The Tribe Hotel Perth Is Made up of 63 Prefab Modules Constructed Off-Shore

The Tribe Hotel Perth has a unique story behind its architecture that makes it worth a stay for architecture- and design-lovers. Designed by Idle Architecture Studio with interiors by Travis Walton and art direction by Marsha Golemac, the modern hotel was actually designed and prefabricated off-shore before being shipped to Perth, making the hotel one of the first to apply this innovative prototyping process.

Tribe tapped on Idle Architecture Studio to collaborate on this hospitality project due to the studio’s previous involvement with modular construction in the hotel/residential sectors. The building tower of the hotel is made up of 63 prefabricated modules that were extensively prototyped and then manufactured in a controlled factory environment in China. This also helped to reduce site wastage.

Once fully completed, the modules, along with with loose furniture (so as not to waste internal ‘air space’) were shipped to Perth where they were assembled onsite in just 14 days. After adding the finishing touches, including integrating the services and installing the folded facade screens and window shrouds, the hotel was complete.

The plethora of communal spaces are enhanced by the natural light flowing through the floor-to-ceiling windows and walls. Chairs from Moroso, lighting by Tom Dixon, cushions by Jean-Paul Gautier and original artwork from local artists are featured throughout.

The guest rooms also benefit from floor-to-ceiling windows giving guests expansive views of beautiful Perth. Modern amenities such as smart TVs, Bluetooth radios, Kevin Murphy toiletries, and Nespresso Coffee are available for guests to enjoy in room.

What: Tribe Hotel Perth
Where: 4 Walker Ave, West Perth WA 6005, Australia
How much? Rooms start at approximately $90 per night.
Highlights: The Tribe Hotel Perth has all the makings of a modern hotel to attract travelers: a unique architecture story, contemporary interior design, luxe amenities, and more.
Design draw: The hotel’s architecture consists of 63 prefabricated modules that were designed and constructed offsite in China before shipping to Perth and assembled in 14 days.
Book it: Visit the Tribe Hotel Perth.

Photos by Earl Carter.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/tribe-hotel-perth-made-63-prefab-modules-constructed-off-shore/

Jean-Pascal Gauthier’s Balancing Act of Color and Light

Montreal-based designer Jean-Pascal Gauthier caught our eye as an emerging talent at Sight Unseen OFFSITE 2016 with his mobile-inspired light fixtures incorporating delicate air plants on one end, counterbalanced with geometric forms in contrast on the other. His follow-up reveals an evolution retaining his obsession in striking a balance, but this time utilizing a more graphical expression of light and color for similar purposes.

Unveiled at the contemporary design exhibition, Aesthetic Visions by Manfredi Style at Milan Design Week 2018, Jean-Pascal Gauthier’s latest efforts combine transparency and colored circular planes, each fixture manifesting some of the same minimalist geometric forms explored decades ago by the likes of avant-garde suprematist artists such as El Lissitzky on canvas.

Utilizing the most basic of geometric forms and a limited range of colors, Gauthier’s suspended fixtures take on sculptural and architectural forms straddling the line between contemporary and timeless.

Gauthier’s site has yet to be updated with these new design offerings, but his personal Instagram account reports they’re soon to be made available via his site and at Manfredi Style.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/jean-pascal-gauthiers-balancing-act-color-light/

Blå Station Introduces the BOB Job Because the Desk Is Dead

Conventional ways of working are going by the wayside as we continue to see new ideas pop up for open offices, co-working spaces, and privacy furniture. Last year, Swedish furniture manufacturer Blå Station reimagined their Bob modular seating system to work in offices, lounges, and public spaces, all designed by Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius, with the addition of more curved modules and tech components. Now they’re taking it even further with BOB Job which proves work doesn’t mean you have to be stuck at your office desk.

