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2024.
11.13Open Design and Green Roofs Redefine Tropical Tranquility at Cap Karoso Resort
Nestled on gently sloping beachfront land, the design story began by reuniting architecture and nature. Designed by GFAB Architects, the resort highlights a series of clustered concrete buildings paired with local stone, wood, and woven materials, em...more
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2024.
10.28Melike Altınışık Architects Unveils Spaceship-Like Robot Museum in Seoul
Turkish studio Melike Altınışık Architects has unveiled the Seoul Robot & AI Museum in South Korea, where visitors can "explore the endless possibilities of robotics and AI". Located in the north of the city, the 7,400-square-metre m...more
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2024.
10.23Emergentes Architectures Sàrl creates trapezoidal beach house on Chilean coast
Swiss architecture studio Emergentes Architectures Sàrl designed a linear beach house with angled concrete columns and wood cladding on the coast of Chile. Completed in 2024, the 220-square metre (2,370-square foot) Dreal House is located on a gen...more
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2024.
10.21Studio Gang Wraps Hotel in Perforated Facade Informed by Aspen Trees
Architecture practice Studio Gang has completed the Populus hotel in Denver, which its developer claims is the "first carbon-positive hotel" in the US. Located in downtown Denver, the 13-storey hotel has a distinct facade with elliptical...more
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2024.
10.16Neri Oxman Unveils AI-powered Eden Tower, Featuring "An Endless Ecosystem"
Design studio Oxman has unveiled an AI-powered, conceptual skyscraper, featuring "an endless ecosystem" and uniting "human-centric cultural typologies" in a single tower. Named Eden Tower, this conceptual tower aims to maximize...more
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2024.
10.14VATRAA Uses Reclaimed Bricks for London House Extension
Architecture studio VATRAA has added an extension to a house in London that features a "brutalist cat flap" and is built with the bricks of the structure it replaced. Located in Stoke Newington, the project was designed for a family of f...more
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2024.
10.09Atrium at Sumner Features a Dynamic Geometric Design with Diagonal Lines
The Atrium at Sumner is a dynamic residential complex designed by Studio Libeskind. It is situated on NYCHA-owned land within Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The 11-story building, located on Marcus Garvey Boulevard between Park Avenue an...more
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2024.
10.07Taiyo Service Apartments
Taiyo Apartment is a serviced apartment complex located in An Thượng, a popular nightlife neighborhood near Da Nang beach that attracts many expats. This 10-story structure has 40 serviced apartments in three sizes: studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedr...more
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2024.
10.02ENNEA Hotel Instills Tranquility and Organic Beauty through Eco-Conscious Design
Designed by Jaque Studio, the design story of Ennea Hotel began with crafting a tranquil oasis that seamlessly blends with its surroundings. The hotel is characterized by the use of natural materials such as stone, wood, and rustic elements, spread t...more
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2024.
08.28A Modern Melbourne Home Designed Around a Homeowner’s Lush Garden
Centered around a homeowner’s beloved garden in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East, the Gardener’s House by Splinter Society blends old-world charm with contemporary design. The project integrates the new addition with an original period struc...more
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2024.
08.26Locus Uses Recycled Materials for Mexico City Restaurant Interior
Mexican design studio Locus has utilised 50 per cent recycled materials for the interiors of a Singaporean restaurant in Mexico City. Combining the varied flavours of Southeast Asia typical of Singapore'...more
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2024.
08.21Studio Est Adds "Brutalist Elements" to Battersea Power Station Apartment
London interiors firm Studio Est referenced the industrial heritage of Battersea Power Station when creating the interiors for this apartment set within the redeveloped landmark. The apartment's owner wanted to transform the empty shell into ...more
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2024.
08.19State of Kin Uses Hemp Render to Create Family Home with "Organic Feel"
Architecture studio State of Kin has paired an olive-toned hemp render with aluminium awnings at Proclamation House, a light-filled family home in Western Australia. Located on the former site of a derelict dwelling in Subiaco, the house accommoda...more
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2024.
08.14Kengo Kuma & Associates Reveals Design for Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a boat-informed structure for Qatar's national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. Driven by an appreciation of the strong coastal relations that benefit both Qatar and Japan, Ken...more
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2024.
08.12South Korean Seven Island Coffee Shop Embraces Timeless Minimalism and Breathtaking Sea Views
When it comes to blending modern design with a touch of nature, Seven Island Coffee in South Korea emerges as a humble yet avant-garde example. Designed by the acclaimed architectural firm mttb, this café goes beyond the typical coffee shop experienc...more
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2024.
08.07Skyscraper by Pei Architects Follows "Toronto's Rich Tradition of Concrete"
New York studio Pei Architects has unveiled a skyscraper in Toronto, Canada, wrapped in precast concrete balconies and above a travertine podium. Pei Architects – founded by the two sons of modernist architect IM Pei – created the 56-storey reside...more
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2024.
08.05Retreat Village Highlights Sustainable Design and Back-to-Nature Slow Living: Project by Stilt Studios
Insired by its name, Retreat Village, the design story began with building a tropical haven with a deep commitment to sustainability. Stilt Studios includes several key features such as elevated structures, environmentally friendly materials, renewab...more
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2024.
07.31Origami-Like Roof Tops Timber Home in Suffolk by Studio Bark
Local timber-framed buildings influenced the geometric form of Water Farm, a house that architecture practice Studio Bark has added to a family farm in Suffolk. The five-bedroom family home is constructed from wood and defined by its origami-like,...more
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2024.
07.29Manufactura and BioMatters Create 3D-Printing Composite From Discarded Lobster Shells
Mexican design studio Manufactura and New York studio BioMatters have created 3D-printed objects using a composite consisting mainly of shells from industrial lobstering byproducts in Maine. During a residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts...more
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2024.
07.24DAB Studio Adds Contemporary Touches to Dutch Home from Amsterdam School Period
An Ettore Sottsass gridded feature wall and a sculptural green ladder characterise this 1920s Dutch house, which interiors firm DAB Studio designed to reference the Amsterdam School. Called Collectors Home, the dwelling is defined by the intricate...more
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2024.
07.22Guest House Embraces Natural Minimalism with Raw and Industrial Concrete
At the guest house, the design story began by highlighting concrete as the main character of the building. The design team utilized concrete to create a sense of bare minimalism, beyond its primary function for strength and unique look....more
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2024.
