RoyalByckovas Digest | Vol. 002

Reflections and insights from the design office of RoyalByckovas. A brief digest of news and resources to inspire creative minds.

Archive: Thom Browne

Thom Browne is located in the historical Moore Building, adjacent to the Garden Building.

The interior design is rather unconventional for a luxury brand but the spatial layout and clinical materiality suit the overall restraint of this successful fashion retailer. The showroom is entirely clad in a subtle grey, glazed tile. The front storefront windows are blocked by freestanding walls that impart a complete contextual detachment from the exterior.

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Moment

A simple, minimalist enclosure surrounds this Osaka house, carefully concealing the richness that unfolds within the new-build home, designed by Apollo Architects & Associates. The project, a family residence set in a sleepy neighbourhood of the Honshu port city, is titled Moment – and explores moments of everyday spatial drama subtly, as befits the Japanese architecture tradition.

wallpaper.com

Casa Azul

On a cobbled street in the former industrial quarter of Marvila in Lisbon, extrastudio transforms and extends a modest 1893 house into Casa Azul, wrapping the whole volume in a single unbroken coat of ultramarine lime.

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The Braun Grid System

When people say “Braun is timeless,” they usually mean “it looks minimal.” But minimal isn’t timeless. Minimal can be trendy. What’s timeless is repeatable order. That distinction becomes clear the moment you stop looking at Braun products and start looking at everything around them: the price card, the leaflet, the instruction manual, the window display. These things don’t feel styled. They feel settled. As if the decisions had already been made long before the content arrived.

onlyonceshop.com

Where Ideas Form

Where Ideas Form is a richly crafted book put together by the team behind Hole & Corner that explores the roots of creativity. Bringing together artists, makers, chefs, musicians, designers and thinkers from around the world, the book uncovers the places and spaces – whether physical or metaphorical – that spark the imagination.

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