BOB Job aims to be that perfect solution to outfit a casual and/or creative workspace with its modular sofa system that can be configured in an endless amount of ways. Besides the seating modules, you can add tables for drinks or your computer, shelves to house your magazines, documents, or gear, and partitions for added privacy. Plus there are outlets to keep all of your gear charged up when needed and spots to hold plants. The system i designed to allow for growth and changes and can be reconfigured at any time making it practical as well as functional.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/bla-station-introduces-the-bob-job-because-the-desk-is-dead/

Warby Parker Invited 8 Designers to Reimagine the Handheld Mirror

If you’ve ever shopped for eyeglasses you’re probably familiar with the mirrors scattered throughout the shop that are there for you to get a better view of yourself trying on frames. The same can be said for Warby Parker and their retail locations that are stocked with ping-pong paddle like mirrors for their customers to use. After years of using the same handheld mirrors, they decided to invite eight designers from Los Angeles and New York City to reimagine this ubiquitous item with the only rule being that it had to remain functional. With that info in hand, the designers each came up with two original designs for Mirror Mirror that have landed in the company’s Greene St. NYC store and their Abbot Kinney LA store for display until November 11th. During this time, people can bid on the mirrors in a Paddle8 auction where proceeds will be donated to Free Arts, an organization that empowers underserved youth through arts and mentoring programs.

Egg Collective \\\ New York City \\\ polished stainless steel

Chen Chen & Kai Williams \\\ New York City \\\ UV bonded clear glass, cement

Brendan Ravenhill \\\ Los Angeles \\\ aluminum, brass

Fredericks & Mae \\\ New York City \\\ cork wood, cord, glass

Tom Fruin \\\ New York City \\\ Plexiglass, glass, metal

Eric Trine \\\ Los Angeles \\\ steel leather

LAUN \\\ Los Angeles \\\ cast aluminum

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/warby-parker-invited-8-designers-to-reimagine-the-handheld-mirror/

GANDIABLASCO Adds the Warm DNA TEAK Line to Their Collection of Outdoor Furnishings

GANDIABLASCO continues to add to their roster of covetable outdoor furnishings collections with their latest designed by José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales. With the DNA TEAK collection, a warmer aesthetic arises with the combination of teak timber slats framed in aluminum profiles. The darker tone of the wood creates a dramatic play of light and shadows that references their inspiration of Mediterranean window shutters.

Besides its beautiful rich coloring, teak makes for a practical material for outdoor furniture as it’s durable and will age well over time. The juxtaposition of the chestnut colored slats and the white or black anodized aluminum frames seen in the images creates an elegant look that’s perfect for anything from smaller patios to larger contract situations. Along with the white and black options, the DNA TEAK collection is available in anodized, sand, bronze, anthracite, agate grey, concrete grey, cement grey, olive green, blue grey, grey blue, red orange, and orange brown.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/gandiablasco-adds-the-warm-dna-teak-line-to-their-collection-of-outdoor-furnishings/

An Islington Townhouse Kitchen – A Working Family Kitchen with Soul

Behind the wide front door of a beautiful big classic Georgian townhouse in a leafy part of Islington, is this stunning Classic English deVOL kitchen. It’s not easy to shoe-horn a new, modern kitchen into a period building without it looking out of place, or sometimes overdone. Historically kitchens were not grand rooms. The were the domain of servants and would have been utilitarian and sometimes rustic even in a townhouse. This kitchen has managed to look as if it has always been there. There is nothing showy, or overly fancy. It is obviously a working family kitchen where things are on show and things are there to be used. Its warmth is almost palpable. It’s a room where numerous activities can take place all at once. And it’s a room to relax in and enjoy.

 The handmade Classic English cupboards in this room are perfect as they suit the style of the property, but moreover they are simple and without fancy embellishments.  Both the cupboards and walls are painted in deVOL Flint colour, which is a rich deep grey with hints of blue and green, so perfect and opulent for this grand old building. The worktops and splashback are smooth honed Carrara marble and the hardware is all aged looking brass. Rustic oak shelves supported by beautiful brass brackets are stacked with collections of colourful glassware and crockery and sit above a Villeroy & Boch double sink.

It’s a very fine balance to get function, atmosphere, style, quality and a totally un-contrived look into one space. Knowing that each little piece of your home’s interior has a history and a story seems somehow to give it more soul and this is what you see in this kitchen. In particular the squashy sofa under the window, the butchers block, the shelves crammed with recipe books, the artwork and the various other antiques. It feels as though you can walk in, flop down, pet the dog, and accept a cup of tea or something stronger.

There are also some new items bought specifically for the kitchen and they too were well considered. Looking as if they have always been there are the ‘new’ vintage pantry doors for example. An under the stairs cupboard has been transformed into a seriously useful pantry and a really special feature of the space.

The view beyond the kitchen into the dining area is also a delight, green walls (a William Morris patterned wallpaper if I’m not mistaken) full of art, indoor greenery of jungle proportions and views into the most private walled garden.

