In an interview with AD, the Global Wellness Institute’s economist, Katherine Johnston linked the rising popularity of the wellness-inspired design to the “consumer demand and lifestyle and partly because of environmental and health crises around the world”. This trend is indeed based on redirecting architecture and interior design towards a simpler, more intimate and humane …
“My job is to educate my people, my clients. I give them a new lifestyle that is molded to everything they do at every time during the day.” – Hernan Arriaga As one of Miami’s favorites, Hernan Arriaga is also one of the main characters in KMP’s narrative of design. Our previous post on “The …
The modern world that we live in today values efficiency, technology and simplicity; at the same time it is also grounded on the classical ideals of ancient Greco-Roman civilizations. Our current perception of the contemporary aesthetic is, in fact, inspired by creations such as the graceful Venus de Milo and the Italian city of Herculaneum. …
Every year comes with new lessons, memories and trends. If there is something 2020 has taught us is that life takes its own course, exposing us to new challenges and expectations. Even if we have no control over life’s surprises we can influence our responses to the unexpected changes and obstacles. The pandemic we are …
Day after day a new building adorns the streets, replacing the untamed wilderness. Innovation has become a synonym for efficiency, modernity and technology but it does not have to be in opposition to nature. People have begun to wake up from the iron haze and the obsession with mass production that drove so many creations …