AZURE

Lively, fresh, forward-looking, but also socially relevant — this defines Azure, the leading design publication covering the expanding world of international contemporary architecture and design. Each issue delivers readers inspiring ideas and cutting-edge innovations, from state-of-the-art green building to the latest in furniture and home accessories from around the globe.

Azure • Vol. 38 - No. 295 NOV/DEC 2022

What Makes a Home?

The Gift of Design • People, projects and products you need to know about now

Case of the Blues • SPACE COPENHAGEN SUSPENDS AN ANTWERP RESTAURANT BETWEEN ERAS AND EMOTIONS

Delighting the Senses • A ONCE-UNDERWHELMING LONDON PARK HAS BEEN REIMAGINED TO BOLSTER BIODIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

5 Things We Learned about Canadian Design • CURATOR RACHEL GOTLIEB SHARES LESSONS FROM THE ROM’S HISTORICAL RETROSPECTIVE

Cave Art • LECKIE STUDIO TURNS TO GEOLOGY TO ENVISION A REJUVENATING CLINIC

Kitchen Scraps • A FRESH DESIGN CONCEPT SERVES UP A NEW APPROACH TO LOCAL LEFTOVERS

The Modernist • SIX GEOMETRIC COMPOSITIONS READY TO WIN OVER DEVOTEES OF CLEAN LINES AND CLASSIC FORMS

The Post-Modernist • SHOPPING FOR SOMEONE WITH A BOLD PERSONALITY? EMBRACE PRODUCTS WITH CURVY SILHOUETTES AND ECLECTIC COLOUR SCHEMES

The Futurist • SKIP THE HASSLE OF FINDING OUT THEIR METAVERSE AVATAR’S SHOE SIZE AND FOCUS ON SHINY IRL GEAR INSTEAD

Inner Circle • AN ART CENTRE SHOWCASES COMMUNITY — BOTH IN ITS COLLECTION AND IN ITS COLLABORATIVE DESIGN CONCEPT

Lighting • _Rockefeller’s Reno _An Emotive Installation _Floor and Wall Lamps

Magic Lantern • STUDIO MODIJEFSKY DESIGNS A SERIES OF MONUMENTAL CHANDELIERS THAT PLAY WITH PERSPECTIVE AND SCALE

Stick Figures • ULTRA-THIN FLOOR LAMPS WHOSE SMALL FRAMES CARRY BIG IMPACT

Special Effects • FOR A MOVIE PRODUCTION COMPANY IN BEIJING, KIKI ARCHI DEVELOPED A LIGHT-SHIFTING MAIN CHARACTER

Works of Art • FOUR SCONCES WITH CHARACTERS THAT RUN FROM OLD-WORLD TO AVANT-GARDE

A Notch Above • SHAPELY PENDANTS THAT HAVE A COMMANDING PRESENCE

Master Revival • INC ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN BRINGS NEW LIFE TO ROCKEFELLER CENTER’S RINK CONCOURSE

Bright Ideas • SINCE ITS ORIGINAL LIGHTBULB MOMENT A DECADE AGO, NANOLEAF CONTINUES TO PUSH BOUNDARIES

MICRO MANAGER • INTRODUCING DOMÉSTICO, A SMALL-LIVING SOLUTION FOR THE (ULTRA-ORGANIZED) BIG-CITY DWELLER

A STUDY IN CONTRASTS • HOW DO YOU IMPROVE UPON A CLASSIC? AS STUDIO TERPELUK DRIVES HOME IN THIS SAN FRANCISCO RENOVATION, IT’S ALL ABOUT COLOUR

Living on the Edge • Shoring up a steep slope in West Vancouver, BC, a house by BattersbyHowat Architects pushes West Coast modernism forward

Heritage Haven • Hi Atelier crafts a sustainable urban sanctuary replete with heirloom furnishings for a young couple in Kyiv

“I want to create dynamic, exciting, unexpected spaces” • AN INTERVIEW WITH RÓISÍN LAFFERTY, THE COLOUR-LOVING INTERIOR DESIGN DOYENNE OF DUBLIN

DESIGNERS TO WATCH • AN INSTALLATION ARTIST WHO BRINGS GALLERY-SIZED WONDERS DOWN TO A DOMESTIC SCALE, AN ECOLOGIST WHO CREATES FURNISHINGS AND ACCESSORIES THAT DRAW FROM BOTH BIOLOGY AND FANTASY, AND AN INDUSTRIAL CRAFTSMAN WHO APPROACHES HIS HOMELAND’S MATERIALS WITH A MODERN SENSIBILITY

THE INSTALLATION ARTIST • INSPIRED BY CONTEMPORARY ART, DEAN NORTON CREATES CEREBRAL DESIGNS THAT PLAY WITH PERCEPTIONS OF SPACE AND SCALE

THE ECOLOGIST • FROM INSECTS TO OCEAN WAVES, THE SPLENDOURS OF NATURE GENERATE KICKIE CHUDIKOVA’S RADIANT DESIGN LANGUAGE

THE INDUSTRIAL CRAFTSMAN • MERGING TRADITIONAL NIGERIAN MATERIALS WITH STEEL, NIFEMI MARCUS-BELLO IS ON A MISSION TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN...