Interior design & architecture

We are waiting for winter holydays and preparing Christmas decorations. Some words about wreaths to start with. As a rule they are one of the important things in the list, next to the tree and presents. The great thing about Christmas wreath is that you can place them anywhere, inside or outside the home, you can also hang them on door, window, or even on the walls. The Christmas wreath is one of the easiest ways that would bring the holiday spirit into your home. If you are going to invite your family and friends on Christmas, you should also care about decorations for dining table. The advantage is that you can use almost everything: flowers, candies and fruits. Just fantasize and be creative!

Spanish designer Carlos Tiscar presents collection for BM, a Spanish company that specializes in furniture for children. Most teenagers like minimalistic style and prefer to have only certain things like good clothes, a desk, some shelves and a bed. Of course you can add some items, but it's not necessary. This furniture collection is practical, simple, comfortable, different and happy. It impressed us with its modern style and superb use of color. There are few elements in furniture design that let to safe a living space. So this collection is suitable for small rooms as well. And although the design look simple, it gives a great atmosphere to get rest in. Below you can see photos of furniture collections for teenagers.

This sofa was made by Daan Mulder for the young talent exposition in Netherlands. This designer has graduated as the interior architect this year and his graduation work is full of organic and liquid shapes, just like this new project of Form Follows Function Sofa. The idea was to make a solid sofa where all functions and shape would originate from a single continuous line. It’s actually hard to believe that the result is welded of three bent steel plates, because there are no visible seams or they are very well hidden by finishing. We are not sure however how comfortable the steel sofa can be, but in this case comfort was a necessary sacrifice in favor of design.

This unique hotel was created by Diametro Arquitectos with interiors by Joseph Dirand and combines modern and retro styles. Distrito Capital is situated in the Santa Fe, Mexico. Reception area decorated by vintage items brings you back to the 1960s. There are 17 rooms and 13 suites in the hotel, which are more like chic art spaces than overnight accommodations, full of vintage furnishings by Charlotte Perriand and other renowned 20th century designers. The hotel also has Enrique Olvera’s fifth-storey restaurant and bar with terrace and swimming-pool with sun loungers. And of course you can enjoy guzzling panoramic views of Mexico.

You can complement your interior with these modern door designs. One of popular Italian company OTC Doors presents contemporary collection of glass doors. The collection comes in a variety of models including mounted, swingers and sliders systems. Of course different colors, motifs are available and it even can be customized by sandblasting or engraving with satin, crystal or clear glass. Another advantage is about saving the living space, and finally, each door will give your interior a personal style and individuality. So you can choose photo design or flower motives and create your own glass door for living-room, bedroom or office.

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Fire is one of the four elements. It’s magically to sit near a live-fire, to relax from the bustle of the metropolis. True to say, man's soul is purified of all the negative, when he is watching the flames. Contemporary fireplace industry brings style, comfort and warmth in your living room. These fireplaces from Modus Design are a great way to add some modern flames to your life and keep warm at the same time. There are lots of models in collection according to your wishes and interior design. For example, on the first picture you can see cylindrical gas-burning fireplace with a glass canopy that allows you to enjoy the ambience from every angle.

If you want to organize fitness area at home this elegant device is an excellent solution. It doesn’t matter where IQflow Fitness furniture will arrange because of its contemporary and cool design. This fitness system is made of precious woods or other high-quality materials and available in different colors according to the individual needs. Also you can choose among wall mounted model, free standing model or rotatable room divider. Of course, we should say some words about functions. IQflow offers about 300 exercises, programs of weight reduction, enhances posture and strengthens the muscles. Personal virtual coach will help you with trainings.

Capsule is a popular type of hotels in Japan and nowhere else, it’s kind of a Japanese national invention that attracts quite a lot of tourists who want to get some extraordinary experience. But still such places are mostly inhabited by businessmen, who were too late for the last train and have no other way to get back home. All of such hotels are usually located near the train stations or in the entertainment area. The idea of capsule hotels is that you rent a small 1m-1.5m-2m capsule where you can sleep or read the book. It’s perfect if you need to simply sleep over and don’t want to pay for the ordinary hotel room.

9 Hours is one of the most beautiful capsule hotel – since it’s opening in December 2009 the Design Studio S has been awarded many times for the best design for Asia. We would give them a separate Home Reviews award for the outstanding info graphics.  The interior of this building resembles the images imposed by many movies about the future. It’s extremely strict and sober, consisting only of the basic shapes and colors.