MAURO LIPPARINI graduated in 1980 from the University of Florence’s Department of Architecture where he is currently a faculty member. A leader and innovator in the style that has been called “natural minimalism,” Lipparini is a winner of the Young & Designer Milano (Italy 1987) and International Du Pont Award Köln (Germany 1988 and 1989) international design competitions. Lipparini’s extensive work in the field of industrial design includes home and office furnishings, textiles, and other products created for a host of renowned European and Japanese firms. In the realms of architecture and interior design, Lipparini has concentrated primarily on private and public housing, retail and wholesale showrooms, and exposition installations. Lipparini also provides cutting-edge corporate identity construction services including graphic design, editorial, full-scale production, and product application. Lipparini’s style, rooted in the spare forms and clear, powerful lines that are the hallmarks of minimalism, is imbued with a spirit of joy, a buoyant sense of pleasure and possibility. Freely employing bold colors, organic textures, imaginative visual concepts, Lipparini broadens the palette of minimalism, conveying the immediacy and strength of the aesthetic into a new era.
Here are some of his designs :

British Designer Tara Bernerd is Chairman and Head of Design of established Interior Architecture practice, Target Living; and is currently launching Tara Bernerd and Partners a vehicle for the company’s Haute Couture collections.

Tara is on the Board of Directors and is a Partner at Chelsfield Partners LLP as well as sitting on the Creative Board at Dulux.

Her business interests continue to grow, working increasingly on a global platform. Her work is currently very focussed in Asia, primarily Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.

Key clients include the Olayan Foundation, Grosvenor Asia, Blackstone, The Crown Estate; amongst a list of luxury brands including Aspinalls.

To date she is in talks with key individuals regarding future collaborations.

Tara Bernard is probably best known as a celebrity interior designer after first appearing   on the design  program 'Wow   Factor' for UKTV Style, but she has proven to  be a capable and award winning designer in her own right. Her approach involves the clients heavily in the design process, even to the extent that she is accompanied by her clients on shopping trips to find the necessary furniture and accessories for the project.

Ron Arad and Santiago Calatrava in Liège

This is the completion of two “iconic” buildings by Santiago Calatrava and Ron Arad. A massive sweeping roof with secondary surfaces raking out over the surroundings, it features the biomimicry and incessant repetition of structural elements that are their trademark. It’s a deeply impressive building, and clearly intends to inspire a similar awe in the visitor that the original massive train stations did 150 years ago.


Few images of the interior

The National Grand Theatre in Beijing by Jean Andreu

The exterior of the theater is a titanium accented glass dome that is completely surrounded by a man-made lake. It is said to look like an egg floating on water, or a water drop. It was designed as an iconic feature, something that would be immediately recognizable.