Interior Design
'The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.'
- Stephen Gardiner
From defining spatial outlines to thinking out of the box for its interiors! The world of Interior Architecture has evolved radically into a domain of dynamics! An inspiring Experience, a podium to aspire the AEC Industry with how spaces are being shaped for an ambience of innovation!
Headed by Christopher Lee and Kapil Gupta, Serie Architects is an international practice based in London, Mumbai and Beijing. They work in the diverse field of architecture, urbanism and design. The practice is fascinated by the evolution and mutation of building types in today’s cities and the projection of these forms of intelligence into spatial solutions. Thinking and exploring in series, harnessing the cumulative intelligence of building types, is the work of Serie. The practice consistently pushes the boundaries of architectural and master planning projects worldwide and provides architecture services to the private and public sectors. The work of the practice is closely linked to the research conducted in the renowned Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.
KMS Team GmbH was founded in 1984, initially as a graphic design studio, and in the following years extended its range to include both financial documentation, such as annual reports, as well as exhibition and trade fair stand design. By the middle of the 1990s, with their competence established, the firm was specialising in all aspects of corporate identity work, including strategic planning, branding and naming, corporate culture and wording, three-dimensional design and website design. When discussing their practice and attitude the KMS Team GmbH says that the name they give to their line of work is 'depth design.' What it means is that they find authentic forms and modes of expression to reflect the identity of a company, institution, or event." The 'Team' holds itself synonymous with all aspects of corporate identity work, including strategic planning, branding and naming, corporate culture and wording, three-dimensional design and website design, in an integrated range of services. Via a range of corporate work they point out, "Making essential points perceivable with accurate artwork is a complex and multi-faceted process. The only way to attain this goal is through unflagging consistency and a highly sensitive touch. These factors form the basic stance from which they derive the focal points of their operations: corporate design, corporate communications, and trade fair communications."
Today, under the leadership of Michael Keller, Knut Maierhofer, Christoph Rohrer and Armin Schlamp, KMS Team GmbH is among the top five design offices in Germany.
In 1997, Shilpa Gore-Shah and Pinkish Shah set up the office S + PS Architects. Beyond designing interiors and furniture, they especially act as urban planners and architects. Both of them studied at the Sir J.J. College of Architecture in Mumbai and perpetuated their studies up to the Master’s Degree in architecture at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
Since the office’s formation, the architects have won numerous awards. Their workings have been published in several publications and articles were printed in magazines. The architects present their projects to the public as speakers on symposia and in different exhibitions. In 2004, Shilpa Gore-Shah and Pinkish Shah took part at the international exhibition “Roots and Trajectories – 4 Young Practices from India” at the University of New Mexico, which was also presented at the University of California in Berkeley, California, USA.
Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Japan in 1967 and, after having studied at length with Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake, in 2000 set up his studio, Tokujin Yoshioka Design, in Tokyo. His partnership with Issey Miyake has been in existence for over 20 years. Tokujin Yoshioka has taken part in a number of projects by the fashion designer, designing among other things Issey Miyake and A-POC stores and producing the installation entitled Issey Miyake Making Things for the Cartier foundation in Paris, achieving international fame.
Tokujin Yoshioka came to the Milan furniture show for the first time in 2002, presenting the chairs Honey Pop and Tokyo Pop for Driade. Again for Driade, in the same year, he designed an extraordinary installation, transforming the entire space, in the heart of Milan, into a futuristic Japanese garden.
His other projects include the TOFU lamp produced for Yamagiwa, the STARDUST chandelier designed for Swarovski Crystal Palace, shop windows for Hermes and the Toyota stand at the Tokyo motor show. One of the most recent and interesting experimental design works by Tokujin Yoshioka is the Pane Chair presented at last year's Milan furniture show. The name comes from the production process of the chair, similar to baking bread. The material is inserted in a mould and, as when bread is baked, placed in an oven. The fibres stiffen and memorise the shape of the mould through the effect of the heat. At the end of "cooking" the finished chair is taken out. The Pane Chair played a major role at the exhibition Tokujin Yoshioka x Lexus L-Finesse - Evolving Fiber Technology, staged at the Museo della Permanente in Milan. On that occasion Tokujin Yoshioka created an installation with more than 7000 km of optical fibres, transforming the space into a giant lens.
The British publishers Phaidon published the monograph book entitled Tokujin Yoshioka Design, distributed worldwide, which describes his experimental design, always in pursuit of new possibilities for future developments. Tokujin Yoshioka has received a number of awards and his works are displayed in the permanent collections of the most prestigious museums in the world: the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Gehry Partners LLP is a full service firm with broad international experience in academic, commercial, museum, performance, and residential projects.
