Innauer-Matt Architekten completes House with Three Eyes in rural Austria

Three large round windows puncture the facades of this home overlooking Austria's Rhine Valley, designed by Innauer-Matt Architekten.

Called House with Three Eyes, the two-storey property features a series of characterful features. As well as the windows, to which the name refers, it also features a facade of larch shingles that are reminiscent of fish scales.

Innauer-Matt Architekten designed the house for a family of four, just outside the village of Weiler.

Its site was previously home to a farmhouse that fell victim to bad weather. Planning regulations stipulated that the new house must match the form and volume of its predecessor.

This limited what the architects could do with the design, but they still tried to find ways to be creative.

"With its lower floors in solid construction and a state-of-the-art wood framework construction on the upper floor, the house combines two building methods," said the Austrian studio, which is led by architects Markus Innauer and Sven Matt.

"We made full use of the building's cubature and, as a reference to the former building, added a characteristic cross gable."

The concrete-framed ground floor features a cladding of larch boards, which in some places form a lattice to partially shade full-height glazing.

The larch shingles cover the upper walls, including the four large gables, while the roof is covered in copper. "Both materials will develop a natural patina," said the architects.

The three large windows offer light and impressive views to a sizeable first-floor living space.

"Each of these windows points to a different geographic direction and invites different landscapes into the room: mountain, valley, tree," said the architects.

This room benefits from a sculptural ceiling, as it sits directly beneath the cross-gabled roof. An open sandstone fireplace at the centre of the room adds drama, and there's also a bar where residents can prepare drinks.

The kitchen and dining space are located on the ground floor, in the space directly below. They open up to a sheltered, south-facing terrace, featuring an in-built wooden bench.

Innauer-Matt Architekten typically works on projects in rural areas. Previous examples include the spruce-clad Haus Feurstein and the tiny Wirmboden chapel.

The studio describes House with Three Eyes as an "unobtrusive, effortless addition to the surrounding landscape".

Photography is by Adolf Bereuter.

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Project credits:

Clients: Sonja and Thomas Summer
Architects: Innauer-Matt Architekten
Construction supervision: Paul Martin Projektmanagement
Statics: Marc Hämmerle
Building physics: Günter Meusburger

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The Sculptor's Residence installation lets you step inside an artisan's home

Norm Architects has worked alongside furniture brands Menu and Dux to curate an installation that resembles eclectic living quarters as part of Stockholm Design Week.

A "staged fantasy" intended to "immerse guests in the mind of an artisan", The Sculptor's Residence is peppered with an array of design-focused objects.

The four-room installation takes over an apartment at the heart of the Swedish capital and has been curated by Copenhagen-based practice Norm Architects.

Brands Menu and Dux have provided furnishings from their respective collections, while audio is provided by a selection of Bang & Olufsen speakers.

"The almost theatrical staging of objects pays homage to the ateliers of great artists – from Picasso's Parisian hideout to Cezanne's untouched studio in Aix-en-Provence – and allows visitors a glimpse into the artistic process, on a larger scale," explained founding partner of Norm Architects Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen.

"It's a staged fantasy of sorts; pairing different creative partners to create one creative whole."

The living room-style area has been dressed with a rounded, oatmeal-coloured sofa and a pair of tan-leather chairs, which sit upon a textured rug.

At the centre of the space is a veiny, black-marble podium from Swedish stone company Östersjösten that serves as a coffee table.

Chunky plaster plinths from Danish brand St Leo have also been dotted around the periphery of the room, displaying geometric sculptures from Copenhagen-based British artist Nicholas Shurey or gnarled ceramic objects by Sofia Tufvasson.

Huge scrolls of paper and blank canvases have also been lent up against the apartment's walls.

Visitors can wander through to an office-like room – it's centred by a slim white desk that's been scattered with books, material samples and paintbrushes, in another nod to the imagined lifestyle of the apartment's owner.

Similar items can be seen on the black gridded shelf that appears in the apartment's dining room, which also accommodates a marble-topped table and a couple of cushioned lounge chairs.

A timber-framed bed finally features in the bedroom, styled with neutral-toned linens.

