Three Awsome Swimming Pools for a Cool Summer
Architecture is a good source of inspiration for Smart Room Barcelona. We love to explore works that invite to having unconventional experiences. Aren’t these pools are a perfect way of enjoying Summer originally?
Texture Installations Made with Everyday Objects
(© Pictures by WeMakeCarpets) Dutch studio ‘We Make Carpets’ is a trio of artists who discovered the power of visual textures generated with everyday objects. They have been together creating installations since 2009 using an infinite series of materials, like bottles, clothes, umbrellas, pencils or even mussels, candy and pasta! Their work consists in filling […]
Rescuing Old Design and Intervening Abandoned Spaces
(All images by ©Javier de Riba) Barcelona has a spectacular architectonic legacy. And interiorism is a very important aspect of it. We ourselves have taken inspiration in the famous “hidraulic tiles” for our corporate identity. We share with you Javier Riba’s work, a designer from Barcelona who makes artistic interventions in abandoned spaces, taking geometries […]
Emmanuelle Moureaux’s Installation in Tokyo Immerses Visitors in a Spiral of Color
(All pics by Daisuke Shima; more info at: https://www.designboom.com/art/emmanuelle-moureaux-color-mixing-installation-omotesando-spiral-tokyo-nsk-ltd-12-05-2016/ ) Smart Room Barcelona likes colourful installations. We discovered the work of French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux, which is full of energy. By repeating hundreds of paper modules and occupying great volumes of space, plus using rich hue gradiants, she achieves a dynamic and powerful effect. The artwork shown […]
Inspirational Buildings to Watch in 2018
(All pics from https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/buildings-to-watch-in-2018/. Pictures by Zaha Hadid Architects, Stefan Boeri and Kengo Kuma) We are fascinated by new buildings, by monumental forms and by beautiful structures. Azure Magazine has done a shortlist of architectural works called “Buildings to Watch in 2018”, which matches these characteristics. We selected three of these works that seem especially interesting […]
Colorful, Playful, Modular and Minimal: Conceptual Building Design for Modern Living
(Images by Zairon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56723194, Wikipedia Commons, and Azure Magazine https://www.azuremagazine.com/article/mvrdv-brilliant-impossible-hotel/ ) MVRDV, the multi-awarded Dutch Architecture Studio with works all over the world, is not only focused in buildings, but about different kinds of architectural concepts and solutions. With their colorful style, they have taken on monumental projects like the famous Markethall […]
Art, Glass and Motion: “Psychoreographies” by Dustin Yellin
(All pictures by Dustin Yellin and Andy Romer Photography) “Psychoreography” is a large series of works by Dustin Yellin. The Brooklyn-based artist describes the work as “humans trapped inside of microscope slides made up of cultural DNA”. The mixed technique implies various layers of glass which are set in parallel, with thousands of objects or fragments […]
Nature-based designs: a Japanese chapel made of tree-like structures
(Images by Designboom and Dis-up websites) Japanese Architecture is well known for its subtile and poetic traits. Contemporary architects from Japan like Isamo Noguchi, Tadao Ando or Toyo Ito, are famous for keeping loyal to minimalism, simplicity of forms, visual lightness and integration to environment. Thanks to Designboom, we discovered this wonderful example of contemporary […]
Pergolas: Cool shelters for outdoor leisure or events
(Images by @Arcfly) According to the Oxford Dictionary, a “pergola” is “an arched structure in a garden or park consisting of a framework covered with climbing or trailing plants.” We are in the middle of Spring, the perfect time to start planning a cool shelter for the Summer! We found a collection of pergolas gathered […]
An Ephemeral Installation for the Day of Books and Roses
Saint Jordi, the holy patron of Catalonia, is celebrated on April the 23rd. This is a day celebrated with books and roses to be given among the people we love. Thousands of people stroll downtown to get mixed in the happy crowd, looking for editorial novelties and red flowers! Casa Batlló is one of the […]