Japan’s Marui Group, which owns numerous commercial facilities in and around the Tokyo metropolitan area, many of them located in highly convenient locations such as station-fronts, recently collaborated with the renowned multidisciplinary studio, Nendo,…
Located in Shanghai’s Xuhui District, alongside Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO), and Shanghai Symphony Museum, is a new hotel conceptualised by designer Huang Quan. The Blackstone M+ Hotel has, in fact,…
Designed by Rania Hamed-led interior design firm VSHD Design, ZAAZ Wellness & Beauty is a spa located in Dubai’s tony Jumeirah neighborhood. Set across two floors, its interiors are reflective of Moroccan and Berber…
Hong Kong-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) OneSky Centre is the city’s biggest childcare centre that provides free education to children from underprivileged backgrounds. Recently, it tasked New York- and Hong Kong-based award-winning practice Avoid Obvious,…
New York-headquartered design-and-concept firm AvroKO has designed two new eateries for The Opposite House hotel in Beijing. Located in the upscale and vibrant Sanlitun district, the artistic hotel was designed by Kengo Kuma in…
Vietnam-based architect Mamoru Maeda believes that the future challenges in spatial design will be vastly influenced by two factors – imagination and regeneration. He demonstrates this in his own atelier – a small space,…
As part of its series of Emotive Design programmes throughout the month of March, the National Design Centre (NDC) is hosting the Hungry Design exhibition. It aims to highlight social behaviour that is deeply…