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Badhanna: The Synonym of Freedom by Socially
When it comes to visual identity and communication, many popular Hungarian food-related businesses have sought out the help of Socially, a Budapest-based gastromarketing agency. With their dynamic attitude, we knew the team wouldn’t stop there, and they haven’t, dreaming up their own restaurant—Badhanna—in an iconic space
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Honesty is everything: Alma Nomad Bakery in Madrid
It’s been three years since I talked to the founders of Alma Nomad Bakery, Timi Árgyélán and Joaqin Escriva in Budapest. Back then, with the long queues forming every morning in front of their small store on Kamermayer square, it was evident that the duo had created something special.
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Making the World a Better Place | Joanna van der Zanden and the Repair Café Movement
Although her remarkable modesty would prevent her from saying or even thinking such a thing herself, there can be no doubt: Joanna van der Zanden is saving the world. She might describe herself as an independent art and design curator with a focus on social engagement, but the fact is,
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Special fine jewelry turning light into tattoos | THE RAYY
The pieces of Swiss jewelry brand THE RAYY do not only carry a special meaning for their wearers: thanks to their innovative manufacturing technology, they reflect light rays in such a way that reveals the message to the entire world.
“Made of gold, diamonds and light” reads THE RAYY‘s
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Surfin’ the Baltic | Baltic Surf Scapes by Krysztof Jędrzejak
First a surfboard, then a camera—goes the recipe of Krysztof Jędrzejak with which he shoots breathtaking photos of the Baltic Sea. The nature photographer has been focusing on the waves of the Baltic Sea as a photographer and as a surfer alike. His closeness to water, achieved by his
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Portugal’s flavors and colors in a restaurant in Wrocław | MARTIM
Polish BUCK.Studio designed a marvelous interior for the restaurant opened on the Odra riverbank. Both the colors and textures in MARTIM’s interior represent Portuguese identity, allowing us to experience the Portuguese vibe already before getting a taste of the wines and meals.
A part of newly opened MARTIM
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Making dreams come true | Studio Proba’s pool mural
Alex Proba does not only make her clients’ dreams come true, but her own, too. The latest gem of her portfolio is the pool mural in a Californian home, a project she has always dreamed of.
No one ever said the walls of a pool were only supposed to be
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Living on the edge | Clifftop houses
Clifftop houses rising to the sky above nothing or the wild waves of the ocean – here are some houses designed into quite extreme environments, allowing the dwellers to get an extra dosage of adrenaline even during their everyday life.
The expression “living on the edge” has never been more accurate
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Simplicity with a twist—Warszauer Hotel, Kraków
A slender, modern building situated in a small cobble-stoned street in the heart of the former Jewish district of Kraków—this is Warszauer Hotel. The 10-room establishment opened in January 2022, stands out while still perfectly complementing its environment. Marta Gajewska, the mind and soul behind this extraordinary boutique hotel
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TASTE—a new thematic month on Hype&Hyper!
In May, we are again narrowing down a bit the topics of our site, but only to explore as thoroughly as possible—and by no means narrow-mindedly—a hot topic that we can all relate to: eating.
We don’t live to eat, we eat to live—or do we?
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Favorite interiors of the week_99
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. In our spring-greeting
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week’s
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Even though the
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The hidden gem of Károlyi Garden: Hotel Collect Budapest
Károlyi Garden is a true oasis in the middle of Budapest’s bustling city center. After a walk down the car-packed Museum Boulevard, it’s a refreshing delight to turn down one of the side streets and slip into tranquillity. The garden is surrounded by beautiful 19th-century buildings, which in
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Favorite interiors of the week_95
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. We came across
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Shaping cities with the participation of its dwellers—Interview with Danny Dong-Yeong Lee
Over the past years with all the digital innovations that have occurred, there has been a feeling that our physical location isn’t as significant as it used to be. Nowadays, we’re experiencing the opposite, realizing just how much our space and location matter. We talked to Dr. Danny
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Favorite interiors of the week_94
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Going full speed
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Smell—an exciting tool to reconnect with our bodies
We usually mention smell last among our senses, even though it is an exciting tool that is very different from our other senses. What’s more, it is something that we have not yet managed to translate into digital language. Here is the third Hype Lab article of the DIALOG
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Favorite interiors of the week_93
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Modest, generous, classic,
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Life, as an endless inspiration— Interview with Nami Berglund, curator at Behance
Judging the works of creatives from all over the world all day, living in a state of constant inspiration—curating at Behance sounds like a dream for many. We talked to Nami Berglund who has been working as a curator for the art website for 10 years—she shared her
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Favorite interiors of the week_92
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. In our first
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The new thematic month of Hype&Hyper kicks off: here comes Dialog!
One of the most common responses to most of the interviews about our changed lives under and as a result of covid, no matter which expert we ask, is to see the role of digitization in our lives become more prominent. Since the digital revolution began long before the pandemic,
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Favorite interiors of the week_91
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. In line with
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Favorite interiors of the week_90
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Revamped urban spaces
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A story waiting to be told—Majuli
It all started as a holiday and turned into a career-defining project. András Zoltai, photographer, first visited Northeast India in early 2020, where he found something worth waiting a year and a half to return to, and then, despite the travel difficulties caused by the pandemic, to visit again with
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. In this week’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Maximalism in Rome,
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. In addition to
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Favorite interiors of the week_86
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. What’s it
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Favorite interiors of the week_85: Instagram-edition
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. We are probably
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. A SUP riders’
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Tastes, scents, impressions—Renáta Török-Bognár’s book Metszéspontok
Coffee table books are becoming more and more popular in the Hungarian book market as well, which, apart their informative function, are primarily intended to give you a break from everyday life and to take you into another world while flipping through them.
The skeptical reader might say: but that’
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Favorite interiors of the week_83
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Cool offices, a
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Favorite interiors of the week_82
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week’s
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. More and more
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. It’s easy
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Making the World a Better Place | Joanna van der Zanden and the Repair Café Movement
Although her remarkable modesty would prevent her from saying or even thinking such a thing herself, there can be no doubt: Joanna van der Zanden is saving the world. She might describe herself as an independent art and design curator with a focus on social engagement, but the fact is,
architecture
Favorite interiors of the week_79
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. We kick off
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. For this week,
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Favorite interiors of the week_77
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Wood paneling, design
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Favorite interiors of the week_76
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Now that we’
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Favorite interiors of the week_75
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Effortless elegance and
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Modern-nomadic luxury in Szekszárd | Szegzárd—the lodge
We arrive at the gates of Szegzárd—the lodge estate on a narrow, winding road, offering a magnificent view of the Szekszárd wine region. Inside the gate, the slopes stretch on: as you raise your eyes, one building emerges after another.
The lodge has a unique atmosphere in the area,
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Favorite interiors of the week_74
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. We have no
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. A nostalgic apartment
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The essence of each culture is different | Interview with Margaret Ann Dowling, Head of Brand at MOME
An Irish government initiative called The European Orientation Program sent a young Margaret Ann Dowling to Hungary with the mission of helping to build Irish brands abroad. “In the interview, I was asked: Belgium, Spain or Hungary?” she recalls. After having lived in Belgium as a child and not being
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Surfin’ the Baltic | Baltic Surf Scapes by Krysztof Jędrzejak
First a surfboard, then a camera – goes the recipe of Krysztof Jędrzejak with which he shoots breathtaking photos of the Baltic Sea. The nature photographer has been focusing on the waves of the Baltic Sea as a photographer and as a surfer alike. His closeness to water, achieved by his
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Favorite interiors of the week_70
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. For this week
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring, and coolest interiors that we have come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. We cannot get
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Over the past
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. Harmonious lofts, creative
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. The heat has
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week, we’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week’s
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Favorite interiors of the week_63
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week, we’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week, we’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. A Stockholm hair
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home. This week, we’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. In this week’
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Planning the future starts now | New European Bauhaus
How can an urbanist facilitate economic recovery, or how could a globally renowned visual artist contribute to more sustainable thinking? And what are they doing sitting at the same table? Architect and urbanist Eszter Dávida, one of the members of the roundtable and a board member of the Contemporary Architecture
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Favorite interiors of the week_58
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. This week, we’
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Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. Over the past
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Favorite interiors of the week_56
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. This week, we
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Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. Playful wall painting
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Visualization in architecture: artistic representation or unrealistic deception?
Digital design tools have divided architects for as long as they have existed. Many believe that paper-based drawings are still not outweighed by renders showing an uncanny resemblance to reality. The question arises: should these architectural visualizations be regarded as pretentious means of persuasion or as a branch of digital
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Favorite interiors of the week_54
Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. One can work
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Skyscraper with a twist | Frank Gehry's new building in Arles
The handover of the Luma Tower, designed by Frank Gehry, is approaching: the twisted tower, covered with shiny aluminum sheets, will open at the end of June this year.
Luma Tower is part of a new creative district in Arles, thanks to the Luma Foundation, founded by Swiss art collector
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Sunshine for all—The Sunne lamp brings the colors of the sun into your home
Marjan van Aubel wants to achieve that people use as many energy-efficient solutions in their homes as possible through intelligent and visually enjoyable design. Dubbed Sunne, her latest lamp turns to the Sun—both for energy and for inspiration.
In 2015, she won the London Design Medal for Emerging Talent
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Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. A former garage
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A functional work of art | The redesigned Braun Wandanlage
Design giant, Braun is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. On this occasion, they redesigned several of their iconic models with the help of industrial designer Virgil Abloh: including the Wandanlage stereo.
Braun is one of the companies that determine how our devices look and how they work up to
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Renovation of the Headquarters of the Order of Architects of Romania | Bucharest, Romania
Built in 1927, the house was once the family home of the Romanian architect Florea Stănculescu. Renovation of the neo-Romanesque style building began in the mid-2010s, today it’s the Headquarters of the Order of Architects of the country. PACE has added the building to its selection because of its
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A mirror to nature | The Illusion Villa
This Swedish cabin reflects back views of blue skies like the surface of water, while providing a perfect shelter to observe the wildlife of the nature reserve surrounding it.
We can witness the merging of buildings with nature in more and more projects lately: taking this trend to another level,
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The revived Deák house / Szeniczey mansion | Paks
This week in our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, we present a reconstruction project from a few years ago, which sets an example even today: the contemporary renovation of Jozefa Deák’s former home in Hungary’s Paks.
In Hungary, old façades are relatively seldom renovated in a contemporary way (at
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„We represent a reactive architecture” | Noémi Varga (Numbernow), Balázs Szelecsényi and the SA43 Apartments Project
They had a plot with vastly diverse features between two main roads in Budapest, with a triangle-shaped site and a characteristic slope, and a commission to build a condominium for investment purposes. Thus, the task of the architects was full of challenges, however, Noémi Varga and Balázs Szelecsényi did not
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Favorite interiors of the week_51 | Paris
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own home.
Paris has always
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Archeopark Pavlov | Pavlov, Czech Republic
The building of the Archeopark in Pavlov completed in 2016 looks just like an archeological excavation field from above: the majority of the museum is situated underground with just the white concrete towers projecting above the ground. Here comes the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, starring Archeopark
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Where knowledge is born | Kecskemét CAMPUS
The first educational building forming part of the new complex built for the Faculty of Economics and Business of John von Neumann University was completed last fall. The campus not only satisfies the needs of the present, but also meets the requirements expected to prevail in education in the future,
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Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. Architects’ homes in
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An old warehouse gives impetus to the industrial district in Brno | DADA Distrikt
Located in the old industrial district of Brno in the Czech Republic, this former storage facility was renovated as a residential complex by the architecture firm, KOGAA. The project not only provides housing—it also attempts to boost the community and the neighborhood with various methods.
In Europe, real estate
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Hotel Švicarija reimagined | Ljubljana, Slovenia
Compared to the former episodes of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, Hotel Švicarija will perhaps be a surprise to our readers used to contemporary projects. Come and explore with us the reconstruction of this building that used to be a popular community place in the early 20th century!
