Diogo Aguiar is an architecture graduate from the Oporto School of Architecture in Portugal who created an ingenious temporary bar using TROFAST storage boxes from IKEA as the main building material.

Every year, the students of the school of architecture are invited to create a temporary bar to represent their institution and Diogo Aguiar came up with a great concept. Needless to say, he won the first prize!

VERSION 1

The first version was simply the concept. I love the way he presented his concept like an IKEA instruction booklet and his sense of humor. Notice the passed out IKEA character?

VERSION 2

The second version, which was built in only one week, was a bit taller and included LED light to give it a completely different look at night. I think he did a really great job!

source : Diogo Aguiar | ikea

While reading some of my favorite design blogs,Contemporist, I came across this really interesting design for a nightclub in LA called My House . The idea behind this design from Dodd Mitchell was essentially to recreate a house party atmosphere in a nightclub. This nightclub has all the basic rooms a house would have (living room, kitchen, patio, bathroom and bedroom) but in a much larger scale, as shown in the plan below.

One thing I really like about this club is that there is plenty of seating! There’s nothing that annoys me more than to go to a club where the only place to sit is in the VIP section. I think the design really works. It looks like a house and as comfortable as a house, but the dark color palette works well for a nightclub. I love the kitchen and the fireplace on the counter with the purple glass. It looks like a very fun place to entertain friends.

photos: Contemporist, My House Hollywood