Frank Gehry established his practice in Los Angeles, California in 1962. The Gehry partnership, Gehry Partners LLP, was formed in 2002 and currently supports a staff of over 160 people. Gehry Partners employs a large number of senior architects who have extensive experience in the technical development of building systems and construction documents, and who are highly qualified in the management of complex projects. Every project undertaken by Gehry Partners is designed personally and directly by Frank Gehry. All of the resources of the firm and the extensive experience of the firm’s partners are available to assist in the design effort and to carry this effort forward through technical development and construction administration. The firm relies on the use of Digital Project, a sophisticated 3D computer modelling program originally created for use by the aerospace industry, to thoroughly document designs and to rationalise the bidding, fabrication, and construction processes.
The partners in Gehry Partners LLP are: Frank Gehry, Brian Aamoth, Terry Bell, John Bowers, Edwin Chan, Jennifer Ehrman, Berta Gehry, Meaghan Lloyd, Tensho Takemori, Laurence Tighe & Craig Webb.
Gianni Botsford Architects (GBA) is best known for the award-winning Light House in West London. Innovative use of environmental analysis and solar geometry techniques, coupled with an ambitious architectural vision and close control of materials and techniques, produced a work uniquely suited to its highly unusual location.
The practice successfully combines innovation with rationalisation to produce thoroughly workable but extremely exciting buildings. A close working relationship with design-led engineers has enabled GBA to fully explore important aspects such as 3D daylight modelling, while a raft of experience in sustainable design and material technology maximises every opportunity.
GBA has an enlightened approach that encourages dialogue between design experts, collaboration and the exploration of radical solutions to best achieve the desired goal: the easiest option is not always the best. The practice has the potential and experience to realise architectural ambitions for our clients and provide totally useable living, working, educational and leisure places for future generations, without compromising either design aspiration.
The Ippolito Fleitz Group, who cite themselves as the identity architects use graphical imagery to create their stamp on spaces of various nomenclatures. It draws its name from Gunter Fleitz and Peter Ippolito and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. Professed as a multidisciplinary design studio operating in the global marketplace they present themselves to have three core capabilities: architecture, design and communication. The studio makes its spatial statement by getting inspired and complementing one another with competent experience and passion for their clients' tasks. They work in unison with their clients to develop architecture, products and communication that are part of a whole and yet distinctive in their own right. This is how they define identity.
1. With meticulous analysis before we begin.2. With animated examination in the conceptual phase.3. With a clarity of argument in the act of persuasion.4. With a love of accuracy in the realisation.5. With a serious goal and a lot of fun along the way.6. Working together with our clients.”As architects of identity, they conceive and construct buildings, interiors and landscapes; they develop products and communication measures. They do not think in disciplines. They think in solutions. Solutions that help people become a purposeful part of a whole and yet distinctive in their own right.
HDR is an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm that helps clients manage complex projects and make sound decisions.
As an integrated firm, HDR provides a total spectrum of services for clients. The staff professionals represent hundreds of disciplines and partner on blended teams throughout North America and abroad to provide solutions beyond the scope of traditional A/E/C firms.
3deluxe was established in 1992 as an interdisciplinary group of creators. Andreas and Stephan Lauhoff, both graduates in communication design and interior designer Nikolaus Schweiger had formed the initial group in Wiesbaden, Germany. During their common years of study, they acknowledged the increasing diversity and complexity of modern design. Since then, the synthesis of their skills has proven to be inspiring and progressive.
First projects in the pop-cultural field of fashion, music and sports allowed experimental work in the border zone between plane and space. In the mid 1990s, the designer Dieter Brell became the 4th head of 3deluxe. A former member of the group of artists ‘Adieu New York’, he now supervises the 3deluxe interior department jointly with Nikolaus Schweiger. The graphic division is attended by Andreas and Stephan Lauhoff.
Both teams cooperate in a constant creative exchange, which is significant for the procedure and the aesthetics of 3deluxe’s work. This characteristic style is especially accentuated in the non-commercial projects, arisen from the common interest in a scientific and conceptual design approach. Inspiration is found in a variety of fields, such as art, nature, science and technology, adding a distinctive character to each concept. Human perception is always the core of every creative approach, ensuring a maximum intuit understanding of their concepts.
Currently, 3deluxe presents itself as a creative unit of 19 designers, each contributing specific skills to the alternating, project-oriented team formations.
Stanley Beaman & Sears is an award-winning architecture and interior firm providing design services to clients nationwide. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the firm prides itself on its credentials, design strength and technical depth - all traits vital to the successful completion of significant architectural and interiors commissions.
The 25-year old firm aims to maintain and build a firm focussed on unique and pioneering projects in healthcare, higher education and the arts - institutions whose buildings have historically been the underpinning of great societies. With a collaborative working style and an appetite for innovation, the firm is highly motivated to achieve distinctive architecture that is functionally, technically and artistically strong.