07.17Vessev Launches Electric Hydrofoil Ferry That "Flies Above The Waves"
Maritime transport firm Vessev has developed a fully electric boat that uses hydrofoil technology to reduce energy consumption by up to 90 per cent. The nine-metre-long VS-9 is designed to transport up to 10 passengers at 25 knots, with retractabl...more
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2024.
07.15Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems (EIFS): An Essential Solution for Sustainable Construction
In today's construction industry, achieving energy efficiency, sustainability and safety along with aesthetics are essential goals for architects and consultants. Exterior Insulation and Finishing Systems (EIFS) are versatile, high-performance s...more
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2024.
07.10MAD Architects Designs Innovation Center in Beijing with Biomorphic, Clover-Like Form and Sweeping Green Roof
Designed by MAD Architects, the newly completed ZGC International Innovation Center will serve as a permanent venue for the yearly Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum), an international conference with a focus on innovation and technology....more
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2024.
07.08Kengo Kuma's Aeaj Green Terrace Promotes Eco-Friendly Elegance in Wood
At aeaj green terrace, the design story is rooted in the commitment to sustainability and eco-friendliness. The design emphasizes the use of natural materials such as wood, chosen not only for its visual appeal but also for its numerous environmental...more
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2024.
07.03The evolution of Computational Design: From Algorithms to AI
Computational design, described by Fenton Holloway as “the fusion of art and technology,” is transforming both architectural and engineering practices. In just a few decades, it has transitioned from simple digital tools to advanced algorithmic techn...more
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2024.
07.01Serpentine Pavilion 2024 officially opens
The new Serpentine Pavilion was officially opened on June 7 in London. This 23rd edition of the annual pavilion in the gardens of the Serpentine Galleries has been designed by South Korean architect Minsuk Cho and his firm Mass Studies....more
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2024.
06.26Building a Sustainable Future: Sports Facilities Made from Bamboo
As awareness of sustainable development grows, bamboo is emerging as an attractive alternative to traditional construction materials. This innovative material is making significant inroads in the construction of sports facilities, showcasing how sust...more
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2024.
06.193 Days of Design 2024: best of Danish design and beyond
Over 350 events, 11 districts and one theme: 3 Days of Design 2024 returns to the Danish capital for its 11th edition. With brand collaborations, group exhibitions, new showrooms and more, the festival is running under the theme ‘Dare to Dream’ for 2...more
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2024.
06.17MAST to create stilt-house hotel in abandoned Portuguese salina
Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has revealed plans to build a hotel formed of houses on stilts in a Portuguese lagoon formerly used for salt production. Located on the Sado Estuary near Setúbal, the overgrown salina will be transformed in...more
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2024.
06.05SOM breaks ground on skyscraper with "handmade surfaces" in Guadalajara
American studio SOM has unveiled images of a skyscraper in Guadalajara, Mexico, which will be clad in red-toned concrete with interiors designed by Mexico City-based Héctor Esrawe. Designed in collaboration with Esrawe and Mexico City architecture...more
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2024.
06.03Reversing Design Order through Material Recycling: An Interview with RUÍNA Architecture
RUÍNA Arquitetura aims for greater socio-environmental awareness and the appreciation of materials while advocating for reuse as an alternative within the construction industry. In their practice, they explore new avenues for reclaimed materials, dim...more
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2024.
05.29A sustainable design lab in Buenos Aires
Morsa Taller + Emilia Pascarelli have renovated and extended a creatives’ space, where recycled plastic becomes design objects, amidst lightness and echoes of Lacaton&Vassal's frugal, flexible and adaptive architecture....more
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2024.
05.27Urban Future 2024: Rotterdam Welcomes CityChangers From June 5 to 7
Urban Future, Europe’s most inspiring event for changemakers creating more sustainable cities, is coming to Rotterdam. From June 5 to 7, around 2,500 participants from all over the world will attend the conference at Rotterdam Ahoy to discuss their i...more
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2024.
05.22Land as Raw Material: Latin American Homes Built With Locally Sourced Soil
Organizing, shaping, stacking. Transforming raw materials from the soil into architecture. This is a challenge that many Latin American architects embrace, demonstrating that scarcity can be daunting but also a rich opportunity to unleash creativity....more
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2024.
05.20Makoto Yamaguchi Design completes Tokyo gaming HQ with contemporary appearance of traditional Japanese pagoda
Tokyo-based Makoto Yamaguchi Design has completed the new headquarters of a Japanese gaming company in Tokyo’s Taitō Ward. “Monospinal” is a building characterized by a series of stacking floors with slanting walls, its architectural style having the...more
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2024.
05.15Eleven things to do and see during NYCxDesign 2024
From a furniture show in a former high-end sex shop to an homage to Dutch brickwork in New York by designer Floris Wubben, we've rounded up key shows and installations taking place during NYCxDesign 2024. New York City'...more
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2024.
05.08Expanding horizons: the evolution of user experience spaces
With the advent of extended reality (XR) technologies, particularly the recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro, our perception of “space” has expanded, leading to an evolution of its meaning across various contexts and definitions....more
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2024.
05.06Snøhetta's Mixed-use Building In Oslo Performs With Net-zero Energy Usage
【 TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, NYDALEN 】 Snøhetta has unveiled Vertikal Nydalen, a groundbreaking mixed-use building in Oslo, Norway. The project pushes the boundaries of sustainable design by incorporating a simplified, self-sufficient cli...more
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2024.
04.29Smart Concrete: Revolutionizing building materials for sustainability
In recent years, there has been a change in the way we view science and technology and how new concepts and advancements are being applied to everyday life. This revolution took place, particularly in the last few decades....more
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2024.
04.24Iris Ceramica Group unveils ‘POESIS MATERIAE’ at Milan Design Week 2024
British studio Zaha Hadid Design partners with Iris Ceramica Group to explore the strength and versatility of ceramics. Milan Design Week returns from April 15th to 21st, once again transforming the city into a vibrant canvas of design exploration...more
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2024.
04.22Zen Spaces Residence | Sanjay Puri Architects
【 Zen Space’s Location 】 Zen Spaces is a four-level house located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The house is designed to blend indoor and outdoor spaces seamlessly, and it integrates with the surrounding landscape using various techniques to allow fi...more
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2024.
04.17Chromasonic makes "light audible and sound visible" for Google's Milan installation
Google has returned to Milan design week with a kaleidoscopic installation by research studio Chromasonic, designed to simulate the experience of having synesthesia. Stretching across 600 square metres inside a redeveloped industrial building near...more
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2024.
