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Designer Michiel Cornelissen was inspired by the icons of Russian folk art and more specifically by Matryoshka Dolls to create the  3D Mesh Matryoshkas for Dutch design publisher Soonsalon. 

Quai de la Graille is a project for an apartment block in the French Alps town of Grenoble. Designed by the local practice of r2k Architects, the simple geometric form of the 10 storey structure is set apart from the neighboring buildings by irregularly spaced balconies, and not just any run-of-the-mill additions but organic shapes which appear to have grown out of the building haphazardly.

A recent collaboration between the innovative design practice of Nendo and KOKUYO, a Japanese company which specializes in office furniture, resulted in the collection of modular furniture entitled ‘Brackets’.

Since the emergence of Modern Greece and the founding of the city of Athens as the capital of the Independent Greek State in the mid-19th century, the city has suffered a series of trials and tribulations, always struggling through whatever was thrown its way.

The redesign project of the interior of the MIRO Store in downtown Kolonaki was recently undertaken by Stavros Papagiannis of Stage Design Office. Already a store renowned for its simple elegance, the design intervention by Mr Papagiannis added a further sleek aesthetic to the space.

This collection of colourful images is the work of a young graphic designer who turned his hand to the creation of art. Based in Paris, Benoit Jammes one day came across a pile of discarded cassette tapes. As they instilled in him a sense of nostalgia for his childhood and youth and the pleasure he had experienced from the music of the 80s...

If and when the Ocean Avenue Proposal is to be accepted, is currently being strongly debated by the authorities and residents of Santa Monica. The waterfront skyline will be changed for ever if the go ahead is given to the pioneering project by the grand old man of architecture and design...