Clients, readers, prospective clients and friends of ours will have no doubt heard us harping on in recent times about a new trend that has inspired us; we have coined this new design trend as “Industrially Rustic”. Other sources simply refer to it as being industrial design or rustic design, either of which is appropriate Continue Reading
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26Sep100% Design – 100% HI-MACS!
The winners of the 2011 HI-MACS® Design competition organized by LG Hausys Europe have been announced at a ceremony during the 100% Design show in London. The eight finalists in the two categories, professional and student, were all at the exhibition, where their designs – fabricated in real size by Global Vacuum Presses were all Continue Reading
24SepA House, An Acrylic Stone And A Vision!
Below is the latesest press release from our friends at HI-MACS in Switzerland concerning the The HI-MACS® House in Bavaria. As this is an incredibly long blog post we felt it best to put the images first. A House, An Acrylic Stone And A Vision! A house where people can recover from the stresses Continue Reading
15SepVirgin Megastore Finally Completing The Dubai Mall!
Being retail interior designers we are always interested in keeping an eye on the local retail market, latest projects and new store designs. With this in mind we leapt at an invitation from the guys at Mojo PR to check out the new Virgin Megastore opening at The Dubai Mall yesterday. At this point it Continue Reading
12SepMapping The World Of Architecture And Interior Design!
Add me as a friend on Facebook, connect with me on LinkedIn, follow me on Twitter and circle me on Google Plus, the world is becoming a much smaller place thanks to social media. We can connect with friends, family and colleagues through a multitude of platforms, each with their own unique attraction. With each Continue Reading
25JulHave You Got Your Mojo On?
This morning the Studio EM team had the pleasure of visiting the offices of one of Dubai’s leading creative branding agencies, The Mojo Group! We felt at ease right from the first moment we stepped through the front door, we were greeted by the biggest smile and welcome from the vibrant and delightful Managing Partner Continue Reading
21JulIt’s Hard To Beat A Good Book!
An integral part to being a good designer and a good design company is the ability to progress with time, to keep up with the latest trends, pioneer trends and to research new design principals. We love research as it gives us a chance to step away from the drawing board for a couple of Continue Reading
11JulThe Joys of Corian!
Today we picked up some new samples from one of our suppliers, Batimat Building Materials. We collected our 10 x 10 cm squared DuPont tiles and proceeded to enter into a discussion as to “why do we always use Corian?” Corian is the brand name for a solid surface material created by DuPont. It is composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate. Corian Continue Reading
28JunInterior Architecture: From Brief To Build!
We have ready many, many books on our industry and even considered writing one or two but then we finally purchased Interior Architecture: From Brief To Build by Jennifer Hudson and realised that a great design bible has finally been written. The following is a brief description of the contents from publishers Laurence King Interior Architecture Continue Reading
25MayDon’t “Just Do It” With Office Design!
As part of our hunt for inspiration and evolution we have been researching office design. During our search we came across the office of Nike CEO, Mark Parker. You can see from the images below that this is not your typical office design for a CEO of such a large corporation. This is a point Continue Reading