04.15Tadao Ando's MPavilion 10 Will Remain Open For Another Year in Melbourne
【 TADAO ANDO-DESIGNED STRUCTURE UNVEILED FOR MPAVILION 10 】 On November 16, 2023, MPavilion, the flagship initiative of the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, had opened its milestone MPavilion 10, designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Tadao Ando, in Queen Victo...more
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2024.
04.10"Water mirror" reflects light into villa overlooking Lake Zurich by PPAA
Mexican studio PPAA has completed a concrete villa beside Lake Zurich in Switzerland, fronted by a long water feature that helps to illuminate the interior. Stepping down a sloping site in Uetikon to the west of Zurich, the home is designed by PPAA ...more
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2024.
04.01Understanding 'Architectures of Transition, Emergent Practices in South Asia'
【 Conceived to articulate the agency of architecture during transitory, political and socio-economic movements, the publication details emerging trends in South Asian practices. 】 Architectures of Transition, Emergent Practices in South Asia is a ...more
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2024.
03.27Design Month Graz 2024
Design Month Graz, taking place from May 4th to June 2nd, 2024, will exclusively focus on the theme What Now! Throughout this month, it will showcase the diverse services provided by Graz’s design community, emphasizing the significance of design to ...more
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2024.
03.25Minimalist architecture meets raw stone: a house in argentina is built into the earth
A HOME TO FRAME ARGENTINA’S VAST LANDSCAPE ‘House in the Stone,’ or Casa en la Piedra, has been designed by architect Christian Schlatter to stand proudly along the western slopes of the Sierras Chicas in Córdoba, Argentina....more
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2024.
03.20Pelli Clarke & Partners completes Japan's tallest skyscraper in Tokyo
US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan's tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo. At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo'...more
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2024.
03.18Harvesting Architecture: A Glimpse Into 3 Plant-Based Materials
For decades, our society has predominantly embraced an extractivist approach when formulating models for material manufacturing across diverse industries. While we now know that this model is unsustainable, a major question remains: So, how do we do ...more
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2024.
03.13With KHRAM, MAKHNO Studio envisions an otherworldly spiritual setting
The KHRAM Temple of three religions by MAKHNO Studio is imagined as a space for prayer, reflection, and meditation amid nature in Ukraine. "Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life....more
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2024.
03.06Riken Yamamoto wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize
Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been named the winner of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize for his buildings that are a "background and foreground to everyday life". Yamamoto, who is the 53rd Pritzker Architecture Prize ...more
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2024.
03.04Salone del Mobile 2024 will focus on design, innovation, talent, and the city of Milan
【 Milan's annual trade fair announces its 62nd edition to take place from 16-21 April 2024 at the Fiera Milano Rho fairground, with a new layout and an installation by David Lynch. 】 Milan is gearing up for the 62nd edition of Salone del Mobi...more
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2024.
03.01Samsung unveils Galaxy smart ring for health tracking
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 offe...more
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2024.
02.26Peter Pichler Celebrates Sustainability With Monolithic Bonfiglioli Headquarters
【 Bonfiglioli Headquarters: A Net Zero Workspace In Italy 】 Milan-based firm Peter Pichler Architecture and ARUP take sustainable design to new heights with the Bonfiglioli Headquarters, the final piece of the EVO development in Bologna....more
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2024.
02.21Transforming textiles into bricks: FabBRICK
The use of various waste-derived, biologically inspired, technologically advanced innovative materials has been increasing in line with many concerns and goals recently. The contributions of traditional construction and manufacturing materials to bot...more
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2024.
02.19Taipei Biennial: "Small World" Thinking Big
The 13th edition of the Taiwanese biennial, running until March 24, 2024, is anchored in individual experiences and the micro-world to showcase the contemporary art scene. 【 A Shrinking World 】 Hosted at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), this ...more
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2024.
01.31Flick through ‘Brutal Wales’, a book celebrating concrete architecture
‘Brutal Wales’ book zooms into a selection of concrete Welsh architecture treasures through the lens of photographer Simon Phipps Brutal Wales is a treat – both for lovers of brutalist architecture and concrete buildings, but also for history and ...more
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2024.
01.29Qatar Museums Launches Design Doha Biennial For MENA Region And International Designers
Qatar Museums has launched the first edition of design biennial for excellence and innovation in the design community in Qatar and the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The inaugural edition of design biennial, titled Design Doha, will...more
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2024.
01.24Saero is a 3D-printed, aluminum reinterpretation of traditional korean furniture
KIM MIN HYUK REIMAGINES KOREAN TRADITION WITH SAERO The Saero series by Kim Min Hyuk of Osori Studio is an abstract and modern reinterpretation of culture and heritage in the form of a sculptural partition and table....more
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2024.
01.22Through The Eyes of The Blind: How Architecture Supports Blind People’s Daily Lives
Through the Eyes of The Blind- Architecture is often linked with visual aesthetics but should include all senses, creating experiences for people from diverse backgrounds. While architecture is theoretically a multisensory field involving various sen...more
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2024.
01.17LG reveals "world's first" wireless transparent OLED TV
Electronics brand LG has unveiled the Signature OLED T, a television with a transparent screen that was on display at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. LG has described the Signature OLED T as "the world'...more
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2024.
01.15Salvaged goods: 10 adaptive reuse projects that caught our eye this year
【 From a power station in Shaoxing to a fish-oil factory in Norway 】 They don’t make ’em like they used to. So developing our environments in sustainable – and beautiful – ways means making the most of existing architecture no longer fit for its o...more
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2024.
01.10Game changers: the designers innovating graphics for sports
【 Visual identities across the sporting world are modernising and innovating to reach new audiences, while trying to keep a firm grasp on tradition and, importantly, their loyal fanbase. 】 In some ways, graphic design is like a team sport (hear me...more
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2024.
01.04Rebello Hotel in Porto
【 Nestled in Vila Nova de Gaia, just a brief journey from Porto's heart, stands The Rebello. This five-star sanctuary, cradled within four 19th-century industrial edifices, offers a serene gaze over Porto. 】 Conceived by Lisbon'...more
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2024.
01.022023 Review: Innovations in Generative AI, AR/VR, Robotics, and Beyond
2023 was a year of changes in many aspects. Technological concepts, systems, and products that are increasingly embedded in our daily lives. This year, artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual reality have been on the agenda, and these technolo...more
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2023.
12.27How Rammed Earth Walls are Built?
Rammed earth has been used in construction for thousands of years, with evidence of its use dating as far back as the Neolithic Period. Commonly used especially in China, the technique was applied to both ancient monuments and vernacular architecture...more
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2023.
