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  • Survey 2026: In times of too much, what is just enough?

Survey 2026: In times of too much, what is just enough?

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When everything feels excessive in information, objects, and experiences, the idea of enough becomes both urgent and elusive. To explore how this translates into practice, we invited designers, clients, and thinkers to share brief
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  • Survey common sense

    Survey 2025: What Is “Common Sense” in Design?

Survey 2025: What Is “Common Sense” in Design?

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What do we really mean by common sense in design? Is it intuition shaped by experience, respect for tradition, or clarity and restraint? To explore this, we invited interior designers, product designers, clients, entrepreneurs,
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  • AACM: Context Driven Form with Nicolò Chinello and Rodolfo Morandi

AACM: Context Driven Form with Nicolò Chinello and Rodolfo Morandi

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AACM is an architecture office based in Padua and Milan, focusing on residential, commercial and public projects. Nicolò Chinello - graduated in Architecture "for the New and the Old" at the
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  • Arrea Arhitektura Transforms Javornik Manor into KO-RA Senior Center

Arrea Arhitektura Transforms Javornik Manor into KO-RA Senior Center

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3 Questions for the Arrea Arhitektura Team The retirement home's purpose is appropriate to that of a residential area Javornik while at the same time offering integration of its residents
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  • Antonio Arico

    Antonio Aricò: Objects as Stories

Antonio Aricò: Objects as Stories

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Antonio Aricò is an Italian designer from Calabria whose work bridges vernacular craft and contemporary industry. After studying in Milan, he returned south to collaborate closely with his grandfather, a master
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  • Vienna Architect Martina Hatzenbichler Rethinking Everyday Routines

Vienna Architect Martina Hatzenbichler Rethinking Everyday Routines

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The Vienna-based studio of architect and designer Martina Hatzenbichler combines interior design, product design, and art. Her work blends the raw and pure elements of architecture with liveliness and warmth, expanding
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  • Miklavc Enyo

    Design Focused on Women’s Experience by Studio Miklavc

Design Focused on Women’s Experience by Studio Miklavc

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3 Questions for Silva Vitez and Jure Miklavc from Studio Miklavc Q: Studio Miklavc has been collaborating with Alpina, one of the strongest Slovenian brands, for many years. How has your
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  • Sara&Sara Junij

    Playful Design for Playful Kids

Playful Design for Playful Kids

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3 Questions for Sara & Sara Q: Children’s play is unpredictable. How does a designer prepare for users who won’t interact with the product “as written in the user manual”?
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  • Brajak Viberg

    Personal and Emotional in the Design of BrajakVitberg

Personal and Emotional in the Design of BrajakVitberg

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3 Questions for BrajakVitberg Q: Design can be highly functional and pragmatic, or highly poetic, handmade, and created in limited series. Yet quality seems to be the shared value across
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  • Sito Beneteau First 30

    Inside the Beneteau First 30: Interior Design by Sito

Inside the Beneteau First 30: Interior Design by Sito

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Slovenia, Magazine|

3 Questions for Sito Q: When you receive such a complex project - is your first reaction excitement, or do you sometimes feel a bit of doubt?
 How do you deal with
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  • From Border to City: Sadar + Vuga’s Vrtača Underpass Combines Civic Infrastructure with Atmosphere

From Border to City: Sadar + Vuga’s Vrtača Underpass Combines Civic Infrastructure with Atmosphere

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3 Questions for Jurij Sadar & Boštjan Vuga The project redefines the border as a shared civic ground, setting an example for how infrastructure can become a stage for everyday
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  • Bratuš Homestead Renovation: Craft, Continuity, and Care

Bratuš Homestead Renovation: Craft, Continuity, and Care

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Slovenia, Magazine|

3 Questions for the studio abiro team Dealing with space must always involve and connect different disciplines; otherwise, the preservation of memory remains superficial, while what truly matters is
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  • Ankaran Cemetery: Between Forest Vertical and Sea Horizon

Ankaran Cemetery: Between Forest Vertical and Sea Horizon

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Slovenia, Magazine|

3 Questions for the VOID Arhitektura Team Cemeteries are sites containing the quiet presence of memories and the constancy of cultural rituals; this combination poignantly defines a sense of
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  • Twin Alpine Houses in Kranjska Gora: Dekleva Gregoric Architects Reinterpret Alpine Tradition for Contemporary Living

Twin Alpine Houses in Kranjska Gora: Dekleva Gregoric Architects Reinterpret Alpine Tradition for Contemporary Living

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3 Questions for Gregoric Dekleva Architects Local mastery, carpenters, shingle makers, metalworkers, translate construction into lived atmosphere. Q: What role did craftsmanship play in shaping the atmosphere and
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  • Multipurpose Sports Tent Domžale: Hafner Architects on Renovation, Community Role, and Sustainability

Multipurpose Sports Tent Domžale: Hafner Architects on Renovation, Community Role, and Sustainability

