The Kameha Grand Bonn, by Marcel Wanders, showcases a new, creative and holistic approach for a modern corporate hotel; a hotel that unites the vibrant and lively atmosphere of a business hotel with the style, intimacy and exclusivity of a luxury grand hotel.
Yuki Tanaka is the establisher of YUKI TANAKA Architecture & Interior Design. She first took interest in architectural design when she was a high school student and a building in her neighborhood was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
Opposed to the previous project “WITH”, this house is located on an urban area in Kanagawa, Japan. When constructed there were already 3 houses built in the North, East, and West, less than 1 meter away from a property line.
In the past 60 years, as information technology progressively have changed in Japan, our housing industry has rapidly become adjusted to it. This “forced adjustment” to our society has caused a transformation to our traditional lifestyle, and the housing space has been often talked by “nLDK” ; n (number of private rooms) L (living) D (dining) K (kitchen). The concept of nLDK is to describe how much value your house has. The spatial flexibility and relationship (private and public) among n, L, D, and K are separated and lost, and as a result, “function” started to walk alone. Read More...
Keisuke Fujiwara is the director of the Keisuke Fujiwara Design Office Company, based in Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. He’s currently working on his company with a team of three members. The design office covers architecture, interior design and product design. Keisuke Fujiwara converses about what makes his company consistent and why his team is so important.
Color and light have the power to change your mood very directly. The more natural light you have access to, the better you'll feel. To keep you creative, there are certain colors that can be applied in your interior. It’s not only about what they stand for that will do the trick, but also how much of it one should use.
