Ehl & Koumar Architekti unveils concrete footbridge with cantilevered viewpoints in Litomyšl

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Czech studio Ehl & Koumar Architekti has revealed a sculptural footbridge made from steel and concrete that features cantilevered viewpoints on both sides. The footbridge, which creates a pedestrian route across a busy motorway in Litomyšl, the Czech Republic, is made from welded steel supported by exposed concrete pillars. "The heavy shapes of concrete pillars
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Bud chair by Fora Form

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Dezeen Showroom: Scandinavian brand Fora Form has released a chair created by design duo Skogstad and Wærnes that provides a playful alternative to conventional office seats. With Bud chairs, the designers aimed to create a seat that facilitates a collaborative and comfortable working environment without being as visually dominant as typical office seating. "We wanted Bud
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Six architecture and design events in March from Dezeen Events Guide

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Design festivals DW! Sao Paulo Design Week and Perth Design Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this March. Other events taking place during the month include SXSW, Collect, Design Shenzhen and Luleåbiennalen. Collect 1 to 3 March, UK Collect is a London-based fair dedicated to crafts and contemporary
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Allies and Morrison completes "21st-century factory" for London College of Fashion

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British architecture studio Allies and Morrison has completed a university building for London College of Fashion at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Conceived as a "21st-century factory", the London College of Fashion (LCF) building is defined by its gridded concrete structure and a rectilinear facade lined with tall warehouse-style windows. "We think of
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Vilcek Foundation announces winners of its 2024 Prizes in Design

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Promotion: US-based philanthropic organisation the Vilcek Foundation has announced the winners of its 2024 Prizes in Design and awarded a total of $250,000 to four designers. The Vilcek Foundation welcomed submissions from immigrant design professionals living and working in the US who specialise in graphic, industrial and product design. The Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design
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Cassina models Lancia car interior on Italian living rooms

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Furniture company Cassina has partnered with Lancia to design a homely cabin for the automaker's Ypsilon model featuring "the first-ever table" in a car's cockpit and seats upholstered in lush blue velvet. The Lancia Ypsilon Edizione Limitata Cassina is being released in a limited number of 1,906 fully electric vehicles as a tribute to the
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Robert Gurney clads gabled Delaware house with cedar shingles

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US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels. Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Robert Gurney Architect, a studio
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SHoP Architects designs Mercedes-Benz' first US residential skyscraper

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German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its first branded skyscraper in North America created in collaboration with ShoP Architects and informed by a philosophy of "sensual purity". Mercedes-Benz Places is a planned 67-storey, mixed-used skyscraper under construction in the Brickell neighbourhood of Miami. Developed by JDS Development Group (JDS), the building was designed collaboratively between New
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Dismantle developer-led "value system" dictating architecture says Emanuel Admassu

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Making a built environment that works for everyone will require the end of profit- and ownership-obsession in the industry, argues New York-based architect and researcher Emanuel Admassu in this interview. Admassu is a co-founder of art and architecture practice AD-WO and an assistant professor at Columbia University, where his research focuses on the entangled relationship
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Florence Institute of Design International unveils new degree programmes with Goldsmiths

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Promotion: the Florence Institute of Design International has launched two new bachelor's degree programmes for 2024 in interior design and graphic design at its campus in Florence, Italy. The Florence Institute of Design International (FIDI) is based in the city's historical centre, with all courses drawing upon the area's legacy of art and design while
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Pearls rugs by Sabine Finkenauer for Nanimarquina

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Dezeen Showroom: Spanish design brand Nanimarquina has released a collection of rugs informed by plastic beads in collaboration with German artist Sabine Finkenauer. Made from hand-tufted 100 per cent virgin wool, rugs in the Pearls collection come in a range of sizes, formats and colourways, yet they share a common design thread – they are
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Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete

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Vienna-based studio Steiner Architecture has completed a private clinic in Salzburg, Austria, made from wood-textured red concrete and topped with a serrated roof. Named Clinic in Anif, the two-storey project by Steiner Architecture houses a ground-floor respiratory clinic along with two individual apartment units on the upper floor. Fronted by a sculptural facade, the 750-metre-square
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Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now

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A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. Arab Design Now was curated by Rana Beiruti to capture the spirit of contemporary design across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the curator told Dezeen ahead of
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"The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics" says commenter

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In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles that have been covered in graffiti. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in January, sparking debate about the development that has been abandoned since 2019. "The graffiti rather improves the aesthetics" Commenters were largely
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Australia's largest architecture firms fail to meet gender pay gap

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First-time data on Australia's gender pay gaps has revealed the country's 22 biggest architecture firms pay men between five and 27 per cent more than women, failing to meet the government's target pay gap range. Published yesterday in an online tool by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), a federal government agency, the data included
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"Surprising colour combinations" define Raw Color's IKEA collection

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On the heels of a two-year research process, Dutch studio Raw Color has released an IKEA collection in which no item features less than two colours in a bid to explore how our perception of a hue can change based on its context. Under the name Tesammans, which means together in a Swedish dialect, the
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Lyle's Golden Syrup changes dead lion logo after 150 years

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British company Tate & Lyle Sugars has unveiled a rebrand of its Lyle's Golden Syrup for the first time since the inception of the sugar syrup brand in the late 19th century. The branding – confirmed by Guinness World Records as the oldest unchanged brand packaging – was updated to remove the illustration of a
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Industrial Facility designs Herman Miller furniture to be relevant and lasting

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Promotion: Industrial Facility has created several furniture designs for Herman Miller that aim to transform underutilised spaces into agile workspaces. Clerkenwell-based Industrial Facility designers Sam Hecht and Kim Colin first collaborated with Herman Miller in 2007, designing furniture collections that "balance the need to live a full life with the desire to keep things simple".
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LCA Architetti nestles angular cork-clad home into Italian valley

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An angular black volume sits atop a cork-clad ground floor to form Casa 9, a home that Italian studio LCA Architetti has added to a valley on the border between Italy and Switzerland. Located within a hilly landscape near Lake Lugano, the house was designed to showcase non-traditional building materials and features a timber structure
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RED Arquitectos integrates corn millstone into facade of Mexican house

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Mexican architecture studio RED Arquitectos has completed a cement-covered residence with screens made of stones used for preparing food on the coastline of Cerritos, Mexico. The 130-square metre Casa que Da was completed on a 2,000-square-metre property in Baja California Sur in May 2023. The town – located between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas
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Dezeen Agenda features Google's New York headquarters

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the opening of Google's headquarters in New York. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler have adapted and restored a 1930s rail terminal, transforming it into a headquarters for Google. The building, which will house the technology company's North American operations,
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Black cars surround furniture by Willo Perron and USM in Sized Selects exhibition

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American design studio Sized has arranged black cars around furniture for an exhibition in Los Angeles that aims to embody the city's "intrinsic" relationship with automobiles. Part of a series of mobile exhibitions by Sized called Sized Selects, the show featured a series of cars displayed as "sculptures" in a Hollywood building that was once used
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Synsisal carpets by Curran

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Dezeen Showroom: US-based design company Curran has released a carpet that mimics the appearance of textiles made from sisal plants and aims to offer increased durability, softness and cleanliness. Curran's Synsisal carpets are woven from 100 per cent Econyl nylon, which is made from post-consumer plastic waste including material from discarded fishing nets. The nylon
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Atelier WOA creates long timber-framed library in France

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Large wooden beams frame the interiors of L'échappée, a multimedia library in France designed by local practice Atelier WOA as an alternative to "institutional and cold" public buildings. Occupying a long narrow site in Herblay sur Seine, L'échappée – meaning "escapade" in English – faces a road to the north with a stone and glass facade
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Bottega Veneta presents custom-made Le Corbusier stools at Milan Fashion Week

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The set design for the Bottega Veneta Autumn Winter 2024 womenswear show at Milan Fashion Week featured a special edition of Le Corbusier's LC14 Cabanon stool in burnt wood. For the show in Milan, which was informed by the south of Italy, the fashion brand created an edition of 350 wooden stools. These were burnt
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Ten yacht designs that aim to make waves in the luxury boat industry

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A 165-metre-long submarine, a tetrahedron-shaped hydrofoil and a vessel by Zaha Hadid feature in this roundup of yacht designs that have sought to disrupt the high-end boat industry. There's nothing more synonymous with the super-rich than a luxury yacht, and with the industry already valued at $9 billion and expected to grow significantly in the
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Samsung unveils Galaxy smart ring for health tracking

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Samsung has previewed its first smart ring at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, positioning it as a comprehensive health tracker enhanced with AI insights. The Galaxy Ring is set to launch later this year and, according to Samsung, will offer a simplified way to track many different body metrics and support wellness goals. The
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BIG unveils visual identity for Denmark's 3 Days of Design festival 2024

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Danish architecture firm BIG has designed the 3D graphics that define the identity of this year's 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen under the slogan Dare to Dream. The theme for this year's festival, Dare to Dream, aims to explore how good design can serve an emotional function as much as a practical one.
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Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide for NYCxDesign 2024

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If you're hosting an event during NYCxDesign, you can get listed in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival, which highlights the key events taking place across New York City's five boroughs. NYCxDesign runs from 16 to 23 May 2024 and features hundreds of events including installations, exhibitions, fairs, tours, open studios and product launches.
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The Royal Mint releases collectable George Michael coin

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The British Royal Mint has unveiled a collectable coin featuring singer George Michael that comes in a variety of colours and finishes. The coin is part of The Royal Mint's music legends series, which also includes David Bowie, Elton John and Queen, and shows Michael wearing sunglasses and a jacket with an upturned collar. It
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Dezeen's YouTube passes a quarter million subscribers

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Dezeen's YouTube channel, where you can watch all our video content including documentaries and interviews with architects and designers, has surpassed 250,000 subscribers. To celebrate this milestone, we've commissioned an illustration from designer Adryan Tunde Abii-Smith. London-based product designer and multi-disciplinary creative Tunde Abii-Smith has previously designed Pride artwork for Scottish footwear retailer Schuh and
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David Kohn Architects celebrates "marks of former life" in cowshed conversion

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London studio David Kohn Architects has converted an agricultural building on a former dairy farm in Newton Abbot, UK, to create a house and studio named Cowshed. Cowshed is the last building to be completed in a 15-year-long transformation of Middle Rocombe Farm, which has been owned and inhabited by artist Suzanne Blank Redstone and
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ORA creates modern home in 500-year-old Czech Renaissance building

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Czech architecture studio ORA has renovated a Renaissance-era house in the town of Český Krumlov, preserving original features like its carved wooden beams while adding free-standing contemporary furniture. Local entrepreneurs Petra Hanáková and Radek Techlovský purchased the dilapidated house in the town centre in 2016 and asked ORA to oversee a modernisation process that retains
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Page Southerland Page adds weathering-steel extension to museum in Texas’s high desert

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US studio Page Southerland Page has added a Corten-steel addition to a museum in Texas that complements a historical structure and was designed to look like "a chunk of landscape". Located on an elevated site that looks down over the town of Alpine in East Texas, the extension to the Museum of the Big Bend
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James Turrell installs illuminated skylight at New York City school

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American artist James Turrell has created an illuminated skylight and seating chamber at a New York City private school, which allows viewers to have "a unique and personal experience of the sky". The Leading Skyspace, located at Friends Seminary school, consists of a small room lined with wooden seating where viewers look out through a
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Ten interior design projects by students at Torrens University Australia

