Bold Office Design for Media Agency Showcasing an Industrial Character

Bold Office Design for Media Agency Showcasing an Industrial Character
Sophisticated São Paulo Apartment With Enriching Details Designed for an Art-Loving Couple
Flashy Louis Vuitton Store in Tokyo Displaying Original Pattern Cladding

Posted: 13 Sep 2014 04:20 AM PDT

This is the second time i29 Interior Architects collaborates with VMX Architects, this time to develop a bold office design for MediaXplain, a media agency in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. VMX took full advantage of the powerful features of the location– with views over the old Port of Amsterdam– and implemented a completely open facade with inclined glass panels. The interior refers to the industrial origin of this area. Following the building's skeleton with it's raw concrete walls and open layout, i29 proposed an interior with matching materials such as rough oak wood, black surface walls and furniture, custom designed concrete carpets, gray acoustic ceilings and a large industrial staircase to connect both office floors.

Large desks made of rough oak wood accommodate the employees overlooking the port at the front. A strip of private offices, meeting rooms, print area and pantry is placed at the back. Along the full width of the building a corridor finished in black walls, ceiling and floor connects the different areas. Seen from the main office area, this corridor operates as a cinema with large projection walls for the display of digital work, referring to the clients activities as a media agency. [Photos and information provided via e-mail by i29 Interior Architects]

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Sophisticated São Paulo Apartment With Enriching Details Designed for an Art-Loving Couple

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 11:18 AM PDT

Elegance if the defining trait of the soothing Ibirapuera Apartment – an inviting home where hardwood floors and Carrara marble fit perfectly. Designed by one of Brazil’s prominent interior architecture and decoration designers - Diego Revollo – this inviting home in São Paulo’s Ibirapuera neighborhood bears the name of its location while spreading over 350 square meters. Within such a spacious collection of rooms, the illustrious designer Diego Revollo used classic elements to define a contemporary lifestyle. Imagined for a middle-aged couple with grown children, the apartment parades the owners’ love for art with every chance. In search for a design that would appeal both to owners and younger sons, Diego’s work embedded delicate traditional elements in the clear-cut contemporary design, balancing the technological additions with feelings of sophistication and belonging. The result: an inviting home in the busy city.

The designer describes the work done to improve the style and lifestyle resulted from his attentive work: “The project started based on the big windows and the high headroom (around 3 meters) of the space choosing materials that could valuate the natural light and its amplitude.” Using light to enrich furnishing and art pieces, the designer turned a pure white apartment into a cozy art gallery and inviting home with contrasting black elements and beige, gray and raw tones in the furnishings: “The style of the furnishing is a variation of Italian modern design and classical design composing an elegant and balanced mix of styles.” Doors that close perfectly and walls coated with acoustic foam then covered by a silk fabric create a high-tech sophistication. According to the designer, “the choice of the furnishing reflects the personality of the owners of the apartment and their appreciation for Italian design and also traditional and delicate decorative items.”

In such a scenic apartment, every detail was meant to add to the overall feeling of home – a customized space for love, peace and relaxation.

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Flashy Louis Vuitton Store in Tokyo Displaying Original Pattern Cladding

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 07:34 AM PDT

The new façade of Louis Vuitton Matsuya Ginza in Tokyo is said to be inspired by the history of Ginza, the city that used to be known for its Art Deco design. According to renowned Japanese Architect Jun Aoki, the creative mind behind the new development, Ginza was the entrance of Tokyo, adjacent to Shimbashi, from which the very first railway station of Japan stretched to the port and led to the foreign Country. The geometric cladding of the building is inspired by Louis Vuitton’s Damier logo in relationship to edo-komon, the pattern of traditional Tokyo.

Depending on the moment of the day, this massive store in Tokyo will offer several sights to passers-by: “Gentle bulges and dents elaborate the façade of opal beige reliefs. With these pattern, the façade reveals various appearances in sunlight, and also during the night, the LED lights behind the reliefs lit the façade to render another expression reminiscent of Louis Vuitton's monogram”. The building’s distinctive silhouette combined with its pattern cladding make it easy to spot from far away in the crowded streets of Tokyo. How would you comment on the overall design of this new LV store? [Photography: Daici Ano]

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