Consumer confidence is buoyant again, spending is up and even Marks & Spencer’s non-food is in profit. According to PWC, consumer spending growth will hold steady and grow by 1.8%…
Consumer confidence is buoyant again, spending is up and even Marks & Spencer’s non-food is in profit. According to PWC, consumer spending growth will hold steady and grow by 1.8%…
Every Nando’s restaurant we design takes us on an adventurous journey – and challenges our creativity to come up with something rebellious, authentic and in the spirit of the brand heritage. It must feel real and natural, not plastic and transient. We want people to wander around and explore all the thoughtful details that inspire...
High street banking hits new benchmarks Revolution! An overthrow of the old world order has happened. Victor Harbor lays the scene for a retail bank design first. Introducing the ‘anti-bank’,…
23 September – 23 October 2011: It’s Art & About’s 10th anniversary this year as the City of Sydney’s annual celebration of public art. During the next four weeks we…
Extensive traveling wears on the soul. Although seeing new places is exciting, the constant landscape of airport after airport can leave one wishing for more natural green surroundings. If you’re…
The new Adidas Laces R&D building at the corporation’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is Kada Wittfeld Architektur’s latest project. In addition to the innovative communicative architectural ‘laces’ theme with criss-crossing…
Gritty and creative, Berlin is the world’s capital of cool. Affordable artist space and a unique constantly evolving scene ensure that the once divided German capital is a hot-bed of…
We’re very excited to see Design Clarity’s Nando’s Restaurant designs for Canberra and Adelaide featured on FRAME Magazine’s website! Both restaurants showcase Nando’s Australian approach to introduce refreshingly modern, bright…
The “Art of Clean Up” is a project by Swiss artist and comedian Ursus Wehrli, in which he decided to bring unique art into the real world by arranging food,…
They’re big, they’re loud and they’re beautiful. The AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association) Poster Annual 2011 celebrates the grace and tactility of the poster and its power to engage and…
This intriguing seating system just appeared in the portfolio of London-based furniture designer Fabien Capello. The circular blue bench entitled Cloister is made from about a hundred repeating blue components…
We came across these honest and beautiful packaging designs today. Designed by Doubleday and Cartwright for BluePrintJuice, the entire label is simply a list of plain ingredients printed in a…
Bright, brash and oh so kitsch, Miami Beach’s Lords South Beach Hotel has had the fun-factor ramped up so high that the volume knob is broken. Giant prints of Liz…
London seems to be awash with things ‘popping up’ these days. Shops, bars, galleries, restaurants; you name it, it has appeared briefly in a public toilet, basement, backstreet, church, roundabout…
Borough Market has long held sway as an essential stop on the London food tour. But in the wake of disagreement over increasing rents and trading loyalties, some of Borough’s…
The Sydney team enjoyed a splendid Melbourne Cup 2011 lunch yesterday at Orto Trading Co. in Surry Hills. The food was beautiful and well presented (except the snapper’s teeth). Orto’s…
The world’s largest outdoor Sculpture by the Sea takes place for its 15th year along the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk from November 3 to 20. This year’s Sculpture by…
We’ve just stumbled across Nathaniel Cooper’s gorgeous branding work for the Glacé Icecream Shop. Unfortunately, it’s in Missouri and Kansas…so not quite a place we come past very often. Well,…
Back in 2009 Russian architects Arch Group have conceptualised the ‘Sleepbox’, a modular mobile compartment for napping at airports, train stations, and hostels. Space for luggage is under the bed,…
Upon hearing that Aesop’s latest Nolita store was built on 400,000 strips of paper— well, actually the paper, New York Times— we feared that someone could easily huff, puff, and…