STUA, the recent winner of the Spanish National Design Award 2008, has opened its new shop/showroom in Madrid, in the area behind Nuevos Ministerios. It is a bright, clean, open space designed by the architects’ studio 3.14 Gestión + Arquitectura. Making the most of the great features, with a height of over six metres,…
Fashion designer Stéphane Verdino has just opened his first boutique - at 10 rue Charlot, Paris 3, in the heart of the lively Marais area. It was laid out by scenographer Emilie Bonaventure of be-attitude, extending collaboration that began in 2007 for furniture design and trade fair sets. The duo got together again to do…
The Richmond Olympic Oval, designed by Cannon Design Architecture Incorporated for the City of Richmond for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Award’s Structural Design Award. Shortlisted nominees include entries from the U.K., Japan and Indonesia, among others. Award recipients will be announced at the…
Claude Ouimet, senior vice-president and general manager of InterfaceFLOR Canada and Latin America, has been appointed to the David Suzuki Foundation’s National Business Advisory Council. In his role, Ouimet will advise the Suzuki Foundation on how it can best bring its environmental policy expertise and creativity to the private sector. “It is both a privilege…
The Design Exchange is proud to announce Risking the Void: The Designs of Cameron Porteus. This exhibition celebrates the career of one of Canada’s most important sceneographers. Porteus combined an international perspective with a commitment to developing a unique style of Canadian theatrical design during a significant period in the evolution of Canadian theatrical history.…
Focus, the French fireplace designer with over 40 years of international success, has taken First Prize in the famous Pulchra competition in Italy, when it launched its new catalogue with a fuller-than-ever range. The panel of experts, who had to decide among 721 objects, was the first to be convinced by the showpiece Gyrofocus (created…