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The Renovated Restaurant Le Dalí at Le Meurice, Paris

Salvador Dalí would often grace Le Meurice Hotel in Paris with his presence, which has led to the hotel naming one of its top restaurants after him. Recently revamped by famed designer Philippe Stark, restaurant Le Dalí features surreal hanging lampshades, slanting mirrors and a fantastical ceiling muralas well as menu created by Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse, which includes contemporary tastes with Mediterranean accents, as well as signature dishes like the Dalí Salad with quail eggs and the Pop Art burger.

Le Dali reastaurant, Paris. Photo courtesy Le Meurice Paris.

Le Dali reastaurant, Paris. Photo courtesy Le Meurice Paris.

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Equip Hair Salon in Sakai, Osaka

Japanese design studio SIDES CORE are becoming something of a hair-salon expert, since this is their third such project. Designed for a hairdresser friend who wanted to offer his clients a new experience every time they visit, the salon is minimally furnished and decorated, and can serve only one client at a time. The big round mirror reflects the desk and shelves behind the client, which the salon owner can decorate and customise at will, thus changing his client’s experience every time they visit for a haircut. 

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Equip Hair Salon by SIDES CORE. Photo © Yoshiro Masuda.

Hapter, Video The Origin. Photo © Hapter.

Hapter, Video The Origin. Photo © Hapter.

Vintage-Inspired Steel and Fabric Glass Frames by Hapter 

Founded in 2013, Hapter is a small manufacturer of glass frames based out of a town up in the Dolomite mountains in Italy. Inspired by a pair of First World War military goggles that were found up on the Dolomites, the brand creates unique frames that combine surgical steel covered with high-quality fabrics. The result is, well... haptic, and the frames look as if they have emerged from a period film about the early days of aviation. On the occasion of its three-year anniversary, Hapter has released a short film that shows the making process for its unique designs. 

Hapter, M100 Trench Google. Photo © Hapter.

HapterM100 Trench Google. Photo © Hapter.

Hapter TXTL001 style, Photo © Hapter.

Hapter TXTL001 style, Photo © Hapter.

Hapter collection txtl001. Photo © Hapter.

Hapter collection txtl001. Photo © Hapter.

Basketball Backboards Made of Stained Glass and Swarovski Crystals

These sparkling and quite unusable basketball backboards are created by American designer Victor Solomon using traditional stained-glass techniques, gold-plated steel and Swarovski crystals. Expensive, time-consuming and once very rare, stained glass is associated with wealth, high social status and religion, for Solomon, making these objects brings together one of his favourite things, basketball, with his own creative process. 

Literally Balling, You Know I Gotta Show Out (detail), 44 x 40 x 20 in. Glass, mirror, lead, 24k gold-plated high polish steel, wood, Swarovski crystal. Photo courtesy Victor Solomon.

Literally BallingYou Know I Gotta Show Out (detail), 44 x 40 x 20 in. Glass, mirror, lead, 24k gold-plated high polish steel, wood, Swarovski crystal. Photo courtesy Victor Solomon.

Literally Balling, We Skrong Then, 44 x 40 x 20 in. Glass, mirror, lead, 24k gold-plated high polish steel, wood, Swarovski crystal. Photo courtesy Victor Solomon.

Literally BallingWe Skrong Then, 44 x 40 x 20 in. Glass, mirror, lead, 24k gold-plated high polish steel, wood, Swarovski crystal. Photo courtesy Victor Solomon.

Noni Exhibition, Collin Townsend Velkoff, Monoliitti. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni Exhibition, Collin Townsend VelkoffMonoliitti. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni Collection of Design Objects from Finland

Photographer Kimmo Metsäranta did a great job capturing these utterly attractive design objects from the Noni Collection, a project that strongly demonstrates a stark, Finnish aesthetic. Participating designers include Anna Krivtsova, Collin Townsnd Velkoff, Erin Turkoglu, Reeta Ek, Fanni Suvila, Iseult Uhlemann, Salla Luhtasela and Wesley Walters.

Noni Exhibition, Erin Turkoglu, Kivi Side Table. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni ExhibitionErin TurkogluKivi Side Table. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni Exhibition, Fanni Suvila, Las Palmas lamp. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni ExhibitionFanni Suvila, Las Palmas lamp. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni Exhibition, Reeta Ek, Bloody Mary. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Noni ExhibitionReeta EkBloody Mary. Photo © Kimmo Metsäranta.

Rasmus Warberg, MIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Rasmus Warberg, MIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Mido Sideboard by Rasmus Warberg 

REFORM Design Biennale is a biannual exhibition space in Copenhagen showcasing a new generation of designers, craftsmen, architects and artists. Danish designer Rasmus Warberg is participating in this year’s exhibition with Mido, a sideboard that has the unusual form of a wooden cabinet suspended from a black metal frame.

Rasmus Warberg, MIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Rasmus WarbergMIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Rasmus Warberg, MIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Rasmus WarbergMIDO. Photo © Emil Monty Freddie.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

AW 17 “Drama” Collection of Leather Accessories by Konstantin Kofta

For his Autumn-Winter 2016-17 collection, designer Konstantin Kofta has released a series of leather bags that continue his exploration into architectural elements and forms found in nature. This all-black collection is aptly named “Drama”, and includes a stunning brick-shaped shoulder bag and a backpack that looks like the cast of an ornate Baroque ceiling. 

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Kofta AW16 collection. Photo © Tasia Kudryk.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass chair and bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass chair and bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Brass Furniture by Valentin Loellmann

From the studio of Dutch designer Valentin Loellmann, this series of unique brass and wood furniture, which stand out for their uneven beauty and slender shapes. Although it was a challenge for the designer to shape flat sheets of brass into these pieces and then seamlessly merge them with wood, the result is elegant and one-of-a-kind —which gives their maker the right to compare them to haute couture.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass chair and bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass chair and bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass bench. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass table. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

Studio Valentin Loellmann, Brass table. Photo © Jonas Loellmann.

ExNovo, Affilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

ExNovoAffilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

Afillia Lamp by Alessandro Zambelli

In Botanology, afillia is an attribute describing a plant without leaves —the perfect name for this minimal and frill-free series of lights by Italian designer Alessandro Zambelli. Made of a nylon perforated body resting on a Swiss pine base, the six different types of Afillia lamp cast interesting shapes on the surrounding walls, like the sunlight filtered through the leaves of a tree. Ironic? Perhaps. Beautiful? Most certainly.

ExNovo, Affilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

ExNovo, Affilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

ExNovo, Affilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

ExNovoAffilia lamp. Photo courtesy alessandro zambelli design studio.

Nottdesign, Dnepr. Photo courtesy Nottdesign.

NottdesignDnepr. Photo courtesy Nottdesign.

Industrial Skyline Candle Holders by Nottdesign

Ukrainian designer Sergey Gotvyansky of studio Nottdesign created these playful candleholders inspired by the industrial region of Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine. The whole set looks like an oil-processing plant, which is perhaps not the ideal place for lighting candles —or anything flammable for that matter. That being said, their charred finish makes an ideal addition to that industrial interior project you're currently working on.

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