At first
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Beyond beauty—spaces affecting all senses | Linda Boronkay
Perhaps the last thing I would have suspected about Linda Boronkay is that she is battling with impostor syndrome. Then I realized that what appeared to be a contradiction at first actually makes perfect sense: it was not only her unique design perspective and intuitive flair for beauty that made
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Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. This week, we
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Pastel marketplace in a Baroque environment | KONNTRA
The new kiosks in the Baroque city center of Varaždin, Croatia do not add a new color to the environment of the old church and houses: they rather enhance the existing pastel tones, and with their flexibility, they give a new momentum to the old marketplace.
The traditions of craftsmanship,
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Renovation of Spassky square | Kyiv, Ukraine
The renovation of Spassky square brought two different historical elements under the same roof, or merged them into a public square to be more accurate, with the help of contemporary solutions and additions. In this week’s episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, we set out to explore this
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Songs tied together by visuality | Album covers by Kata Moravszki
How can completely different musicians such as the Foo Fighters and Miles Davis be brought together through graphic design? That was the question the international open call entitled Secret7 was seeking answers to. Hungarian designer Kata Moravszki gave an ingenious answer.
Vinyl fans—at least the ones I know—are
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Favorite interiors of the week_48
Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. Artisan design, old
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Music and? | Five reasons to look forward to the House of Hungarian Music
As the construction keeps getting closer to completion and the extraordinary, close-to-nature building designed by Sou Fujimoto, which we have only seen on renders so far, is closer to its final form by the day, we become more and more intrigued by all the things that will make the institution
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Katyń Museum | Warsaw, Poland
Katyń Museum located beneath the Warsaw Citadel is the fruit of a special collaboration: its concept was conceived by artists, historians and landscape architects. In this week’s PACE X HYPEANDHYPER episode, we look into the results of this exciting project.
Katyń Museum tells the story of the mass murders
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House on a slope | Kruk Rasztawicki Architekci
Instead of leveling the ground, Polish architects’ studio Kruk Rasztawicki decided that it’s time that a building embraces the terrain it occupies.
This family house in Gdańsk is an architectural paragon of adaptation: it adapts to the sloping terrain it was built on and follows the needs of its
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Ancient astronomy meets digital art | Aēsop Aromatique Candles
The cosmetics company Aēsop made its first short film to debut its first scented candle collection. The video was created in collaboration with media artist Mattis Dovier, and it’s inspired by the cosmos, astronomy, and mythology.
I’ve never been the type who’s captivated by media art—I
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Favorite interiors of the week_47
Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. Variety is the
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A cabin made of metal sheets | ŠA Atelier
The modular cabin designed by the Lithuanian architects’ studio is like a good hairspray: it stays put come rain or shine.
Its steel-framed structure and walls made of metal sheets may not imply this at first glance, but the building dubbed 019 Cabin, born from the collaboration of Lithuanian architects’
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Monument in a First World War cemetery | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Lookout, chapel, wall, tombstone and reverent place—Monument Majer erected in the old, First World War cemetery of Banská Bystrica fulfils all these functions all at once. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHPYER series, we explore this contemporary building from the category of recollective architecture.
In 1915,
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Close to the city, in harmony with nature | Jánszky Design
Architect and interior designer Györgyi Teréz Jánszky designed the house built in 2017 in Ürömhegy to serve as her own home and studio. This simple house, which is, at the same time, far from ordinary, provides a refueling environment that one primarily gets to experience in nature, while remaining easily
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A modern nomad’s home in the Czech forest | Ateliér Lina Bellovičová
If one has lived a nomadic life for a long time, it is not easy to settle down. If they do indeed decide to stay at one place, probably this is what they would opt for: a home with strong cabin vibes, in the midst of nature.
Architect Lina Bellovičová
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Favorite interiors of the week_46
Each week, we share the coolest, most gorgeous and inspiring interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. One can already
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Museum of Contemporary Art | Belgrade, Serbia
Our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series has reached its third, and, at the same time, last phase: now we move on to presenting the buildings in the category of Recollective Architecture, starting with the modernist building of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade.
Out of the contemporary architectural projects of
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Bouquets and still lifes | ATAK PELIF
Let’s be honest: because of all the socialist memories, carnations and gerberas would probably be amongst the last things we would decorate our homes with. We would sooner buy a bunch of trendy dried flowers than these retro favorites. Now we can get to know them from a fresh,
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The architect’s cafe | Dyletant, Kyiv
Architect studio Balbek Bureau has given a lot of popular places to Kyiv over the years—as a result, Slava Balbek knows exactly what makes a cafe appealing to people. Now he put this knowledge to use in his own cafe.
There is no one perfect recipe for turning a
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Dream house carved into a windswept hillside overlooking the Aegean Sea
This house in Greece brings about a perfect combination: its owners can enjoy the freedom provided by the view of the endless blue sea from a safe shelter protected from the strong winds.
Built on Serifos Island, this house takes us back in time or rather takes us out of
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Rakova Jelša park | Ljubljana, Slovenia
Rakova Jelša park connects the city of Ljubljana and the neighboring vast marshland, while also reinterpreting the relationship between nature and the built environment. This is where we invite you in the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series.
Walking path, bike route, picnic area, outdoor cinema, community garden—
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Life in the clouds | A modernist house in California
The strict forms of modernism are paired with rounded, organic contours in this California house, home to a young couple.
Modernist style is the alpha and omega for many, but others – they’re probably outnumbered – believe that it’s too rigid or even lifeless. A California couple used the very
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Brick house brings the Far East to Ljubljana's villa district | Arhitektura
At first glance, you probably wouldn’t think that this narrow brick house functions as the home of two families of five—and quite well, on top.
Ljubljana’s Rožna Dolina was known for a long time as the most prestigious villa district in the Slovenian capital until the 1930.
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Opening to the land | Fránek Architects
Nestled in the Krkonoše in the Czech Republic, this house is a transition between the land and its owners: the giant glass windows and the pure interiors give room to the personality of the users and the character of the landscape.
The house built on the pristine lands of the
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From blast furnace to community space | Ostrava – Dolní Vítkovice, Czech Republic
Once a gas holder, now a concert hall, once a furnace, now an open-air music stage and cafe: the new life of an industrial complex in the 21st century, in this week’s episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series.
The Lower Vítkovice Area is a national cultural monument of
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Sustainable plant growth through a dreamy light installation
Dubbed GROW, this project brings the field of agriculture into the spotlight while experimenting with a sustainable and healthy crop production additive: light.
Rotterdam-based Studio Roosegaarde transformed a 20,000 sqm farmland into a surrealist light installation. In addition to being a visually impressive artwork, the goal for the red,
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Special fine jewelry turning light into tattoos | THE RAYY
The pieces of Swiss jewelry brand THE RAYY do not only carry a special meaning for their wearers: thanks to their innovative manufacturing technology, they reflect light rays in such a way that reveals the message to the entire world.
“Made of gold, diamonds and light” reads THE RAYY‘s
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Amsterdam floating village expands with new dream house
Each and every house of the floating village built since 2010 boasts a unique character, while still creating a unified overall appearance. Here is the latest home of the urban village!
Since the 2010s, a residential community has been developing on the Johann Van Casselt canal located in a former
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Cultural Palace | Blaj, Romania
The renovation of the Cultural Palace in Blaj started after 17 years of abandonment: the building built in 1930 brings its past closer while looking to the future. Here comes the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, starring the Cultural Palace in Blaj.
Bucharest-based architect Victor Smigelschi designed
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Live minimalism | FAINA’s new collection
Minimalism gives rise to cold, impersonal associations for many, but there is another side to this style, described by Ukrainian designer Victoria Yakusha as “live.” It’s enough to look at her furniture to understand what she means by it.
The last time we wrote about FAINA‘s furniture was
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„Making people see the values of the built environment”| The graphics of Boróka Felső
Boróka Felső started her studies at the department of architecture in Pécs, and completed her diploma project in Colombia—her pink risoprints featuring buildings of Budapest caught our attention on Instagram. The prints of special atmosphere not only mirror Boróka’s eternal passion for architecture, but are also intended to
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Timeless elegance with the best of design | Puro Hotel
The units of Polish hotel chain PURO Hotels are amongst the first rankers of our post-Covid bucket list for sure. Let’s begin with the hotel that has been recently renovated and reopened in Kraków old town!
Zuza and Piotr Paradowski, the designers of Piotr Paradowski Interior Design Studio were
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Center of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky | Lviv, Ukraine
The innovative Center of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv is considered an exemplary building all across Ukraine. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, we’ll look at what makes this contemporary building loveable for users.
The Sheptytsky Center forming part of the Ukrainian Catholic University was
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Sustainable re-editions of design classics
In the age of conscious and sustainable design as well as recycling and upcycling trends, leading design brands’ right to exist has been called into question by many. Luckily Vitra and the rest were quick to respond and reinvented their classic pieces in a sustainable manner.
In 2021, a plastic
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Favorite interiors of the week | Christmas edition
Each week, we share the most gorgeous, inspiring and coolest interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which you can also use as inspiration for your own homes. This time we
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Brutalist heritage preservation focused on people | Chybik+Kristof
Architect studio Chybik+Kristof volunteered to design the renovation of Zvonařka Central Bus Terminal in Brno, thus reaffirming their commitment to preserving the Brutalist heritage and satisfying the needs of society.
Located in the center of Brno, Czech Republic, Zvonařka Central Bus Terminal was built between 1984 and 1988 in
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The coolest house in the country
A postmodern container house made of glass, on concrete poles—we are not sure we would vote confidence to the project based on the description, but luckily the photos speak for themselves.
Located in Avala Mountains in Serbia, the primary goal of Avala House is to blur the boundaries between
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House in the valley | Znojmo, Czech Republic
Family home in the hillside, next to the river, with view over a medieval castle—as if we were in a fairytale, with the exception that this tale takes place in the 21st century!
Czech architecture studio Kuba & Pilař architekti designed a contemporary family house on the bank of the
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Greek industrial declared ultimate winner at hospitality design award show
The most fascinating hospitality design projects were also awarded at this year’s AHEAD Awards 2020: the first place winner was a Greek seaside hotel, without the usual blue and white idyll for once.
The derelict building of Hotel Dexamenes located on Greece’s western Peloponnese coastline used to function
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Nova Iskra co-working | Belgrade, Serbia
As co-working places in general, Nova Iskra creative hub in Belgrade also aims to promote collaboration between its users. In this week’s article of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series presenting innovative community spaces, we explore how it achieves this inspiring effect.
When designing the interiors of Nova Iskra co-working
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Packaging refined to art | ANITATOTH X Flying Objects Design
When the experts of the brand ANITATOTH dreamt up the packaging of their premium quality cosmetics products, their primary goal was to grasp the high quality and mold it into a physical form. They turned to Flying Objects Design Studio to help them reach their goal.
In the case of
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Mirrors, windows and infinity | Lexová & Smetana
Anyone looking for a truly cool shop window design in Prague nowadays turns to Terezie Lexová and Štěpán Smetana. Recently inspired by reflective surfaces, the duo does not only work with shop window design, furniture design or light installations.
The Czech Designblok festival has been organized around the concept of
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Polish family house built based on LEGO principles
Sometimes the ideas for a problem come from the most unexpected places: in the case of this house in Poznań, the architects reached back to the childhood experience of playing with LEGO blocks to exploit the potentials of the hilly location.
Do you remember the houses built of LEGO blocks
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Galya lookout tower | Galyatető
The Galya lookout tower built on the second highest point of the Mátra Mountains fits into its context innovatively. In this week’s episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER architectural series we focus on this building handed over in 2015.
The summit of the almost 1000-meter tall Galyatető is located
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Listening to our instincts | 7SCENTS
7scents perfumery is one of the latest gems of downtown Budapest. We were captivated by the atmosphere, the selection of perfumes only available here in Hungary, and last, but not least by the honest enthusiasm of the owner, Ákos Pozsgai, and so we asked him about the background of his
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New memorial center handed over in Auschwitz
Kraków-based architecture studio NArchitekTURA designed a sculpture park and an exhibition and education center in the place of the former Auschwitz concentration camp, in Oświęcim, Poland.
Architecture firm NArchitekTURA designed a memorial sitting on a synagogue destroyed 80 years ago in Oświęcim, Poland. Dubbed Paths of Life, the seemingly randomly
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Nanushka’s latest store in London evokes the atmosphere of hotels
The label’s latest flagship store in London once again showcases the multifunctional style represented by Nanushka stores in general, complete with a cafe, lounge-inspired rooms and an indoor garden.