12.25Architectural horology: Exploring the time-spaces of MB&F’s HM11
What if a house could be a watch? In the innovative space of Max Busser’s designs, this seemingly abstract question takes form in the MB&F Horological Machine N ̊11 Architect. A melding of architecture and horology, this timepiece blurs the bound...more
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2023.
12.20Manifesta 15 Will Be Held From September 8 To November 24, 2024 In Barcelona
Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, will take place from September 8 to November 24, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. Changing its location every two years, Manifesta, founded in the early 1990s, rethinks the relation between culture and civic soc...more
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2023.
12.18ZIIN by atelier tao+c
Atelier tao+c's innovative approach in transforming a 1960s textile warehouse into a showroom for ZIIN is a compelling exercise in architectural ingenuity and material storytelling. The core of the design features two interlaced frameworks, o...more
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2023.
12.13Turning Corn Waste Into an Innovative Bio-Based Material
The practice of upcycling –present in a variety of industries from fashion to construction– not only revitalizes discarded items, adding new values and functions, but also contributes to turning them into valuable resources....more
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2023.
12.06DesignTO Festival 2024
DesignTO Festival: 2024 is the 2024 edition of Canada’s leading and largest annual design festival that celebrates design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making, with 100+ free exhibitions, talks, tours, workshops and installatio...more
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2023.
12.04Architectural alchemy: Transforming AlUla’s landscape with Elie Metni’s Oasis View
【 Explore the delicate balance of preserving cultural heritage and embracing modern design in architect Elie Metni’s transformative project in AlUla, Saudi Arabia. 】 As the travel landscape evolves, designers are now turning their creative lenses ...more
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2023.
11.291+1>2 Architects' Pottery Museum Rises Like a Canyon Amid the Bat Trang Village in Vietnam
【 BAT TRANG POTTERY MUSEUM HONORS CERAMIC & PORCELAIN CRAFTS 】 Since the 11th century, the Bat Trang village in Vietnam has stood as a hub for ceramic and pottery craftsmanship. It is home to a distinct style of porcelain — a legacy forged throu...more
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2023.
11.27Mottled and Timeless: Why do Architects and Designers Specify Epoxy Terrazzo?
Initially conceived as a way to use fragments from marble construction waste, terrazzo is a material widely used around the world, with its modern roots dating back centuries to Venice, Italy. Its aesthetic is unmistakable, characterized by mottled p...more
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2023.
11.22World Architecture Festival 2023 in Singapore
【 For the first time in almost 10 years, the World Architecture Festival is returning to Singapore! 】 World Architecture Festival (WAF) is where the world architecture community meets to celebrate, learn, exchange, and be inspired....more
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2023.
11.20Ekstrem by Varier
In the realm of design, where convention often guides form, Terje Ekstrøm's Ekstrem chair emerges not just as a mere seat but as a manifesto of design's liberated future. When first beholding the Ekstrem chair, one is struck by a sense o...more
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2023.
11.13Detail: Woven carbon and glass fiber facade of Texoversum School of Textiles
The Texoversum School of Textiles at Reutlingen University is a teaching, research, and innovation center. The new Texoversum building is part of a wider university campus expansion plan and features a highly expressive, cutting-edge woven facade....more
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2023.
11.06Googie Architecture: 6 examples from the futuristic design movement
Googie can be defined as a futuristic style of architectural design, which was born in the 1930s and stayed popular roughly between 1945 and 1970. Its popularity was mainly in the United States, particularly in Los Angeles and the surrounding suburbs...more
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2023.
11.02Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023
Details, new commissions, participants and site-specific projects have been revealed for the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial, which is curated by Lagos-based Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo. The Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 will take ...more
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2023.
10.31Jonathan Tuckey Design ties heritage and sustainability to create this home in Italy
【 The London-based design practice transforms a 200-year-old farmstead into a modern home and studio in an idyllic setting in Piedmont, Italy. 】 Cascina, a 200-year-old historic farmstead complex nestled in the Piedmont region of Italy, is not jus...more
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2023.
10.25The Timeless Charm of Stone Cladding: Modern Design, Ancient Materials
Stone cladding has been a popular choice in architecture for centuries, providing durability and timeless aesthetics. Whether designing a residential home, a commercial space, or any other structure, exterior stone cladding can add character and valu...more
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2023.
10.23This home built into a cliff is inspired by Bhutan's Paro Taktsang Monastery
【 The one of a kind property, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, was modelled off of Paro Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. 】 In the mid 1960s, Richard Clements, a contractor from San Fransisco, set out to build a one of a kind resort. The location: 9....more
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2023.
10.16Exhibit Columbus 2023: A showcase of urban transformation
【 Exhibit Columbus 2023 in collaboration with the Landmark Columbus Foundation is a living celebration of design, art, and city revival, taking place in Indiana till November 2023. 】 In an ever-changing world where cities face unprecedented challe...more
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2023.
10.05Residence in jakarta by k-thengono incorporates reinterpreted joglo roofs
K-THENGONO REIMAGINES JOGLO HOUSE TYPOLOGY Studio K-Thengono builds a Joglo-inspired residence in Darmawangsa, Indonesia, achieving a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity. The project explores the gradual oversight of vernacular qualities ...more
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2023.
10.02How Environmental Neuroscience is Shaping Architecture and Urban Planning?
Environmental neuroscience is an emerging field devoted to studying the impact of social and physical environments on brain processes and behaviour. From the various opportunities for social interaction to noise levels and access to green spaces, the...more
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2023.
09.27Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival
Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and "frozen" resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival....more
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2023.
09.25DESIGNBLOK. PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL
【 DESIGNBLOK. PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FESTIVAL 】 The Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague October 04-08, 2023 The 25th year of Designblok will take place in the Trade Fair Palace and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague....more
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2023.
09.20Time is Running Out exhibition features 24 clocks made from biomaterials
Online platform PlasticFree and creative studio OMSE have launched a London Design Festival exhibition highlighting the urgency to find alternatives to plastic. On show at One Hundred Shoreditch, Time is Running Out presents 24 clocks made from se...more
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2023.
09.18How Can Metaverse Help Re-Imagine The Future Of Heritage Preservation?
Metaverse has been a subject of increasing curiosity in every forum, industry, and stage of work. Given the versatile possibilities the virtual world presents, it is difficult for anyone not to explore what the metaverse offers....more
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2023.
