Urban regeneration.
When an industrial district enters a phase of regeneration, the easiest choice is to erase every trace of its productive past and replace it with a neutral, instantly recognisable language. I find the opposite approach far more interesting, and far rarer: taking that legacy as design material, without softening it, letting the original structure keep […]
Listening minibar.
When visiting Japan, one can expect anything—starting from a cultural and creative foundation quite different from the rest of the world, we often encounter things we wouldn’t have imagined. While similar experiments may exist, this particular case deserves attention. The MIDORI minibar operates in Tokyo using a bright green 1977 MINI Clubman Estate paired with […]