Nanushka opened its latest flagship store in London’s Mayfair, designed by Paris-based Festen Architecture. The interiors evoking the seventies
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Blurred boundaries | Houseboat on Lake Tisza
The summer retreat of a young couple on Lake Tisza, where the boundaries between self and nature are blurring – meet Sneci, the houseboat designed by Tamás Bene.
Sneci could even serve as a study that illustrates, summarizes and slightly exceeds what built environment related to rivers and waterfronts means. Architect
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Playing with building blocks on paper | Stampville
Now we know what these gloomy, cold, quarantine-like days need: Aurélien Debat’s special stamp set, turning us into an architect and a contractor at the same time, while sitting at our desk.
Dubbed Stampville, French graphic artist Aurélien Debat‘s set will help you build houses, villages, skyscrapers or
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Premium sourdough bread from the van | PékTaxi
There are some ideas that – although were inspired by the quarantine – will not only have a place during these times: including Péktaxi, the business launched by Boróka Pintér and Dávid Bali.
I used to spend my summers in a small village as a kid, and so for me having fresh
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Special sound installation makes social distancing more fun
A Japanese collective adds a layer of playfulness to social distancing with the toolset of social design: by keeping the required distance, visitors can play Erik Satie’s beautiful piano piece.
Classical music plays from a source hidden at first glance at the entrance to the DESIGNART TOKYO 2020 event:
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Education and Recreation Center | Marki, Poland
The town of Marki near Warsaw was placed on the map by this building. We continue showcasing innovative spaces in the framework of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series – this week, we invite you to take a look around this multifunctional education and recreation center with us.
Marki used to serve
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Where future meets history | Building renovation in Prague
Another industrial building has been put back into the circulation in Prague’s emerging Smíchov district. Even though it became detached from its original function quite some time before the renovation, the building still honors and evokes its past in several details.
Five Building originally functioned as a tram depot,
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Brighten up the days spent at home | Krate
We have a greater need for staying at home already during the winter, but now the circumstances are also forcing us. We asked the founders of Krate.hu, one of the coolest online design stores what they recommend to brighten up our days spent at home with.
Even though Krate
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Being a man in 2020 | Illustrations by Lehel Kovács
Cracked, idealized antique sculpture – a poignant depiction of the process that the masculine (self)image, which has been untouchable for a long time, is going through today. Lehel Kovács created the drawing for the article series of The Guardian released on the topic, together with two other illustrations.
These antique
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Turning faults into fortunes | GoodWaste
In parallel to the concept of the “new normal”, the notion of the “new creative” is also underway, and we found a design collective in London that’s the perfect prototype of the latter. GoodWaste takes the faults of the leftover materials as their starting point when designing their unique
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Villa in the woods
Brutalist harmony in a concrete villa nestled in the woods: the residence of this Belgian family looks contemporary and feels as if it had been standing in the middle of the forest forever.
It’s fascinating how timeless the buildings built in the spirit of Brutalism can feel, and the
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Past in the present | Farmer Gobelin collection out now by Earth’N’More
Earth’N’More’s capsule collection sneaks soon-to-be-vanished crafts back into fashion. In the spirit of recycling,the originators of the concept, Fanny Fazekas and Bence Kondor, spiced up vintage denim jackets with old Gobelins that used to hang on walls.
“Back when I was a child, my grandmother was
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MOME and Hungarian Red Cross launch joint charity campaign
The first joint campaign of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design and the Hungarian Red Cross started on November 20, on World Children’s Day, in the framework of which the two organizations aim to deliver one hundred Baby Packs to disadvantaged families with babies living all across the country.
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Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture | Osijek, Croatia
Discipline meets playfulness, and novelty meets history in the building of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Osijek, Croatia, which we explored in the framework of this week’s PACE X HYPEANDHYPER episode.
The building of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture in Osijek could serve as
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House on the edge of the village | Kővágóörs, Hungary
We stumbled across the guesthouse named bari.boci, a hundred-year-old red stone building in Kővágóörs, right on the edge of the village, in the gate of the Káli Basin. As not only the house and the plot are unmatched, but what has been brought out of them, too, we asked
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Weekend house romance reinvented | Studio Bunyik
Architect Emese Bunyik imagined her family’s summer home as a giant bunkbed. The house once inhabited by dormice now display the ideas and work of three generations, from children to grandparents.
There is a certain nomadic charm to the Danube Bend: even if it is close to the capital,
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Bath and library in one
The City of Bratislava announced an international call for the renovation of Grössling Bath, with the revival of the facility’s community role as one of the core criteria. Deichler Jakab Studio’s proposal finished fourth of the total of 77 project submitted.
The City of Bratislava and the Metropolitan
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Mlynica | Bratislava, Slovakia
Every successful renovation starts with accepting the basic qualities: in the case of the factory building Mlynica in Bratislava, this meant accepting the unique aesthetic heritage of the industrial building, serving as the basis of modernization. Come and explore this building with us in the latest episode of our PACE
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A move well done | Gran Fierro, Prague
The latest hot spot of the Czech capital is Argentinian restaurant Gran Fierro, resulting not only from the food and wine selection, but the interior too, designed by the team of Formafatal.
After their foundation in 2015, one of the first projects of architecture studio Formafatal was the interior design
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We'll soon be able to buy cabins on Amazon
The mirrored tiny houses of Estonian studio ÖÖD blend in with their surroundings almost imperceptibly – and soon, they will be available for order online.
The prefab houses of Tallinn-based studio ÖÖD with a floorspace little over 10 sqm can function both as a home office and a guest house. Forming
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art+design | Attila Kertész
Visual arts are the eternal source of inspiration for design. The two fields can subsist separately, too, but why would we ever separate them if they complement each other so well? We’d rather further boost the connection: we have once again found an art exhibition that almost screamed for
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Architecture history in short story length | 10+1 Budapest
Wandering around the streets of Budapest without destinations is already a great experience, but you can also take a volume of the 10+1 Budapest book series even for the easiest of walks, as the books are only 50-page-long each, at the same time provide a lot of new information
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Finland turns billboards into disinfection stations for mobile phones
Hand sanitization has perhaps become a common routine by now, but there is still one thing left that we tend to forget: to sanitize the devices we touch practically all the time, that is, our mobile phones. In Finland, they proposed a solution accessible for all citizens.
Finnish health company
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Bang & Olufsen’s beautiful classic is back
Bang & Olufsen is now selling record players for the first time since the nineties, and on top, they renovated a model launched in 1972.
Danish company Bang & Olufsen was founded in 1925, and their name has been synonymous with high-end speakers since then. From the 1960s onward, each and every
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Primary school | Split, Croatia
The building of Žnjan-Pazdigrad Primary School in Split would already be noteworthy and eye-catching if it didn’t have a football field with a panorama over the sea. Come and explore this building with us a way of finishing the Sustainable Communities category of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series.
Žnjan-Pazdigrad
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Famous Czech castle renovated with contemporary additions
The Helfštýn Castle is the second largest castle of the Czech Republic after the Prague Castle. After it was closed in 2014 due to safety hazards, it is now once again open to visitors. Not only its 14th century architectural values, but the renovation of the castle in a contemporary
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Bubble above the city | Villa Sophia, Prague
Being close to the city buzz while also being able to escape it if we feel like it – this was the main need of the young couple returning from Canada to the Czech Republic when they commissioned architecture firm CollColl to design their new home.
Built in the hillside in
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A city built of recycled waste
The joint project of Norwegian startup Othalo and the United Nations’ urban development program responds to the shortage of construction materials and the utilization of plastic waste at the same time – and now they also have architect Julien de Smedt on board.
Othalo and UN Habitat’s project would start
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Lamps inspired by space | Lunaris
The pieces of Polish designer Katarzyna Jasyk’s latest collection are on the verge between visual arts and design. The designer turned to constellations for inspiration when designing her new lamps.
Katarzyna Jasyk‘s lamps reach way beyond the category of simple lighting elements: the design objects dominating the entire
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In heavenly spheres | Leo Signatures
Leo Rooftop bar in Budapest offers an extraordinary way to get our chakras in balance: the bar’s team welcomes visitors with drinks customized to the various chakras.
“All hope abandon ye who enter here” – Dante’s quote is the first thing we see when opening Leo Rooftop bar’s
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Bridges to the present | Prague, Czech Republic
Even though they only connect two buildings in a practical sense, Prague’s new footbridges can also be construed as a passage between past and present, and they even include chemistry references on top, given their location, the building complex of the University of Chemistry and Technology.
Antonín Engel, the
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Coca-Cola introduces a bottle partly made of paper
No matter how much we loved the iconic coke bottles (the glass ones, not the plastic), we must admit it was time that a company the size of Coca-Cola did something for the environment.
Coca-Cola unveiled its paper bottle prototype a few days ago, developed in collaboration with Danish startup
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Co-working and co-living house | Mokrin, Serbia
How to bring the members of the local community and creative freelancer to a single platform? This is what Mokrin House attempts to achieve. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, you can get to know this project implemented in Vojvodina.
Mokrin is a settlement in the
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Monument honoring coronavirus victims to be built along Uruguayan coastline
The circular architectural installation with a 40-meter diameter was designed to be installed on water off the coast of Uruguay. In addition to commemorating the victims of the pandemic, the structure would also offer a new perspective to experience the coast.
We are still in the middle of the coronavirus
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The “gardens of the future” could be built in Poland
Polish architecture firm MJZ has introduced a proposal for a new urban farming masterplan. The facility would not only grow natural food products, but would also function as a nutrition research center and a community space.
More and more researchers emphasize the need of switching to a plant-based diet, however,
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The urban formula | Datapolis
Dubbed Datapolis, the new business engaged in data analysis functions as a bridge between academic life and the business sector. As there are representatives of both fields in their team, a continuous dialogue is formed: this dynamic is what differentiates Datapolis from other data mining companies operating in the field
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London’s first floating church is completed
Architecture, boat building, religious community space and contemporary design – the floating church installed in a port in East London offers all these in one.
The members of St. Columbia community in East London could occupy an unusual church – and Londoners en bloc, as Genesis Floating Church could not only serve
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Equestrian center | Sânsimion, Romania
Artisan traditions meet industrial solutions in the equestrian center located in Harghita county – it’s not surprising that the project is exemplary in the region. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, we explore a truly idyllic place.
The equestrian center situated in Sânsimion, Transylvania was commissioned
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Where things have a soul | QUÍ Budapest
Instinctiveness, honesty, love of traditions, environmentalism… the values along which Quí was created only make us appreciate the otherwise already perfect Thai and Vietnamese dishes more. Two out of the founder trio, Nguyen Thuy Phuong and Anh Tuan shared their thoughts about the philosophy of the place, their values and
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Cavalcade of patterns in a minimalist Polish home
Even though the floor is different in every room, this Polish family home could still preserve its minimalist character.
One can find white walls, wooden and black furniture in this family home located in a little town in eastern Poland. The more we move further in the house, the more
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Hotel rooms in home office mode | Hotel Rum, Budapest
The hotel industry was one of the sectors that were hit extremely hard by the crisis brought on by the Covid-19 epidemic. Luckily however, instead of being buried in hopelessness, many saw the opportunity offered by the extreme situation: including Budapest-based Hotel Rum whose team decided to utilize their gorgeous
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House with the waves of the ocean on its top
The location of this house on the coasts of Chile is already exceptional in itself, but the cherry on top is provided by its undulating concrete roof.
This gorgeous villa lies on the rocky coast of the Pacific, in Los Vilos, Chile, designed by Pritzker-award winning architect Ryue Nishizawa. The
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Enzo Mari, a dominant figure of Italian design has passed away
The legendary Italian designer died a day after his retrospective exhibition was opened on October 17, at the Triennale di Milano.
We were just about to publish an article about the design oeuvre of Enzo Mari (1932-2020) being showcased in the framework of a comprehensive exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich
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Kindergarten Nová Ruda | Liberec, Czech Republic
This kindergarten in the Czech Republic chosen as the Building of the Year at Czech Architecture Award in 2019 offers children the possibility of endless discovery – and in the latest episode of our PACE X Hype and Hyper series you can now learn how.
