg and opened in February 2025. Burl wood veneer swoops down and over the bar in the lounge area […] More