Tighe Architecture

When it graced the cover of June's Interior Design, this futuristic fantasia at NeoCon West radiated teal rather than lemon-lime, thanks to color-changing LEDs beneath the translucent flooring of honeycomb-core resin. That was just one of the many clever applications showcased in Patrick Tighe's 1,300-square-foot live-work installation at the L.A. Mart. Incorporating products from such sponsoring manufacturers as Caesarstone, Panelite, and Knoll, two structures—an ellipse and a platform, joined by a canopy—housed a kitchen, a powder room, a living area, an office, and a spa. "They complement, contrast, and violate each other as they coalesce," explains the architect, whose real-life Los Angeles flagship for eco-fashionista Linda Loudermilk opens this spring.

Moonraker Life Settings, Los Angeles

DESIGN Graft.

STANDOUT Organic forms met futuristic concepts in these environments for Volkswagen.

Versailles Off, France

DESIGN Patrick Jouin.

STANDOUT A giant inflatable disco ball and fog machines transformed the outdoor ballroom at the Château de Versailles into an au courant club scene.

Dining by Design, New York

DESIGN Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

STANDOUT A plastic-laminate shell allowed designers to experiment with robotic cutting technology—and raised money for the Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS.