Kira Ni's Scandi-inspired ceramics feature spikes that are curious, not aggressive
Kira Ni, owner of Kira Ni Ceramics, began practicing pottery in January 2014. Just one year later she had founded her ceramics shop – a world away from her degree in management and the office jobs she had worked in for years. Ni escaped her corporate roots and sought out a basic understanding in ceramics. Four years down the line, she's crafted a distinctly individual style of ceramic objects that sell in a selection of chic retailers throughout the world. "I did a few worksh
Moveable feasts: Merrett Houmøller's pop-up kitchen defies cultural borders
Describing themselves as "relatively young and still optimistic", London-based architecture studio Merrett Houmøller are delivering on their self-set goal to create architecture for the greater good. Their recent colourful project – a compact, collapsable and transportable kitchen – is their response to the RIBA design competition, Beyond Borders, which sought to unite vulnerable young people who have crossed borders to get to the UK. Cover image: Beyond Borders, Merrett Houm
Ellsworth Kelly's built reverie – exalting colour, surface and material
In January 2015, the abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly gifted the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas a design concept for his most monumental work: the first and only building the artist designed, as well as the last project before his death that following December. The Austin chapel, as it's named, has quickly become the apple of the culture crowd's eye, drawing over 2,000 viewers to its opening earlier this month. But aside from its photo-op value and minimalist-a
