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Edible architecture by Mario Trimarchi

type='html'> Mario Trimarchi  has designed a series of geometric silicone food moulds for Italian design house  Alessi  that create miniature pieces of food architecture. Called Il Tempo …

Spa museum: Nun Assisi Relais Hotel

Situated in the hilltops of Assisi in a converted monastery, the  Nun Assisi Relais Hotel combines historic architecture and interiors with modern elegance. The 1275 monastery of Saint Catherine was…

AD Interiors 2012: Imaginary Travels

The Californian lounge by Chahan Minassian; photo courtesy of Chahan Interior Design During the second edition of Paris Design Week, AD magazine will present Interieurs 2012, Voyages Imaginaires at…

Concrete: scale, texture & impact

Noppenhalle, Zurich - Baierbischofberger Architects Phaidon 's upcoming coffee table book release, Concrete  (due out September 2012), takes readers on a tour of the material's use in archite…

Carlo Mollino's Casa Cattaneo furnishings go to auction

London auction house Christie’s  will present a collection of furnishings from the Casa Cattaneo, designed in 1953 by Carlo Mollino, the most sought-after Italian designer of the twentieth century, i…

The RBC Design Centre: a new design hub in Southern France

Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel,  the RBC Design Centre opened its doors a month ago in Montpellier, with 2000m² and nine levels dedicated to exploring all areas of design culture. The desi…

HygroScope by Steffen Reicher

Currently installed at the Centre Pompidou is HygroScope , a project by Steffen Reicher which explores climate-responsive architectural morphology. The large-scale installation is made from maple v…

Angelo Mangiarotti: 1921-2012

The world of design and culture today pays tribute to one of the last great Maestros of Italian design,  Angelo Mangiarotti , who has died at the age of 91,   Corriere della Sera reports. The Italia…

HBL Book of the Week Thomas Heatherwick: Making

Thomas Heatherwick; image via Wallpaper* Published to coincide with the V&A 's major retrospective of the studio, Thomas Heatherwick: Making ( Thames & Hudson / Monacelli Press , 2012) p…

HBL Book of the Week: Moleskine's Architecture Book Series

Moleskine: Architecture Book Series Famous for its black leather notebooks, Italian stationery brand Moleskine has launched a series of journals which reveal the relationships between four architect…

Google's Mies van der Rohe doodle

Following Marimekko's Google Doodle this time last week, Google today celebrates architect Mies van der Rohe's 126th birthday with an image based on the SR Crown Hall at the Illinois Instit…

HBL Blog of the Week: Dailytonic

Run by online architecture resource Architonic , Dailytonic is a daily update on the worlds of architecture and design - with content made up of industry news, and extracts from Architonic's dat…

60 Years of British Design at the V&A

Jaguar E-Type, 1961 Consisting of over 300 objects spanning fashion, furniture, fine art, graphic design, photography, ceramics, sculpture, and architecture, the V&A's spring exhibition, Bri…
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