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Designer Q&A – Iwan Baan
Design Anthology spoke with architectural photographer Iwan Baan during Business of Design Week 2015.
Alexander Lamont - Designer Artisan
This is the first in a series of Designer Artisan video shorts that studio plans to produce, and follows the making of the Amaranth table with cast bronze legs and a gilded shagreen top.
Designer Q&A – Laura Kirar
To complement our Studio feature on Baker Furniture in Issue 8, a conversation between Design Anthology and the vastly talented furniture designer Laura Kirar about her latest collection.
A New Look
On the occasion of The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong’s tenth anniversary, the studio of local interior design star Joyce Wang unveils 109 newly refurbished and fully reconceptualised guest suites.
Frequent Flyers
For Design Anthology's inaugural travel issue, we spoke to some of the world's top hotel designers about their travel habits, tips for avoiding jetlag, favourite rituals and which destination are at the top of their bucket lists.
Designer Q&A - Chi Wing Lo
Design Anthology spoke with Hong Kong-born, Athens-based designer Chi Wing Lo during Business of Design Week 2015
Casa Bonay
Set within a late 19th-century mansion, Barcelona’s newest boutique hotel Casa Bonay has retained many of its original features and charms.
Vibe Hotel
With a design inspired by Walter Burley Griffin’s original urban plan for Canberra based on circular geometrics, architectural practice Bates Smart has unveiled the striking Vibe Hotel in Australia’s capital city.
Chicago Athletic Association
To step inside the newly restored Chicago Athletic Association building is to journey back in time to the Chicago World’s fair of 1893 — the same year the building was originally completed by revered architect Henry Ives Cobb.
The Buchanan
The Kimpton group of luxury boutique hotels is expanding in its hometown of San Francisco with the newly opened The Buchanan.
Michael Anastassiades for Flos
At Salone Milan 2015, Design Anthology sat down with Michael Anastassiades to discuss his lighting designs for Flos.
Designer Q&A: Naoto Fukasawa
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa tells Design Anthology why it took three years to perfect the design of the simple stacking chair, the latest addition to his phenomenally successful Papilio range for B&B Italia.
Caye Sereno
Marcio Kogan’s first project in Asia is a study in organic form and materials that highlights, above all else, the beauty of the surrounding landscape and otherworldly allure of Ha Long Bay
Heritage with an Edge
‘The client was excited about the opportunity to pay homage to the existing architecture, yet inject a contemporary sensibility,’ says Brendan Wong about the residence he designed for a family of five in Sydney. ‘It was clear we were not filling this home with faux Victorian antiques.’
State of Design
Manila, over the last decade, has re-established itself as a global gateway, a central design hub with a collection of new shops, studios and galleries opening up.
Show me Manila!
Over the course of five days, a troop of seven urban sketchers from Singapore permeated Manila to experience the city through unconditioned senses and give visual record to their encounters.
Classic Beauty
Executive Editor of Town&Country Philippines, Alycia Sy writes for us on the joy of designing her own home and the effort that goes into collecting her rather unique assemblage of curios and objet d’art:
Raging Bull Steakhouse
The new Raging Bull Chophouse & Bar, set to open in March 2016, is yet another masterpiece by New York-based design firm AvroKO.