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Dezeen School Shows: a double A-frame building rendered pink in Utah, USA, is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Torrens University Australia. Also included is an apartment building that blends minimalism with brutalism and a design for a home in New South Wales informed by the work of architecture studio MORQ. Torrens
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Snøhetta creates library to emulate feeling of "sitting under a tree"

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International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China, a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. Located in Beijing's Tongzhou district, the library was designed by Snøhetta to "reinstate the library's relevance in the 21st century" and aims to offer a "new vision" for the typology. Its design
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Álvaro Siza expands his Serralves Museum in Porto with angular gallery

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Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has expanded the Serralves Museum in Porto, which he completed in 1999, with an angular extension housing some of his archival works. Named the Álvaro Siza Wing, the three-storey extension has a geometric shape that branches out from the existing museum and slots in between the trees in Serralves Park. The Álvaro
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Preserving Tashkent's modernist architecture an act of "cultural diplomacy" says cultural foundation's head

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Conserving Tashkent's modernist architecture is a way of boosting the city's international profile, Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation chair Gayane Umerova tells Dezeen in this interview. The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation is leading the preservation of more than 20 impressive Soviet-era modernist buildings in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. "The foundation was set
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AHMM to transform office into co-living space next to London's Barbican estate

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Developer HUB and investor Bridges Fund Management have revealed plans to convert a 1950s office building in London into Cornerstone, a co-living residential scheme designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Located on the edge of the Barbican estate, the Cornerstone project will draw from the iconic Barbican architecture to transform 45 Beech Street into 174
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ICA Stop supermarket designed as a "culinary dream come true"

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Swedish studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor and design agency Snask have revamped a supermarket in Täby, adding pastel hues and materials such as terrazzo and wood to "turn shopping into an experience". The design was intended as a facelift for the store, which is part of Sweden's ICA supermarket chain and had been given many smaller
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Kumu chair by Nikari among 10 new products on Dezeen Showroom

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Dezeen Showroom: a chair carved from birch wood that acts as a blank canvas for painting is among ten new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Kumu chair by Pekka Koivikko for Nikari Finnish brand Nikari has released a minimal dining chair called Kumu that can be used in its natural timber state or painted any desired
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Chai Guys Portobello cafe interior evokes "the colour of spices"

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Local studio SODA has used warm colours and natural materials to create the first store for tea brand Chai Guys on Portobello Road in London's Notting Hill neighbourhood. The studio drew on the "informal nature" of drinking masala chai tea when designing the interior for the cafe – the first one for the Chai Guys
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Ivy Studio installs colourful marble in Montreal’s Hayat restaurant

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Montreal-based Ivy Studio has chosen a variety of dramatic marble to outfit a Middle Eastern restaurant, which features a colour palette influenced by "the earthy tones of the Syrian deserts". In Montreal's Old Port neighbourhood, the 1,500-square-foot (140-square metre) Hayat restaurant is designed to reflect the cuisine served by chef Joseph Awad. "This Middle Eastern
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Medprostor tops 12th-century church in Slovenia with folding roof

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Local studio Medprostor has covered and partially repaired a 900-year-old Romanesque church in Slovenia, placing an operable roof on top of the open structure to create a space "between a ruin and a reconstruction". Medprostor crafted a series of modest interventions alongside the folding roof that aim to protect the significant monastic building, located inside
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Eight tranquil interiors where oversized windows frame lush views

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This week's lookbook explores eight peaceful residential interiors that feature expansive glazing and floor-to-ceiling windows framing verdant views. These eight projects all use oversized or unusually shaped windows in clever ways, creating interiors that embrace nature and forge welcome connections to the outdoors. Among this list of projects is an urban home renovation in Sydney
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Wendell Castle's stack-laminated furniture goes on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

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The late works of American artist and designer Wendell Castle have gone on display at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London, showing the evolution of his signature stack-lamination technique. Castle, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 85, is known as one of the pioneers of American art furniture, combining his training in
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Post Company imbues Mollie Aspen hotel interiors with earthy hues

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New York studio Post Company has designed warm, wood-filled interiors for a boutique hotel in Aspen, Colorado, which offers a pared-back take on the Arts and Crafts style. Mollie Aspen occupies a new timber-clad building designed by CCY Architects and developed and operated by HayMax in the mountain city's downtown area. Post Company was tasked
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Concrete vaults support rooftop football pitch in China by UAD

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A vaulted concrete base supports an elevated football pitch and running track at the Hexi Sports Field, which The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed in Shaoxing, China. Hexi Sports Field is located on a site to the northwest of Shaoxing University's campus, which borders the old town and overlooks the
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Dezeen In Depth features the RIBA president's call for nationwide retrofit of Britain's housing

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In this month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter RIBA president Muyiwa Oki argues it's crucial that whoever wins the upcoming general election prioritises fixing the UK's energy-inefficient housing. The UK has among the oldest and least energy-efficient housing stock in the whole of Europe. With 80 per cent of the buildings that we'll use in 2050 already
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Trio of abandoned Los Angeles skyscrapers covered in graffiti

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A trio of incomplete skyscrapers in downtown Los Angeles have been covered with graffiti, sparking debate about the development, which has been abandoned since 2019. Graffiti artists began covering the Oceanwide Plaza development with tags in late January, scaling the buildings' unfinished exteriors to mark them with spray-painted names and phrases in a variety of
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This week the Mies van der Rohe Award finalists were revealed

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This week on Dezeen, the seven finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2024 were announced, which included a copper-clad convent in Corsica and an art gallery in the Czech Republic. The nominated projects comprised five architecture finalists and two emerging finalists from six different countries. Two educational projects were nominated within the architecture
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Eleven design moments from Mexico City art week 2024

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The first furniture design by Mexican architect Michel Rojkind and a machine that uses AI to generate unique Mexican furniture were on display during Mexico City art week. The activities cluster around Zona Maco, an art fair that took place from 7 to 11 February in Mexico City, and around which many other galleries and
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Seven courses in the fashion sector on Dezeen Courses

