Frame is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to the design of interiors and products. It offers a stunning, global selection of shops, hospitality venues, workplaces, exhibitions and residences on more than 224 pages. Well-written articles accompanied by a wealth of high-quality photographs, sketches and drawings make the magazine an indispensable source of inspiration for designers as well as for all those involved in other creative disciplines.
Frame
REWORKING THE WORKSPACE
WASHINGTON DC • William Richards looks at two Washingtons after gentrification’s first wave of change.
BERLIN • Lukas Feireiss asks to what degree the German capital is both a benefiter and prisoner of its own myth and cliché – and what Berlin can learn from its past, for its future.
business of design
1 How the pandemic helped interior designers change course
2 How hotels can become the centre of their communities
3 What it takes to build a net-zero interior
4 Why vending machines are experiencing a retail renaissance
5 How ‘schoolcations’ could transform luxury hospitality
in practice
Introducing • MARIANA SCHMIDT and ANDRÉ PEPATO, cofounders of São Paulo studio MNMA, talk about why they purposefully create ‘unfinished’ projects, how they found their niche in an incredibly competitive market, and why thinking about materiality first offers a new view on spatial design.
What I’ve Learned • Hong-Kong based WILLIAM LIM of architecture firm CL3 shares how studying in the US made him not a ‘real’ architect, why project typologies should defy definition, and how Covid-19 has shifted his focus towards health and the environment.
The Client • LAURA LEE, CEO of the Maggie’s cancer support centres, explains why architectural briefs should prioritize feeling over function, what interiors can do to ease anxieties, and how flexible, open-plan environments can make patients feel empowered, rather than exposed.
Influencer • EKENE IJEOMA, Nigerian-American artist and founder of MIT Media Lab’s Poetic Justice group, explains how he draws on data and lived experience to explore social inequality through his multimedia works, why looking at people as citizens rather than consumers helps to go beyond the design of products and services, and what his public lecture series teaches us about the state of Black mobility and safety today.
BESPOKE BATHING • Moving beyond the role of manufacturer, Laufen is establishing itself as an ‘industrial partner’ by working alongside architects, designers and investors to create customized bathroom products.
spaces
(RE)BUILDING BLOCKS • In each issue we identify a key aesthetic trend evident in our archive of recent projects and challenge semiotics agency Axis Mundi to unpack its design codes. Here, we look at how brick is being used across a range of spaces to revive both ancient and modern traditions.
CHARTING NEW WATERS • They’re known as ocean polluters, retiree retreats and now even coronavirus containers. Not a great start for anyone trying to overhaul the cruise ship’s image, especially when that means targeting a younger, experience-driven generation that places a high value on wellness and sustainability. But that’s what Virgin Voyages is setting out to do – by throwing a group of designers who’ve never worked in the cruise industry before straight into the deep end.
RENEWED FAITH • With religious affiliation numbers dropping across the globe, are churches set to crumble? Not if they can attract new audiences, which is precisely the ambition of a number of new (or renewed) establishments. Instead of setting ceremony in stone or holding tenaciously to tradition, they’re flinging their doors wide open for a vast array of activities, both sacred and secular.
DEALERSHIP DO OVER • Is the...