The Classic English Kitchen by deVOL is handmade in their Loughborough workshops. Prices start from £25,000.

 

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An Igloo-Inspired Vancouver Apartment with a Hidden Loft by Falken Reynolds

You wouldn’t typically think an igloo would be the inspiration for a residential design but that’s the case for the latest project from Falken Reynolds. Located in the historic Gastown neighborhood in Vancouver, this loft settles in at just under 600-square-feet with a design that looked to the compressed living spaces found in Canadian igloos. In order to incorporate lots of storage in the compact apartment, they referenced the tightened entryway of the igloo and created a central corridor that separates the main living space from the entry, bathroom, and office area.

The main living space feels light and bright despite its compact size. White walls and two large windows help bounce light around the interior making it feel open.

The storage structure contains two five-foot closets, laundry, a drying closet, fridge, and pantries, in addition to a hidden staircase that leads to the loft bedroom.

The cabinetry was kept fairly minimal with hidden pulls and matte doors in a shade of blue. With so much storage relegated to the central white unite, the only upper cabinet needed was above the stove to house the vent.

A Bocci 28.7 fixture hangs above the dining table that seats eight people comfortably.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/an-igloo-inspired-vancouver-apartment-with-a-hidden-loft-by-falken-reynolds/

In My Blood: A New Cookbook from Visionary Danish Chef Bo Bech

With Halloween creeping up, we felt it appropriate to share our enthusiasm for In My Blood, a new cookbook from visionary Danish chef Bo Bech of Geist in Copenhagen. Though his book has nothing to do with the spooky holiday… the vulnerably honest title and pages that follow capture the soul of Geist — including Bech’s take on the Proust Questionnaire.

His second cookbook is a stunner: a clothbound ode he wrote, edited and shot himself. The recipes are a contrast of simple ingredients + otherworldly compositions, accompanied by gorgeous photography along with notes, essays and watercolors depicting the creation of and everyday moments found within Geist.

Chef Bech’s passion for photography + storytelling are more apparent with every turn of the page. 100 recipes from the restaurant, ranging from raw langoustine with yuzu and hibiscus to lightly stewed spinach with samphire, ramps and bronze fennel, are categorized by the five pillars from which Bech says his ideas derive: The Rage, The Tribute, The Introduction, The Reunion and The Journey. Each recipe, containing no more than a handful of ingredients, is paired with a pristine overhead shot of the finished dish, putting the beauty and simplicity of Bech’s cuisine on full display.

Raw cauliflower with poached duck egg and butter whey

Zucchini blossoms stuffed with cod and pistachio

Wild duck with Hokkaido squash and arabica

Fried egg with black kale and ramps

Turbut with fennel ravioli on gruyere

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/in-my-blood-a-new-cookbook-from-visionary-danish-chef-bo-bech/

Listen to Episode 72 of Clever: Cory Grosser

On the latest Clever podcast, Amy and Jaime talk to industrial designer Cory Grosser, who grew up quintessentially all-American, lettering in football and winning trophies for his Halloween costumes. He studied architecture, but realized most buildings are built by “old” men, decided he was too impatient and shifted to product design. After years of pushing himself too hard, he is learning to find balance. Now he runs a holistic design studio, focuses on being a good dad, and teaches his students to unlock their creative potential, not strive for perfection. Listen:

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from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/listen-episode-72-clever-cory-grosser/

Gus* Modern x Pendleton Woolen Mills Collaborate on a 2nd Chair Collection

Last year, Toronto-based Gus* Modern collaborated with Pendleton Woolen Mills on a trio of limited edition lounge chairs and they’re at it again with the release of another capsule collection. The latest limited edition series features the sculptural Gus* Modern Elk Chair upholstered in two different Pendleton® patterns giving them a fresh, new look.

The lighter, natural ash chair is upholstered in the Canyonlands Desert fabric with subdued neutral tones on a white background, while the black ash chair is upholstered in the Diamond River Tonal Charcoal fabric in a monochromatic pattern. The southwestern-inspired patterns are made on Pendleton® fabrics that are produced by textile brand Sunbrella which makes them extra durable and easy to maintain.

from Design MilkDesign Milk https://design-milk.com/gus-modern-x-pendleton-woolen-mills-collaborate-on-a-2nd-chair-collection/