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Dezeen Courses: we've rounded up seven courses in the fashion sector that are suitable for individuals at different stages of their careers. Available at institutes based in the USA, UK and Spain, the courses are not limited to fashion design but cover broader fashion-based topics including journalism and writing, sewing techniques and business. Here are
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Autex Acoustics releases acoustic products that blend into a variety of interiors

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Dezeen Showroom: acoustic treatment brand Autex Acoustics has listed a selection of its sound-dampening products on Dezeen Showroom, including panels that mimic the appearance of wood and stone. Travertine and marble have been used in decoration for thousands of years and remain popular finishes in contemporary interior design schemes. Autex Acoustics has tapped into this
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Stone collection surfaces by Autex Acoustics

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Dezeen Showroom: acoustic solutions brand Autex Acoustics was informed by the appearance of natural stone when designing its range of sound-dampening products. Distinctive stone profiles are referenced in the Stone collection's eight finishes, including travertine and various types of neutral and coloured marbles. "Our Stone collection features a diverse range of colours and grains that
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H-H Studio designs home in Vietnam as "a place to live, work, study, grow crops and entertain"

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White volumes, balconies and planters are stacked around a central courtyard at House for Young Families in Da Nang, Vietnam, which has been designed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. H-H Studio created t dwelling with spaces that could be used flexibly and provide a close connection to the outdoors for the home's clients, who
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Surman Weston self-builds "characterful family home" with three gardens in London

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A blocky form animated by hit-and-miss brickwork defines Peckham House, a self-build project by architecture studio Surman Weston that draws on its surroundings in southeast London. Peckham House was designed for and built by the directors of Surman Weston, Tom Surman and Percy Weston. It is currently occupied by Weston and his family. The nature
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Space Perspective completes capsule for balloon-powered "journey to the edge of space"

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Space tourism company Space Perspective has unveiled a test capsule for its Neptune spacecraft that, buoyed by a giant balloon, could carry tourists into the stratosphere next year. The pressurised capsule will embark on its first unmanned test flight over the coming weeks, with the aim to have a human-rated version of the spaceship ready
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Design Doha set to be "regional home for design" says curator Rana Beiruti

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With 100 designers from the Middle East and North African, Design Doha is showcasing emerging regional designers, says Rana Beiruti, who is curator of the biennial's Arab Design Now exhibition. Launched by art and culture institution Qatar Museums, the first edition of Design Doha will open in the Qatari capital this Saturday. Central to the
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Ukrainian studios "doing what we can, and sometimes what we can't" after two years of war

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Two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, architecture and design studios in Ukraine are adapting to support the war effort while also ensuring they stay in business. Casualties in the war now number around 500,000, including more than 10,000 civilian deaths. With Saturday marking two years since Russia's troops crossed the Ukraine border, Dezeen spoke to
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Gustav Winsth and Alexander Lervik use virtual reality to design real-life chair

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Swedish designers Gustav Winsth and Alexander Lervik have unveiled a chair that was designed in virtual reality and brought to life by skilled metalworkers who normally work on motorcycles. The Reality chair formed part of the Stockholm Furniture Fair exhibition Älvsjö Gård, a showcase of collectable and limited-edition furniture pieces. Winsth and Lervik developed the
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Habitable Form creates vertical house for woodsy site on South Carolina island

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Local architecture studio Habitable Form has created the timber-clad Victory Bay House to minimise disturbance to oak trees and to endure the storms and flooding that can strike its location along the Atlantic Seaboard. The dwelling is located on Kiawah Island, a barrier island near Charleston, and is tucked within a grove of mature oak
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Totem-pole colonnade encloses Istanbul Airport restaurant

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A stone and glass fountain, totem pole-like columns and gilded arches characterise the Kaimakk bar and dining space by local studio Sanayi313 inside Istanbul Airport. The 600-square-metre space was created by Sanayi313 as a place of refuge from the bustle of the airport. "The challenge of this project was to create a place where people would
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Ten recently completed skyscrapers in New York City

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In this roundup, we collect 10 recently completed skyscrapers that have changed New York City's skyline over the past two years. New York City has seen several skyscrapers spring up in recent years, from the bronze-and-copper Brooklyn Tower by SHoP Architects in Downtown Brooklyn to Two Manhattan West, the final tower of a sprawling mixed-use
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Eight ways that Stockholm Furniture Fair exhibitors cut down on waste

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Is it possible to stage a trade fair without producing excessive waste? Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson explores eight approaches that were all on show at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair. The trade show format is increasingly under scrutiny, with environmental concerns prompting many to reconsider the material cost of building large exhibition stands that are
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Go-To textile collection by Carnegie Fabrics

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Dezeen Showroom: American textile company Carnegie Fabrics has expanded its range of fabrics to include new metallic and neutral shades. The Go-To textile collection combines the brand's 20 best-selling colourways and 19 new hues, some of which reference organic landscapes from the natural world. Carnegie Fabrics launched the collection to celebrate ten years since they
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Groove panels by Autex Acoustics

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Dezeen Showroom: British acoustic brand Autex Acoustics has developed a customisable patterned panel system aimed at achieving bespoke finishes for walls and ceilings. The company's Groove product consists of a semi-ridged lightweight panel router-cut with precise, angular designs that aim to impart texture and nuance to interior schemes. Options range from subtle patterns to hinges and
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Peter Pichler Architecture encloses geometric office block with pleated facades

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Italian studio Peter Pichler Architecture has designed the angular headquarters for manufacturing company Bonfiglioli in Bologna, with a slanted roof covered in pleated mesh. Located in Bonfigliolo's industrial site in Calderara di Reno, the building has a rectangular form punctured by a central outdoor courtyard and a series of terraces on the sloping roof. According
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Mark Foster Gage Architects designs "secret garden" spa resort for Neom

