Landscape design by Emily Erlam
Posted on Tue, 16 Feb 2021 by KiM
I have had it with the misery winter brings. I am craving the outdoors, a landscape of green rather than white, and feeling the sunshine on my skin. I will instead take all the online outdoor inspiration I can get since there is no escaping it this year. And today it’s in form of some wonderful gardens from the portfolio of London based landscape designer Emily Erlam.
A’ Design Awards & Competition – Last Call for Entries
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021 by KiM
Last call for entries for the A’ Design Award and Competition. The deadline for entries is fast approaching and now is the time to submit your best work. You can nominate your design here. With over 100 categories the A’ Design Award and Competition is the worlds’ largest design competition. But it is not just an award. It is an indicator of quality and perfection in design, recognized worldwide, your design front and centre before design companies and professionals.
From the Good Industrial Design Award to the Good Architecture Design Award. The Good Product Design Award to the Good Communication Design Award. The Good Service Design Award to the Good Fashion Design Award and so many more. (You can find all the design categories here.) With the competition highlighting, advertising & advocating good design, taking part will provide recognition, publicity and international peer review. Entries will be judged by an international jury panel of scholars, professionals and media members and the benefits to the winners are inspiring. The trophy, of course, an invitation to the gala night, a certificate of quality, inclusion in the prestigious A’ Design Award and Competition exhibition and the yearly ResultBook but even more importantly press, PR, introduction to industry professionals and companies and international exposure. The fame, the prestige, the recognition and so much more.
Are you inspired? Excited? Believe you’ve got what it takes to take on the best of the best design from around the world? You can register for the A’ Design Award and Competition 2020 – 2021 here. But you better be quick. The deadline for submission is on February 28. Results will be announced April 15 and you will find full coverage of the results here on Desire to Inspire. We can’t wait!
In the meantime here are some inspiring past winners …
House On Pipes Weekend Getaway by Nagendra R and Raghunandan G
Studio Atelier11 Office by Hyunmo Park
Shared Yard Yard by Tianqi Guan
Chinese Quadrangle Hotel by Zhang ZhaoYong
Montecarmelo Townhouses Family Housing by Joaquin Millan Villamuelas
Private Villa Juge Accommodation by Maiko Minami
Heart By Tree Villa House by Summer Chang Hin Cheong
Ryad Private Garden by Fernando Pozuelo
Nine Court Mansion Residential Landscape by Shenzhen IN Lab Design and Consultancy
Farmers Den Office by The Grid Architects
Black Star Vessel by Klaus Kirchner
Coral Teapot by Swee Tuan Pang
Gray & Gold Interior Design by Sergei Savateev
Soulful Residential House by Lu Sha
Master Suite Country House by Cibelle Costa
Apartment Pipa Residential Apartment by Giuliano Marchiorato
Taisi Personal Residence by Shao-Fong Wang
A Touch of Monet Residential Apartment by Li Zhang
Shenwu Jinmao Palac Exemplary Apartment by Joy Chou
Straightforward Journey Residential Apartment by Yi-Yun Chang
Don’t forget to nominate your designs for award consideration here. Submission deadline is 28 February 2021.
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This post is brought to you in collaboration with A’ Design Award and Competition
Hints of the past in a renovated Madrid apartment
Posted on Sun, 14 Feb 2021 by KiM
I hope to one day find myself with a home that needs serious renovations, where I make decisions on what original details should stay and mix it with clean lines of modern architecture. This apartment in the Literary Quarter of Madrid has beautiful textured walls and beams maintained from the original 1900 structure and it really makes the space that much more unique and intriguing. Designed by Marisa González-Llanos, via Elle Decor Spain, photos by Pablo Sarabia.
Mid-century touches in a Greenwich Village apartment
Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 by KiM
The dreamiest wall of built-in bookcases, mid-century vibes and accents in what you might say is Bachman Brown‘s signature colour of blue make this Greenwich Village apartment cozy and cohesive. I also really love the ochre shade of the bedroom walls.
Photos: Mark Roskams
A unique paint approach in a Fifth Avenue duplex
Posted on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 by KiM
I have admitted I am not a fan of white trim, so when I see designers take a creative approach with trim I will sing their praises. I love what NYC designer Bachman Brown did in this Fifth Avenue duplex, where much of the colour is in the trim and door frames and fireplace and bookshelf wall and the rest is left neutral to highlight the art and furnishings.
Photos: Ngoc Minh Ngo