VISUAL PLEASURE Collaborates With Designers and Brands to Create a Home Office Gallery for a New Reality
Over the past year, everything about how we work and live has changed. Travel plans and holidays have been canceled, kids are homeschooling, and people are now working from home. And to make the best out of an unexpected and challenging situation, most of us have started working to improve our spaces in an attempt to make our home offices as beautiful (and functional) as possible. Whether we share a workspace with family or friends or have the privacy of a home office, we all need a space to allow ourselves to think, create, and flourish in this new capacity. With this in mind, VISUAL PLEASURE has designed a new home gallery for the office in collaboration with a collective of amazing designers and brands.
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Finding the Balance Between Richness and Restraint in the AEONIC Spa Hotel Mykonos
The AEONIC Spa Hotel in Mykonos is a true interior gem infused with serenity and a beautiful natural atmosphere. The suites, spa, and communal areas were designed by the Greek interior design studio Stones and Walls and reflect their founding philosophy that “design influences people’s cultures and has a positive impact on their lives,” which is exactly what the hotel aims to do. Aeonic means lasting for an eon or for a lifetime, but what it means to the hotel is “that you can look forward to bliss without any hassle or fuss within the premises of a luxury boutique hotel.”
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Studio 11:11 Creates a Sense of Calm and Intrigue
Melbourne-based Studio 11:11 is a multidisciplinary design studio that explores the boundaries between interior, architecture, leather goods, and objects. The studio was founded by New Zealand architect and interior designer Annabel Smart and Dutch interior architect Marijne Vogel. Annabel graduated with a degree in architecture at the Victoria University of Wellington, after which she worked for some renowned New Zealand design firms before moving to Melbourne in 2012. Marijne moved there after obtaining her Bachelor of Interior Architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague and working for Studio Hecker Guthrie.
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Bettina Kiehnle Brings Culture and Simplicity to the Highly-Curated Home
Understanding what makes a house a home is a talent of curator and designer Bettina Kiehnle of Studio IMA. With her apartment doubling as both a living space and a gallery, she sees the beauty in finding the perfect piece for her home—artwork that balances both culture and inspiration, but fills the space with a natural simplicity. With an apartment that plays double duty as a gallery and store (not to mention a place to lay her head), she invites visitors in by appointment only to look over her highly-curated content of work from both local Mexican and international artists.
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Experience the Beauty of Balance With Guillaume Alan’s Project Victor Hugo
If timelessness and serenity could always share a space, they would continuously be found within the interiors of Guillaume Alan. The conceptual architecture design studio is known for its personification of French beauty, classic lines, modern silhouettes, and just a touch of minimalism to keep everything understated. His last work, the Kennedy Residence in Paris, showcased a monochromatic, minimalist sanctuary, while his latest project, Victor Hugo, Paris, captures a balance between his luxurious purity and a shared passion for Asian design.
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Finding Balance and Peace in the Natural Beauty With House of Grey
For over 20 years, Louisa Grey of House of Grey has been perfecting her hand at interior design. Whether for residential or commercial properties, she has created a niche aesthetic through the use of locally-sourced, sustainable, and natural materials to bring the organic imperfections of nature indoors. Her work blends form and function, allowing businesses and homeowners the opportunity to grow and flourish in the space, making it their own as it evolves with them.
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Discover Supaform’s Geometric Play With Furniture and Interior Design
The Russian architecture and design studio Supaform pushes the boundaries of interplay between disciplines like architecture, sculpture, and painting. Founded by Maxim Scherbakov, the studio focuses on furniture and interior design with a geometric and playful twist. The visionary designs are unusual and seem minimalistic yet say it all by their strong, geometric and often colorful shape. Going back to the essence, the Supaform spaces and custom furniture pieces make use of strong contrasts both in color and in shape resulting in ever-interesting and playful creations with a retro vibe. Maxim Scherbakov takes us through his process.
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Discover the ‘made in France’ sophistication of Guillaume Alan in the Kennedy Residence
Stepping inside the Kennedy Residence in Paris, you’re immersed in a sober and minimalistic sanctuary. This terrace penthouse apartment is a perfect representation of the sophisticated style of its designer Guillaume Alan.
With his father being an architect, his mother an interior designer and his grandmother an antique dealer, the French Guillaume Alan was destined to become an interior designer himself. He opened his first own studio in Paris at only 22 years old and has become an internationally renowned designer ever since, opening a second studio in London in 2011 as well. Creating interiors and furniture with pure lines and a minimalistic aesthetic, he goes back to the essence and yet says it all with so little.
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The Ever-Evolving Style of Burdifilek Designs
For renowned interior design company Burdifilek, every project is an opportunity to break through the barriers of what they’ve done before. Never falling into one category, the design duo’s work is ever-changing and constantly inspired by the travels, culture, and local artisans they encounter from around the globe. Creative Director Diego Burdi and Managing Partner Paul Filek consider this the key to their success. “We strive to reflect global changes within our work, which is a pinnacle component to our success,” Burdi says. Embracing sophistication and distinctive global influences has helped them establish a 26-year-old design studio that continues to inspire the industry with every project they create.
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Crosby Studios: Blending Cultural References and Colorful Simplicity
Crosby Studios, an architecture, interior and furniture design studio based in New York and Moscow, is the success story of the Russian architect and designer Harry Nuriev. Establishing the studio in 2014, he found inspiration for the name of his passion project in the heart of the Big Apple. “I named my studio Crosby Studios because I love Crosby Street,” he says. “I was walking on Crosby one day and thought it sounded sexy.” After their first collection of works, Collection I, the studio was catapulted into the design world, making a name for itself with bold and colorful projects all over the world.
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This Kresta Design Project Reinvents Historic Homes With a Contemporary Perspective
Some of the most impressive designs are those that add the most minute touches to an existing space. Architecture and design studio Kresta Design does what most studios veer away from: pay homage to tradition. Made up of architects Cristina Domínguez Lucas and Fernando Hernández-Gil, the studio takes on projects that invoke a sense of curiosity and challenge, often selecting buildings rich with history and character—much like the Rural Guesthouse, in Villalba de los Barros.
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