Contemporary Warm Shelter In The Cold Country of Norway
This modern home in Norway, called the Cabin GJ-9 was designed by Gudmundur Jonsson Architect and it emphasises the beauty of the surrounding rocky landscape. The inhabitants are one step closer to the nature, breathing fresh air and enjoying a stress-free environment. The project aims to rediscover the simple things in life such as a staggering view over the lake while drinking your morning coffee or a walk in the dusk, after a hectic week day. The Cabin is located in Bjergøy, a wonderful and relaxing place, where time does not exist and where a strong connection with the nature is all you need to find inner piece.
The house is rather a cozy shelter for your senses. It is warm and stylish, rich in details and decorations. Floor to ceiling windows allow a good light penetration and moreover allow the nature to slip inside. The core of the living room is a fireplace that creates a romantic atmosphere, for cold nights and snowy days. The house is entirely made of wood and stone (natural materials). “The pavilion concept is emphasized by the large roof that is as well giving shelter for the terrace during rainy days. The large roof has simultaneously the purpose of giving the impression that the Cabins space is bigger experienced from the inside. The terrace and the roof make a unity and extend the space with the glazed facade and the sliding doors.”
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Exquisite Contemporary Vacation Home in The Exotic Country of Thailand
Welcome to the exotic Thailand! Breathtaking views, amazing people, interesting food and an entire range of activities that might seem exotic to the Western tourist, are worth taking the “risk” of exploring the boundaries of an awesome Thai lifestyle! Finding yourself on a land that exhales cultural diversity, the Baan Citta house, located in the North part of the busy city of Bankok is the work of XXS, a design studio that mainly focuses on balancing aesthetics with functionality and creating seamless flows between spaces, in order to understand the client’s vision of an “ideal home” and bring him closer to his comfort zone.
Really fascinating, the house has a beautiful view over the lake. You can enjoy the beautiful lake sunsets from the intimacy of the upper bedrooms. What’s really amazing is the fact that you can also enjoy the lake view from the swimming pool, giving you that particular feeling that you are about to immerse into infinity. The house is really spacious and inspiring, due to the client’s request, who wanted a zen home, a perfect escape with plenty of open spaces. Baan Citta also inspires a strong connection with the environment.
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5 CommentsComfortable Rectangular Home in the Idyllic Country of Austria
The Royer House, spotted on Architizer is a compact, rectangular shaped home in Austria, entirely designed by the Kienesberger Schröckenfuchs Architektur firm. The house, located in a quiet neighborhood nearby Wels is ideal for a small family in search of adopting a peaceful lifestyle, being fond of simple, yet comfortable design. Finished in 2010, the project implies in addition to the house itself, a stunning interior garden, a green space for relaxation, that completes the plain, non-outstanding front street scenario.
The house has a narrow front entrance with narrow windows, creating a shelter of intimacy for its inhabitants. We can easily say that the Royer House is a surprising, yet contradictory home. Its exterior is wrapped in a plain, minimalistic look, being neither creative nor outstanding. But then, as you seep inside, the landscape is completely transformed. A wide space, flooded by light, with furniture made of beautiful solid natural wood welcomes you in the most warm and homey way possible. The living and kitchen area are connected to the interior garden, offering an amazing view upon the green maze of trees and grass. Large wood framed windows, simple furniture lines, an idyllic garden and a new angle of perception. Comfort has just become more accessible. Would you make this your permanent home?
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Located in the Northern coast of California, Sonoma County is one of the most well-known wine-grape-growing, wine-producing, and wine-consuming regions not just in the United States but around the world. Boasting 13, the most in the U.S., American Viticultural Areas — official regions with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and the United States Department of the Treasury — Sonoma County is home to 1,800 grape growers and 350 wineries across 60,000-plus acres of awesome land. But nowadays pretty much every city and country has its very own “Wine Country” and Sonoma County was feeling the competition or, put more officially, “there is more pressure than ever before to strengthen the presence of Sonoma County and its AVAs among world-class wine regions” so three of the county’s leading organizations — Sonoma County Vintners, Sonoma County Winegrape Commission, and Sonoma County Tourism Bureau — banded together to create an official destination brand as well as a national campaign to “build awareness through communications and promotion that will keep the Sonoma County brand visible and relevant, ensuring that every winery, grower, and our region as a whole benefits from the power of our brand.” The identity has been designed by Landor.
The brand mark, which is in the style of a stencil or stamp designed to convey the unique craftsmanship at the heart of grape growing and winemaking in Sonoma County, has been approved by the Boards of all three organizations to adopt as their organization logos.
— Press Release [PDF]
The Sonoma County logo’s rustic brown color and stencil style recall the unique craftsmanship at the heart of winemaking. To reinforce its origins in stencil designs, the logo always appears at an angle.
— Identity Guidelines [PDF]
“Through our brand essence work, we defined the character of Sonoma County as genuine, independent, and adventurous,” said Honore Comfort, executive director of Sonoma County Vintners. “Likewise, our core audience can be described as ‘experience seekers’ — people who are confident, independent thinkers with natural curiosity and a sense of discovery, who like to try new things. This is the audience we want to reach, and we feel like Sonoma County is a great match for them.”
— Press Release [PDF]
Identity guidelines cover.
Primary typeface: Brilliant by Facetype.
Prototype usage samples.
