INTERIOR DESIGN BLOG

LIFE OF AN INTERIOR DESIGNER

Bar Interiors

Giger Bar – Gruyeres Switzerland

This is the Giger Bar located in St. Germain, Gruyeres, Switzerland. It was themed and remodelled by the Swiss artist H.R. Giger and opened in 2003. The bar has an otherworldly interior with a cavernous, skeletal structure covered with arches that appear as vertebrae that cross …

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Bar Interiors

Giger Bar – Chur Switzerland

This is the Giger Bar in Chur, Switzerland. The bar was originally planned to be located in New York City, however the budget would not allow for the design and construction elements that had been planned for the bar, so is now located in Chur, Switzerland. …

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Art

Leonid Afremov

This is one of my favourite artists. His use of colour and the visible brush stokes are amongst one of the most beautiful things that I have ever seen. The light that he creates amongst the colour combined with perspective creates the reality that I’m sure …

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Inspirational Visits

Trip to Williams

As a Summer project at University, I will be making a model of the entrance and reception of Williams. I was invited there to measure up and took lots of photographs to allow me to complete my project. It will consist of some plans and sections, …

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Hotel Interiors

Sleep Boxes

Sleep boxes are used as hotels and rest areas for businesses and in public places. I am looking more specifically at sleep boxes for hotel use. There is a sleep box hotel in Moscow, Russia that was built by Arch Group in 2013. It is a …

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Inspirational Visits

Clerkenwell Design Week 2015

Inspirational pictures taken at Clerkenwell Design Week. My favourite being the Renault Car Exhibition who were also the sponsors of the event. There were many inspirational interior design piece throughout the exhibition and I have collected many catalogues from different companies that show my favourite pieces …

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Inspirational Visits

Trip to Red Bull

For my Visual Studies assignment, I was able to choose any space to work with and make a scale model of. I chose the reception space at Infiniti Red Bull Racing Formula 1. I contacted them and was invited to measure their reception area so that …

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Inspirational Projects

Making of City LIFE’s ‘Metabolic City’ by Jean-Marc Emy

This was the winning entry for the CityLIFE challenge competition. I find this very interesting because the design is a more modern version of the metabolic city which was inspired by metabolism. It is almost the futuristic metabolic city that would not necessarily exist yet. It …

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