Aleksejs Čurbakovs of Labs Dizains: "We enjoy the challenge"

How can one design an international airport's VIP Centre to adhere to the highest standards of customer comfort and strict modern security requirements while also showcasing Latvia’s image through interior design and providing insight into our country’s cultural and historical heritage?

With their diverse portfolio of residential and commercial projects, a highly individualized approach to clients, and a flair for originality, Labs Dizains has earned significant recognition over recent years. In 2021, they won first place in the Latvian Construction Annual Award [Latvijas Būvniecības Gada Balva - editor] for their "Escape House" project in the Residential Building – New Construction category. Later, their "Smart Casual" design was honoured among the top 30 interiors globally by the Archello Awards 2023. Today, the studio continues to craft distinctive residential interiors, and commercial collaborating with brands such as Printful, Stenders, DSV, BTA, and Draugiem Group.

A story about returning back to the past with connection to nature and natural materials. Muted earthy coulours that blend semlessly with the surroundings, combined with texture and big statment head gear.

Not everything on the runway is meant to end up in your closet. Why do designers create unwearable fashion?

If you want to stay up to date with the interior design latest trends, read interviews with the field’s outstanding experts as well as articles about exclusive materials, furniture and fittings – read the new L`Officiel Baltic Interior&Design magazine. Discover your exclusive copy of L’Officiel Baltic Interior & Design at the Archideco Design Centre in Riga, Strelnieku 8.

Right from its very first days on view at the Latvian National Museum of Art, the exhibition BINDE 100-10 became a blockbuster. Here, Latvian photographic art legend, international photo salon laureate, and nude photography master Gunārs Binde reveals himself in a new and unusual light, this time literally. How was this accomplished and what role did the enterprise Gaismas Akadēmija play?

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