The Sculptor's Residence will be used as a talks and events space throughout the 2020 edition of Stockholm Design Week. Major installations from the event last year include The Baker's House, which saw creative duo Farg & Blanche insert 12 contemporary objects into an ornate 19th-century family home.

Neri&Hu also created a house-like timber structure for the design week's furniture fair – but later came forward to say that they were unhappy with the "abysmal" quality workmanship that had gone into making it.

Photography is by Monica Steffensen.

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London's longest-running design fair 100% Design rebrands as Design London

London design trade fair 100% Design will rebrand as Design London in time for London Design Festival 2020, and move from Olympia in the west of the city to the new Design District in Greenwich.

The newly named Design London fair will take place for the first time from 16 to 19 September 2020, as part of this year's London Design Festival.

The fair, which has been owned by Media10 since 2012, will be curated thematically, and like its predecessor 100% Design, will feature a programme of talks.

"It is an incredibly exciting time for design in the capital," said Media10 CEO, Lee Newton. "Design London will showcase a highly curated selection of brands, each of which produces groundbreaking and original products."

Name aligns with other Media10 fairs

The change in name will align the design fair with the three other fairs around the world run by the Essex-based media and events company.

Each of Media 10's fairs – Design Beijing, Design Joburg and Design Shanghai, which announced last week that it would postpone its March event due to coronavirus  – is now named after the city where it takes place.

The fair will take place at Magazine London in Greenwich

The name change also "furthers the potential to open other design fairs internationally" following the same format, according to Newton.

After five years at the Olympia London exhibition centre in Hammersmith, west London, the newly named fair will move to Magazine London, a new purpose-built event space in Greenwich, near London's Docklands.

Fair will form part of new Design District

The fair will sit alongside the new Design District in Greenwich Peninsula, masterminded by developer Knight Dragon. It offers "purpose-built permanently affordable spaces from desks to clean and dirty workshops" for up to 1,800 creatives.

The district will feature 16 buildings designed by eight architects including SelgasCano, 6a Architects, Mole and David Kohn Architects. It launches in September 2020, at the same time as Design London.

Design District will launch at the same time as Design London

The hangar-like 19,994 square-metre Magazine London space is the largest of its kind in the city and is defined by its "simple architectural form".

"Magazine London provides the perfect backdrop for presenting contemporary design and I have no doubt that this will be a highlight of LDF 2020," said Newton.

The venue also allows access to The Pylon, an upended electricity pylon by artist Alex Chinneck – a well-known local landmark.

Greenwich Peninsula better connected

The fair organisers also hope that Greenwich Peninsula will attract more visitors as they believe it is better connected than Olympia.

"The move was prompted mainly by our perception of Magazine London as an exciting new venue within a dynamic new design district (which will ultimately house close to 2,000 creatives)," said Design London.

"There will be great transport links, compared to Olympia, making it easy to get there. Not many other London venues allow you to arrive by cable car or boat!"

A five-kilometre-long park called The Tide opened in Greenwich last summer. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architecture studio behind the High Line, the route stretches from the underground station at North Greenwich to waterfront events space The Jetty.

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Competition: win a bespoke hand-crafted chef's knife

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Blenheim Forge in London to offer our readers the chance to design their own hand-crafted cooking knife.

The Blenheim Forge team make the knives by hand in their workshop underneath the railway arches in Peckham, London. 

One reader will win a place at a workshop where they will customise their very own knife. If they're unable to attend, the winner can also collaborate on the design of a knife with Blenheim Forge who will then make the knife and send it onto the winner, wherever they are.

Blenheim Forge knives are made in Peckham, London

Blenheim Forge founders Jon Warsharsky and James Ross-Harris discovered a joint love of making things, whilst living together in south London. 

Experimenting with a homemade meat smoker then moving onto a hot tub, the pair eventually built a forge in their garden where they started producing knives, before establishing the company in 2014. 

"Blenheim Forge was born from a quest to create knives of the highest character and performance," said the company. "A painstaking and exacting process, each knife takes approximately 20 hours to make."

One reader will win a place at a workshop where they will customise their own knife

Knives in the Classic range feature a walnut wood and copper handle with a carbon-steel blade.

