Stone, ceramics, soft-shell crab, and sake were united in a family of subtle hues and distinct textures.

CNN: Flanders: Europe's best-kept design secret

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's "Soft Shuttlecock" drapes its 24-foot-long painted canvas feathers over a stone wall high overhead.

WSJ: New Guggenheim: Art and Architecture as One | By Ada Louise Huxtable

The Mussner family rebuilt the mountain lodge in 2010, using local Dolomite stone and larch wood and the affect is one of calm modernity, all clean lines and soft colours.

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