At first it’s hard to take seriously that Sonoma County really needs a destination brand and an awareness campaign — do luscious sceneries, luxury spas, fancy wineries where men tie their sweaters around their neck, really need an awareness campaign? This is the sarcastic in me, but it’s all relative, and when you have competition from places like Niagara-on-the-Lake Wine Country or Texas Wine Country that are either destinations of their own or simply keep people where they are rather than travel to the edge of the U.S. then, yeah, I guess a brand would be nice. And this new Sonoma County identity is nice. But nothing more. The concept — a stencil you would find on a grape crate or a wine barrel — isn’t groundbreaking but the execution is somewhat interesting, mostly because of the good typeface selection. The distressed look works at a basic level, although I don’t see why the distress wouldn’t also affect the type and not just the border. In application the logo is meant to be like a stamp or seal of approval, so the stencil approach plays well. The real challenge is getting all those thousands of grape growers and hundreds of wineries to adopt the logo, otherwise you might just want to wrap your sweater around your neck and take your swirling elsewhere.
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Windows Store slowly going global, 26 country specific markets launching with next update
The Windows Store, though still very much in the trial stage, is already growing — and not just in terms of catalog size. At launch, alongside the consumer preview of Windows 8, the Store was only accepting submissions from devs in five different countries and had region specific markets to match. With the next preview release of its upcoming OS, though, Microsoft plans to expand that greatly. Soon enough 33 more nations will be open to submitting apps and the number of country-specific store fronts will jump from five to 26. And, while you’ll still have to submit your apps in one of the 12 certification languages for approval purposes, entries will be accepted in 109 different tongues. This move will require some changes on the backend, of course, to scale globally. So, as part of that transition Microsoft has stopped accepting submissions for Consumer Preview apps. We can only hope the down time is short lived and the next version of the Windows Store (and possibly Windows 8) is hot on its heels.
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Delightful Mix of Traditional and Modern in a Moroccan Country Home
In case you were wondering how a Moroccan country home looked like, but didn’t have the chance to see one, here is a project that will raise your interest even more. Found on JJ Locations, this beautiful crib combines traditional elements with modern design approaches, creating a space that is beautiful, inviting and highly original. The large living room features a concrete fireplace that makes a great contrast with the home arrangements surrounding it. A generous sofa , paintings and various colorful decorating items contribute to a vivid and dynamic atmosphere. The kitchen is highly original, featuring utilities that are skillfully camouflaged. Exposed beams and wood accents provide a great visual effect. This country residence has a total of two floors, each of them displaying a charming design. Have a look!
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Renovated Country House Displaying Modern Charm
There is no greater feeling of comfort than to turn your beautiful, old house into a contemporary version of itself – keeping all the memories intact while enjoying fascinating new furniture and furnishings, decorations and design elements. This country house was recently renovated to suit a more modern lifestyle. Custom woodworking and unique furniture adorns the interiors, while the outside spaces benefit from fresh air, warm sunlight and beautiful views. On the inside, white walls and wide oak flooring compose a beautiful background for the vividly colored details. Some of the walls on the first floor were removed to make space for the new open floor plan. The main living area has access to the kitchen and the study, while the staircase leads up to the bedrooms. This two-storey villa in Barcelona was designed by architect Joan Arnau Farrás of studio 05 AM Arquitectura.
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Town & Country Goes Back to the Future
First published in 1846 — eighteen forty-six, people! — Town & Country (T&C) is officially described as “America’s premier lifestyle magazine for the affluent.” Thankfully that’s at least not in its tagline, like Petco, “where the rich people go.” But I digress. Published by Hearst Corporation, T&C covers fashion, travel, design, beauty, health, the arts and antiques and has a circulation of more than 450,000. T&C has been going through some changes this year with a new Editor-in-Chief, Jay Fielden, named in January and a new Design Director, Edward Leida, last month. With the release of the September issue, T&C is introducing a new logo and a redesign of the magazine.
“Like any good creative in the magazine industry, I’m aware of the legacy and history of Town & Country, and it’s extremely rich,” said Leida.” What Frank Zachary brought to Holiday and Town & Country from a design standpoint was extraordinary. And many of those vintage and historical foundations that occurred way before I was born are milestones in the design world, as far as I’m concerned. I’m trying to embrace and process them for Town & Country today. I’d like to bring back some of those very distinctive ways of looking at design and imagery.”
— Interview with Edward Leida, Design Director
Sample magazine covers from the 1970s.
The new logo is not quite new, it goes back all the way to the 1930s when T&C started using an all uppercase sans serif in its cover and remaining that way through the late 1990s with some modifications along the way, including an Optima-ish version that added some thicks and thins. Eventually the logo evolved into a very unsophisticated lowercase treatment that had lasted until this redesign. The new logo maintains the quirky ampersand and, in homage to former T&C art director Frank Zachary, the logo comes with alternating colors in the letters just as Zachary did at Holiday. On its own the color alternation might be dopey but in the context of the magazine cover it looks rather nice and that’s also where the logo shines best, rather than on its own. Placed on top of a hero photograph and surrounded by lots of delicate serif headlines, the simplicity of the logo makes it stand out. When you compare the two covers above, this is night and day, and the magazine is now better positioned to attract all those affluent folk.
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Eclectic Mallorca Country House Designed by Mestre Paco
In a place where summers are hot and bright and winters are mild and the Mediterranean Sea is close enough to feel the breeze on your skin, a beautiful house can only enhance the feelings of relaxation and contentment. The Mediterranean villa you can see in the photos was designed by Mestre Paco and it reveals the concept of living without borders in a natural, comfortable environment. The stone facade, punctuated by wooden shutters, creates a picture-perfect exterior, accentuated by the use of simple patio furniture in the garden. Interior spaces are defined by the white beams hovering over the serene arrangements accentuated by natural stone walls. The existing flooring at the entrance and living room is used as a way to detach the interior design from over-exposure to modern design and keep the balance of the overall look. A raised dining area, separated from the living room by a creative shelving system shelters the owners’ meal times from distractions. Salvaged items and industrial elements found their place in a house that displays a melting pot of styles. This fascinating interior design leaves you wanting more and creates a few new ideas for anyone looking for inspiration. Enjoy!
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