A few years ago, the need
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Visual diary of a river captured by a nature photographer | Gora, Russia
Snow-covered, cloudy, gleaming and mysterious. A Russian photographer observed the Iskona river from May to December and explored all of its qualities during such time. Poetry on photos.
Ilya Batrakov first saw the Iskona River as a child. The Moscow-born boy felt at home in this land immediately – as a
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Snowy terraces and unmatched views | Ski center in Bachledova Valley, Slovakia
The recreation center designed by Compass Architecti hardly stands out from its environment, yet still looks spectacular with its glass walls emerging from the snowy landscape.
Situated on the Spiš Magura, Bachledka Ski & Sun ski center and its area is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the region.
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Sparkling wine with a unique character | Hidden Characters x Hernyák Winery
Hernyák Winery’s own sparkling wines will debut this year. On the occasion of the premier, we not only asked the owners of the estate about the drink, but the label of the bottle designed by Hidden Characters, as well.
“With its sparkling wines, Etyek will mark a distinct spot
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Ludwig Museum announced as Museum of the Year
Ludwig Museum celebrating the 30th anniversary of its foundation last year has won the Museum of the Year Award in 2020. It is the first time that the award established by Pulszky Society, the professional organization of museums was awarded to an institution purely focusing on contemporary art.
Ludwig Museum
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The 21st century version of the classic Fiat 126
The Fiat 126 model released in 1972 was one of the greatest hits of the car manufacturer – now an Italian designer proposes a new, all-electric version of the iconic car.
Today we only get see one or two Polski Fiats one the streets, yet there were years, or rather decades,
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arkt supply | Eger, Hungary
The latest episode of PACE Project and HYPEANDHYPER’s joint series once again presents a sustainable community project. Reinvented design process and collective construction by involving the local community – this is how Arkt Art Supply in Eger came to life.
In 2014, arkt studio was looking for a place where
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A more casual side to Japan | Ensō, Budapest
Ensō offers a refreshing surprise in Budapest downtown: it’s not only the menu that will make us return to the city’s latest Japanese pub and ramen bar, but its atmosphere, too. Instead of the usual Far Eastern minimalism, here we see wabi sabi all over the place, giving
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360-degree panorama over nature in a forest near Prague
This treehouse blends in with its surroundings almost completely, offering a view not only over the forest, but the sheep grazing nearby, too.
Czech architect Jan Tyrpek designed a cozy treehouse on the forested private area of Hrusice near Prague. The aim of the installation-like hut is to bring the
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The first house designed by Aston Martin
From now on, Aston Martin specialized in high-end cars will also design complete homes in addition to vehicles. Here are the plans of the first luxury villa!
If we didn’t know this house to be located in Hudson Valley is the work of the designers of Aston Martin, it
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Alpine chalet reinvented | Studio Perspektiv
Even though at first glance it looks nothing like a typical Alpine hut, the cabin renovated by Prague and Bratislava-based architect firm Studio Perspectiv draws on traditions greatly.
Everyone wants a hut in the woods – this could have been the basic thought of the architects of Studio Perspektiv when they
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On the verge of reality | Digital art and space design
It didn’t start during the quarantine, but being isolated and stuck within the four walls for sure gave a great momentum to the dreamscape movement, that is, spaces created with artificial, dreamy 3D visualization.
Digital renders have formed an integral part of architects’ and designers’ practice for a long
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Stylish, strong and electric: meet Mercedes-Benz’s eScooter
Mercedes-Benz’s new electronic scooter eScooter accelerates to 20 km/h in seconds.
The German car manufacturer has been experimenting with environmentally friendly transport options for years now, so it was time they released their own electric scooter. Recently they took the step and unveiled eScooter, a full suspension urban
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Anjuna Ice Pops packaging wins Red Dot award
The packaging of Anjuna ice pops balancing somewhere between a colorful fruit orgy and clean shapes not only stole our hearts: the team of DekoRatio received the most prestigious design prize, the Red Dot award for the design.
Anjuna’s vegan ice pops landed on the shelves of stores this
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The Radio and TV Faculty of Silesia University | Katowice, Poland
The traditions of typical Silesian brick architecture can be observed on the building of the Radio and TV Faculty of Silesia University, which has just been named the best brick building of the world at the Brick Award 2020 competition. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series,
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The new life of the 3-stripes jogger | Lotta Volkova x Adidas
With its pieces evoking the last days of the Eastern bloc, Adidas’s latest capsule collection will trigger some nostalgia in the thirty-somethings of our time, for sure.
The 3-stripes Adidas tracksuit is one of the basic items of the post-Soviet style. You can always do more or can look
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This concrete amphitheater can be the new community spot of Warsaw
Polish architect studio mode:lina designed Warsaw’s new community space in one of the city’s busy districts in the spirit of democracy.
The amphitheater built of concrete was commissioned by Warsaw-based co-working and co-creating company Brain Embassy. Its goal is to give momentum to discourse and provide a
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The classic and contemporary face of Japan | Nebuta
Designed by Mhdesign, aka Manna Hábenczius, Budapest’s new Japanese restaurant boasts with a mainly modern interior, however, traditions also pop up here and there in the place.
There are many different ways to evoke Japanese living – Nebuta restaurant in Nyugati tér opted for the clean and simple approach. The
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Rainbow enclosed in a symbolic circle | Atelier Štěpán
If an idea waits thirty years to become reality, it’ll probably result in something exceptional. At least this is what happened in the case of Brno’s new Roman Catholic church.
Architect Marek Jan Štěpán has been contemplating building a contemporary church for thirty years. However, he only managed
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The true voice of female musicians | Ladies on Records
Eastern European songs, Turkish psychedelia, Greek melodies: Ladies on Records does not only bring back old tunes, but also helps us hear things beneath the songs that have stayed hidden until now.
I found one of the mixes of Kornelia Binicewicz on a Sunday morning, featuring hits of famous Hungarian
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The House of Hungarian Music receives another prestigious international award
Even though it hasn’t even been built yet, the House of Hungarian Music has already won several awards. Now it was recognized by one of the most prestigious music-professional contests of the world, the American Music Cities Awards.
The House of Hungarian Music designed by Sou Fujimoto as part
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Budapest Design Week will be held in a hybrid form this year
Several programs of Hungary’s most significant design events will be held in the online space this year between October 1 and 11.
The coronavirus is inescapable also from the perspective of design, thus it received a great role in the program of the 17th Budapest Design Week, too. In
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Stage | Dnipro, Ukraine
If we wanted to illustrate community architecture, the Stage project would be a perfect example: it is the product of the hard work of more than two hundred people, and has been catering to the needs of a community ever since it was built.
There is a stage standing in
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Folk art meets contemporary design in this old Russian dacha
In the course of the renovation of the villa standing on the bank of the Kamenka River, the designers preserved the traditional elements of hundreds years of age, but implemented all additions in a contemporary style.
An ornately carved façade on one side, and clean, white walls on the other.
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Polish everyday life on Instagram | poland.street.view
Those missing traveling very much have most likely discovered some virtual travel substitutes already at this point. We also came across a “stand-in” of the kind, allowing us to travel across Poland on Instagram.
There was absolutely no sign of the coronavirus yet when one of my friends, when asked
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Natural all the way | Sejribizli bistro, Budapest
Budapest’s first zero waste bistro, Sejribizli opened under the leafy trees of Falk Miksa utca, where naturalness is key in every aspect.
Even though it was only opened a week ago, Sejribizli seems like it has been a part of Falk Miksa utca forever. Based on the atmosphere of
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Architect studio BIG to design tech hub in Bratislava
The new headquarters of cybersecurity company ESET will be built in the place of a former military center, and the company commissioned the London office of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) to design the new hub.
The Slovakian company known for their antivirus software purchased the lot situated in the western
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From agri-waste to plate set
A bio-design student of the School of Form in Poznań, Poland created a plate set and packaging materials made of sugar beet leaves.
Sugar beet leaves create the majority of agricultural waste in Poland, and in the entire EU they amount to 20 million tons every year. It was time
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A’ Design Award & Competition’s call is open until the end of the month
One of the world’s most prestigious professional competitions is awaiting architecture and design entries until September 30.
The A’ Design Award & Competition was organized for the first time in 2010, and has become one of the most recognized design contests in the world since then. The most popular sections
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Nádvorie, the courtyard | Trnava, Slovakia
A massive change is taking place in Trnava old town in recent years: a community and cultural center is being built amidst the historical buildings. In the latest episode of our PACE X HYPEANDHYPER series, we brought you another sustainable community project: a special public space renovation.
Nádvorie (literally meaning
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A call to ancient instincts | Landroom observatory
The tiny observatory built of rammed earth in the Negev desert, Israel awakens our ancient instinct of turning to the starry sky for guidance.
Located in Negev desert in Israel, on the western side of the Mitzpe Ramon crater, the star observatory designed by Ben Gitai reaches back to ancient
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From public toilet to work of art | Tadao Ando
Tokyo is already frequently in the center of attention of the design and architectural world, but recently they were featured in the news for a particularly extraordinary project: public toilets, one cooler than the other, are being handed over each week in the city, designed by star architects like Tadao
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Constant and changing | SPLIT collection by YOZA
The lamps of the SPLIT collection designed by István Józsa evoke stability in terms of materials and a continuous circle with their shape.
The same as in the case of the other products of YOZA, we can observe the dissolution of contrasts in the case of the SPLIT collection too.
architecture
Monochrome fire stations in the Alps
These two fire stations are just like the landscape surrounding them: there’s nothing superfluous or ostentatious about them, yet they still face eternity majestically.
Italian Pedevilla Architects designed a fire station in Viersach, South Tyrol and Taufers situated in Northern Italy. The designers put simplicity and reflecting on the
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Future cargo ships could be powered by the wind
The Oceanbird vessel prototype designed by a Swedish company promises to reduce travel emissions by up to 90% compared to regular freighters.
Several studies published over the past decade claim that Europe’s air pollution is caused much more by ocean transport than by car traffic. Therefore it is critical
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Travel to Mars from a square in Prague
Architect studio Jiri Prihoda takes passersby to the Mars with an impressive, shell-shaped architectural installation.
The extravagant installation of architect studio Jiri Prihoda on the square of office center Rustonka, Prague looks as though it was dropped straight from space, even though the shell-shaped mirroring structure made of stainless steel
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Islamic Religious and Cultural Center | Ljubljana, Slovenia
The first mosque in Slovenia does not only promote the revival of the local Islamic community – it was built in a quarter on the edge of Ljubljana’s city center that very much needed some new blood. In the framework of our series PACE X HYPEANDHYPER, first we will present
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Atlantic ambience up north | Nordic Spa
The cabins of Nordic Spa are hidden amongst the sand dunes on the shore of the Baltic Sea, offering a spectacular view over the sea.
If we didn’t know the nearest town is Kaliningrad, we would say the houses of Nordic Spa are standing on the coast of the
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Modernism with a minimalist twist | IFA Group
At first glance, we wouldn’t say the house designed by architect studio IFA Group standing in a street of the suburbs of Gdynia full of modernist houses was not built at the same time as the neighboring buildings.
This was the architects’ goal exactly: to design a house that
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Czech studio to design the Abu Dhabi flamingo visitor center
The designs of Prague-based architect studio Petr Janda Brainwork won the call announced for designing the new flamingo visitor center in Abu Dhabi.
The designers of architect studio Petr Janda were able to grasp the character of the Al Wathba landscape from thousands of kilometers. This is exactly why the
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Finnish living on the shore of Lake Ladoga | Rhizome cabins
Even though they are located in a typical northern area, the forest cabins of architect studio Rhizome very much draw on coastal landscapes and styles, too.
The forests standing on the shore of Lake Ladoga located in the Republic of Karelia, Russia near the Finnish border truly evoke the coastal
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One with the mountains | The latest viewpoint in the Alps
Italian architect studio noa* designed a breathtaking architectural installation in South Tyrol. The viewpoint located at 3251 meters offers a view over the place where Ötzi was found.
Getting to the top of a mountain and looking over the surrounding landscape is always a transcendental experience. What makes a good
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Freshly brewed coffee wherever you go
The Handpresso can fit into a larger pocket, allowing you to brew your favorite coffee wherever you are – even in the middle of nothing.
The Handpresso portable coffee machine is approximately the size of a deodorant can, and uses no electricity to brew top quality coffee. All it needs is
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This smart helmet will even call an ambulance if needed
But it was designed precisely to reduce the number of times an ambulance is needed, owing to its high-visibility brake light.
The smart helmet designed by French startup Kosmos Smart Helmet to reduce the number of motorcycle accidents features a Bluetooth connection, built in HD camera and GPS.
The helmet
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On the way to carbon neutrality | No Footprint House
The No Footprint House was made in the framework of a Dutch-Costa Rican collaboration in the island state – even though the house still has some carbon foot print, it very much approaches zero.
The Costa Rican house of architecture studio A-01 supplied with a lot of natural light and natural
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The best of contemporary public architecture in one place | PACE x HYPEANDHYPER
The PACE project was initiated by the professors of the Faculty of Architecture of Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), with headquarters in Budapest, – an online platform designed to serve as a relevant source of Central Eastern European contemporary architecture projects. In the upcoming weeks, we will present a
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Indulj el! | Őrség
The Őrség is one of the most mystical part of the country, with every segment of it deeply infused with history. Doing the 4-hour drive from the capital is not only worth it because of the rich historical heritage, but the natural and ethnographical treasures, too – and one can eat
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Here we have time to arrive | Pingrumba, Budapest
Anyone who’s ever been to Dobruma knows that it’s as if a world traveler friend of ours invited us over for dinner to tell us about their latest trip, to make us taste the local cuisine and to show the treasures they found. The same vibe greets us
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Heritage building turned into boutique hotel | The Modernist Thessaloniki
The Modernist Hotel, the latest hot spot of Thessaloniki looks like a Wes
Anderson movie set from the outside, with an interior worthy to be featured in
any contemporary-minimalist magazine.
Local architecture studio FORMrelated renovated a heritage building built in
1920 and turned it into a cool boutique hotel in
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Indulj el! | Tokaj
There are not too many people who wouldn’t think of wine instantly when hearing
the name of Tokaj, and it’s for good reason. The history of Tokaj and wine
became one almost a thousand years ago, as this area was already a grape
producing land in the 11th
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Pavements from a skater’s angle | GRRRND Zero
Perhaps as pedestrians we don’t even notice the wide variety of textures we walk
on day by day. However, the changes in pavements are much more prominent when on
a skateboard, and sliding on the concrete gives a whole different experience
than rolling on mosaics. This is what Julien
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Creating with nature | Mar Galliti x Tünde Ruzicska
Zita Gyurkovics, the founder of Mar Galliti grasped the ritual-nature of
cosmetics when she invited ceramic artist Tünde Ruzicska to design unique
porcelains for her products. The latest pieces of the collaboration are the
bottles designed for botanical perfumes that reach way beyond their function:
spraying the scent on ourselves
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The latest design concrete is made of seashells
Sea Stone resembling concrete both in terms of looks and components is
manufactured out of discarded seashells.
The shells piling up on shores as a side product of seafood and aquaculture
industries usually end up in the landfill, but London and Seoul-based studio
Newtab-22 figured out a way how to
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Art Deco’s ghost moved into a motorcycle
German motorcycle manufacturer Kingston Custom took an 1980 BMW model and
manufactured a museum-worthy motorbike out of it – which then ended up in a
museum indeed.
It would be hard to say which era Kingston Custom’s Good Ghost motorbike
originates from at first glance. The basis was provided by
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Iconic Russian railway station restored
Avant-garde constructivism and Soviet modernism is combined in the building of
the railway station in Ivanovo, Russia, built in the 1930s, which has now been
complemented in a manner also catering to the needs of the 21st century.
Russia’s largest train station built in constructivist style is located in
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Art deco and zen simplicity | NOBU Warsaw
Since July this year, the high-end Japanese feeling can be experienced in the
Polish capital, too: Poland’s first NOBU hotel opened, with quite notable
design.
Nobu [https://warsaw.nobuhotels.com/]‘s story reaches back to the eighties, when
Robert de Niro became a regular in Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa’s
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Indulj el! | Danube Bend
Waterfront, islands, mountains, picturesque little villages, historical
memories: in spite of its small area, the Danube Bend is an incredibly diverse
part of the country. Owing to its location, it has wondrous natural qualities,
and some even think that the heart chakra of the Earth is located somewhere
around here,
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Natural beauty | SOFI Belgrade
Designed by local architecture studio Studio Autori, the interior of SOFI
natural cosmetics store in Belgrade emphasizes the beauty inherent in flaws.
The Belgrade store of Serbian natural cosmetics company SOFI
[http://www.sofi.rs/en] is a vivid manifestation of the brand’s philosophy: the
same as in the
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The sustainable floating cities of the future | BIG
Bjarke Ingels and his team also ventured on the field of designing off-coast
island-cities. They designed three islands off the shore of Penang Island,
Malaysia, in the spirit of sustainability and environmentalism as part of the
Penang2030 project.
The new group of islands titled BiodiverCity would reach across 1821 hectares
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Living on the edge | Clifftop houses
Clifftop houses rising to the sky above nothing or the wild waves of the ocean –
here are some houses designed into quite extreme environments, allowing the
dwellers to get an extra dosage of adrenaline even during their everyday life.
The expression “living on the edge” has never been more accurate
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Depth and height | The Concrete Villa
The architects of DF_DC built a stunning concrete villa on an elongated trapeze
shape: the place now giving home to a building full of exciting solutions used
to serve as a vineyard.
Wallpaper [https://www.wallpaper.com/tags/architects-directory-2020] magazine
has been reporting notable architectural solutions, successful architects and
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Hurricane-proof floating villa
This luxury yacht-villa floating on the water was inspired by flamingos: its
retractable stilts allow it to be raised fully out of the water, thus making it
hurricane-proof.
Designed by Dutch Waterstudio.NL, the hybrid structure called Arkup 75 functions
as a yacht and an isolated floating villa at the
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Picnic basket from the future
This hypermodern picnic basket includes powdered supplements, dehydrated
vegetables and compact kitchen utensils, with an app providing assistance for
cooking.
Remote, faraway travel destinations allowing us to cut off from the outside
world are growing in popularity, and the pandemic only made them even more
desirable. But how could hospitality
architecture
Europe’s largest 3D printer prints a two-story house
This house in Belgium is the first to have been 3D-printed from concrete in a
single item instead of being fabricated on a piece-by-piece basis.
A fully 3D-printed house can save up to sixty percent of the materials, time and
money – as demonstrated by the house built (or rather printed
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Stunning Hungarian castle fully restored | Botaniq Castle of Tura
After renovation works of almost 15 years, Schossberger Castle in Tura shines in
its former glory once again. The building evoking the castles along the Loire in
France was renovated in the framework of a complete monument reconstruction
project and will continue to live as a luxury hotel under the
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Waves amidst the grapevines | Lahofer winery
The centuries-old tradition of wine-making meets the most modern technologies
the same way as the architectural features of old wine cellars are manifested in
the new building of Lahofer winery designed by Chybik + Kristof.
Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof is already experienced in how to connect
the traditions of wine regions
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A floating workstation under the bridge | Lebrel
Cabins pop up in the most diverse places nowadays, used by their owners for
retreating to work, create or rest. With his studio installed under a bridge,
Fernando Abellanas is one of the pioneers of the movement.
If you look at the projects of Lebrel Furniture led by Fernando Abellanas,
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This smart lamp can help children learn
The AI-powered design lamp does not only read aloud, but can also help kids
interpret what they hear.
Sometimes kids who cannot read yet would love to dive deep in their favorite
books, but their parents don’t have time to read to them. It is also quite
frequent that
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Ancient cistern transformed into a contemporary museum
One of the largest ancient Roman water reservoirs is located in Naples – and is
now redesigned by a Hong Kong-based architecture studio as an impressive
contemporary museum.
Piscina Mirabilis, one of the largest ancient cisterns, built by Emperor
Augustus in the 1st century AD, stretches under Naples on 1450 square
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Portugal’s flavors and colors in a restaurant in Wrocław | MARTIM
Polish BUCK.Studio designed a marvelous interior for the restaurant opened on
the Odra riverbank. Both the colors and textures in MARTIM’s interior represent
Portuguese identity, allowing us to experience the Portuguese vibe already
before getting a taste of the wines and meals.
A part of newly opened MARTIM
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House with seven walls | MÁS építészek
The name of the latest house design of MÁS Építészek feels like a fairytale
already: House with seven walls. The building complex to be implemented near
Csákberény resonates with contemporary trends and client’s needs by also
carrying something primal, rudimentary and mystical at the same time.
Every fairytale has
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Medieval rock wall with a Brutalist addition
The castle wall built in the hillside of Castelgrande in Switzerland was
restored back in the eighties – in a quite unconventional manner, we must say.
The Brutalist addition was captured by Simone Bossi on jaw-dropping shots.
They started to transform the giant rocks of Castelgrande in Bellinzona into a
castle
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„From chaos to orderliness” – Black hole in a second-hand store
An exciting symbol was placed right in the middle of a second-hand store in
Saint Petersburg: the ebony black cube appearing out of nowhere hides a message
matching the spirit of the store perfectly.
SVALKA.spb is a new designer and secondhand store in Saint Petersburg. The aim
of the
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New house inside a ruin | ORA architects
This house in the Czech Republic is here to prove that not everything is what it
seems: even though it appears to be a ruin, it turns out to be a carefully
renovated modern home if one takes a closer look.
Czech architecture studio ORA has already prove
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These headphones will put you right in a state of flow
Listening to music is one of the best ways to get in a state of flow. Especially
if we do it with headphones like IRIS Flow, helping us get in a focused and
relaxed state of mind by stimulating our brain.
UK tech startup IRIS promises to change the experience
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Volkswagen debuts a new model designed for camping
Volkswagen released a comfortable Mini-Camper expandable with a tent and
outfitted with a panoramic glass roof, and presented its latest model on lovely
illustrations.
As a result of the lockdown, the freedom offered by nature has become even more
appealing, and camping also enjoys widespread popularity. Car manufacturers seem
to
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The next level after coworking | Loffice’s new building
Community forms of life aren’t over even in spite of the COVID-19 epidemic, on
the contrary: after the lockdown, the feeling of belonging somewhere has become
even more important for many of us. Loffice, the most well-known Hungarian
coworking office opened its new unit during the summer, proposing something
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The freeing power of creation | Manohuis
Playground, creative club, experiments, adventures. We present you Manohuis, a
Hungarian brand where the eco-mindset is combined with endless creativity and
cheer.
“Our name is goofy like this because this is what we wanted, as a joke” –
introduce Manohuis founders Anita Nyirő and Györgyi Jacsó the story of their
brand.
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Pantone created an application to help us identify colors
With the help of the special card and application, we can find out which color
of the Pantone scale the given tone matches the most within 25 seconds.
No one, be it a designer or a layman, has the entire Pantone scale in their
head. To help us identify colors
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Beautiful blue glass made out of invasive species of mussels
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, they say. A student group in Michigan
did just that when they created a beautiful, versatile glass out of species of
mussels dangerous to the eco-system.
Originating from Russia and Ukraine respectively, zebra and quagga mussels
started to spread in the lakes of
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Architects leading the way | Pyxis Nautica interview
They have designed several office buildings in Budapest (and also won the award
of Interior Design Company of the Year at the Office of the Year competition in
2019), but their portfolio also features a great number of summer houses. We
interviewed one of the founders, László Monori about the
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Mini library in the woods | Bookworm Cabin
Located at a 45-minute drive from Warsaw, the cabin advertised as the shelter
for bookworms offers no Wi-Fi, but all the more books.
When we would dive deep into a novel or a piece of literature for our research,
we can get distracted by the flashing screens of our phones
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Making dreams come true | Studio Proba’s pool mural
Alex Proba does not only make her clients’ dreams come true, but her own, too.
The latest gem of her portfolio is the pool mural in a Californian home, a
project she has always dreamed of.
