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A design project with a difference, undertaken by Radu Calin and Sebastian Mindroiu of the Romanian practice of Pick Two, is the Stadio Sports Bar. Located in the glass topped atrium of the Union Business Centre, an iconic heritage structure in the heart of Bucharest, Romania...

Not in their wildest dreams could the instigators of the Punk movement in the 1970s have imagined that their anti-establishment code of life, fashion and music would have become a form of inspiration for the high end luxury fashion industry.

A short distance from the city center of Gothenburg in Sweden is the area of Lindholmen, once the heart of the shipbuilding industry but now an up and coming region for innovation in the fields of science and technology. It is here that the newly opened Radisson Blu Riverside stands, a design project by the practice of Doos Architects.

An experimental project which delves into the qualities of an alternative fabric, was conducted by Coatian designer Matija Cop. The fabric is constructed of laser cut synthetic water and UV resistant foam, slotted together with tabs, without the need for conventional garment making methods of stitching or gluing,

For a second year in a row fourteen of Parsons BFA Fashion Design graduates presented their thesis collections and competed among each other in Parsons’ and Kering’s Empowering Imagination Competition. 

The Origo Coffee Shop in Bucharest Romania, designed by Lama Arhitectura represents a dream come true in the form of a startup business for an enthusiastic barista, a place he can call his own. In a space of just 65 sq.m., the Origo coffee shop functions as a coffee bar during the day but at sunset it lowers its lights and becomes an extremely cool cocktail bar...

Overlooking the changeable Atlantic seascape in south west Ireland stands the House at Goleen, a project undertaken by the practice of Niall McLaughlin Architects for the renovation of a cottage which had been on the site for some time and had fallen into serious disrepair, and its supplementation by an extension which would satisfy the needs of the client.