Editor’s Picks

UK-based illustrator Carne Griffiths creates these striking portraits with uncommon medium examined as tea brandy, vodka, whiskey, graphite and ink calligraphy. His drawings most frequently explore human and floral forms, as, says he’s “fascinated by the flow of line and the ‘invisible lines’ that connect us to the natural world…

The Beresheet Hotel is the latest addition to the Isrotel chain, a flagship hotel set high on a cliff top in the unique environs of the Ramon Crater. Meticulously designed in order to fit in with the desert environment, with spectacular views over the desert nature reserve, private swimming pools, a gourmet restaurant and Carmel Forest Spa, the Beresheet Hotel is sure to be a very special desert gem…

Part of Hard Turm Park, a mixed-use landmark project in the area, the hotel features 126 guestrooms in four categories – ranked according to size and configuration – and one suite, all designed by Alfredo Häberli. Modern and clean, with a bit of retro blended in, the rooms have a welcoming feel and are equipped with the very latest in tech innovations such as an Ihome dock, flat screen TV and free wireless internet access…

The study of Valencian Fran Silvestre recently completed one of the most amazing projects in architecture refers residential. This is the Cliff House, a stunning detached house situated in Altea (Alicante) that seems to be suspended in the air while hovering suggestively the Mediterranean Sea…

Noma has recently had a interior overhaul by Danish studio, SPACE Architecture & Interior Design. The earthy, cosy and hearty feel of the restaurant has remained – the previously brown tones have been replaced with black and the floors with light oak. All the new elegant details really add to the overall modern Nordic feel…

In Japan, the okumi is a piece of fabric worn in front of the kimono. The back’s stitching and upholstery evoke a kimono garment, as if casually thrown onto the armchair structure which it elegantly ”skirts”. This armchair is a strong design statement that could find its distinctive place in both modern and traditional environments. The design evokes a kimono elegantly draped over a solid beech frame stained red or black…

This is a house in northern Hyogo Prefecture for a couple and their two children. The work is part of a place surrounded by mountains, where the climate is cloudy. That is why they sought to create a bright interior through three large volumes on a platform 1.8 meters…

This is the personal project Kimura started in 1999, in which he’d make 1000 pieces of work “faces” by his original way of collage in the same sized paper (21cm×29.7cm). Each face contains each facial expression at the moment which can never seen again…

Designed by Póvoa de Varzim based practice Portuguese firm e|348 Arquitectura the chapel in Sousanil, Portugal is a physical testament honoring Santa Ana. Located on a triangular plot of land, the small chapel grows from the site like a piece of sculpture…

agnes-cecile is the pseudonym for the ‘Italian artist Silvia Pelissero. Born in Rome in 1991, Cecile studied art in school, but had no other training formale.Attualmente, his watercolors are constructions wild paint and the lines that form an emotionally expressive portrait of the subject. Every painting portrait is unique…