No one ever said the walls of a pool were only supposed to be
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When Budapest Bath Culture & Eco-Design Meet | PHILOMÉN SS20
The swimwear line of the Hungarian brand leading the way in sustainability –
PHILOMÉN, truly brings back the glory of Budapest baths and it’s bath culture,
all while responding to the modern needs of the concsious woman, as only
environmentally friendly materials and manufacturing techniques are used in
their creative
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Industrial production naturally | TILT chair
When designing the new chair of Balaton Bútorgyár, Dániel Lakos was looking to
answer the question of how products can be manufactured with the help of modern
industrial techniques that recall the uniqueness and unrepeatable nature of
objects fabricated with ancient artisanal techniques.
“I have been intrigued by the thought
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These clocks will change how we think of time
Buddha says all suffering comes from time – or the fact that there is never
enough of it. With his groundbreaking clocks, filmmaker turned visual artist
Scott Thrift proposes a brand new approach to time.
As opposed to traditional clocks, Scott Thrift’s clocks display time in a
broader perspective. The
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MVRDV designs Wrocław’s latest creative hub
The 19th century building standing on the riverside has been reinvented with
contemporary extensions by leading architecture studio MVRDV.
The island of Słodowa has already been one of the most special spots of Wrocław,
however, with the handover of the building of Concordia Design, it will have a
solid place
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Balanced constellations | Moon Moth lamp collection
For their latest collection, Polish brand Moon Moth turned to Japanese culture
and contemporary minimalist aesthetics for inspiration.
The truly well-thought-out objects give off the vibe of balance in a way we
don’t even recognize it. This is what the designers of the Tanjun collection of
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Statuesque guest house in the back of the garden
Anyone would be the guest of a host like this, for sure: the owner of a house in
Ghent built a separate installation-like cabin at the back of his garden for his
guests, with the help of one of the coolest Belgian architecture studios.
Make them remember their stay forever
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Dunes and pine trees on the Curonian Spit
The amazing lands of the Curonian Spit – possibly quite easily mistaken for the
shores of the Atlantic – are split between Lithuania and Russia.
The 98 kilometers long Curonian Spit reaching in the Baltic Sea is a less
popular travel destination, even though it also gives home to the largest sand
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Where nature and architecture are equal | Paul Milinski
Paul Milinski’s artificial landscapes made with 3D visualization may not only
offer possibilities for daydreaming – who said we can’t imagine and then design
our future in such an idyllic manner?
Letting our fantasy run wild isn’t easy for all of us. Divorcing from reality
can be hard,
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Old logic from a fresh angle | József Őrfi’s house design
Architect József Őrfi designed a house on a forested area taking into
consideration the needs of today’s world, but following old architectural
solutions.
The design of House No. 03 echoes the old house on the place of which it was
supposed to built in terms of size, location, structure,
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Granola from a designer bowl | Ábel Lakatos x Hester's Life
Now we can eat the country’s favorite granola out of a muesli bowl designed by
one of our favorite ceramic artists: Hester’s Life and Ábel Lakatos debut the
ceramics born out of their collaboration.
We’ve already known about Hester’s Life [https://www.hesterslife.com/] famous
for
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Mini house from a new angle | Diagonal Dwelling
NYDE studio combined the concept of pre-fabricated cabins with luxury in an
astonishing form.
Here’s a new cabin [https://hypeandhyper.com/en/workstation-cabin-hello-wood/]
running counter to the standards: the Diagonal Dwelling designed by Nicos
Yiatros, a designer of NYDE [https://www.nyde.studio/] goes way beyond boring
prefab houses
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Surfing at the Baltic Sea
Those planning to surf in Europe probably think about Portugal, the Canary
Islands or perhaps Basque Country as their main options. Yet there are
possibilities to surf beyond the Atlantic Ocean, even if not a too big one – in
Poland, for example.
Practically speaking, the Baltic Sea is not directly
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Stirring up the waters of Lake Balaton | STÉG 8237
In their latest joint project, Eszter Bertóty and Milán Szabó Z. mixed the
romanticism of the classic piers of Lake Balaton with modern design. Meet STÉG
8237, the latest hot spot in Tihany!
There are not too many places at Lake Balaton where we could enjoy the lake from
this
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Concrete switches might be the next big thing
It could happen even in the most flawlessly designed interiors that the overall
image is ruined by a not-in-the-least aesthetic plastic socket. The plastic
device may not only disturb our eyes – it’s not the most ideal solution from the
point of tactility either, and its far from being eco-conscious.
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Student housing in the Caribbean | Project Grenada
When Kiev-based architect Artem Trigubchak was contracted to design a student
apartment complex on the Caribbean, he reached back to the classic formula and
imagined a Brutalist building into the tropical environment.
We don’t know why, perhaps due to typical illustrations of Brazil, but we simply
love the combination
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Houses floating on the ocean
Many people think about how the coastal areas under great threats of flooding
due the effects of climate change could be saved. Here’s a new solution, this
time from a studio based in the Philippines.
As shocking as it sounds, countless settlements might be endangered
[https://hypeandhyper.com/en/
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Prague’s riverfront came to new life
It could seem as if petrjanda/brainwork studio hardly changed anything during
the renovation of the Prague section of the Vltava riverfront. In reality,
however, it is a well-thought-out, complex, and, at the same time, quite
minimalist project.
A 4-kilometer section of the Vltava riverfront was renovated in downtown Prague.
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art + design | Zsófi Barabás
Visual arts are the eternal source of inspiration for design. The two fields can
subsist separately, too, but why would we ever separate them if they complement
each other so well? We would rather further boost the connection and from now
on, we will choose an art exhibition currently available
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„Letting it convey the message”| Ferenc Forrai x Péter Pincészet
Good work takes time – who else knows this better than a winemaker? In the
course of its branding process, Péter Pincészet worked together with the
representatives of other fields with care and respect to create a unified and
candid visual identity. The task of designing the visual identity and branding
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Architect studio Archwerk created a fairytale landscape in the Playa Hermosa
jungle between two luxury villas. Czech design in the Costa Rican jungle, third
episode.
After the two monolithic luxury villas of Art Villas Resort
[https://artvillas.com/], the third unit of the complex strikes as a surprise.
The mini
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This case lets you disguise your Apple watch as an iPod
It’s unbelievable, but iPods are considered oldschool today. Anyone who misses
it and would like to go down memory lane: here’s what you’ve been waiting for.
And in the beginning there was the iPod – alright, not so much in the beginning,
as Apple released the first generation
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Traditional Japanese fishing vessel gets a bold graphic makeover
Design studio Nendo reimagined a Japanese tuna longliner with a playful design
to relieve the stress of the crew.
Even though one might think the opposite at first, tuna fishing isn’t a
stress-free job either. To catch the fish, the crew must dedicate a month of
hard labor at
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Generations talking | Róma Ételbár x Viki Hitka
We interviewed Viki Hitka on the occasion of the reopening of Róma Ételbár, the
legendary eatery in Buda, who was in charge of the styling of the place in the
course of the renovation.
Róma Ételbár, the iconic place in Csalogány utca operated for 32 years in a row.
The
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eco-conscious
Your practical companion in hydration: the world’s first Origami bottle
It can be folded to the size of a wallet, and can store liquids up to 7.5 dl
when unfolded, and we haven’t even mentioned its countless eco-friendly
features. DiFOLD’s Origami flask is a viable alternative for staying hydrated
every day.
Many of us have already replaced
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Madame Pho debuts a new design
As if we were walking on the streets of an Asian metropolis, yet we are inside a
restaurant in Budapest. Hungarian gastro-marketing agency Socially gave an
Oriental, neon-infused atmosphere to Madame Pho using fibre cement, neon signs
and glass.
Gastro-marketing agency Socially [https://www.socially.hu/] designed an interior
for
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Meditation in the middle of a herb garden | Maacraft x AU Workshop
The result of Maacraft and AU Workshop’s collaboration is this herb dryer, which
does not only provide an opportunity to dry herbs, but to meditate a bit, too.
Time-consuming activities such as drying herbs naturally urge people to slow
down. This is a process that can’t be rushed:
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Plant and people-friendly furniture | Leaf Me Alone
She started her studies at the department of biology, and then ended up
graduating as a designer. In her diploma project, Anna Czikkely combined the two
fields: her collection titled Leaf Me Alone is built around plants.
We could hear about the positive impacts of plants on our well-being, mood
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Czech design in the Costa Rican jungle_02 | Art Villa
The concrete villa designed by architecture studio Formafatal recalls Brazil’s
Brutalist architecture. Czech design in the Costa Rican jungle, second episode.
Architecture studio Formafatal [http://www.formafatal.cz/] really found
themselves in the Costa Rican jungle. After designing Atelier Villa, which we
also covered
[https://hypeandhyper.com/en/czech-design-in-the-costa-rican-jungle-atelier-villa/
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Russian new wave architecture in a beauty salon
Eduard Eremchuk couldn’t deny where he spent his internship even if he wanted
to: the young Russian architect started his career at Bureau Betak known from
the world of fashion shows, and this experience really shows on his works.
The paradigm shift taking place in the field of architecture
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Reinterpreted furniture and visual identity | Plydesign
One more reason we should hope tourism will reboot soon: from now on, the
visitors of Tourinform offices will find themselves amongst furniture design by
Plydesign. Here are the first results of the collaboration, as well as the new
visual identity of the design studio.
If tourist offices are, indeed,
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Back to nature, through the city | SUP Budapest x Alma Vetlényi
Fashion designer Alma Vetlényi and the SUP Budapest community launched their
first T-shirt collection in the spirit of sustainability, inspired by sports and
water, of course.
The same as there is no silence without noise, as urban people, we can only
experience nature truly through the city. The first pieces
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Workstation cabin | Hello Wood
As kids, we all longed for a hideout in the garden: a little wooden cabin, where
we could be alone. Since cabins became popular a few years ago, it’s easier to
make our childhood dreams come true than ever before – with the help of the
latest project of Hello
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Huawei’s new smartphone can now take your temperature
With the Huawei Honor Play 4 Pro smartphone, taking one’s temperature is just as
easy as taking a photograph. After the COVID-19 epidemic, Huawei is the first to
release a phone with a built-in thermometer.
Many people searched for the thermometer keyword amongst mobile apps, especially
after similarly to
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Camp on the back of a truck | SCOUT Olympics
The latest product of SCOUT Campers is somewhere between an RV and a tent,
thanks to which camping off-grid never felt this cozy.
SCOUT’s [https://www.scoutcampers.com/] latest model Olympics released this
summer is portable, detachable and comes with multifunctional characteristics.
The truck camper has the furnishings and
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End of stereotypes | Say No Mo, Kiev
Saying no to regular beauty salons, saying no to sexual discrimination and
saying no to conventional solutions – this is what’s behind the name of Kiev’s
latest and (coolest) beauty salon, Say No Mo.
It’s not easy to take down stereotypes, but the team of Balbek Bureau
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Hand sanitizer design competition launched in London
Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. One thing is for sure,
there wouldn’t be so many creative and practical hand sanitizers also reinvented
in terms of aesthetics if it weren’t for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bompas & Parr teamed up with the Design Museum in London
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Virtual fashion show without models | Hanifa
The designer of Hanifa, Anifa Mvuemba has already contemplated a fashion show
without flesh-and-blood models long before the pandemic – now it seems as if the
circumstances adjusted to her ideas.
In addition to designing clothes, a great passion of Congolese fashion designer
Anifa Mvuemba is 3D modelling. This is how
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Architects and their buildings in Budapest | Ki tervezte?
We’ve come across an Instagram feed filling a huge gap: journalist Zsolt Vékony
captures remarkable buildings while wandering on the streets of Budapest and
documents them on the social media platform by also naming the architects who
designed them.
Sometimes we take the architectural treasures surrounding us every day
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Shutting the world out | Ultra-minimalist apartments in Warsaw
We are constantly bombarded with stimuli in our everyday life – now we present
two apartments in Warsaw that offer paring back in the most positive sense of
the word as an alternative.
Thisispaper Studio [https://studio.thisispaper.com/] imagined their latest
interior project into an old print warehouse originally built
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The world’s first non-melting ice cream | Bompas & Parr
It’s quite bizarre, but the masters of food design used a technique first
applied in World War II to create the first melting-free ice lolly.
