Food A rear of a small inner city Melbourne pub has been transformed from a tiny add-on back extension into a voyeuristic playground by Techné Architects. The clever rethinking of the space has effectively turned the 130m2 back area of The Prahran Hotel into 300m2 over three levels. The star of the design is a series of 17 ½ concrete waterpipes. These concrete culverts dominate the striking street façade. For architect Justin Northrop, the pipes add a lot more than drama to the hotel’s exterior. Guests can sit in booths inside the pipes. Booths can be seen from the street, and throughout the interior of the hotel. The project is the fifth pub collaboration between Techné and hotel group Sand Hill Road (SHR has pubs around Melbourne and moonlight as successful film producers). Guests can choose between three levels; the ground floor mixes polychromatic textured tiles and spotted gum floorboards, with a light-filled courtyard and street views.
DAMILANO STUDIO • ARCHITECTS Core77 / industrial design magazine + resource / home FreelandBuck Coroflot - Design Jobs & Portfolios H2O architectes Slovenian Design The Iskra group began as a small, state-owned radio workshop and by its heyday in the 1980s had developed into one of the country's leading manufacturers of electrical products, with a workforce numbering more than 85,000. Poster for 1971 Iskra exhibition at the Design Center Stuttgart In the summer of 1971, an exhibition featuring Iskra was held at the Design Center in Stuttgart, where the main focus was on presenting the company as the Yugoslav counterpart to the German firm Braun. Just as the design department, headed by Dieter Rams, gave Braun's products their typical aesthetic, Iskra too had a legendary design department, which was led from 1961 to 1971 by Davorin Savnik. After 1971, he continued to influence the style of the company's products as a freelance consultant to the management. ATA 30 telephone, designer Davorin Savnik, 1965 Oscilloscope by Iskra, designer Davorin Savnik, product graphics Danica Petrovič and Stane Abe, 1965–1969 Rex chair, designer Niko Krajl, 1952 "Mrs.
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