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Saudi mega project Neom has revealed the design of the Elanan spa and hotel that is set to be built on a natural oasis on Gulf of Aqaba as its latest development. Designed by American studio Mark Foster Gage Architects, the Elanan resort will contain 80 rooms and suites along with well-being facilities. It will
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BIG unveils interlocking EPIQ skyscraper in Quito designed as "buildings within a building"

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Danish architecture studio BIG has completed the EPIQ tower in Ecuador, which consists of L-shaped stacked blocks that curve as they meet at the structure's centre. EPIQ, which was created by BIG in partnership with Quito-based developers Uribe Schwarzkopf, is located next to La Carolina Park, an urban green space in the centre of the
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Scientists develop hybrid "beef rice" as future meat alternative

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Scientists from South Korea's Yonsei University have invented what they believe to be a sustainable, high-protein food in the form of "beef rice", made by growing cow cells in grains of rice. Tinged a pale pink from the cell culturing process, the hybrid food contains more protein and fat than standard rice while having a
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Five key projects by designer and Dezeen Awards judge Faye Toogood

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London-based designer Faye Toogood has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. While the founder of the contemporary British brand Toogood identifies herself as a designer, with work spanning interiors, objects, furniture, clothing and art, her practice is often referred to as multidisciplinary. "For myself,
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Lab La Bla constructs miniature golf course from recycled denim and mining dust

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Malmö studio Lab Bla La unveiled Surface Club, a bar and mini-golf course made from waste materials including Tetra Pak packaging, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair. The practice, which was founded by Victor Isaksson Pirtti and Axel Landström, designed Surface Club as one of the fair's two design bars where visitors could rest and have a
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BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone

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Pale sandstone walls bring a "warm and welcoming" feel to this columbarium in a cemetery in Radom, Poland, which has been completed by local studio BDR Architekci. Located in the centre of Radom Municipal Cemetery – one of the largest cemeteries in Poland – the columbarium has 2,000 storage niches for funeral urns, organised across
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Google opens New York headquarters built on renovated 1930s train terminal

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Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. Developed by Oxford Properties, the 232-foot-tall (70 metres), 12-storey office building houses Google's North American headquarters for global business organisation and is located on
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Inaba Williams creates mirrored stucco-clad residences in California

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US studio Inaba Williams Architects has created two mirrored houses with courtyards in Santa Monica, California that are clad in white stucco and have net-zero energy use, according to the studio. Completed in 2023, the twin five-bedroom houses measure 3,900 square feet (362 square metres) each and are divided by a privacy wall and rectangular
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Nine student projects that are represented by intricate 3D models

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Dezeen School Shows: in this roundup, we spotlight nine student projects featured in Dezeen's School Shows, which present meticulously detailed architectural models. The students, who are enrolled in both undergraduate and postgraduate architecture degree courses, have utilised a spectrum of materials to create their models, including clay, concrete, wood and plastic. The act of creating architectural
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Burning Man 2024 temple design balances the "domestic and majestic"

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A team led by artist Caroline Ghosn has unveiled the design of this year's Burning Man temple, a structure combining elements of church architecture and Lebanese weaving techniques. Called Temple of Together, the structure will rise more than 70 feet (21 metres) above the desert landscape of the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada. Ghosn
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Composition acoustic wall coverings by Autex

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Dezeen Showroom: acoustic design brand Autex has created a collection of noise-reducing wall coverings that are applied to walls the same way as traditional wallpaper. The surfaces in the Composition collection are characterised by their solid block colours and soft, tactile textures. "Composition is the workhorse of acoustic wallcoverings," said Autex. "As a durable, high-performance
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EFFEKT designs EV charging station where drivers can also "recharge mentally"

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Architecture studio EFFEKT has created a charging station for electric vehicles in Sønderborg, Denmark, which is designed as a park with gardens and seating areas. Called Better Energy Charge, the park is a pilot project for renewable energy company Better Energy and is located alongside a solar farm on the company's R&D campus. According to
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Heatherwick Studio set to turn "extraordinary" BT Tower into hotel

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UK practice Heatherwick Studio is set to turn the 177-metre-high BT Tower in central London into a hotel, following its sale to American hotelier MCR Hotels. MCR Hotels announced today that it had purchased the Grade II-listed tower from the BT Group telecommunications company with Heatherwick Studio and is set to turn the structure into a
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Dotti seating by KFI Studios

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Dezeen Showroom: US furniture brand KFI Studios has released an upholstered seating collection that aims to offer a comfortable and cohesive space for both collaboration and relaxation. Created by Pennsylvania-based product design firm Union Design, the Dotti range includes a low-back lounge chair and a high-back lounge chair that feature curved plywood backs, soft circular
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Harvest Moon aims to make compost toilets "a part of everyday life"

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Swedish bathroom brand Harvest Moon has launched its first product, a waterless toilet that allows "even the most squeamish" to turn their waste into soil and fertiliser. Unveiled at Stockholm Furniture Fair, Luna is a composting toilet that promises eco-friendly disposal of human waste without compromising on style, comfort or hygiene. Harvest Moon spent five
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Studio Egret West to transform former Heinz HQ into London housing

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UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London, which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. Studio Egret West has received planning permission to create 124 apartments across the two office buildings while preserving their external concrete frames. Named Hayes Park Central
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Furniture made from scrap aluminium carries "traces of giant factory saws"

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Dutch design firm Studio ThusThat has developed a series of furniture and homeware that was cut from a single sheet of aluminium "crust" – an offcut of the smelting process. Rather than removing the saw marks and the bumpy uneven surface found on the scrap metal, these form a key feature of the various flat-pack
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Paris duplex by Johanna Amatoury references architecture of Greek islands

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Harnessing soft whites and gently curving plaster forms, interior designer Johanna Amatoury has brought a holiday-house feel to this apartment in the peaceful Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The duplex belongs to a couple who work in real estate and their three young children – a globetrotting family with a particular love for the Greek islands.
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SILO creates Steel Louise house for Charlotte neighbourhood with "dramatic contradictions"

