Inspiration

Luxury can mean many things to many different people. It is not about color schemes or specific design ideas, but a unification among disparate, beautiful elements. The apartments featured in this post are not necessarily the million dollar penthouses of Manhattan or the mansions of its Greenwich neighbor. Instead, these apartments take simplicity and elevate it to luxur...

This year, former Phillips de Pury chairman Rodman Primack has stepped in to take the helm of both the design fair's US and Swiss shows, following the departure of director Marianne Goebl. And visitors to the Messe Basel halls are in for a treat, thanks to a stellar line-up of participating galleries, as well as an impressive series of installations. A key new initia...

So what if this traditional and serene environment was turned on its head and the whole ski resort experience became a prolonged rush and adrenaline overload? In an exciting collaboration between Audi AG and the Obergl-Hochgurgl Ski-Lift Company, traditional alpine associations have been given a modern twist where alpine design has been amplified and the rush felt whilst...

In the modern trend of open floor plans, the living room also has to mesh well with the surrounding rooms while still managing to set itself apart. Overall, living room is much more than a sofa and a television: it's a place where you should feel safe and happy. Where a nap is easy and sometimes getting up is a little hard. Each of these 20 living rooms has its own disti...

Artists, young professionals, and just those people who want a simpler life are all good candidates for a studio apartments. These living spaces that have little to no division between the living room and bedroom range from the shoebox to the spacious, but each provides a comfortable haven for its occupants. We've shown you some gorgeous studio apartment spaces before, a...

It challenges the mind to simplify and to do more with less, both of which can be important skills for artists to have. The three rooms featured in this post are highly creative, perfectly suited to young artists. Though the furnishings are generally simple, the architectural elements are challenging - from steeply pitched roofs to modern takes on murphy beds, these cre...

Of Lebanese origin, Moudaber has criss-crossed the world over the years, drawing inspiration from different cultures on the way; as a result, she has developed an idiosyncratic style that brings together contrasting elements to create a sense of surprise and uniqueness. Moudaber’s London home is a two-storey maisonette in an 1870’s Victorian-style building in South Ke...

The size of a home can have a big impact on the design choices that make sense for that space. Even if two homeowners have similar sensibilities, their homes will take on very different styles if one is much larger than the other. The three homes featured in this post each have a two bedroom layout, but the overall square footage is much different, as are the aesthetics....

Color is an essential element of any design aesthetic, but in the bedroom texture may be even more important. Clean lines can go a long way towards creating a comforting atmosphere, but do little in the way of comfort if they are hard, rough, or sharp. Instead, bedrooms should be made of plenty of soft textures that can move, shift, and provide physical as well as aesthe...

While the thought of exposed brick might call to mind a hole-in-the-wall Italian bistro, there are a lot of ways that this classic look can be incorporated into a modern space. The five homes in this post range from the dark and sleek to sunny and welcoming but each uses the unique texture and feel of exposed brick to create a space that's truly special. The first hom...

News: American car manufacturer Ford has unveiled its new GT concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, signalling the company's return to designing race-ready supercars (+ slideshow).Designed to showcase Ford's advances in aerodynamics, lightweight materials and energy efficiency engine, the new Ford GT is set for production in 2016. It will mark ...

quickly becoming well known amongst a new breed of ‘guerrilla’ architects sprouting up all over the world, seville-based architect santiago cirugeda speaks at the 2015 design indaba conference in cape town about his unconventional creative practice. subverting the traditional bureaucracies involved in the building process, cirugeda questions the values many architects an...

Stockholm studio Jägnefält Milton has designed a leaf-shaped pavilion for a woodland site – taking advantage of a new Swedish planning stipulation that allows structures under a certain size to be built without permission. Jägnefält Milton collaborated with the Berlin office of engineering firm Arup on the design of Forest Pavilion, a simple woodland shelter designed to...