Story of Design

Serie is an international practice based in London, Mumbai, and Singapore, founded by Christopher lee and Kapil Gupta, specializing in architecture, urban design, and research. with heavy exploration on architectural typologies and evolution, and the belief that studying historical building precedents becomes a strong basis for new solutions, Christopher Lee shares about creating life-changing hab...

Alexander Lamont is an English designer known for his organic and tactile product designs that are deeply rooted in touch. His childhood experience of having lived in different places around the world has allowed him to embrace the dynamism of materials and craftsmanship from many cultures, places and times, resulting in designs that are infused with unique vitality, soul, and character.

Sandellsandberg is a Sweden-based architectural design studio founded almost three decades ago and constantly aims to deliver a wide range of projects and solutions with careful attention to craftsmanship and timeless design. the firm creates thoughtfully-designed multiscale projects while crafting and nurturing meaningful architectural identities, as Johan Strandlund shared in this story of desig...

"Sustainability for us comes in three flavors: performance, arts and crafts, and local materials, and it is all about integrating all these elements into a design. This is where Southeast Asia should focus on being the driving force in the design process. to design meaningfully and to make a significant impact on grassroots level.” Patrick Keane, founder, and principal architect at Enter Proj...

Born and inspired by the Japanese word, “KiKi”, which means appreciation towards many aspects of our lives, KiKi ARCHi is a multinational design studio that internalizes design for wellbeing through thoughtfully crafted simplicity. Their mission is to introduce a rationale and responsible design language for the senses that are beyond poetic and timeless at heart, as Yoshihiko Seki shared in this...

GG-loop is an interdisciplinary architectural studio based in Amsterdam founded and led by Giacomo Garziano. The studio delivers an eclectic approach with vision focused on biophilic, regenerative, and environmentally conscious design to essentially create spaces that are not only inspirational and functional, as Giacomo shared further in this story of design series.

Casatibuonsante is a design firm born out of broadening architecture and design from domestic to urban landscapes and simultaneously finding the balance in between. Through building a deeper understanding of the ever-changing environment and users, Antonio and Federico, the two founders, shares how they create more livable, flexible, and inclusive domestic spaces inside a dynamic urban environment...

With its dynamic group of collaborators, Delve has completed a range of projects in private and public sectors across london with each project seeking a projection of joy and connectivity. As the name “Delve” stems from being explorative, curious, and investigative, Alex Raher shares how the approaches architecture as a space for learning for future generations in this story of design series.

Ecomantra is a tale of passion, mission, and regeneration.  Since 2014, the company aims to become the pioneer in environmental engineering consultancy and specializing in environmentally sustainable design to create better thought-out properties with significantly less carbon footprint. In this Story of Design series, Maitri Fischer lays open what makes a thriving environment and his thoughts on...

Berlin-based Sigurd Larsen developed his practice from small to large-scale projects involving a lot of integrated solutions from architecture, interior, furniture, and detailed designs. Ever since the beginning of his journey, Larsen had always had his eyes on details and human-scale features, which led him to always immersing himself into every design process, being hands-on with every project,...

NimTim Architects is a London-based architecture, landscape, and interior design studio led by a high-spirited duo, Nimi Attanayake and Timothy O’Callaghan. With every project celebrating uniqueness that resonates with the people who inhabit it, Tim further shares about embracing diversity at the center of process to create lively-designed spaces in this story of design series.

For more than decades, Mecanoo has highlighted the philosophy of People, Place, Purpose, and Poetry to constantly adapt to the ever-changing needs of the environment. In this Story of Design series, Nuno Fontarra, one of the partners at Mecanoo, shares his thoughts on making sustainable choices through embracing technology and innovation as a way to behold future architecture.

Bonell+Dòriga was founded in 2013 by Laura Bonell and Daniel López-Dòriga with the belief that small can do big . Through intention and curiosity, the studio has constructed a body of work that emphasizes the importance of the human scale in architecture.

Jakob’s primary approach is based on the belief in connectedness of things, living beings, and phenomena where he sees a kind of body language in terms of physicality in every process. This became more and more apparent as he shared more on celebrating imperfection and making a ‘good-enough’ architecture through mediating, understanding, and accepting the different forces as a way of building mind...

Park Associati always stimulate an open design methodology and combine analytical and practical techniques while also nurturing traditions to generate new designs and methods involving people. In this story of design series, Matteo Arietti, as head of research and architect at Park Associati further talks about humanities as an intangible part of architecture that drives changes while preserving m...

Since its founding in 2004 by Robert Humble and Joel Egan, Hybrid has always stood upon cultural, economical, social, and environmental values to drive livability. In this story of design series, owner robert humble and director of development alex herbig share the story of their hybridized practice with constantly adapting to the evolving needs of the city and people.

Inspired by Balinese culture and traditions, IBUKU always sees bamboo as an architectural material and constantly spreads its vernacular language through beautifully built structures. The studio was founded by Elora Hardy in 2010, hand have built up to 200 bamboo structures; bringing local Indonesian techniques, processes, and materials to the rest of the world to build sustainably as a way of con...

Singaporean Wallflower Architects founders', Robin Tan and Cecil Chee share their experiences and philosophy on generating impactful space in one of Southeast Asia's most highly urbanized environments, Singapore. 

Born in Venezuela and with a bankfull of experiences around the world, Maximilian Jencquel found Bali to be a sanctuary to grow and practice his architecture and therefore established Studio Jencquel in 2010. from there, he builds and reiterates a heartwarming architecture that accentuates storytelling predominantly inspired by his own life journey. 

Throughout their journey, CEBRA's philosophy is centralized around creating a balance between the brain and the heart, between something intellectual and emotional - it should never be one of the two. In this story of design, Mikkel Frost shares his elegiac thoughts on seeing architecture as an object that moves people and as an art form that enhances emotional connections among us. #sustaina...

Taina Campos believes that sustainability is all about thinking in a circular way, a changing mindset, habits, consumption, and our way of life, as she shared her thoughtful approach and biomaterials exploration in design to improve wellbeing. #sustainability #architecture #design