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US studio SILO has created a sculptural, metal-clad home in North Carolina for one of its principals that is meant to break away from the "suburban-type" development emerging in its historic setting. The house belongs to Marc Manack, an architecture professor and founding principal of SILO, and his wife, Kallisto Vimr. After years of living
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Dezeen Agenda features Migaloo's giant luxury submarine

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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Migaloo's design for a submersible superyacht. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Austrian company Migaloo has revealed plans for a 165-metre-long submersible superyacht, which can descend to a depth of approximately 250 metres below the ocean surface and remain underwater for up to four weeks. This week's
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Zaventem Ateliers recreates furniture collection in cardboard after customs delays

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Belgian design collective Zaventem Ateliers has recreated a full furniture show in cardboard after the majority of the pieces it was to show at a Mexico City exhibition were stalled in transit from Europe. Zaventem Ateliers, a collection of design studios that operates out of a 19th-century paper mill outside of Brussels, recreated a full
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Kumu chair by Pekka Koivikko for Nikari

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Dezeen Showroom: Finnish brand Nikari collaborated with designer Pekka Koivikko on a stackable chair made from solid birch that is designed to be painted. The Kumu chair comprises a sturdy frame of four cylindrical legs that support a square seat, topped by a backrest that slots onto the extruded back legs. The chairs can be
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Frontier acoustic ceiling and wall system by Autex Acoustics

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Dezeen Showroom: British acoustic treatment brand Autex Acoustics has developed an acoustic ceiling and wall system designed to absorb sound in busy open-plan spaces. Created for a range of interior applications including office, retail, education and hospitality settings, the Frontier system consists of a configuration of 3D and 2D shapes made from 100 per cent
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"Fried egg" canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio

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Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. Designed to have "a fun and unconventional presence", the extension was conceived by THISS Studio as though it were a piece of furniture rather than a conventional
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Stockholm Furniture Fair "created a testbed for new ideas"

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With trade shows falling on hard times, this year Stockholm Furniture Fair set itself on a new path. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser explores whether other fairs can learn from the Swedes' approach. Stockholm's annual design showcase took place this month against a backdrop of recession in Sweden when many are questioning the efficacy of
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Tech designers "forgot new ideas" after iPhone says Nothing's Adam Bates

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London-based start-up Nothing is trying to upend the consumer-tech industry. In this interview, the company's design director, Adam Bates, discusses how. Since being founded by Chinese-Swedish entrepreneur Carl Pei three years ago, Nothing has moved at breakneck speed, releasing three wireless earbuds and two smartphones – with a third set to launch next month. Counting
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"The state of Britain's ageing homes has become a national shame"

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It's crucial that whoever wins the upcoming general election prioritises fixing the UK's energy-efficient housing, but the message doesn't seem to be getting through to our political leaders, writes RIBA president Muyiwa Oki. Last summer, as temperatures soared and the sun beat down relentlessly, people around the UK sweltered in their homes. A few months ago,
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Bobby Berk, Faye Toogood and Gaetano Pesce announced as judges for Dezeen Awards 2024

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The first five judges for Dezeen Awards 2024 have been announced and include interior designer Bobby Berk, designers Faye Toogood and Giles Nartey, alongside architects Gaetano Pesce and Suchi Reddy. Dezeen Awards 2024 launched last week in partnership with Bentley. Enter before 27 March to save 20 per cent on entry fees. Now in its
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Tariq Khayyat Design Partners wraps Dubai housing complex around public plaza

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Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. Located in the Jumeirah district, the curved, 18,000-square-metre complex comprises 37 residential units alongside ground-floor restaurants and bars and a centralised public plaza. According to Tariq Khayyat Design Partners, The H Residence is
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Brasserie des Pres draws on the vibrant history of Paris's Latin Quarter

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The storied location of this brasserie in Paris inspired interior studio B3 Designers to fill the restaurant with tasselled chairs, disco balls and other flamboyant decor. Brasserie des Pres is set in Paris's Latin Quarter, which was a hub of creativity throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, its cafes filled with artists, publishers and prominent
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Gallery Fumi combines "refined with the quirky" for US exhibit debut in LA

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Cardboard furniture by Max Lamb and an oversized screen in the shape of "a curled up woman" by artist Saelia Aparicio are among the works displayed at a Gallery Fumi exhibition that coincides with the Frieze LA art fair in Los Angeles. The Fumi LA exhibition, on show at Sized Studio, marks the first major
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Malvina Zayat perches House in the Clouds on hilly site in Argentina

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Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". The residence sits within a native forest in the town of Salsipuedes, which lies about 30 kilometers from the city of Córdoba. Zayat
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Eight products and furnishings informed by the natural properties of stone

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As Dezeen completes its editorial series on the role of stone in architecture, we've rounded up eight pieces listed on Dezeen Showroom that demonstrate how the material is used in interior design. The following selection includes lighting, tables, bathroom products and tableware made from solid stone, such as volcanic lava rock, granite and various types of
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Acoustic Timber products by Autex Acoustics

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Dezeen Showroom: acoustic product brand Autex Acoustics has released a series of sound-dampening panels, tiles and baffles made to imitate the appearance of timber. Each item in the Acoustic Timber range is decorated with wood grain patterns referenced directly from natural timber veneers. The surface patterns are printed onto tiles and panels with UV-cured water-based
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Spaceworkers frames views through deep concrete reveals at Portuguese house

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Irregularly placed square openings puncture the thick concrete exterior of SV House in Portugal, recently completed by architecture studio Spaceworkers. Located on a sloping site near the town of Sobrado, the blocky, three-storey home occupies a plot once occupied by the home of the client's grandfather. It is formed from board-marked concrete, designed by Spaceworkers
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Donald Trump launches gold "Never Surrender" trainers that quickly sell out

