D5 Design Magazine

13/01/2026

The best places are usually hidden from the eyes, like the restaurant Ixchel, located on London’s busy King’s Road. It has a wall of floor-to-ceiling opaque cream curtains, which creates an immediate sense of intrigue, hiding the interior from public view. The design offers a form of escape, a cocoon for diners to forget London and prepare for the experience waiting inside.

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Once past the curtains, guests are transported to a place inspired by the beauty of Tulum, Mexico.

13/01/2026

Lighting design that has transformed the church ⛪️

The Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome has received a new lighting system that changes how historic interiors and artworks are experienced. The church was perceived as one continuous space, not as a series of isolated spots that come to life only when a light is switched on. So, the previous lighting system has been removed and replaced with a new one that connects the chapel to the nave and surrounding spaces.

The all-LED system, designed by FABERtechnica Engineering, uses warm white light at 2700K with high colour rendering to preserve the natural tones of the architecture and paintings. Anti-glare optics ensure visual comfort, while a DALI control system allows the lighting to adapt to different uses, including free visits, guided tours, concerts, weddings, and liturgical services. During guided visits, dynamic lighting scenes guide attention across The Calling, The Inspiration, and The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew, highlighting key parts of each painting without overwhelming the viewer.

👉 Explore this unique lighting design: https://d5mag.com/a-new-way-to-light-up-churches-and-caravaggio-paintings/

📸 Photo credit: Courtesy of FABERtechnica Engineering Srl

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12/01/2026

Want to see something spectacular? Check out the new home of the Portuguese Football League, which has a wide range of programmes, including offices, an auditorium, a museum, a sports pavilion, and a large garden area that connects the structure to the surrounding urban space. This place not only supports the institutional goals of the Liga but also contributes to the urban fabric of Porto.

Read more about the ideas behind this project and how they were brought to reality 👇

Multifunctional building for Liga Portugal combines offices, cultural spaces, and public areas with bold geometry, green roof, and urban integration.

12/01/2026

Genesis is shaping the future of cars 🚙

The G90 Wingback Concept, revealed alongside the GV60 Magma during Genesis USA’s 10th anniversary, explores how Genesis’ Magma performance philosophy could extend beyond sedans and SUVs, while connecting with the brand’s One of One bespoke programme.

Built on the standard G90 platform, the model focuses on proportion rather than reinvention. The traditional sedan body is replaced with a long roof and tailgate, transforming the car into a modern shooting brake with grand tourer proportions. A reworked Crest Grille, sculpted front bumper, widened arches, and custom 22-inch wheels give the car a wider presence. Finished in deep green instead of the usual Magma orange, along with Chamude upholstery, green stitching, and subtle Magma accents inside, the car echoes balance rather than aggression.

👉 Learn more about new models: https://d5mag.com/how-the-new-genesis-g90-wingback-concept-explores-the-future-of-cars/

📸 Photo credit: Courtesy of Genesis

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11/01/2026

A building with a deep past is at the entrance to Heidelberg’s charming historic centre. It was the city’s first grand hotel, originally opened as the ‘Hotel Strieder’ in the mid-19th century. Today, it begins a new life as the Hilton Heidelberg. Following a complete refurbishment of its 244 guestrooms and suites, lobby, restaurant, bar, and event spaces, the hotel has been entirely reimagined.

Explore how it looks now👇

At the entrance to Heidelberg’s charming historic center stands a building with a deep past.

11/01/2026

How thoughtful lighting can transform the office 🧑‍💻

Designed by Studio Guilherme Torres with lighting by Mingrone Iluminação, the Hanazaki Landscape Studio office in São Paulo, won the Workplace Lighting Design at the LIT Lighting Design Awards for its innovative approach. There, light shapes the experience, highlighting textures, guiding movement through the helical staircase and indoor gardens, as well as creating versatile scenes for work, meetings, or casual catch-ups.

From soft, controlled illumination in work areas to strategically placed sconces and projectors, every detail was designed to make work comfortable without overpowering the space. At night, for example, the exterior lighting brings the rooftop gardens to life, connecting indoor and outdoor spaces.

👉 Check out the Hanazaki Landscape Studio office: https://d5mag.com/inside-an-award-winning-lighting-design-that-transforms-a-workplace-from-morning-to-night/

📸 Photo credit: Bruna Nishihata

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10/01/2026

An impressive private home recently appeared on the shores of Palm Jumeirah. This project, completed in 2025, presents a fresh take on modern beach living in Dubai, combining architecture, interior design, and landscaping into one considered whole. The designers aimed for a modern simplicity, an emotional connection, and a careful use of materials.

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Design studio E Plus A Atelier has revealed an impressive new private home on the shores of Palm Jumeirah.

