Articles by Emma Tucker

Biasol borrows “evocative earthiness” of Middle Eastern architecture for Melbourne restaurant

July 27, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Design studio Biasol used terracotta tones, handmade tiles and aged brass fixtures to fit out this Middle Eastern-inspired restaurant in Melbourne. Named Middle South East to reflect its range of influences, the restaurant is located on Chapel Street in South Yarra. It features an open interior and bar seating designed to encourage diners to interact with

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Jasper Morrison creates house-like layout for Tokyo’s Good Design Store

July 27, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Jasper Morrison’s first interior design project in Japan is a Tokyo shop that mimics the layout of a typical house and garden. The British designer created the Good Design Store as a retail space for Japan’s Good Design Award, a 60-year-old programme that gives a seal of approval to outstanding examples of design. His aim was to make the store

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Caruso St John uses spruce lumber boards to create design studio for Kvadrat Soft Cells

July 14, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Architecture firm Caruso St John has transformed a Copenhagen warehouse into a wood-panelled studio, where the Kvadrat design team can develop their range of acoustic panelling. London-based Caruso St John – which last year won the Stirling Prize for its Newport Street Gallery – was tasked with renovating a space in the Danish city’s industrial harbour area to create

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Claesson Koivisto Rune designs rain-themed interiors for Bergen’s Zander K hotel

July 14, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

The rainy climate in Bergen, Norway, was the basis for the blue-tinted interiors of the Zander K hotel designed by Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune. The 249-bedroom hotel was formerly a bike shop and car park, dating back to the 1920s and 1930s respectively. The studio has now combined these buildings together, adding an extra two

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ÉCAL students design dedicated farming, napping and gym office cubicles

July 9, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Office workers can sleep, grow plants, pour themselves a cocktail and work out in each of these specialised hubs created by students at ÉCAL university. The structures are created using Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s Workbays system – a set of flexible dividers for Vitra that are designed to let offices be customised into different areas

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Memphis Group’s Nathalie du Pasquier shows new works in London exhibition

July 8, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

French designer and Memphis Group member Nathalie du Pasquier has created more than 50 new pieces for her first solo show in the UK in 25 years. The From Time to Time exhibition, which is being hosted by Pace London until 29 July, features sculpture, paintings and drawings, all with the bold geometric forms and

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Morag Myerscough creates colourful interiors for Adjaye-designed arts centre

July 4, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

British designer Morag Myerscough has created brightly coloured textiles, tiles and furniture for the cafe inside the Bernie Arts Centre in London, which was designed by architect David Adjaye.  The space’s interior has been stripped back and renovated as part of a wider refurbishment of the David Adjaye-designed building, which opened in 2007 and offers

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This converted London print factory is a co-working space for makers

July 2, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

London’s Palmspace co-working studio occupies a former factory that has been adapted to offer extra room for artists and makers. The space – which was launched by Hackney Downs Studios and created by an in-house design team – has individual workspaces set apart by steel-framed shelves, which double as drying racks. There are also desks

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Claesson Koivisto Rune converts historic Bergen retreat into 18-room hotel

July 2, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Claesson Koivisto Rune has contrasted the 250-year-old exterior of Bergen’s Villa Terminus hotel in Norway with bright and contemporary interiors that reference several design periods. The building was constructed by a local philanthropist in the 1770s and was originally intended as a shelter for families in need, later becoming a care home for the elderly. Because of its listed status the Stockholm

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Carl Hansen & Son builds faux apartment to explore how furniture makes a home

May 1, 2017 Emma Tucker 0

Danish homeware brand Carl Hansen & Son built a mock apartment featuring rich colours and mid-century furniture for its Salone del Mobile installation during Milan design week. Called Milan Home, the set was designed to explore what makes a space liveable, and the role furniture plays in transforming a domestic environment into a sanctuary. The brand reconsidered the role of different

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