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Slovenia, Magazine|

3 Questions for Benjamin Hafner Q: How might this sports tent function as a social catalyst beyond its use for athletics; what broader communal roles could you envision? A: The
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  • Alto Store Ljubljana: ARHIMETRICS Turn a Secession Shell into a Street-Smart Boutique

Alto Store Ljubljana: ARHIMETRICS Turn a Secession Shell into a Street-Smart Boutique

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Slovenia, Magazine|

3 Questions for ARHIMETRICS Q: What makes an interior more than just a functional container, when does it become an experience, or even a state of mind? It all comes
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  • Normafa Ski House Renovation: Restoring 1930s Heritage with a Contemporary Pavilion

Normafa Ski House Renovation: Restoring 1930s Heritage with a Contemporary Pavilion

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

Through its layout and the natural aging of its larch shingles, the pavilion will gradually harmonize with the historic Ski House, forming a unified architectural composition. 3 Questions for
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  • Future of Work at RTL HQ Budapest: LAB5 Architects on Flexibility and Collaboration

Future of Work at RTL HQ Budapest: LAB5 Architects on Flexibility and Collaboration

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for LAB5 Architects The keywords are the following: flexibility, spacious layouts, creative impulses in common areas, and relaxed zones for the working areas.
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  • Hello Wood’s PEBL Grand: Redefining Prefab Cabins with Futuristic Design and Sustainability

Hello Wood’s PEBL Grand: Redefining Prefab Cabins with Futuristic Design and Sustainability

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Tamás Fülöp, one of the lead architects of the PEBL Grand We proactively seek ways to apply prefabrication technology so that, while achieving high quality,
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  • Atelier dmb Transforms The Dryer Workshop into a Creative Incubator

Atelier dmb Transforms The Dryer Workshop into a Creative Incubator

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Atelier dmb For us, architecture is not merely about creating physical spaces but serves as a catalyst for strengthening community connections. Q: How
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  • Planbureau: The Warmth of Cork and the Charm of Design

Planbureau: The Warmth of Cork and the Charm of Design

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Daniel Lakos, CEO and Lead Designer at Planbureau Q: When developing the Corker Lounge Chair, did your process begin with the tactile qualities of the material, with ergonomic
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  • itthon. cookware: The Cultural Weight of Cast Iron

itthon. cookware: The Cultural Weight of Cast Iron

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Adrienn Király and Bálint Szalai Q: How did your collaboration with Antal Foundry first introduce you to their traditional casting techniques, and in what ways did these initial
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  • Clift: The Climbing Wall Remains, the Experience Evolves

Clift: The Climbing Wall Remains, the Experience Evolves

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for András Kokai, Co-Founder & CEO of Clift Q: When developing Clift, did you think of it more as a product or as a service that supports and
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  • Twin Holiday Home on Lake Balaton: építész stúdió’s Minimalist Retreat in Nature

Twin Holiday Home on Lake Balaton: építész stúdió’s Minimalist Retreat in Nature

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Luca Mudry & Richárd Hőnich This holiday home in Balatonszárszó was born from the shared dream of two families, offering both a refined architectural form and a peaceful
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  • Kós Károly Vocational School Expansion in Érd: 3h Architects on Balancing Heritage and Contemporary Education

Kós Károly Vocational School Expansion in Érd: 3h Architects on Balancing Heritage and Contemporary Education

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for 3h Architects In our opinion contemporary education needs separated und undefined tiny interior and exterior spaces. Q: What were the most significant challenges
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  • Frame House by Théque Atelier: Nature, History, and Sustainable Living in Szeged

Frame House by Théque Atelier: Nature, History, and Sustainable Living in Szeged

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Théque Atelier Team Regarding the future of residential architecture we can't talk enough about sustainability. Q: What core philosophy or vision guided your design choices for Frame
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  • From Chemistry to Architecture: Designing the University of Debrecen’s Faculty of Pharmacy

From Chemistry to Architecture: Designing the University of Debrecen’s Faculty of Pharmacy

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for László Monori and János Varga The concept of chemical transformation offered us, as designers, a broad range of associative possibilities. Q: Could you
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  • National Athletics Center Budapest: Marcel Ferencz on Designing the World’s First Open Arena Stadium

National Athletics Center Budapest: Marcel Ferencz on Designing the World’s First Open Arena Stadium

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Marcel Ferencz Architecture here is about much more than creating a venue for sport; it is about shaping everyday life. Q: Can you describe the key
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  • Piarist High School in Mosonmagyaróvár: Transforming a Historic Building into a Flexible Learning Landscape

Piarist High School in Mosonmagyaróvár: Transforming a Historic Building into a Flexible Learning Landscape

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for CAN Architects A piece of history has been saved here. Q: What was your central vision in transforming a historic archive building into
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  • The Poetic Surfaces of Adam Bence Kiss

The Poetic Surfaces of Adam Bence Kiss

BIG SEE Focus, Focus Hungary, Hungary, Magazine|

3 Questions for Adam Bence Kiss Q: In a market full of minimalism, your pieces stand out. Is this a conscious reaction to current trends, or a natural outcome of your
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