The Dutch design studio AEQUO have designed an informatieplein (information plaza) inside the Culture Campus Vleuterweide in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The Informatieplein is shaped as the interior space of a monastery. It contains one large monastery bench, which comprises a multitude of functions upon closer inspection.
We know there are many aspiring interior designers who read Contemporist, so we decided to ask a real interior designer about the everyday reality of what it’s like to work as an interior designer.
Antonieta D’Introno is an interior designer located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; through a series of questions we asked her, she gives us some insight into the day-to-day realities of what it’s like to be an interior designer.
We’ve previously featured the exterior of the new Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi – here and here, but now we can also feature the interiors thanks to Jestico + Whiles, the hotel’s interior designers.
German design studio RAUMINRAUM designed the interior of the Jackie Su Thai restaurant in Bremen, Germany.
“Urban street Kitchen” is the motto of the small restaurant in Bremen’s city centre. We transported the asian street kitchen character into a contemporary and clear interior architecture. High fair-faced concrete walls with the artwork presenting a smiling Jackie Su, bright red Asian characters as well as the large suspended acoustic ceilings and unclad air-conditioning ducts emphasise the urban ambience.
The Oslo, Norway based architect Gudmundur Jonsson, has shared some photos with us of an apartment interior he designed for himself in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Auckland, New Zealand based designer Mal Corboy has sent us some photos of a contemporary kitchen he has completed.
Hong Kong based HEAD Architecture and Design have sent us photos of the office interior they designed for Topline, a footwear manufacturer in Dongguan, China.
Buensalido+Architects have completed a retail store interior in Makati City, Philippines.
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French designer Paul Coudamy has completed the Swollen Wall, a 17m long bookshelf with shperical outgrowths, in an apartment in Paris.
Note Design Studio have completed the interior for Café Foam in Stockholm, Sweden.
British designer Tom Dixon has completed the interior for an innovative bar, restaurant and entertainment experience in central London. Circus is a venue hosting entertaining acts within a bar and restaurant setting, where diners can ultimately join in to become part of the entertainment.
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Turkish design studio Autoban, have designed a retail store in the Nisantasi neighborhood of Istanbul, for the fashion brand V2K Designers.
From the designers:
Located in the centre of Istanbul’s classiest shopping district, a striking angular entrance welcomes visitors to browse designer pieces by top brands from all over the world. A large angular column reaches up and past a mezzanine floor, creating an impressive space at the entrance to the store, while a gridlike wall of lightbulbs down the side of the store provides a powerful banner for slogans which can be modified as desired.
The Dan Pearlman creative agency, created a holistic dreamland for young patients with psychiatric issues at the ‘Evangelisches Konigin Elisabeth Krankenhaus’ Hospital, in Berlin, Germany.
Zack|de Vito Architecture have completed the remodel of a 3,400 sq. ft, 19th floor apartment in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood, for a couple with an extensive collection of contemporary art
Something from Us, a London based multi-disciplinary design studio, have designed the interior for Poncho No.8, a small Mexican food restaurant in the Spitalfields area of London.