Food design studio Bompas & Parr [http://bompasandparr.com/] could revolutionize
the ice cream industry. Their experts developed an ice lolly that starts melting
significantly
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Ukrainian book covers from the 20th century
From world literature to Soviet political propaganda – here’s an Instagram feed
that guides us through the entire 20th century with the help of Ukrainian book
covers.
One of the many creative online projects that were born due to the lockdown: UX
designer Lana living in Lviv, Ukraine decided that
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Contemporary chapels
Sacral architecture is one of the most exciting fields of 21st century
architecture, with its sole existence generating numerous disputes alone. With
the several decade long secularization in mind, the question arises whether new
sacred buildings are needed at all. At the same time, architects keep giving
extraordinary answers to
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The first 3D-printed house of the Czech Republic designed for the water
Self-sufficient, can be made within 48 hours for half the construction costs of
a traditional house, while also keeping CO2 emission at a minimum: this is what
the Czech Republic’s first 3D-printed house can offer, which was designed by a
sculptor on top of it all.
The Czech sculptor
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They dream of design | Imagined, for uncertain times
Even though the all the large design exhibitions and fairs are cancelled this
year, we can come across some really fascinating projects in the virtual space.
We can admire the works of 11 designer artists on the Imagined, for uncertain
times exhibition, placed into an unearthly environment.
The beauty of
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Glacier's ice melt is slowed down with giant blankets in the Alps
The nature conservation action implemented on the oldest glacier of the Alps for
many years recall Christo’s land installations. Even though they do their best,
the Rhône Glacier may not be long for this world.
For 150 years tourists have been traveling to the Rhône Glacier located above
the
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Floating modular houses may be the answer to rising sea levels
Living in direct proximity to water is not only nice, but may be a necessity for
many in the future. British architecture studio Grimshaw and Dutch Concrete
Valley responded to the challenges of rising sea levels due to climate change by
designing floating modular dwellings. The homes floating on concrete
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Design x Covid-19 | 9 projects inspired by the epidemic
It’s time that we slowly emerge from our sheltering homes and try to get back to
our old habits: instead of the two corners of a bench, we meet our friends at a
table of a café, instead of running, we use the park for sunbathing, or if we
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Urban cabin | Warsaw
The pavilion built by Studio Otamto amidst a kitchen garden brings the serenity
of the country to Żoliborz district of Warsaw. A small oasis, helping us escape
the noise and rush of the urban buzz.
Cabins, little gardens, greenhouses – small spaces where we can forget about the
rush of urban
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Czech design in the Costa Rican jungle | Atelier Villa
It’s hard to tell whether the building designed by Formafatal architect studio
or its surroundings are the more gorgeous. The villa hiding in the middle of the
forest looks like a large terrace from afar, offering a view all the way to the
Pacific Ocean.
We can rarely use
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art + design | Dobossy Auctions
Visual arts are the eternal source of inspiration for design. The two fields can
subsist separately, too, but why would we ever separate them if they complement
each other so well? We would rather further boost the connection and from now
on, we will choose an art exhibition that will
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Post-corona design: handsfree pedestrian crossing button for traffic poles
Perhaps not even traffic poles will ever be the same again after the pandemic:
Australian design studio Forward designed a device that can be pressed by the
user’s foot to replace the previous buttons at pedestrian crossings.
Ever since this hygiene-mania going hand in hand with Covid-19 started (even
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Imaginary holiday | Casa Plenaire
We still don’t know anything about summer, whether we can go on vacation or
travel at all. For the time being, only our imagination can cross the borders,
but it comes with some benefits: our dreams don’t depend on our wallets or
distance. And now we can pick
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From complexity towards simplicity | Luca Varga – Interiorlines
Many people long to live in lofts – some for the light, and some for the romance
of beams. Luca Varga, the architect-designer of Interiorlines studio helped her
clients transform their otherwise complexly structured loft into an airy living
space.
The two-story high-ceiling apartment located in District III, Budapest had at
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The Buda Resort | Luxury above the heart chakra of the planet
A world-famous Danish designer imagined a luxury hotel above the heart of the
Visegrad Mountains (and the entire planet, according to many), at Dobogókő. This
idea inspired Johannes Torpe and this team, too, when they designed a
mountainside hotel fitting closely into the landscape, which could easily pass
as a
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Italian designer proposes plexiglass boxes on the beach
Summer is right around the corner, but after the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us
wonder what the coastal areas and beaches will look like in the summer of 2020.
Rome-based designer Umberto Menasci [https://www.umbertomenasci.com/] answers
this question with his project SafeBeach – he would address the problem by
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The graphic designer’s cookbook | Kata Moravszki
Instead of the regular album format, a size resembling old pocket books, and
instead of perfectly staged photos, lovely black and white illustrations – this
is what it’s like if a graphic designer starts to write a cookbook. Not only did
Kata Moravszki share the design of her book Vegán
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Moscow’s first McDonald's restaurant transformed into an island of calm
For the 30th anniversary of its opening, Moscow’s first McDonald’s restaurant
went through a major transformation. The unit located at the buzzing Pushkin
square is one of the busiest McDonald’s restaurants in the world, however, the
basic concept of its renovation was to allow everyone entering the
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LASVIT headquarters | Nový Bor, Czech Republic
The visitors of the city of Nový Bor in the norther part of the Czech Republic
can witness the meeting of an old craft and contemporary design. LASVIT glass
factory renovated a house used by glassmakers for 200 years together with OV-A
architect studio, and they also built their new
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An apartment converted into a park in a tower block
This park created in a 90 m2 apartment at the 27th floor of a 50-story
skyscraper in the framework of an experimental project has everything it should,
except for birdsong and blue sky.
When I was a kid, I had a recurring dream about a flat filled with water. Later
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Living (space) after the epidemic | An urbanist’s angle
Although the lockdown will not last longer than a few weeks, maybe months, the
impulse will probably leave a longer-lasting mark on our lives, way of living
and living spaces, too. The time spent forcibly at home, home office, being
locked in and together all have their lessons already at
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Harmony and coherence | Interview with Márton Lengyel, the architect of URBA
Are architects happy when their signature marks can be seen all around their
portfolio? How can a brand’s vision be communicated through interior design?
Many exciting questions emerged while Márton Lengyel introduced URBA architect
studio to us.
Márton Lengyel and Rita Vízkelety have already been part of several professional
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Micromonumental Mapping | Light art online
One of the most exciting out-turns of the pandemic is how art creations moved to
the virtual space. Now we present you the work of light art creative group
Limelight originally created for the opera house in Lille, and finally ending up
on the screens.
Limelight [https://limelightart.net/] is
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Nadzieja restaurant | Poznan
Condensing the Bauhaus architecture of Tel Aviv into a 80 square meter Polish
restaurant? This is what Agnieszka Owsiany took on – let’s admit – successfully.
Agnieszka Owsiany [https://www.agnieszkaowsiany.pl/] approached the design task
from a perspective completely different than before – instead of clichés, the
interior designer decided to
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The winners of the Office of the Year Award have been announced
The Office of the Year competition organized for the 10th time found itself in
quite a situation. The organizers had to announce the winners of the award
amidst the coronavirus epidemic, but they managed to do so in style in spite of
the unconventional circumstances, and honored the winners and
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A dream house floating on water | Lilypad Palm Beach
Only the soft sound of waves breaks the silence in this floating house located
at Sydney Palm Beach. The villa operating as a boutique hotel combines luxury
with elements of sustainability, while it also fits into the current lockdown
situation perfectly.
Although it become truly famous during the quarantine, the
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Practice-oriented course online | GRID Interior
Although interior design is a quite tangible profession, this does not mean that
it cannot be taught online. At least that’s what the huge positive feedback
received from the students who completed the course of GRID Online interior
design academy seems to prove to Eszter Bertóty and Emese Bunyik,
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Living (space) after the epidemic | An environmental psychologist’s angle
Although the lockdown will not last longer than a few weeks, maybe months, the
experience will probably leave a longer-lasting mark on our lives, way of living
and living spaces, too. The time spent forcibly at home, home office, being
locked in and together all have their lessons already at
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Dicentra | Kiev
Go big or go home – something like this could be the ars poetica of Rina Lovko,
the architect responsible for the interior of Dicentra flower shop in Kiev. Not
only did she sneak in some concrete and steel elements, but she also gave a raw
and puritan character to the
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art + design | David Lynch: Small Stories
Visual arts are the eternal source of inspiration for design. The two fields can
subsist separately, too, but why would we ever separate them if they complement
each other so well? We would rather further boost the connection: in each month,
we will choose a currently available* art exhibition and
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Stay Sane – Stay Safe | Posters to find strength in
Two Hague-based design studios launched one of the most inspiring Covid-19
community projects: they created a platform where graphic designers can upload
the posters they designed for encouraging health care workers or those
struggling with saying home.
During the epidemic, the most important is to stay sane – but that’s
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Living (space) after the epidemic | A designer’s angle
Although the lockdown will not last longer than a few weeks, maybe months, the
experience will probably leave a longer-lasting mark on our lives, way of living
and living spaces, too. The time spent forcibly at home, home office, being
locked in and together all have their lessons already at
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Euphoria Spa | Mystras, Greece
In the first holistic spa of Greece, in addition to the treatments, the means of
interior design also contribute to the guests’ sensual experience. On the
territory of world heritage site Mystras, the four stories of the spa were
carved out of the inside of a mountain next to a
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Burning Man festival will be organized virtually this year
Burning Man festival has been cancelled for the first time in thirty years, as a
result of the pandemic, of course. After lengthy discussions, the organizers of
the festival announced last week that they are not willing to take the risk in
the current situation, as 80 thousand people gather
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Lightning illustrations in a digital cookbook | Viki Hitka X Quarantine Canteen
While in lockdown, even those start cooking who have only entered the kitchen to
warm up the ordered food until now. With the recipes of 20 Hungarian star chefs,
Quarantine Canteen also helps these kitchen rookies, but it was primarily
created for health care workers: the amount generated from selling
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The latest carpet trend will come from Ukraine
After Persian rugs, the nomadic Kilims came, and then the Moroccan Beni Ourains
(or vice versa). And if we are to believe forecasts, the next carpet trend will
be inspired by Ukrainian folk art.
We have recently written about the furniture of Ukrainian designer Victoria
Yakusha
[https://hypeandhyper.com/en/
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Living (space) after the epidemic | An architect’s angle
Although the lockdown will not last longer than a few weeks, maybe months, the
experience will probably leave a longer-lasting mark on our lives, way of living
and living spaces, too. The time spent forcibly at home, home office, being
locked in and together all have their lessons already at
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Coffee machines made of concrete | AnzaCoffee
Concrete literally keeps levelling up in our kitchen every year: first it got to
the counter from the floor, and now we can also have coffee machines made of it.
Designing a coffee machine is a rewarding and challenging job at the same time:
the users have grown attached to
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Prague supports the cultural sector with a pseudo festival
When it’s about nothing, it’s possible to hold a festival even amidst the
coronavirus. Although the Prague-based Festival of Nothing 2020 does not offer
any programs, it still represents great values.
The Covid-19 pandemic has put several sectors in an impossible position,
including performance art and visual art.
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Riiki | Floating on the Pacific Ocean
The name of the Republic of Kiribati may not sound familiar to many. The country
consisting of 33 atolls located in the central Pacific Ocean is threatened by
complete disappearance owing to the rising sea levels. A call has been announced
recently asking architects to share their ideas about the
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The concentric circles of Illan | Interview with Zsuzsanna Horváth
The Best of award on the Design Plus festival in Frankfurt in 2020, contract
with a world-famous design company – the story of the Illan lamp is a true
design success story. We interviewed the Denmark-based designer of the lamp that
could also pass as an abstract sculpture, Zsuzsanna Horváth.
Although
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Stamba Hotel | Tbilisi, Georgia
A building functioning as a newspaper publisher in the Soviet era reborn as a
boutique hotel in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The Brutalist building revived
by Adjara Group has become a vibrant element of Vera, the already pulsating
district of Tbilisi.
