AAU Anastas creates exhibition design for show of Palestinian antiquities

Palestinian studio AAU Anastas has designed an exhibition of ancient artefacts from Gaza in Paris, reflecting on the objects' last 20 years trapped in storage and unable to return home.

Treasures Rescued from Gaza: 5,000 Years of History is being staged by the Institut du Monde Arabe and presents 130 archaelogical objects dating from the Bronze Age in 3,300 to 1,000 BC through to the Ottoman era.

AAU Anastas created a design language around the themes of storage and displacement for the exhibition, in reference to the objects' most recent history.

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NM3 fills Galleria Montegani with stainless-steel furniture

Italian studio NM3 has used a selection of its steel furniture to create an interior that was "left raw" for art gallery Galleria Montegani in Milan, Italy.

Known for its stainless-steel furniture, NM3's designs have previously been used in projects including design platform Alcova's first pop-up bar during this year's Milan design week, for which it created a DJ console.

At the new Galleria Montegani space, located in the south of the city, the studio worked with interior designer Numero 10 Architetti to provide the furniture.

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Deep Beauty

The immersive digital experience for Deep Beauty, the art exhibition created by Ogilvy Italia for KIKO Milano. A journey into the essence of photography.

Ireland’s Oldest and Largest Medieval Book Shrine Goes on Public View for the First Time

In an unassuming lake in Ireland’s northern County Longford, an unprecedented find emerged in 1986. Thanks to the sediments in the body of water, pieces of a unique, highly decorated metal object dating to the 9th century were remarkably preserved. And now, after a 39-year conservation project, the nation’s oldest and largest medieval book shrine is now on view.

Known as the Lough Kinale Book Shrine after its namesake lake, the object features a series of medallions with precious stone inserts, along with embellished metalwork in the form of a cross. Part of the exhibition Words on the Wave: Ireland and...

Marlow - Monte Carlo

We worked on the visual identity for Marlow, located in the heart of the Mareterra district, in Monaco. From logotype to menus, signage, illustrations, monograms, and color palette. Marlow tells the journey of an English lady by the sea. The menu structure draws from the Victorian elegance and coral-inspired motifs of the interior architecture, merging refined wood with marine poetry. The architecture, designed by Hugo Toro, blending the wooded intimacy of an English private club with Mediterranean light across over 300 m² indoors and a 100 m² sunlit terrace.

Ippei Tsujio’s Fresh Batch of Wrapping Paper Transforms Gifts Into Perfectly Baked Loaves

Encompassing the classic recipe phrase, “bake until golden brown,” these cleverly designed sheets of wrapping paper feature impeccably laminated layers of dough, crisp crusts, and satisfying scoring. Created by Japan-based graphic designer and founder of TOAL design firm, Ippei Tsujio, this toasty gift wrap is available for purchase online in an assortment of loaf varieties, complete with butter and jam stickers.

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Hariri Pontarini includes "playful and quirky" brick arches on Toronto building

Local studio Hariri Pontarini Architects has stacked glass boxes on top of brick arches for the  12 Ossington commercial building in Toronto, Ontario.

12 Ossington is a 15,790-square-foot (1,467-square-metre) building completed in 2023 that includes a ground-level retail space topped with three storeys of offices. It was designed to "feel like it has always been there," according to the studio.

"Successful design expresses texture and emotion that both fit within its context and also has an edge," Hariri Pontarini Architects founding partner Siamak Hariri told...