Milan Design Week for Foodies: From Espresso to Negroni Sbagliato
Underground breakfasts, designer listening bars, Swedish food markets, and joyful champagne installations. The ultimate Milan Design Week guide for foodies.
The ‘Sidelined’ exhibition transforms the Netherlands Pavilion in Venice into an inclusive sports bar
The SIDELINED exhibition queers the sports bar reimagining how we can play together, gather, and compete without divisions.
Three Convivial Concept Design Bars at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025
In Stockholm, concept design bars blend sustainability and material innovation. One is built entirely out of paper, another doubles as an inspirational materials bank, and the third combines form with function.
The French Kitsch III café is inspired by curvy croissants
French cathedrals and pastries are behind the architecture and interior design of the French Kitsch III café by TOUCH Architect in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
DAAA Haus’ Kettles Café Bistro Bar is set in a Maltese former brewery
Kettles Café Bistro Bar, co-working space and entertainment destination, takes over a former 1950s brewery in Mriehel, Malta.
Hayama furniture collection by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina
For the Hayama furniture collection, Patricia Urquiola took inspiration from traditional Japanese Haori jackets that are worn over a kimono.
La Caserne: from fire station to Paris future home of green fashion
Chaix et Morel has transformed a former fire station in Paris into ‘La Caserne,’ a vibrant hub for sustainable fashion open to the city.
UNDERBAR at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Jonas Bohlin and Christine Ingridsdotter created Underbar, a temporary and 100% circular bar where every element and material from furniture to walls, lamps, and ceiling will have a second life after the fair.
Moshu Tree House by Hitzig Militello Arquitectos in Buenos Aires
The ‘Moshu Tree House’ restaurant and bakery welcomes guests in a post-industrial interior design taken over by vegetation.
India Madhawi and HEAD Genève students reinterpret the ‘A Clockwork Orange’ iconic milk bar in Milan
At ALCOVA, visitors can be teased or cuddled at ‘A Clockwork Orange’-inspired milk bar. As part of the ‘Herbarium’ project, the installation redefines contemporary interiors from iconic image culture.
Yova Yager transforms a former knitting factory into the Rose-Mary cafe in Kyiv
The new Rose-Mary cafe and co-working spaces by YOVAYAGER in the Ukrainian capital blends the venue’s industrial heritage with four architectural styles from Gothic to Constructivism.
PLEX EAT suspended shield allows to safely dine with style during the pandemic
Longing for some convivial time with friends? PLEX EAT by Christophe Gernigon is the elegant solution to safely dine out without renouncing the aesthetics.
Colourful DESIGN BAR by Fredrik Paulsen blends contemporary aesthetics and gastronomy
Soft geometric shapes and mint, purple and deep red interiors thrive in Fredrik Paulsen’s DESIGN BAR at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
Maestro DOBEL® Tequila and Julian Mayor unveil bespoke agave-inspired bar and drinking vessels
It all started from the agave, the base ingredient of tequila, and a trip to Mexico – then it took a lot of computer work and welding. That’s how the agave-inspired limited-edition set by Julian Mayor and Maestro DOBEL® tequila was born.
INSIDE 2019 shortlist unveils the world’s finest interior design in the Instagram age
From Noma’s garden-restaurant to a cat cafe in Guangzhou but also a Japanese glass wedding chapel and a desert canyon-inspired library in Qatar. INSIDE 2019 shortlist celebrates the best of interior design worldwide.
Gordon Ramsay’s Lucky Cat nocturnal restaurant by Afroditi Krassa is inspired by Tokyo 1930’s underground clubs
AfroditiKrassa Design Studio went deliberately dark for the hype-free Gordon Ramsay’s LUCKY CAT Asian restaurant in London which does not aim to be ‘shouty’. ‘How many times do you visit a place because it looks great in a picture but disappoints in real life?’
Gay urbanization: once upon a time a gay bar
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York that started the gay movement we looked into the LGBT urbanization process and how hate crime, far right populisms, real estate and dating apps threaten gay bars and rainbow districts that marked cities’ history from San Francisco to Berlin.
Moxi Times Squares interior design by Rockwell Group brings Italian flair in the heart of Manhattan
Milan and Rome’s early 20th century style, bespoke details and blossoming greenery infuse an exquisite vibe into Rockwell Group’s restaurant, hotel lobby and panoramic roof bar at Moxi Times Square in New York.
The Manzoni: Tom Dixon challenges Brexit and outdated retail spaces with a permanent restaurant/showroom in Milan
Monochromatic lava interiors and verdant alcoves frame Tom Dixon’s latest collections at The Manzoni, the British designer’s permanent restaurant and showroom.
A multifaceted wooden blanket wraps the interior design of Buenos Aires’ Mamba bar ‘disruptive’ bistro
Hitzig Militello Architects’ Mamba Bar features a window display with disused broken crockery, an enveloping volumetric wooden structure, a back-lit American bar and a verdant backyard with glowing neons.
Orvay wine bar is tinged with the colours behind the art of winemaking
Isern Serra and Sylvain Carlet filled the interior design of Orvay wine bar in Barcelona with colours to pay homage to wine geography, culture and main ingredient: the grape.
Galaxy Bar and Bottle Shop by Monoloko Design in Moscow
The blue interiors and pure geometrical forms of Monoloko Design’s Galaxy Bar and Bottle Shop aim to “release of the mind” according to Russian-Avantgarde ideals.
Gabriel Scott and Bar Basso create Negroni Sbagliato inspired lighting designs
During Milan Design Week cocktail Mecca Bar Basso showcased Gabriel Scott’s lighting designs tuning with Negroni Sbagliato’s colours and flavours.
The Elit Proun Bar: Carmody Groarke reimagines Russian Avant-Garde for elit® Vodka by Stoli
At the ELIT PROUN BAR Constructivist architecture cross-pollinates with the art of mixology. A composition of abstract volumes pays tribute to the work of Russian Avant-Garde maestro El Lissitzky.
The Diner: Surface magazine invites for an Americana journey in Milan
Surface magazine celebrates its 25 anniversary with David Rockwell and pays homage to an American icon we all have watched in movies: the Diner.
WOW Architects’ St. Regis Maldive Vummuli Resort floats responsibly in the ocean
Manta rays, whale sharks and shells from the reefs inspired WOW Architects’ St. Regis Maldive Vummuli Resort which aims to raise awareness on sustainability and pays homage to local craftsmanship.
Tostado Café Club: Hitzig Militello turned a wooden grocery box into interior-design
The Tostado Café Club by Hitzig Militello Arquitectos combines a volume made of wooden boxes, dark grey tiling and industrial furnitures to recal Buenos Aires traditional groceries.
Chocolate Design by Nendo
Can shape and texture effect flavours? ArchiPanic met Oki Sato founder of Nendo and Maison&Objet designer of the year who presented a chocolate design project in a chocolate chill out lounge.
Cafe Ki: minimal urban forest in Tokyo by id inc.
In Tokyo, id inc has designed Cafe Ki: a minimal urban forest combining a pure white space with stylized coffee coloured tree.