10/01/2026

Welcome to our exclusive interview with Lotte Scheder-Bieschin, the recipient of the Emerging Architect of the Year award at the BLT Built Design Awards 🗣️

For Lotte Scheder-Bieschin, it all started when she was trained as a structural engineer and became increasingly frustrated by the strong separation between disciplines, which often results in fragmented outcomes. This led her to pursue an architectural master’s programme focused on integrative design, combining computational design, digital fabrication, material behaviour, and structural geometry.

Lotte developed Unfold Form within the Block Research Group at ETH Zurich. It rethinks how concrete floors are formed, proposing a lightweight, reusable formwork that replaces material excess with structural intelligence. The system draws on principles of curved-crease unfolding and bending-active geometry to transform flat-packed plywood components into a self-supporting, corrugated formwork assembled on site in just 30 minutes. Unfold Form significantly reduces concrete and steel while producing an expressive architectural result that is inseparable from its structural and fabrication logic.

👉 Read about Lotte’s path from structural engineering to architectural research, the hands-on development of Unfold Form, and what it means to receive BLT recognition while still actively shaping the project toward real-world application in our new article: https://d5mag.com/a-conversation-with-lotte-scheder-bieschin-on-designing-smarter-structures/

📸 Photo credit: Lotte Scheder-Bieschin, Andrei Jipa

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09/01/2026

Kaleidolight is a wall-mounted lighting installation that draws on early experiments in light and form, blending historical references with contemporary interactive design. Influenced by László Moholy-Nagy’s Light-Space Modulator and Bauhaus principles, the piece responds to touch and movement, generating changing patterns of light and shadow. This mixture of art and light combines kinetic elements with geometric principles, allowing users to interact directly with the light and shape their own visual experience.

Read what makes it so special 👇

An interactive lighting piece inspired by Bauhaus and Moholy-Nagy, Kaleidolight explores light, motion, and user-driven visual expression.

09/01/2026

Interior design sets the appetite at ANIML Steakhouse 🍽️

ANIML Steakhouse was created to be more than just a place to eat. It’s a place to experience a night out. Designed by Samer Shaath and Kevin Chan of Nivek Remas, the interior design makes a statement long before the first dish reaches the table - bold, moody, and truly expressive.

The atmosphere is shaped by surfaces that play with light and reflection. High-gloss wood panelling brings movement to the space, gold-leaf ceilings add richness, antique mirrors create visual energy, and graphic marble anchors the interior with structure and depth. Layered on top is a mix of velvet, animal prints, and fringe - details inspired by 1970s glamour, Art Deco attitudes, and the excess of Studio 54. The centrepiece? An upside-down mirrored bull suspended above the dining room. It sets the tone with drama and personality.

👉 Read more about ANIML Steakhouse: https://d5mag.com/how-animl-steakhouse-brings-out-the-pleasure-of-eating/

📸 Photo credit: Courtesy of Nivek Remas

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08/01/2026

The question isn’t new, but it’s becoming harder to ignore: can an electric car still carry the DNA of a performance brand like AMG? With the CONCEPT AMG GT XX, Mercedes-AMG offers a clear and confident answer: yes, it can. This four-door electric coupe is a carefully crafted preview of AMG’s first series-production electric sports car built on its dedicated high-performance electric platform, AMG.EA. It’s the result of years of development and collaboration between AMG in Affalterbach, Mercedes-Benz teams in Germany and the UK, and experts from the world of Formula 1.

Check the new CONCEPT AMG GT XX out 👇

The question isn’t new, but it’s becoming harder to ignore: can an electric car still carry the DNA of a performance brand like AMG? With the CONCEPT AMG GT XX, Mercedes-AMG offers a clear and…

08/01/2026

The table collection that looks like it was made for royalty ✨

With natural stone as the main key element, Kreoo transforms marble into sculptural furniture defined by rich veining, elegant proportions, and craftsmanship. Every piece follows the material’s natural traits, blending marble with metal and wood to create modern tables rooted in timeless beauty.

The standout King table spotlights the expressive character of Calacatta Emotional marble, using curved forms and an all-marble structure to amplify its visual impact. Meanwhile, Ellenico introduces elegant oval lines and a sense of lightness, and Arcaico makes a bold statement at over four meters long, appearing almost paused on a rhythm of marble and metal columns inspired by classical architecture. Completing the collection, Prince and Majesty tables explore colour, texture, and contrast - from the kaleidoscopic Breccia Vendome marble to the organic green tones of Verde Bamboo.

👉 Explore the new Kreoo table collection now: https://d5mag.com/chic-tables-by-kreoo-celebrate-the-timeless-elegance-of-marble/

📸 Photo credit: Courtesy of Kreoo

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