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Former US president Donald Trump has launched a trainer collection including golden high-top sneakers, designed for "true Patriots", that are said to have already sold out. Dubbed the Never Surrender High-Tops, just 1,000 trainers were released, with each pair numbered and "at least 10" autographed by Trump. The trainers, which retail for $399 on a
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Buitenverblijf Nest is a "folly high up in the trees" in the Netherlands

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Architecture studios i29 and Namo Architecture referenced birdhouses and nests when creating this holiday home in Arnhem, which is intended to blend with its woodland setting. Named Buitenverblijf Nest, the dwelling is located at Buitenplaats Koningsweg, a wooded site at the edge of the Hoge Veluwe National Park in the Netherlands, which was formerly occupied
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Dezeen's Pinterest roundup features 11 modern Spanish villas

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As spring draws closer in the northern hemisphere, we round up 11 Spanish houses and villas from Dezeen's Pinterest. Traditional Spanish villas and homes have been searched five times more than normal on Pinterest in the last few weeks. With almond blossom exploding across the south of the Iberian peninsula, we have rounded up striking
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Job Smeets brings styling of Firmship boats to Land Rover Defender

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Designer Job Smeets has collaborated with Firmship – the yacht brand of former Moooi CEO Casper Vissers – to create a limited-edition Land Rover Defender defined by the same stark minimalism and historic references as its ships. Made in a limited run of 25, the SUV has a stripped-back monochrome look both inside and out.
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Küchel Architects crowns hillside in Switzerland with "architectural marvel"

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Promotion: Swiss architecture studio Küchel Architects has designed a cantilevered house on an elevated site overlooking Lake Maggiore in Ascona, Switzerland. Described by the studio as an "architectural marvel", the home aims to showcase its natural surroundings, while ensuring the privacy of its residents. Built on a sloping plot in Ascona, the four-storey building's rectilinear
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Nendo designs beer glass that provides "three different mouthfeels"

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Design studio Nendo has created a glass for Japan's oldest beer brand Sapporo with a lopsided profile that affects how the beverage interacts with the palate of the drinker. The glass has straight sides on the front and back while the left side curves inwards and the right side bulges outwards, creating an asymmetrical silhouette.
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Co-working members' club The Malin opens wood-filled Nashville location

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The Malin has designed its work-oriented member's club in Nashville, its first outside of New York City, with an earthy colour palette and a mix of vintage and contemporary furniture to give it a hotel-like feel. Located in the Wedgewood Houston neighbourhood, The Malin is one of a number of creative businesses within the Nashville
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WE-S Architecten designs Belgian nursery to resemble "a modest garden pavilion"

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Belgian studio WE-S Architecten has created a nursery in the town of Aartselaar that takes the form of a nine-sided pavilion, intended to blend in with the surrounding park. The compact building in Belgium provides four classrooms, a dining area and staff spaces, which are organised radially around a skylit hall to allow them to
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Eight interiors celebrating the curated clutter of "bookshelf wealth"

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Dubbed the first major design trend of 2024, our latest lookbook collects cosy, lived-in interiors that embody the "bookshelf wealth" aesthetic movement taking over social media. While using books for interior decoration is not a new idea, it has been brought back into focus by a now-viral TikTok video posted in December by San Diego-based interior
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Archiloop converts 12th-century Italian monastery into hotel Vocabolo Moscatelli

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A 12th-century monastery in Italy's Umbria region has become a boutique hotel in the hands of Florence studio Archiloop, which aimed to retain the site's "rustic simplicity" during its renovation. Vocabolo Moscatelli sits in the countryside near the hamlet of Calzolaro, close to the Tuscan border, on a remote estate surrounded by woodland. The property
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Kith Women Flagship in Soho combines walnut and pink marble

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American fashion brand Kith has returned to the location of its first Manhattan flagship to open a women-dedicated store, in which olive trees grow up through display podiums. The inaugural Kith Women Flagship in Soho opened last December at 644 Broadway, the same historic landmark building where the brand debuted its Manhattan retail offering in
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Fran Silvestre Arquitectos references pathways for winding Sabater House in Spain

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Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos has created a minimalist white house in Alicante, which winds through the landscape to enhance its relationship with the outdoors. Named Sabater House, the Spanish dwelling unfolds through a series of intersecting, elongated forms that ascend upwards over its 780-square-metre site. Its slim volumes adapt to the site's natural topography,
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Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture

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Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it's done. In recent years, a growing cohort of young designers has been experimenting with humble, industrial metals – often using only one
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This week we launched our Stone Age 2.0 series

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This week on Dezeen, we launched our editorial series Stone Age 2.0, exploring the potential of stone to be a viable, low-carbon, modern structural material. We kicked off the series with an introduction by Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft stating that "architects and engineers are aiming to reignite the stone age". Other popular articles in the
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Panorámica's interactive-AI machine lets "anybody be a Mexican designer"

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Design collective Panorámica has created a machine that utilises artificial intelligence and a set of prompts to generate unique pieces of furniture based on a repository of Mexican design styles during Mexico Ciy art week. Showcased at the design section of the Zona Maco art fair in Mexico City, the exhibition was called Anybody Can
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Eight student architecture projects focus on the food industry

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Dezeen School Shows: we've picked eight architecture projects featured on Dezeen School Shows that explore the sustainability of food production, distribution and consumption. This roundup of projects includes a sustainable supermarket that grows and sells its own produce and a Lebanese restaurant that aims to guide guests on a journey to Lebanon with an immersive
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"You're always a football player" to some people, say Bennett brothers

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Designers Michael and Martellus Bennett are brothers who both used to play in the NFL, but in this interview they reveal that their creative approaches are vastly different. The pair enjoyed successful, decade-long careers as football players in the National Football League (NFL), each with a Super Bowl win under his belt. But after retirement
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Muza Lab's resort interiors informed by Greek culture and landscapes

