Interior Design Magazine

https://lnkd.in/g4ckh_wi Seeing Orange: 8 Must-Have Product Designs. These recent Interior Design Best of Year Award-winning products enliven any space with their artful designs and striking details, making them truly award-worthy.

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https://lnkd.in/gUYDaQ9Y DNA’s double helix has been emblematic of the sciences ever since Francis Crick and James Watson published their 1953 paper revealing its twisted-ladder structure. It’s also part of the day-to-day business of Illumina, a San Diego biotechnology company that makes gene-sequencing tools. That’s why ZGF Architects, an industry leader in healthcare and research facilities, for such clients as Kaiser Permanente and Google, contributing to the firm’s rank of 21 among the Interior Design top 100 Giants for 2025, turned to that shape as a motif for Illumina’s new executive briefing center. Words: Wilson Barlow Photography: Alexander Severin Firm: ZGF Architects

https://lnkd.in/gReiAV-p It’s a trendlet. Firms investing in spaces beyond their offices for experimentation, community, and curation. There’s RW Guild by Roman and Williams and Ken Fulk’s namesake retail bungalow. The latest is Host on Howard, a long-brewing concept by Giants firm AvroKO founding partners Kristina O’Neal, Adam Farmerie, William Harris, and Greg Bradshaw, who count Danny Meyer, Ian Schrager, 1 Hotels, and LVMH among their clients. “It’s our love letter to hospitality,” O’Neal says, pointing to the “huglike” arches and intimate horseshoe-shape bar defining the 1,500-square-foot gallery, located on the ground floor of the SoHo building (on Howard Street) where AvroKO’s studio is. Words: Annie Block Photography: Joe Kramm Firm: AvroKO

https://lnkd.in/gZ434RMz Amid the rolling fields of southern Moravia in the Czech Republic stands a circular medieval-looking structure. It’s Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel, but it was actually completed just last year by RCNKSK, a Prague architecture studio that prioritizes the use of sustainable materials and strong connection to heritage. Cofounders Filip Kosek and Jan Říčný, along with help early on from Říčný’s father, Atelier Tišnovka cofounder Michal Říčný, built the church over a decade through a combination of techniques ancient and modern, its concept reflecting the story of the Virgin Mary. Words: Wilson Barlow Photography: Ondřej Bouška Firm: RCNKSK

https://lnkd.in/gSHqDq2G At an opening ceremony presided over by past and present New York City mayors, HSBC debuted an ambitious 260,000-square-foot zero-carbon headquarters spanning five levels of BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group’s The Spiral in Hudson Yards. The 66-story tower is so named for the landscaped terraces that corkscrew up and around the facade to create a continuous green pathway. In echo, Top 100 Giants firm M Moser Associates gave HSBC’s workplace a grand metal staircase (painted to resemble Corten) with bleacher seating and planters that cascades from the fifth to the third floor. Meeting rooms, suites, and breakout zones—all with an elevated industrial aesthetic—gather around the stair base. Words: Georgina McWhirter Photography: Garrett Rowland Firm: M Moser Associates

https://lnkd.in/guarShmS 10 Questions With… Faye Toogood We caught up with super-busy British Designer Faye Toogood, fresh from the Stockholm Furniture Fair, where she was a guest of honor, and Maison et Objet in Paris, where she was named Designer of the Year for 2025. Beginning her career as a journalist at The World of Interiors, she was an assistant, then stylist, and then Decoration Editor. It was an experience she credits with giving her depth and breadth. After a period of several years, she needed a change. Seeking to move into something more 3D and tangible, she began experimenting with various media including fashion, furniture, and sculpture and her approach skewed bold and avant garde. Words: Stephen Treffinger Feature: Faye Toogood

https://lnkd.in/gs4TQxzu 8 Green-Hued Accents To Brighten Any Interior. Explore these 2024 Interior Design Best of Year Award-winning products that effortlessly blend envy-inducing style with a pop of color and a serene, calming touch.

https://lnkd.in/ewMYCC-n Postpandemic workplace challenges presented rich opportunities for the redesign of a global investment firm’s Park Avenue workplace. Stefanie Shunk, principal of the perennially top-ranking Giants firm Gensler—and a recent Interior Design HiP Rising Star—led the transformation, which expanded the client’s existing office onto contiguous floors. The primary goals were to better connect teams, present layers of visual intrigue, and add top-tier hospitality touches and overall warmth. Words: Athena Waligore Photography: Eric Laignel Firm: Gensler Design

https://lnkd.in/eQHNs7gW The former Western Electric Company headquarters in Watertown, Massachusetts, was not an obvious place for a cutting-edge life-sciences research facility. Approximately 10 miles west of Boston, the 1931 structure was built for heavy industrial manufacturing and most recently held an insurance company office. Though it retained its art deco exterior, no period details remained inside. But its large size, solidity, and proximity to Harvard University and MIT caught the eye of developer Spear Street Capital. It tapped local firm Elkus Manfredi Architects to transform the seven-story building into Watertown Exploratory Labs (WELL), a state-of-the-art campus for life-sciences research and development. Words: Rebecca Dalzell Photography: Eric Laignel Firm: Elkus Manfredi Architects