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VOLUME 91 NUMBER 14
ON THE COVER At China Ma, a Cantonese café in Kyiv, Ukraine, by Yod Group, ¼-inch rubber cable has been trimmed for bangs and coiled into pigtails for the 20-foot-tall digital avatar composed of LED video-screen modules. Photography: Andrey Bezuglov.
features 104 LIGHT SHOW by Edie Cohen
Rand Elliott Architects bends diurnal rhythms for Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in the state’s capital. 112 AT FIRST BLUSH by Liz Morris
Inside the pink walls of Clarens, a Cape Town building by KLûK CGDT Property, is a fashionable apartment by and for Establishment’s South African founder, Dawid Augustyn. 120 EASTERN INFLUENCE by Craig Kellogg
China Ma by Yod Group serves up flavors of traditional and modern Asia to Ukraine.
126 SPECIAL DELIVERY by Edie Cohen
Genlser transforms Chicago’s Old Post Office, a 1920’s art deco landmark, into a multimilliondollar, mixed-use complex for today. 134 EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED by Annie Block
From a Jewish education center to an Asian art museum, institutional projects across three continents shed light on history, religion, and culture. 144 SOUL PROVENÇAL by Ian Phillips
Pernod Ricard’s southern French heritage suffuses the distiller’s new Paris headquarters by Saguez & Partners.
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walkthrough 47 THE LANGUAGE OF TREES by Georgina McWhirter 53 EXTENDED STAY by Nicholas Tamarin
hospitality giants 87 A WELCOME SURPRISE by Mike Zimmerman
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departments 23 HEADLINERS 28 SHOPTALK 31 DESIGNWIRE by Annie Block 34 BLIPS by Carlene Olsen 40 PINUPS by Rebecca Thienes 65 CROSSLINES by Ashlee Beard Woven in Time
Celebrating 65 years at the loom, textile icon Hanne Vedel has secured a place in Danish design history. 73
MARKET by Rebecca Thienes, Georgina McWhirter, Colleen Curry, and Wilson Barlow
100 CENTERFOLD by Colleen Curry Spreading the Word
182 BOOKS by Stanley Abercrombie 184 CONTACTS 187 INTERVENTION by Wilson Barlow BEPPE BRANCATO
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The C-19 Poster Series by Studio O+A infuses life-saving messaging with positive vibes.
Photo Michel Gibert, for advertising purposes only. Flower arrangement by Thierry FĂŠret.
In celebration of the brand’s 60th anniversary, renowned Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos imagined a line of seating and accessories for Roche Bobois. The Bombom collection presents her interpretation of comfort and interior design: playful, generous and resolutely optimistic.
Bombom, designed by Joana Vasconcelos. Collection of sofas with entirely removable slipcovers, upholstered in different shades of Stretch fabric. Sets of mobile backrests, can be positioned freely on the seats. Tutti Frutti. Rugs, designed by Joana Vasconcelos. Manufactured in Europe.
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