BIG SEE Talks with Seidl Florian, Lavazza’s design manager Q: Lavazza has a long tradition in coffee. How does the Elogy Barista project reflect the company's evolution and future vision? A:
3 Questions for Peter Pichler I believe the future of sustainable design in industrial buildings lies in the more efficient use of space, the reuse of existing structures, and
BIG SEE Talks with Antonio Aricò Q: Your pieces often feel joyful and whimsical. Do you approach design primarily as serious work, or is a sense of play an essential
3 Questions for Nicolò Chinello & Rodolfo Morandi The workshops of the future don’t need to hide away; rather, they aim to elevate the artisan’s work as an expression
BIG SEE Talks with Serafini Q: PIANO transforms the idea of a washbasin into a sculptural statement. What was the initial inspiration, and how did your collaboration with BUDDE shape
3 Questions for Michele Rossi In contemporary design, memory can serve as both anchor and catalyst. Q: How did you imagine the balance between preserving history and designing
BIG SEE Talks with Pedrali Q: Coney really looks “chairful”. How do you design something that feels so playful, while still being durable and functional? A: Paraphrasing our beloved
3 Questions for Valeria Presicci & Carlo Pantanella D'Ettorre Ricupaglia breaks with static interpretations of rural homes by respecting heritage and transforming it into an open, material-rich, and sustainable
3 Questions for Colucci & Partners Breaking away from traditional layouts required us to constantly balance innovation with functionality, ensuring that the spaces would support new pedagogical approaches while remaining
BIG SEE Talks with Patrizia Moroso, Art Director of Moroso Q: Clay continues the material experimentation seen in earlier projects. What drew you to ceramics for this piece? A: Clay's project, the
About the Project Gardening is an earthly endeavour, where choices are made daily between keeping and removing, responding to the weather, soil conditions, the seasons, as well as one’s desires, and
3 Questions for Andreas Profanter We firmly believe that our role as architects is to regenerate abandoned urban plots, keeping in mind that is essential to increase density and
BIG SEE Asks: 3 Questions to Mario Cucinella Architects The Pavilion is a meeting point between two cultures, where the language of design becomes a shared space for memory, emotion,
3 Questions for Ilaria Cargiolli & Barbara Bacigalupo We’re used to think about minimal spaces as empty and cold shells but it doesn’t have to be that way.
The Volksschule Andelsbuch project largely preserves the existing building structure and, together with the kindergarten extension to the northeast, forms an ensemble of three above-ground volumes. The existing classrooms are particularly notable for
The SWAROVSKI OPTIK MY Junior binoculars were designed by formquadrat and specifically tailored to the needs, proportions, and preferences of children—while staying true to the premium values and visual identity of SWAROVSKI
The swimming facility in the Viennese Großfeldsiedlung – originally constructed in the early 1980s – has been partially refurbished and expanded to include a new indoor training pool for school and club sports.
CERA PENDULA is in perfect balance between materiality and dissolution, between levitation and suspension, between aesthetics and function. Wafer-thin light breaks through an almost invisible membrane of hand-cast porcelain, reduced to fragility, into
At the core of LES, a lens-based luminaire, lies a bold design ethos: nothing to hide. Conceived as the centerpiece of a modular indoor lighting system, LES reveals what is usually concealed
JUST BLACK emerges as a sleek black line seamlessly connecting delicate architectural lighting. This hyper-miniaturised track harmonises form and function within a system that seamlessly blends beauty and precision. With this family,
The CE02 conversion by Vagabund is not just a custom bike — it’s a complete design study that reinterprets how personal mobility can be communicated and experienced. Starting with BMW’s electric two-wheeler as
Viewed from the outside, the Bregenzerwald still presents a cohesive landscape of meadows and forests, in which the small-scale, disciplined settlement areas stand out. At the same time, the urbanity and craftsmanship
The Green Loft is a light-flooded, spacious apartment located on the rooftops in the heart of Vienna. Through close collaboration with the new owner, the spatial organization of a conventional floor plan
The expansion of the company headquarters in Ernstbrunn had become necessary due to a period of strong growth in recent years. The aim of the project was to create additional office space
History and Task The initial situation before the conversion was a historic farmstead in the area north of the Danube. The existing ensemble is characterized by two separate building parts: a
The zeitgeist has shifted towards recognizing nature as the essential basis of our living environment. And nature has also moved to the heart of architecture. In recent years, as it has repeatedly addressed
Instead of inventing something new, the project looks for existing principles that can be continued. The increasing demand for housing at the time led to the continuous construction of housing estates, especially