It’s another approach to the Soviet architectural heritage:
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From hotels to home office | A response to the crisis from Amsterdam
The hospitality and hotel industries found themselves in an extremely difficult
position owing to the pandemic. Two hotels in Amsterdam, however, attempt to
survive the situation with a seemingly successful rebranding strategy: now they
offer their rooms transformed into private work spaces to the employees wishing
to escape from their
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A cocktail bar covered
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SheltAir | Isolation tents for coronavirus patients
These airtight tents suitable to accommodate and isolate an entire family can be
erected within eight hours. The construction designed by German architectural
engineer Gregory Quinn was inspired by Bedouin tents and soon they may be used
in a wide scale.
One of the greatest challenges coronavirus imposed on us
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Ksenia Wallenstein | Ceramics in memory of the quarantine
There are some who think that the covid-19 pandemic will not leave a severe mark
in the history of humanity (saying it’s practically nothing compared to the
plague), but those currently experiencing it can feel more and more as if they
are the part of a very significant historical
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Organic design furniture from Ukraine | FAINA
Victoria Yakusha, the founder of the FAINA brand has a lead role in making the
world become familiar with Ukrainian design. The designer combines eco-conscious
use of materials and contemporary design with a traditional Ukrainian crafts
technique, and reaches back to ancient traditions for inspiration.
The furniture of the FAINA
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Próżność Club | Poznan
The aesthetics of the ‘80s and the atmosphere of underground subculture are
mixed in this bar in Poznan, established in a building built in 1930.
What makes a club cultic is a good question: probably a visually attractive
interior or one matching current trends does not do the trick. So
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Design and architectural documentaries for the time of the quarantine
We found a new way of spending our time productively in isolation: let’s watch
the documentaries we have been postponing for months… Creative minds need
inspiration during the quarantine, too: maybe this is when their greatest idea
ever will conceive in their minds.
ABSTRACT – The Art of Design (2019)
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Favorite interiors of the week_02
From now on, we will share the most gorgeous, inspiring and the coolest
interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect
eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which
you can also use as inspiration for your own home.
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art + design | The call of the East
Visual arts are the eternal source of inspiration for design. The two fields can
subsist separately, too, but why would we ever separate them if they complement
each other so well? We would rather further boost the connection and from now
on, we will choose an art exhibition that will
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vital houses | Mobile health centers during epidemics
We see more and more responses to the coronavirus pandemic on the field of
architecture, too: for example, the Dutch Studio Prototype would combat future
outbreaks with temporary health centers.
The project titled “vital house” started off from the weakest point of the
covid-19 pandemic: the response time and capacity
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Kindergarten | Gdansk
Visual education starts way earlier than elementary school drawing classes. We
can be sure that the children who start their social lives in this Polish
kindergarten will get a strong basis in the field of design.
Instead of vivid primer colors and sharp lines, BO / SKO
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Home office time | Interior designers’ tips
There are some who have worked from home before all this, and there are some to
whom staying as productive as one was in the office means a completely new and
unknown challenge. The quarantine forces everyone to create their own home work
stations – if so, let’s bring out
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Favorite interiors of the week_01
From now on, we will share the most gorgeous, inspiring and the coolest
interiors that we’ve came across in the past few days. Here comes some perfect
eye candy to browse through while sipping your Saturday morning coffee, which
you can also use as inspiration for your own home.
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Freely downloadable design magazines for the time of the quarantine
The design and fashion magazines also had a quick reaction to coronavirus – with
regard to the epidemic, you can read their latest April issues free of charge
online. And no matter how much we like the smell of fresh prints and the
experience of flipping through the magazines, we are
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Inhale deeper: OFF Biennial is postponed due to the pandemic
The art and design festivals and fairs of the world are postponed one by one
owing to the exponentially growing coronavirus epidemic. Unfortunately
OFF-Biennial Budapest [https://offbiennale.hu/] planned to be hosted between
April 24 and May 31 shares this fate, too.
> It’s only been a month since we
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Bourgeois apartment in Steindl utca | Budapest
The best thing that could have happened to this suite located in the 5th
district of Budapest is being redesigned by interior designers Eszter Bertóty
and Milán Szabó Z. The once dark and gloomy rooms are now filled with light,
owing to solutions like the glass door opening to the
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Sacral group of lamps in the Lutheran Chapel in Kastélydomb
In the Lutheran Chapel handed over in the suburbs of Pestszentimre in 2017,
light is the only decorative element – and there’s no need for anything else.
The temples of the Evangelical church have never been characterized by
flamboyance and the interior of the Lutheran Chapel in Kastélydomb fits into
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House of Wine | The Czech Republic
Perhaps the coolest wine bar in Eastern Europe, House of Wine in Moravia was
born out of a 19th century brewery and a warehouse building from the ‘70s.
Although the Czech Republic makes most of us think of beers, this does not mean
that there are no good wine regions
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Brand Design first-hand | Anett Möglich
Content creator, visual storyteller – concepts that might sound familiar in the
creative industry, but what to they actually mean? To get answers to these
questions, we asked an expert who gained first-hand experience on this area in
the world of design. After her time spent at the Danish Norm Architects,
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Concrete house | Ljubljana, Slovenia
The beautiful family home designed by Slovenian architect studio ARHITEKTURA
[https://www.arhitektura-doo.si] for a ceramist functions both as a home and a
creative workshop.
The „Home for a Ceramic Designer”located in the outskirts of Ljubljana is just
as straightforward as its name. The aim of Slovenian architect
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Apocalypse has arrived to Paris fashion week
Balenciaga gave a foretaste to the audience how our life would look if there was
a flood at its fashion show held on the weekend.
Balenciaga [https://www.balenciaga.com/hu/] hosted the show of his fall-winter
2020 collection in Saint-Denis quarter of Paris, at Cité du Cinéma film studio.
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Clay.Warsaw | Warsaw
It looks just like as if a socialist-realist elementary school and a Parisian
loft apartment were combined in this creative co-working office in Warsaw,
imagined by Polish architect Mateusz Baumiller.
Three creative agencies moved under one roof in the framework of the Clay.Warsaw
[https://www.claywarsaw.com/] project: Analog/
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The Wall of Sound | panGenerator
The Wall of Sound, the public installation of the panGenerator
[https://pangenerator.com/] collective in Warsaw only needs a single sound to
write our customized electronic tone.
Public installation, participatory art and electronic music – the project of
panGenerator [https://pangenerator.com/] art collective in Warsaw titled The
Wall of Sound
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ESZKA | Spring 2020
Spontaneous, dashing and passionate – these words pop into our minds when we
look at the new spring collection of ESZKA [https://eszka.hu/]titled ABSTRACT.
The parallel between gesture painting and the clothes is no coincidence. The
founder of the brand, Kriszta Szakos told us about her inspirations, in the
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Relax Underground | Prague
If we had to illustrate the concept of attraction with a single interior, Relax
Underground [https://www.relaxtaboritska.cz/] in Prague would be or go-to
answer. The next spot is mandatory for David Lynch fans!
Designing a hotel where rooms can be booked per hour is a pretty big challenge,
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Japanese bento box meets eco-conscious packaging
In her collection titled “The One Size, X Size”, Polish designer Anna Piasek
designed biologically degradable containers of different sizes and shapes that
are not only unconventional in terms of environmental protection but also in
terms of design.
Although we already found catering establishments that promote taking our
lunches away
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Morocco x Budapest | Berber Budapest
It’s surprising how many contemporary links there are in folk arts, and this is
especially true for the visual world of Morocco, which keeps being a powerful
source of inspiration for Western designers –it simply doesn’t want to go out of
style. Thanks to Bori Körösényi, the founder
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Epoka | Warsaw
If a stage designer is asked to design the interior of a restaurant, the result
will most likely be dramatic. This is what happened in the case of Epoka in
Warsaw, too.
The fine dining restaurant of Europejski Hotel [https://www.raffles.com/warsaw/]
in Warsaw is a true curiosity
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Raw Beauty | A Hungarian architect duo won with a volcano museum designed for Iceland
Csenge Györgyi and Bálint Iszak, a Hungarian designer duo living in New Zealand
designed an impressive building connected closely to its surroundings next to
one of the largest volcanic craters of the world, the Hverjfall in Iceland.
The Hverjfall volcano is situated on the northern part of the island of
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TOBE Gallery X Easy Wine | Budapest
At Easy Wine bar opened in Hold utca, one can get closer not only to wines, but
to contemporary art, too.
In addition to innovative wine tasting and fusion bistro kitchen, Easy Wine
[https://www.facebook.com/EasyWineBudapest] also incorporates contemporary art
into its profile. In collaboration with TOBE Gallery
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INHALE! | OFF-Biennial 2020
The OFF-Biennial is halfway through to reaching age of maturity – it has been
five years since the first issue started and according to certain opinions, in
the case of biennials, it takes 10 years for the event to truly find itself. In
relation to this year’s program, the organizers
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Juices from the lab | The image of SUPERJUICE
If we only saw the minimalist label of Superjuice (without the juice itself), we
could easily think that there is some kind of medicine behind the image. The aim
of designer Nóra Kaszanyi was exactly this: to give an appearance to the
super-healthy fruit juices as if they were prescribed
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Štajnhaus guest house | Czech Republic
The Czech ORA [https://o-r-a.cz/realizace]architecture firm reinvented a house
built on Renaissance basis in Mikulov, a small town in the renowned Czech wine
region. The centuries fit together beautifully in their work, with one giving
space to the other respectfully.
Štajnhaus guest house is located in the
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Transcendental floating and land art | The success of a Hungarian engineering firm in Vienna
TSPC office and the Austrian Who Cares?! design agency won a special award with
their common designs on a tender announced for a new crematory.
The urn promenade formulated with the tools of land art, the floating building
symbolizing the final farewell and the sophisticated interaction of lights
encapsulating transcendence
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House in the mountains | Poland
The family house designed by the Kraków-based Kropka Studio fits into the Polish
mountains just as smoothly as a sleigh slides on the snow.
The latest project of Kropka Studio [http://kropka-studio.pl/] architecture
office, a modern detached house, is situated on one of the sloped hillsides of
the Beskid
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ArchDaily Building of the Year | Our V4 favorites
ArchDaily [https://www.archdaily.com/] announced the Building of the Year Award
competition for the 11th time this year, for which thousands of architecture
projects are nominated every year. This year is no different: almost 4000
nominations were submitted for the 15 categories. In our subjective selection,
we picked out
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"Graffiti is an important part of culture" | Interview with Fat Heat
How can one earn a living from their teenage hobbies? How is the genre of
graffiti and street art perceived today? How should one imagine the graffiti
scene? We discussed questions like this with Fat Heat, one of the
internationally renowned representatives of Hungarian street art, the artist
winning the
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Urban sanatorium | Wrocław
The Polish Buck Studio envisioned an urban sanatorium into an art gallery. The
project implemented sums up what a wellness center can offer on 76 square meters
and gives some air to the people of Wrocław.
Many people complain that they cannot accept or understand contemporary art.
Visitors of the
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Polish architect’s co-housing design won in Moscow
In her work, the freshly graduated architect took into consideration the needs
of her own generation, generation X, and designed a super-cool collective
residential building adjusted to their needs.
Not many teenagers are keen to move into dormitories, yet a Renaissance of the
genre can be observed amongst adults – and
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Ludwig Museum 2020
Art, science, community – these three keywords determine the program of Ludwig
Museum in 2020 in Budapest. One concept receives even greater emphasis:
networks.
Ludwig Museum [https://www.ludwigmuseum.hu] in Budapest had a successful year:
their 8 temporary exhibitions attracted a total of 106 thousand visitors. While
the past year
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IASAI Bar | Bratislava
IASAI food bar located in Bratislava’s historic old town gives you much more
than a simple culinary experience. Its atmospheric space swallows the guests, so
they can leave the outside world behind during the dinner, and they can only
concentrate on the present.
The IASAI Japanese food bar [https:
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Vnitroblock | Prague
Voilà, a perfectly implemented solution for the „what should we do with worn-out
industrial buildings?” problem: we discovered Vnitroblock creative center in
Holešovic district of Prague, where the interior also deserves our attention
besides the concept.
A dominant dilemma of metropolises is what to do with old and abandoned
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