09.14Bardot is a Greek culinary gem on the tiny island of Antiparos
Bardot in Antiparos, a new restaurant by Manhattan Projects (MPNYC), blends traditional cooking and Greek island atmosphere Greece's Antiparos is an island that guarantees seclusion and recharge for those who seek it (it'...more
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2023.
09.06Bakery and Wine Bar in Milan by Studio Wok
Studio Wok has designed a bakery and wine bar in Milan together with gastronomer Alice Yamada and the cook Yoji Tokuyoshi. The concept unites Japanese aesthetics and the Italian lifestyle. The architects designed the bakery and wine bar with the n...more
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2023.
09.04Designart Tokyo 2023: Sparks - Freeing Your Thoughts
Designart Tokyo is one of Japan's largest design & art festivals held every fall. The festival, launched in 2017, brings eminent creatives from the field of interior design, art, fashion, technology, and food from around the world to converg...more
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2023.
08.30Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Local design firm Prowl Studio and investment company Baukunst have shown a variety of sustainable materials including aquatic plants meant for animal feed and an electric RV at a pop-up exhibition in San Francisco....more
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2023.
08.28Lab La Bla infuses functional whimsy at the E.ON Headquarters in Sweden
【 Lab La Bla-designed workspace interiors of energy company E.ON comprise a vivid ensemble of sun-yellow furnishing and fluid sculptures that draw curious gazes. 】 Nestled within the vibrant city of Malmo in Sweden, the E....more
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2023.
08.24Tokujin Yoshioka crafts double-layered transparent glass torch for sports festival in japan
Tokujin Yoshioka is back with a new torch design. This time, he employs clear glass as his primary material and doubles its layer to create a glass-within-a-glass concept. The dual clear glass structure enables the release of heat from the flame whil...more
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2023.
08.21Carbonized Wood: A Traditional Japanese Technique That Has Conquered the World
Ancestral, vernacular, minimalist and harmonious. For many, these words have come to define the architecture of Japan, a country that has long served as a source of cultural and technological inspiration for countless societies worldwide....more
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2023.
08.16NASA’s Shapeshifting Origami Robot Squeezes Where Others Can’t
Puffer, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, can explore places too risky for bigger, more expensive rovers. NASA MAY HAVE equipped its Mars Curiosity rover with an impressive array of scientific instruments, but the robot attaché'...more
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2023.
08.14Barcelona: Unesco World Capital of Architecture 2026
After Rio de Janeiro in 2020 and Copenhagen, Barcelona has now been named Unesco World Capital of Architecture for 2026. This distinction will offer the Catalan capital the opportunity to show the general public its contribution to sustainable develo...more
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2023.
08.10Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand
A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. Made from concrete, the 400-square-metre home features living spaces across five levels to maximise the availab...more
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2023.
08.02Graphic patterns are casting a spell over the interior design world
Repeating patterns have a hypnotic effect. At first glance they seem clear, predictable and structured. However, the longer we look at the patterns, the more we can lose ourselves in them. It is precisely this that makes graphic maximalism so excitin...more
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2023.
07.31Optic: Counter-Print's new book explores the world of optical effects in graphic design
What is it about optical illusions that captivates graphic designers so much? These optical effects are often found in beloved book designs, packaging, and branding the world over. In Counter-Print'...more
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2023.
07.27Algorithm-based Architecture: Flexible Bricks to Wrap Architectural Spaces
There are many building materials that have experienced minimal changes since their initial inception in the field of architecture. However, this does not imply that they are outdated, but rather that their qualities and simplicity make them highly v...more
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2023.
07.24Heirloom Hardware by Modem
Navigating the ethereal trails of our data-centric existence, Modem, in collaboration with industrial designers HB-AS, manifest a bold answer to the age-old question of memory preservation with their project, "Heirloom Hardware"....more
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2023.
07.19Architects collaborate with nature for fungus-based building material
The UK’s PLP Architects is focused on creating a greener future by collaborating with nature, developing a fungus-based modular block that is renewable and biodegradable, and has the potential to become a new building material with minimal environmen...more
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2023.
07.17‘Gucci Visions’: a metonym and metaphor for Gucci’s century-old history
【 Gucci’s latest exhibition at Gucci Garden in Florence, titled Gucci Visions, onboards visitors on a playful and immersive journey through the 102-year history of Guccio Gucci’s brand. 】 In the alphabet game of fashion brands, nothing places agai...more
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2023.
07.12REAL TIME watch comes with rotating compass dials that resemble planetary movement
REAL TIME WRISTWATCH PAYS HOMAGE TO SEXTANTS REAL TIME wristwatch pays homage to analog timepiece design. Here, the minute hands are absent, and REAL TIME tells the hours and minutes through the two compass-styled dials that mirror the movement o...more
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2023.
07.05How Can Kinetic Architecture Enhance Public Space?
Advancements in technology have paved the way for a revolutionary approach to architecture, one that involves responsiveness and movement. This concept called "kinetic architecture" allows buildings to dynamically adapt to their ever-changi...more
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2023.
07.03Kengo Kuma Reinterprets FENDI Collection With Japanese Paper, Woven Bamboo & Birch Bark
【 KENGO KUMA AND FENDI FOR SS24 MENS COLLECTION 】 An architecture and fashion crossover takes place between Kengo Kuma and FENDI for the fashion house’s Spring/Summer 2024 menswear show. For the recent collection, Kuma unveils his radical iteratio...more
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2023.
06.28Robots In Architecture: Transforming Architecture With Precision And Efficiency
Robotics has always inspired a keen sense of curiosity and interest among individuals. Precision and accuracy are prime factors that one strives for in work production, and achieved by robots are curious to everyone....more
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2023.
06.26Design Miami/ Basel 2023: An overview of the global forum for design
- The collectible design fair returned to the iconic Basel Messeplatz during the Swiss city’s bustling art week with a scaled-down edition of museum-quality design. - Design Miami/ Basel 2023 held its 17th edition from June 13 through June 18 with...more
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2023.
06.21FOG Architecture creates kinetic display for Super Seed's Hangzhou store
Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added over a hundred moving display boxes to skincare brand Super Seed's latest retail store in Hangzhou, China. The studio installed 168 kinetic semitransparent acrylic boxes in the main product display ar...more
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2023.
06.19Rockwell Group channels Picasso’s artistic muse in their latest maximalist restaurant
- The restaurant is perched on a bustling street in Barcelona, Spain, with each space drawing inspiration from Pablo Picasso's portraits of Jacqueline Roque. - It is intriguing how inspirations are not baulked by the constraints of mediums an...more
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2023.
