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. 35 - No. 274 SEPT 2019

We Asked… • September The Residential Interiors Issue

Hula Stool • People, projects and products you need to know about now

5 Things We Learned from Ilse Crawford • THE BRITISH DESIGNER COLLABORATES WITH RUG GURU NANI MARQUINA ON A TEXTILE COLLECTION THAT PUSHES MATERIALITY AND CRAFT

Higher Living • A BACKYARD REDESIGN IN AUSTRALIA DOESN’T END AT GROUND LEVEL

Light Sleeper • THAILAND’S LITTLE SHELTER HOTEL IS A LUMINOUS BEACON DESIGNED TO ATTRACT ADVENTURE-SEEKERS

Expansion Project • VITRA TEAMS UP WITH BARBER & OSGERBY TO DELIVER A LIMITLESS SYSTEM THAT TURNS PUBLIC SPACES INTO EFFICIENT WORKSTATIONS

Flex Factor • TODAY’S NOMADIC WORK CULTURE CALLS FOR FURNITURE THAT IS EXPANDABLE, COMFORTABLE AND GOOD-LOOKING

Made from Memory • THREE NEW TEXTILE COLLECTIONS AIM TO BRING THE PAST INTO VIVID FOCUS

Wood Stock • NATURAL TIMBER WAS ON FULL DISPLAY THIS YEAR, LENDING AN ORGANIC TOUCH TO EVERYTHING FROM SEATING TO CASEGOODS

We the North • THE CANADIAN PRESENCE WAS STRONG THROUGHOUT NYCxDESIGN, AS THIS EXCITING TRIO DEMONSTRATES

American Craft • JERRY HELLING HAS BROUGHT BIG-NAME TALENT TO BERNHARDT DESIGN, RAISING THE BAR FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA BRAND

Colour Theories • AT ICFF AND BEYOND, CLASSIC MATERIALS – WOOD, CONCRETE, MARBLE – WERE REIMAGINED IN RAINBOW HUES

Point of Pride • LEONG LEONG’S NEW LGBT CENTER IN HOLLYWOOD IS A WELCOMING HUB FOR THE L.A. COMMUNITY

A Rare Fixture • GH3* DEVISES A KALEIDOSCOPIC FOCAL POINT FOR A SIZZLING NEW STEAKHOUSE IN TORONTO

Sculpted Sound • BAFFLE SYSTEMS THAT ARE EQUAL PARTS ACOUSTIC SOLUTION AND ARTISTIC INSTALLATION

Modern History • FREELANDBUCK’S CONTEMPORARY TAKE ON TROMPE L’OEIL MESMERIZES AT THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH

Mixed Marvel • In an artfully assembled apartment in Milan, a riot of finishes, shapes and colours (plus some sumptuously veined marble) coalesce richly under the expert guidance of Turin-based studio Marcante Testa

Pattern Test • Reflecting the Southern practice of simulating opulence, the rooms under the towering ceilings of architect Jennifer Bonner’s Atlanta home comprise a veritable museum of creative finishes

Stepping to it • IN SPAIN, ARCHITECT VALENTÍN SANZ OUTFITS A UNIQUELY EFFICIENT RENTAL APARTMENT WITH A TIERED WOODEN STRUCTURE THAT FUNCTIONS AS FURNITURE, STORAGE UNIT AND ROOM DIVIDER IN ONE

On the Edge • Composed of volumes that rise and fall with their setting, a mountainside aerie by Gort Scott – the British firm’s first finished project in North America – is a real architectural cliffhanger

Living Legends • Three decades ago, a relatively unknown Piero Lissoni started art directing a plucky 20-year-old furniture company called Living Divani. Not long after, he proposed a Frog to them … and then that Frog became a bestseller. The rest is design history

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Scenes from the Gala • WITH MORE THAN 500 ATTENDEES MIXING AND MINGLING AT TORONTO’S EVERGREEN BRICK WORKS, THE NINTH ANNUAL AZ AWARDS GALA WAS A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

Divine Intervention • AN IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION IN ITALY HIGHLIGHTS THE ART OF CREATING SACRED SPACES