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Category Archives: Interiors
For Hire…
February 11th, 2011
…if you live in Essex, or thereabouts. There is a New Zealand connection though to this rather fantastic inflatable space one-half of the design team is from New Zealand, originally. The design practice Penttinen Schöné was founded in 2009 by Emma Penttinen and Phillip Schöné. Emma Penttinen, originally from Finland has diverse design experience having published and [...]
Telecom Place in Pictures
February 10th, 2011
Photo gallery: The bridges, furniture, colour and style of Auckland's biggest corporate cathedral – Telecom Place. Photos by Simon Devitt. Find the full story in ProDesign 110. Architect’s notes: The interior design at Telecom Place was a real collaboration of architecture and workplace design skills. Design director Andrew Barclay, from Warren and Mahoney, says: “The design team involved [...]
Also posted in Office Design | Tagged Chairs, Furniture, Interiors, Simon Devitt, Telecom Place | 1 Comment
Let there be Light
September 24th, 2010
Jose Gutierrez tames the light and harnesses the shadows with this surprising fit-out for The Research Agency. Words: Sam Eichblatt. Photos: Emily Andrews. From ProDesign 108, with additional drawings and images. Gutierrez is a finalist in this year's Best Awards, in the Offices and Workplace Environments category. Check out the other finalists here. And remember, it's [...]
Resene Total Colour Awards
July 30th, 2010
Paul Leuschke of Leuschke Kahn Architects last night picked up the first ever 'Resene Total Colour Master – Nightingale Award' for his design work for Grant Thornton Accountants, Auckland. ProDesign ran a story on this project (Accounting 4 Taste) in issue 100, and now online, below. Words: Anthony Coates. Photos: Kallan MacLeod. You can find a full list of award winners [...]
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CoreNet 2010 Highlights
July 22nd, 2010
CoreNet (no, it's not a cult) had its annual symposium on Tuesday, and amongst a great line up of international speakers was Philip Ross, founder of the Cordless Group. Ross had some great insights on the future of cities, workplaces and work in general, which will be written up in due course, but in the meantime here's [...]
Sustainable at Heart
July 16th, 2010
With Jasmax director Tim Hooson participating in a special CoreNet Pecha Kucha next week, now seems like a good time to post this story from ProDesign 107, about the architectural firm's move to a new Parnell base. Words: Michael Barrett. Photos: Simon Devitt. ‘Art is never finished, only abandoned’, goes the pithy (yet slightly cynical) one liner. Would that [...]
A Rare Beast
July 6th, 2010
A warehouse and showroom that shows a light architectural touch, with measured contrasts between solidity and lightness and function and finesse. Words: Michael Barrett. Photos: Simon Devitt. From ProDesign 107 with additional images. Warehouses, as their designation obviously denotes, are generally exercises in functionality, places where purpose wins out over possibility. It has to be said, there [...]
She'll Be Right, M8
June 11th, 2010
Howard Wright wins top Australian International Design Award with M8 medical bed. Howard Wright’s M8 critical care medical bed has won its fourth design award by winning the top award at the Australian International Design Awards on Friday, June 4. To date, the M8 has also won the prestigious international iF design award, a Red Dot design award [...]
Also posted in Medical Design, Product Design | Tagged Design awards, Howard Wright, Product Design, Studio Alexander | 2 Comments
Retail Design Award Highlights
June 9th, 2010
He might not have won the Supreme Award at the Red Awards – that honour went to Christchurch's Redesign Interior Architecture for the restaurant Poppy Thai – but Mark Gascoigne was certainly the big winner at the retail design awards, picking up eight awards (out of 18 on offer).
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