Designs includes Petty, a lightweight knife for intricate tasks, Nakiri, the ideal knife for vegetable preparation, Gyuto, perfect for slicing through meat, fish and vegetables, and Santoku, which is able to tackle almost any ingredient.

Customers can choose from the Classic and Stainless Clad ranges, as well as special-edition pieces

The blades are crafted from a particular metal known as Blue Paper Steel. This also creates the unique ripples of metal, an aesthetic which the Forge's knives have become recognised for.

"The core of each knife, the part that makes the cut, is made from Japanese Aogami carbon steel – also known as Blue Paper Steel – which is internationally recognised as the optimum metal for chef's knives," says Blenheim Forge.

Instead of walnut the Stainless Clad range boasts a fumed-oak and brass handle with a stainless-steel-clad Aogami Blue Super blade. Star pieces include Funayuki, designed for preparing fish, and the Slicer, which as the name suggests, was created for slicing and carving.

The Classic range features a walnut wood and copper handle

Special-edition knives are also available, such as the Hunting knife, specifically designed for game, Cleaver which is perfect for butchery tasks such as cutting through bone and cartilage, and the Oyster knife, which was developed in collaboration with Oyster Boy Events.

The materials for all of the handles, whether walnut, oak or otherwise are sourced in partnership with the Bermondsey-based Goldfinch ethical furniture and milling company.

The materials for all of the handles are sourced with Goldfinch furniture and milling company

One reader will have the chance to attend a workshop to create their own knife. The Blenheim Forge workshop is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays every week.

The team also runs knife-sharpening workshops, details of which can be found on the website. 

Competition closes Thursday 5 March. One winner will be selected at random and notified by email, and his or her name will be published at the top of this page. Entrants must be over 18 years old and the winner will be asked for proof of age. Terms and conditions apply.

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La Chance presents new furniture designs during Maison&Objet

Parisian furniture brand La Chance has unveiled a series of new additions to its collection, including a chunky bookcase and a side table that plays with perspective.

La Chance has applied textiles by Metaphores to the Planet chairs

To coincide with the Maison&Objet 2020 furniture fair, La Chance hosted an exhibition in its Paris showroom, bringing products from its inaugural collections together with its latest offerings.

Among the most eye-catching of the new pieces is a collaboration with textile brand Metaphores.

New textiles are also added to the X Ray daybed by Alain Gilles

The brand has applied bold patterned fabrics to the Planet chairs, designed by company co-founder Jean-Baptiste Souletie, as well as the X Ray daybed by French designer Alain Gilles.

Contrasting fabrics are combined in some cases, giving the seats a multitude of different personalities.

The Monument shelving system is a new design by Cocorico

The newest product in the range is the Monument shelving system, an ash bookcase designed by emerging local studio Cocorico.

The design consists of two large, cross-shaped uprights, which support a pair of slender shelves. There are no visible fixings, giving the piece a uniform aesthetic.

The Rocky side is a sister to the well-known Rocky credenza

Lc Chance has also launched the Rocky side – a sister to one of the brand's best-known pieces, the Rocky credenza created by Lebanese designer Charles Kalpakian.

While the original piece is a complex interplay of distorted cubes, the Rocky side comprises a single abstracted block. It can be turned in different directions to create varying perspectives.

Available in green or blue, the piece is designed to function as a coffee table, a side table or a bedside table.

It can be turned in different directions to create varying perspectives

The exhibition also includes the Sebastian Herkner-designed Salute coffee tables, which are available in travertine for the first time.

These tables, first launched in 2013, combine cylindrical supports with cantilevered circular surfaces.

The Sebastian Herkner-designed Salute coffee tables are now available in travertine

Louise Breguet and Jean-Baptiste Souletie attracted a lot of attention when they launched La Chance in 2012, thanks to designs like the Tembo stool by Note Design Studio and the Float table by Luca Nichetto.

By combining art-deco influences with contemporary French forms, the brand has developed a distinct identity over the past eight years.

Block is a chair designed by Jonas Lutz in 2019 that is influenced by brutalism

More recent additions to the brand's collection include Block, a chair designed by Jonas Lutz in 2019, which takes cues from brutalism.

Featuring blocky walnut armrests, it can be upholstered in wool or sheepskin.

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