06.15Scientists develop 'cosmic concrete' to construct habitats on Mars
Over 50 years after the first human set foot on the Moon, humanity is preparing to take the next big steps in space exploration. The Moon, and eventually Mars, will be the first destinations for human settlement....more
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2023.
06.07“It’s A Blob”: An Exploration Of Blobism And Blobitecture
In the dictionary of architectural expressions passers-by use to title or describe an architectural object, the ‘blob’ occupies a central position. Hereby, blob refers to everything that is somewhat unusual, round, and organic and oftentimes complete...more
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2023.
06.05VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE PAVILIONS IN COPENHAGEN - UIA World Congress of Architects
How can architects and the building industry contribute to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? This is a central question at the UIA World Congress of Architects, which will take place 2-6 July this year....more
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2023.
05.31A DRUM MACHINE WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
When a child is born with congenital heart disease the rhythm of life is disrupted. Despite being the most common birth defect in the world, general awareness of CHD is low. This drum machine was created in a collaboration between audiovisual designe...more
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2023.
05.29The Venice Architecture Biennale 2023: The laboratory of the future
【 THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION OPENS ITS DOORS 】 The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale will open its doors to the public from May 20 to November 26, 2023, under the title The Laboratory of the Future....more
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2023.
05.25Issey Miyake & Nature Architects model fabric that takes 3D weave pattern when steamed
【ISSEY MIYAKE COLLABORATES WITH NATURE ARCHITECTS FOR TYPE-V PROJECT】 A-POC ABLE Issey Miyake partners with Nature Architects for Milan Design Week 2023 exhibition Thinking Design, Making Design: Type-V Nature Architects Project....more
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2023.
05.22Ephemeral beauty: What is ‘Wabi Sabi’ and how to incorporate it into the home?
【 Going beyond aesthetics, wabi sabi is a Japanese philosophy that lets us accept life’s sublime imperfections. 】 Nothing is perfect. Nothing is finished. Nothing lasts forever. These are the phrases that encapsulate wabi sabi, the Japanese philos...more
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2023.
05.17THE BRIGHT, ART-FILLED DESIGN OF NEUEHOUSE VENICE BEACH
Though it’s NeueHouse’s third Southern California location for creators, the 23,000-square-foot Venice Beach building is the first in the portfolio to sit just two blocks from the ocean. Bright and artfully imagined, this latest addition aligns with ...more
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2023.
05.10LAYER meets Croft – a new vision for the future of energy
LAYER, the experience design agency founded by Benjamin Hubert is known for their beautiful design projects and their award-winning furniture and mobility designs. Now they have partnered with the US start-up Croft focused on creating a more sustaina...more
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2023.
05.08The Annual NYCxDesign 2023 Returns May 18-25
NYCxDESIGN’s globally acclaimed design week returns to the city for its 11th edition from May 18-25, 2023, presenting thought-provoking exhibitions, public installations, renowned trade fairs, and robust programming....more
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2023.
05.03Minimalism at the highest level with AXOR
For AXOR, Barber Osgerby have immersed a compact bathroom entirely in green with added white detailing. The concept reflects their definition of luxury, which is also the focus of a new campaign from the Black Forest-based design brand....more
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2023.
05.01Studio Gang’s Richard Gilder Center brings organic tactility to New York City
【 The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation by Studio Gang marks a new era for New York City’s iconic American Museum of Natural History 】 Designed by Studio Gang, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovati...more
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2023.
04.26Seoul to Ease Regulations to Promote Creative Design
Seoul city government said it will significantly lift regulatory restrictions, including the floor area ratio and the building-to-land ratio, for creatively designed buildings that become major landmarks....more
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2023.
04.26Six key trends from Milan design week 2023
As the most important design event of the year has come to a close, we look back at the biggest industry trends from Milan design week 2023, including everything from maximalism to algorithmic design. This year saw the Salone del Mobile furniture ...more
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2023.
04.24Improving Acoustics in Shared Spaces with Sound Absorbing Materials
Acoustical comfort is a critical element of interior design that should never be neglected, especially in shared spaces such as restaurants, convention centers, museums, sports halls, and many others. Good acoustics can contribute to the occupants�...more
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2023.
04.17The Arc: Arctic Visitor Center for Svalbard's Global Seed Vault by Snøhetta
【 In 2019, Snøhetta unveiled their visionary design for The Arc, an Arctic preservation storage visitor center, situated in the remote Svalbard archipelago off the coast of Norway. 】 Commissioned by Arctic Memory AS, The Arc'...more
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2023.
03.312023 ADP Design Seminar in Kyoto
The first physical event of the year by ADP took place on March 29 in Kyoto, entitled "Sustainability Design Seminar". We would like to thank the advisors and designers who participated in person and online, in an event which counted wi...more
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2023.
03.22BVN and UTS rethink air conditioning with 3D-printed "breathing" system
Australian architecture practice BVN and the University of Technology Sydney have created a low-carbon, 3D-printed system that "breathes" like frog skin. Named Systems Reef 2, the invention was made of recycled plastic 3D printed into a ...more
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2023.
03.20How Will We Illuminate Our Interiors in the Future?
As trivial as the act of flipping a switch and lighting up a room may seem, we've had to come a long way to have safe and reliable light sources. It is estimated that the first lamps were invented 70,000 years ago, consisting of hollowed out sto...more
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2023.
03.08Selldorf Architects releases design for Art Gallery of Ontario's seventh expansion
Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt and Two Row Architect have released designs for a gallery to be added to the complex of buildings at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. The design incorporates a brand-new building on top of a pre-existing ...more
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2023.
03.06Vista House by Studio MK27 frames its bucolic context 'like a wide-angle camera'
＜ Designed as a 'house within a house,' Casa Vista rests atop a 46m tall cliff in the seaside town of Trancoso in Brazil, made conspicuous with its theatrical horizontality. ＞ What comes to mind when you think of a house on a cliff, book...more
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2023.
03.03Graphic Design Trends 2023: Overview, Ideas and Cases
What makes a good design? An effective graphic design helps users understand your message, and also enables smooth navigation on your website or store. An effective design also has a secret component that makes messages memorable and strengthens e...more
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2023.
03.012023 Venice Architecture Biennale - Diachronic Apparatuses of Taiwan
Venice Architecture Biennale returns in 2023 for its 18th edition, between May and November. The biennale is curated by Scottish-Ghanaian architect Lesley Lokko and follows the theme ”The Laboratory of the Future”....more
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2023.
