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Explore - Commercial Design
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The Ramen Shop in Oakland
Nestled in the foodie-friendly neighborhood of North Oakland is a far cry from the ramen that you’ve come to know throughout your college years. The brainchild of three Chez Panisse alums, The...
written by: Victoria Nguyen05.13.13 -
Pinterest Board of the Day: Restaurant Design
Have your cake and eat it (in a well-designed space), too! From a mosaic tiled Brooklyn café to a treehouse eatery in New Zealand, these eight restaurants will have you booking a reservation faster...
written by: Eujin Rhee05.08.13 -
Restaurant We Love: Outerlands in San Francisco
The rustic wooden interior of Outerlands is as much of a draw to the celebrated Outer Sunset eatery as its famous loaves of bread, which are baked in-house, daily.
written by: Ivane Soyombo04.29.13 -
Coffee Break: Third Wave Kiosk
A new coffee kiosk clad in reclaimed Cor-Ten steel sheet piles references local landscape and culture. It's located in Torquay, Australia, a beachside town about 60 miles south of Melbourne....
written by: Diana Budds04.15.13 -
First Moleskine Store Opens in NYC
Moleskine opens its first shop in the U.S. today in New York City's Time Warner Center, following a spate of recent store and kiosk launches in the UK including London's Heathrow Airport, Asia, and...
written by: Sara Ost03.22.13 -
Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis
When Michael Suomi of Stonehill & Taylor describes the $25 million interior redesign process of the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, he calls it a "multi-part architectural narrative."...
written by: Kurt Kohlstedt08.23.12 -
The Conservatorium, Amsterdam
The Conservatorium is among the newest in the European crop of design hotels. Architect Piero Lissoni has added his touch to what was originally a 19th-century bank by Dutch architect Daniel...
written by: Diana Budds08.16.12 -
Endemico Resguardo Silvestre, Mexico
In recent years, Baja’s Valle de Guadalupe, only an hour and a half from the San Diego airport and 40 minutes from Ensenada, has emerged as Mexico’s wine country. In order to showcase...
written by: Jaclyn Sienna Indiaphotos by: Luis Garcia05.14.12 -
The Modern Honolulu
In early April I was invited out to Honolulu to give a talk at the Hawaii Build and Buy Green Expo, an offer I could hardly refuse. And wanting to be as close to the Hawaiian Convention Center as I...
written by: Aaron Britt04.25.12 -
An Introduction to Restaurant Design
Eating has always been a sociable event, from primitive campfire cooking to reclining on lectuli at lavish Greek and Roman banquets. However, although taverns and inns had always existed, the...
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Food Court Gourmet
No need to brave the teeming throngs only to score a slice at Sbarro: These hopping food malls are as haute as can be.
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Cultivating Good Taste
Grown, harvested, prepped, and cooked all in the same place, farm-to-table fare is coming to a city near you.
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Tomorrow’s Specials
Slide into that booth or belly up the bar to learn what’s next for restaurant design. You’ll know before the maître d’ does.
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Sound Advice
Successful restaurants offer the holy trinity of good food, good service, and good ambience. Design can influence all three, but botch the ambience, and you’ll be forever fighting a...
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Réveille Coffee Company Truck
I confess it, friends, despite growing up in a small hill town in Northern California, my four plus years of living in San Francisco have taken their toll. And now, like every other member of this...
written by: Aaron Britt01.07.11 -
The Wild Beast by Hodgetts + Fung
Los Angeles–based architects Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung of Hodgetts + Fung Design and Architecture created a music pavilion for the Herb Alpert School of Music at the California Institute...
written by: Erika Heet11.02.09 -
Hoagies' Heroes
Best friends since middle school, Casey Patten and David Mazza have a passion for their up-and-coming slice of Washington, DC, matched only by their commitment to making you the best damn sandwich...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: João Canziani07.16.09 -
Yummy Interiors
These designers believe that dining out definitely shouldn’t make you feel like you’re staying in.
written by: Ken Scrudatophotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
Putting the Motel in Hotels
When design hotels first appeared in the ’80s, with their stylish bars, big-name designers, and excessive tariffs, many of us could have been forgiven for thinking that they were merely...
written by: Iain Aitch05.26.09