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Promotion: design studio Muza Lab has created the interior and exterior spaces of the One&Only Aesthesis resort, bungalows and villas in Athens, Greece. The resort is situated in Athens' southern suburb of Glyfada and includes a lobby, villas, restaurants, bars, a beach club and a spa. Set within 21 hectares of protected forest reserve, One&Only Aesthesis is
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Alors Studio extends exposed-concrete home in rural France

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A cantilevering concrete canopy shelters a new entrance at this extension to a modernist-style home in Ardèche, which has been completed by French practice Alors Studio. Located in a small village in the south of the French, the house was originally built in 2007 as a holiday home and is comprised of three separate areas
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"We are proposing a simple switch from concrete to stone" says The Stone Collective

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The recently launched The Stone Collective is aiming to weaken concrete and steel's hold on the architecture industry. As part of our Stone Age 2.0 series, the team explains its ambition. "There is a lack of exposure to stone projects by contemporary architects everywhere," said spokesperson Pierre Bidaud, member of The Stone Collective. "It's a
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Pine makes comeback at Stockholm Furniture Fair as designers embrace "underdog" wood

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One of the main trends at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair was the use of pine, with designers using heat-treated pine for outdoor furniture, creating lighting from pine veneer and reevaluating waterlogged pine. In Scandinavia, pinewood has become more popular in recent years as younger generations begin to appreciate the material. While it previously had
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Manu Bañó forms sculptural mirrors from single sheet of copper

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Architect and designer Manu Bañó explores the reflective qualities of copper with his OBJ-08 mirrors, launched as part of the Unique Design X fair at Mexico City art week. Produced by hammering, shaping and polishing a thin sheet of copper, the collection by Bañó is formed entirely from a single material with no need for
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Hauvette & Madani restores Haussmann-era Paris apartment to its "former glory"

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Local design studio Hauvette & Madani drew on the Haussmannian history of this Paris apartment to create a gallery-like interior for its occupant's vast art collection. Located in the city's historic Triangle d'Or, the dwelling previously featured minimalist marble surfaces and gilding leftover from a recent renovation. Hauvette & Madani "re-appropriated" the apartment, originally designed
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Cesar Mancillas distributes patios throughout narrow Mexican house

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Mexican architect Cesar Mancillas used high concrete walls while creating a linear house with spaces focused on relaxation in the often-changing urban landscape of Ensenada, Mexico. With a floorplan of 251 square metres, Casa Malbec was completed in 2022 by Cesar Andrés Mancillas de la Torre, an architect based in the northern Mexico state of Baja
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Dezeen Debate features BIG's "Allen key" Manhattan skyscrapers

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The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a pair of skyscrapers in Manhattan designed by BIG. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture firm BIG has designed two skyscrapers that will be part of a four-tower development in Manhattan, New York. The project, named Freedom Plaza, will be comprised of two residential and two
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Gharib Studio outfits Austin jewellery store with pink walls and arches

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Los Angeles design studio Gharib Studio has contrasted concrete floors and exposed ceilings with soft-pink walls and clean lines for a jewellery store in Austin. Created for the friendship jewellery brand Little Words Project (LWP), Gharib Studio used elements of the merchandise to inform the store's pink material palette and incorporated arches throughout the space to
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BIG completes staggered "bundle of towers" in Houston

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Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled 1550 on the Green in Houston, which is the studio's first skyscraper in the state of Texas. Developed by Skanska USA, the 28-storey skyscraper across from Discovery Green park in Downtown Houston consists of a "bundle" of six towers that curve slightly as they rise, with the tallest of
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Corian Design aims to achieve "exceptional durability" in Berlin apartments

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Promotion: Corian Design and its Quality Network Partner fabricator Hasenkopf aim to achieve durability and "timeless elegance" in a complex of luxury apartments in Berlin. Corian Solid Surface is suitable for use across an array of spaces and surfaces, from kitchen worktops, sinks and backsplashes to bathroom counters, basins and walls. The material is low in
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Jan Tyrpekl raises glass micro home on stilts in rural Austria

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Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. Located on a remote farm in Hainburg an der Donau, the home was designed for clients who wanted a compact space that was open to the surrounding landscape,
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Six activist architects "whose actions help effect social change"

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Networking platform Archiboo presents an annual Activism Award. Here, its founder Amanda Baillieu selects six architects that embody the ideals of activism. The Activism Award, which is free to enter and forms part of the wider Archiboo awards program, aims to reward an individual, practice or company "whose actions help to effect social change". According
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"The allure of the 'bio' prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny"

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Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. The vision of a civilisation based on biomaterials is compelling: products, clothes and buildings made from materials that have been "grown", rather than derived from polluting, extractive
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Dezeen Awards 2024 identity "embraces inclusivity"

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Graphic designer Micha Weidmann has used vibrant abstract forms to craft this year's Dezeen Awards campaign. Here, he explains how the identity took shape. Dezeen Awards 2024 launched on Tuesday with a graphic campaign informed by the programme's calendar and global reach by London-based Weidmann. The seventh edition of Dezeen's annual awards programme opened for
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Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns

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Ambient music pioneer Bian Eno is exhibiting an updated version of his illuminated record player composed of two eccentric Perspex circles at London's Paul Stolper Gallery. Like its predecessor, released in 2021, Turntable II consists of a platter and base made of translucent acrylic, each fitted with LED lights that are programmed to change colour
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Fredrik Paulsen creates 33 unique Joy Objects in 33 days

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Swedish designer Fredrik Paulsen has teamed up with auction house Bukowskis on Foundation of Joy, a playful furniture series featuring neon colours, tree branches and chains. Exhibited at Bukowskis' gallery during Stockholm Design Week, the series features one-off versions of furniture by Paulsen's recently launched brand, Joy Objects. The designer only allowed himself a day
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