02.22Star House cuts a bold figure on the streets of South Taiwan
\\Star House by Atelier Gratia is a bold concrete addition to the urban landscape of the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung// Star House takes its name from its site's history, rather than its shape....more
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2023.
02.20Materials Innovations: What is Structural Engineered Bamboo (SEB)?
Pretentious as it may sound, we can say with certainty that bamboo is one of the most promising materials for the future of the construction industry. Neil Thomas, principal engineer at atelier one, says that if we were to design an ideal building ma...more
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2023.
02.153D-printed and solar-electric pegasus superyacht camouflages into the sea
< JOZEPH FORAKIS ROOTS FUTURISTIC SUPERYACHT IN NATURE > After the world premiere of his award-winning CLX96, international designer Jozeph Forakis presents the revolutionary PEGASUS 88m superyacht....more
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2023.
02.08Harry Seidler's exhibit celebrates the architect's lifework in his centennial year
Vladimir Belogolovsky writes about the life and work of Harry Seidler (1923-2006) on the occasion of his world tour’s last stop in Singapore from February 16 to March 8, 2023. In 1948, while Harry Seidler, a young Vienna-born, Harvard’s GSD-traine...more
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2023.
02.06The Use Of Waste Materials In The Construction Industry
Global material crises are approaching. The consequences of recklessly consuming resources are already being faced. It is foreseen that in a not-so-distant process, the days will come when reuse and transformation will be not just a choice but a nece...more
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2023.
02.01Ten key projects by the late architect Balkrishna Doshi
Following the news that Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has passed away aged 95, we had selected 10 key projects by the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner. Doshi, who was born in 1927 in Pune, India, had an architectura...more
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2023.
01.30A Floating Learning Center Is Inspired by a Salmon’s Eye
The structure, anchored in a Norwegian Fjord, was designed by Kvorning Design to have as little environmental footprint as possible. Among the myriad environmental crises currently afflicting our planet, overfishing is one that that doesn’t receiv...more
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2023.
01.25Snøhetta perches Bolder Star Lodges on cliff edge overlooking Norwegian fjord
Norwegian studio Snøhetta has dotted a quartet of wooden cabins on a cliff edge with "a front-row view" of Lysefjorden in Norway and pared-back interiors designed by the homeware brand Vipp. Named Bolder Star Lodges, the project, commiss...more
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2023.
01.23World's first 'upcycled' skyscraper saves Australian tower from demolition
Once Sydney's tallest building, the AMP Centre was showing its age. The outdated 1970s structure had come to the end of its lifespan, and the tower's owners wanted to replace it with something bigger, better and more energy-efficient....more
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2023.
01.18HKS creates "ship in a bottle" venue within SoFi Stadium
International architecture studio HKS has placed an entertainment venue called YouTube Theater under the sweeping canopy of an NFL stadium in Los Angeles. HKS designed the theatre, which opened in 2021, to fit underneath the massive ethylene tetra...more
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2023.
01.16Hindu Heritage Experience Centre Inspired By Nature And Religious Symbolism
Arup designed the Hindu Heritage Experience (HHE) Centre in Mangarh, Uttar Pradesh. Throughout the design process, Arup used advanced digital tools to develop the geometry of the museum, as well as to improve buildability, facilitate prefabrication, ...more
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2023.
01.11WILL WE SOON COEXIST WITH LIVING, SENSING MATERIALS?
In the future, hybrid materials made of 3D-knitted textiles and genetically modified bacteria could turn interiors into living canvasses that can sense and react to their surroundings. So believe Romy Kaiser, Bea Delgado Corrales, Paula Nerlich a...more
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2023.
01.09Pink, bold and pretty: Pink Thermal Baths by FORMA reimagines the bathhouse typology
FORMA envisions a new typology by clubbing leisure activities of a bathhouse with the utilitarian functions of a data centre, at the Pink Thermal Baths in a Californian desert. From Turkish hammams to Japanese onsens, the architectural typology of...more
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2023.
01.04Designers are clamouring for cork—but why?
Nearly every material has undergone a greenwashing campaign by this point. There are even versions of plastic that are now branded as “sustainable.” But lately, designers are embracing one surface that really does seem like the real deal: cork....more
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2023.
01.03History and Drama Meet at The Magistracy
The newest F&B concept to open in Hong Kong heritage site Tai Kwun, The Magistracy by Black Sheep Restaurants and Joyce Wang Studio is an evocative homage to heritage architecture and quintessential London restaurants....more
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2022.
12.28How to Design Environmentally Friendly Products?
Most of us want to do what we can to reduce our negative impact on the planet. Product design and manufacturing are often thought of as being harmful to the environment. Unfortunately, this reputation is warranted....more
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2022.
12.26Taking an action: reinventing the role of renewable energy in architecture
While discourse and search for solutions persist, the conversation around climate change and global warming seems inconsistent. Despite an alarming implication of the global crisis, the world still seems to be spiralling in the conventional means of ...more
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2022.
12.21DESIGNART Tokyo in Review
This October, DESIGNART Tokyo celebrated its sixth edition, bringing together nearly 100 exhibitions under the theme Together. Here we round up some of the highlights from the city-wide event. ___________ The 2022 edition of DESIGNART Tokyo was p...more
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2022.
12.19What is biophilic architecture and how it works?
Originating from a theory of biologist Edward Wilson, biophilic design allows for improved comfort and performance of the people occupying those spaces through the inclusion of natural elements in built spaces, such as non-artificial light, water or ...more
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2022.
12.12Dyson Zone, headphones designed to face pollution in the city, are ready to launch
There are updates on the launch of Dyson's first wearable device, designed primarily for urban living, to tackle noise and air pollution. They will cost $949 and be available in 2023. Dyson Zone, the company'...more
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2022.
12.07WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DESIGN THE WORKPLACE AS AN EXPERIENCE?
As we reconsider the role of the office in our everyday lives, there’s a shift towards viewing it as a multifaceted experience rather than a physical place. Hybrid workers expect time spent in the office to be purposeful – as enriching and exciting a...more
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2022.
12.05elevated walkway + observatory by SUO meanders through national park in japan
A SWIRLING WALKWAY BY TAKASHI SUO Japanese architect Takashi Suo, founder of kyoto-based studio SUO, has completed a partially elevated walkway overlooking a spectacular mountaintop of the Seto Inland Sea (see previous coverage here)....more
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2022.
