Tom Dixon's first ever Asian design interior fit out has opened with gusto. Tazmania ballroom located on the first floor of the Lan Kwai Fong Tower in Hong Kong has recently been shortlisted in the 'International Bar' of the year category in the Restaurant & Bar awards 2011. Kitted out with Tom Dixon's own designs, clusters of Copper Shades can be seen suspended from the high-stud ceiling - giving the effect of a giant chandelier; along with gold plated pool tables for a luxurious take on the game. Visitors can take embrace their competitive side with the 'Ping is the New Bling' ping-pong table nights, or relax outside in a private outdoor terrace. With large decedent geometric diamond buttresses leading up the cavernous ceiling, everything in this space is exaggerated with a feeling of opulence. The interior was inspired by the  owner's own fond memories of smoke-filled venues he frequented in youth. It's the sister venue to Dragon-I, one of Hong Kong's most exclusive nightspots.

Tom Dixon products are available locally from here.

In order to highlight the colourful and delectable nature (of one of our favourite treats) - the macaroon, Anagrama Studio presented an all-white interior for Mexican patisserie Theurel & Thomas. Situated in one of the most exclusive suburbs in San Pedro, Mexico, the white on white interior allows for the macaroons to be the design feature. The design team explain:

White was our primary tool for design. As a result of this the attention was fully orientated to the colourful macaroons. We also placed two lines in our design in cyan and magenta, like if it was a modern French flag, in order to inject a vanguard vision to the identity. Finally, we selected Didot (created by Firmin and Pierre Didot), a French typography that is ideal to represent the brand's sophistication'.

Featured in our recent Week in Review, we felt this house needed further expansion. Reminiscent of work by architect Marcio Kogan, the Cluny house by Singaporean-based architects GUZ in Singapore engages its environment, with the house centered around a courtyard and living pool equipped with water plants, ferns and trees that arise from its tropical setting. The home, modernist in form, is open with communal areas (public areas that operate without walls), and private areas that are defined by a sense of tranquility and nature. The architects worked with a natural palette for the interior, embracing wood panel walls and off-white walls and floor to ceiling windows.

Taking the modern prefab approach has enabled a Swiss ski resort to offer individual chalet rooms for their guests. Contained within an igloo type environment, each chalet comes equipped with a king-sized bed, a wood burning fireplace, raised floor and lodge furnishings. Guests can look out over the Swiss valley from a large window that provides a sweeping view of the valley below, plus they can make use of larger common building that provides additional entertainment, food and drink.

For more information visit the WhitePod Alpine Ski Resort.

Good design is timeless, and this space in Barcelona, Spain, completed in 1975 proves it. Spanish architect Ricardo Boffil purchased an old cement factory and put it through a radical renovation to form his office come model laboratory, exhibition space and personal apartment. By cleaning the cement and revealing past-concealed elements, he enabled the space to embrace a strong aesthetic whilst remaining perfectly unfinished. He kept surrealist elements in the space that had developed since WWI like stairs leading to nowhere, and physical spaces hanging over voids. He kept the interior simple with casual-slip white sofas, large monochromatic rugs and long curtains to enhance its high-stud, paired alongside framed architectural prints.

Interior design practice Design Research Studio under the direction of Tom Dixon, have created the interior for the new restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts. This is the latest project for renowned restaurateur Oliver Peyton of Peyton and Byrne. The 250 m2 refurbishment features the new Tom Dixon Scoop upholstered chair and brass Etch shade. To extend the gallery experience a dramatic stack of glass cubes have been installed to house a selection of sculptures and busts dating back to 1897. The pieces belong to the Royal Academy of Arts permanent collection but have long been stored out of public view.

Tom Dixon, whose furniture and lighting designs are bordering on cult-classics (think Beat, Screw table, Copper shade) are available locally from here.

Even though it looks pretty complex, this installation is actually remarkably simple. Designed for Moscow's International Biennale For Young Art, Stephane Malka made this installation from thousands of different sized cardboard boxes glued together,  and then painted them all a pristine pale grey. Designed for Moscow's International Biennale For Young Art.

An abandoned church in Utrecht, Netherlands undergoes a subtle renovation by Zecc Architects for its new owners. The finished result of St. Jakobus is awe-inspiring with many original elements preserved in order to retain a sense of its original purpose. Zecc Architects kept the original floors, stain glass windows and doors and repaired anything else that was necessary. The double-height ceiling provides a natural gallery space for the owners collection of art - some of which seems to provoke the serious nature of the building's history. The original mezzanine floor was partly removed to allow natural light to spread throughout the entire space, and to enable the owners to see a cross-section of the two levels. Old church pews have been have been reused by Zecc to create the owners' dining table, whilst glass sectioning allows different living spaces to operate seamlessly.

Schemata architecture who brought you the concise living unit Paco, has collaborated again on Mr Design Office, a working space developed for five designers in Tokyo. The client wanted to keep the space open whilst still maintaining a sense of privacy and warmth. Schemata avoided partitions and dividers for this reason but instead focused on partial-height wall units where division was necessary and mirrored surfaces to increase the sense of space. The 190 square metre office comes equipped with playful elements like a built-in tube slide for employees, and clever furniture like the bench constructed from four stand-alone chairs.

As the creative director of the family owned Italian furniture company Moroso, Patrizia Moroso has spent much of her career nuturing new talent. She's helped propel designers from Ron Arad to Tokujin Yoshioka onto the global stage by commisioning daringly designed chairs, tables and sofas from these designers. 

Another designer whom Moroso has supported is Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola. Moroso comissioned Urquiola to design her own home - the outcome of which is a surprisingly serene and airy structure with colorful, welcoming interiors. On the outside, cedar siding and deep red trim make the 10,000-square-foot structure almost disappear into its heavily wooded setting; on the inside, ample windows let nature into the sheltering spaces.

Some of the furniture is one of a kind, like the painted metal chairs by Ron Arad, but there are Moroso prototypes, too, like the Rift sofa by Urquiola covered in African fabric, which sprawls in the downstairs sitting room. Some pieces are simply rejects, like the Arad-designed plastic Ripple chairs on the terrace. Their colors, muddled in the molding process, made them even more appealing to Moroso. “I like the ‘strange’ version,” she explained, “the mistakes from the factory, the unique pieces made by the industrial process.” Her house, she said, is “sort of a testing place for me,” and “an extension of what I do.”

Moroso furniture is available locally here.