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Presenting the 8 finalists who will work hand in hand with international mentors of different design disciplines, to develop a project during the next 5 months.
A tour through the dizzyingly diverse side of Manizales.
Our new collection of a series of destinations off the beaten path that are a true treat for the senses and all the inspiration you will need to find your way off the grid, embracing a slow travel approach.
In their latest collection for Adorno, “The Material Language”, curators Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso presented a selection of pieces that represent the experimental spirit of reinvention at the center of the Mexican contemporary collectible design scene.
We traveled to Paris to meet Charlotte Gómez de Orozco, owner of the Parisian wellness hotel HOY, whose pillars are yoga, flowers, good food and finely curated design, and whose interior design is based on the principles of Feng Shui. With 22 rooms, a flower shop, a vegetarian restaurant, a wellness room and a yoga room. In collaboration with Hito Estudio.
The Natural Room Collection at Sarah Myerscough Gallery in London, featuring artist-designer-makers Fernando Laposse, Angela Damman, and Cristian Mohaded.
For those in need of some visual wanderlust, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite spots in Cartagena, Colombia by local interiors firm Vaissié Studio we think might have the potential to contribute to revitalizing the city's sluggish tourism sector.
Medellin-based Tu Taller Design has reformed part of an old painting studio on Medellin’s “La 10”– a street known for its combination of pedestrian commerce and small hipster businesses, for its new exhibition space.
‘Relieve Tropical’ is the latest edition of virtual platform and design showcase Design Room Colombia. Participating brands include Sativa, Konkretus, Perceptual, Tu Taller Design, Diamantina y La Perla, Vida Util, Tybso, Tucurinca, 5AM, and MUS.
We took WGSN’s Key Colors for S/S 22— selected for a post-COVID future-- and applied them to what we saw at Sight Unseen's virtual design show, Offsite Online.
Furniture design studio soft-geometry created ‘Imagined, for uncertain times’, a virtual show that presents a ‘model vision for creative collaboration, mutual support within the design community and an opportunity to engage with a distanced audience.’
Our news digest for the week of May 5 features headlines, new collaborations, launches, events, happenings around the internet, recommended reading and more.
Products database Architonic has acquired archdaily.com – the leading architecture news platform globally – with an ambitious plan for growth, innovation and better service.
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Our Top Picks from Paris Design Week
our favorites, featuring standouts from Maison&Objet and the 3rd edition of solo show 1000 Vases.
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In their latest collection for Adorno, “The Material Language”, curators Ana Elena Mallet & Pilar Obeso presented a selection of pieces that represent the experimental spirit of reinvention at the center of the Mexican contemporary collectible design scene.
We traveled to Paris to meet Charlotte Gómez de Orozco, owner of the Parisian wellness hotel HOY, whose pillars are yoga, flowers, good food and finely curated design, and whose interior design is based on the principles of Feng Shui. With 22 rooms, a flower shop, a vegetarian restaurant, a wellness room and a yoga room. In collaboration with Hito Estudio.
‘Unidos: united for the resilience of Colombian design’, an initiative that brings together 8 Colombian interior design brands: Del Portillo, Folies, Vrokka, Vida Útil, De la Rocha, Kret, Houd, and Moblar.
Architecture
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The Click Clack Hotel in Medellín de Plan: b Arquitectos is not just any hotel. This Bogota chain represents an innovative, fresh, uncomplicated hotel concept with a young soul, which has managed to materialize the dreams and efforts of the local creative industries
Products database Architonic has acquired archdaily.com – the leading architecture news platform globally – with an ambitious plan for growth, innovation and better service.
food design
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The new list of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, has been announced, and for the firs time ever, a Colombian restaurant has been included. Since opening her flagship restaurant, Leo, chef Leonor Espinosa has had a great influence on Colombian cuisine and in 2017 she won the title of Latin America’s Best Female Chef. A pioneer in the local movement to promote Colombian cuisine by showcasing its rarest and most unknown ingredients, Leo is the female equivalent of Peru’s Gaston Acurio.
The World's 50 Best named restaurant Pujol the third best in the region after Maido and Central in Lima, Peru, and the best in Mexico. Located in Mexico City’s Polanco neighborhood, Pujol is known for combining rustic Mexican flavors that pay tribute to the rich culinary history of Mexico.
Food artist Anna Keville Joyce brings the unlikely worlds of food and fashion together in Bagged, a project she created in collaboration with seasoned fashion and beauty photographer Travis Rathbone and high end retoucher Ro SantiEsteban.
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Our interview with fashion designer Carolina K during Latin American Fashion Summit
Interview with designer Esteban Cortázar during the Latin American Fashion Summit, to ask about his past, his creative process, Latin America’s boom, and how he would like to be remembered in the fashion world.
The Click Clack Hotel in Medellín de Plan: b Arquitectos is not just any hotel. This Bogota chain represents an innovative, fresh, uncomplicated hotel concept with a young soul, which has managed to materialize the dreams and efforts of the local creative industries