11.30Design Miami 2022 explores the golden age of the future
Design Miami 2022 (30 November - 4 December) aims at ‘rebooting the roots of our relationship with nature and collective structures, ecospheres, and urban contexts’ With the last few years of unsettlement in the world, there’s a craving for optimi...more
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2022.
11.28How to Take Advantage of Stairs for Different Uses?
Vertical circulation may be just one of the functions of a ladder. Always occupying a reasonable area, this element can serve to bring some other uses when it is thought of in a more integrated way with the entire room, providing living spaces, stora...more
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2022.
11.23Diller Scofidio + Renfro's 10-story cantilevered campus tower named 2022 Best Tall Building Worldwide by the CTBUH
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Brininstool + Lynch’s recent design for the David Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago as the 2022 Best Tall Building Worldwide after a vote annou...more
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2022.
11.219sekunden's film captures origami extension of swiss national museum, zurich
9SEKUNDEN PREMIERES SWISS NATIONAL MUSEUM FILM In the film soundscaped by Gil Amado, 9sekunden captures the visual, functional, and social narratives of the 2016 extension of the Swiss National Museum, Zurich, designed by Christ & Gantenbein....more
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2022.
11.16Rehabilitation of Quinta de São Tiago wins Januário Godinho Award
The rehabilitation and enlargement of the house Quinta de São Tiago, in the Parish Union of Antas and Abade Vermoim, in Vila Nova de Famalicão, is the winner of the third edition of the Januário Godinho Award, promoted by the city hall in order to pr...more
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2022.
11.145 latest technologies and plant-based sustainable innovations in the textile and fabric domain
Designers and brands are now embracing the power of nature to create a more sustainable, safer and healthier world through plant-based innovations. - The fashion industry is known to be at the forefront of innovation....more
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2022.
11.07The Pyramids of Giza form the backdrop for a new AR art show
‘Forever is Now II’ provides AR technology to help viewers see ambitious work at the Giza site Collectors in Egypt this month to tour the annual Cairo International Art District (CIAD) festival can witness the first art exhibition to use the Pyram...more
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2022.
11.02Asia NOW: A celebration of contemporary Asian art in a Parisian setting
Highlighting the artisanal and tactile experience of creation, the eighth edition of Asia NOW welcomed over 75 galleries from 63 countries and over 250 artists at the Monnaie de Paris. Inspired by the work of visual artist Natsuko Uchino, the eigh...more
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2022.
10.31Blending Wellness with Architectural Design
These days, wellness is a commonly-used word in design and other areas, but what does it truly mean? According to the National Wellness Institute, the concept is defined as "an active process through which people become aware of, and make choice...more
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2022.
10.269 Stunning Homes Built Into Cliffs
From the Slovenian Kamnik Alps to Calamuchita Valley in Argentina, these homes come with incredible views—if you don’t mind the heights If there’s one thing those with acrophobia know to be true, it’s that houses on cliffs weren’t designed for th...more
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2022.
10.24World Design Capital Valencia: Design Policy Conference
Design-led urban policies are increasingly recognized as critical to shaping a city's future prosperity and well-being and its inhabitants. The World Design Policy Conference provides a global platform for the exchange of ideas, insights, and be...more
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2022.
10.19Yuko Nagayama's transparent teardrop-shaped tents dot a tranquil forest in japan
YUKO NAGAYAMA WEAVES DROP-SHAPED TENTS INTO JAPANESE FOREST Tokyo-based architecture firm Yuko Nagayama & Associates has constructed a series of transparent teardrop-shaped tents within a white birch forest in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefectur...more
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2022.
10.17HOW IS HYBRID WORK CHANGING MEETING AND CONFERENCE SPACES?
The office boardroom is becoming a thing of the past as companies shrink their real estate and embrace hybrid work. Companies are cutting costs by hiring local meeting spaces on demand rather than have them in-house....more
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2022.
10.12Radio Hotel is designed by MVRDV as a stack of colourful blocks
MVRDV’s Radio Hotel brings a splash of colour to the Washington Heights neighbourhood in New York The Washington Heights neighourhood of Manhattan is not usually associated with modern high-rise constructions, but the recently opened Radio Hotel,...more
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2022.
10.07Perceive the Invisible - Future Life Philosophy
A newly released book(見えないものを知覚する これからの生活哲学) by Masayo Abe in August 2022. - Content - Focus on the location of hope and play extraordinary. An international pioneer of "sensory experience design"...more
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2022.
10.05How to Design a Sidewalk? The Key Role of Street Furniture
If the pavement of a sidewalk is a key element for the flow organization, the urban furniture chosen to compose the public space is responsible for the qualification of the place, creating more friendly spaces....more
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2022.
10.03PLAYstudio’s 'more than white house' reinterprets coastal villas in spain
‘MORE THAN WHITE HOUSE’ RECLAIMS COASTAL IDENTITY The architectural team at PLAYstudio designed a residence in Spain‘s coastal city, Alicante, reclaiming local architectural identity. The ‘More Than White House 1’ is the first in a series of midd...more
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2022.
09.28Design Museum Denmark exhibits the future of design using blueprints from the present
From biodegradable urns made of potato starch to furniture made of hemp fibre,’Future is Present’ explores the changing face of design through the future’s perspective. Design is layered with events from the past, mistakes of the present and hopes...more
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2022.
09.26How Tall Can We Build? Construction Materials and Methods for Skyscrapers of the Future
Many urban planners predict that by 2050, more than 6 billion people will live in cities, and in places where building outwards isn't an option, the only way to keep up with the growing density is to build up....more
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2022.
09.21Ton Venhoeven Believes Architecture Must Support Non-Human Life
The Dutch architect and former national infrastructure advisor, aims to raise quality of life by taking nature-inclusive design to the next level. Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven’s quest for a higher quality of life for people, animals, and plants u...more
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2022.
09.19Bored eye design - sculpts children's balance bike using a sweeping, wooden form
INTRODUCING THE ‘SWEEP BIKE’ BY BORED EYE DESIGN Product designer Liam de la Bedoyere from Bored Eye Design presents the ‘Sweep Bike,’ a conceptual children’s balance bicycle fitted with a wooden, fluid form to entice kids to jump on and ride....more
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2022.
09.08Sukwoo Lee and SWNA How they get inspiration from everyday life and inspire our daily life again
【 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic medal designers, Sukwoo Lee and SWNA How they get inspiration from everyday life and inspire our daily life again 】 Where does inspiration come from? The answer of Sukwoo Lee, the representative of the design office SW...more
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2022.
09.07How to Organize a Kitchen With Good Design
Whether for large multi-generational families, cohabiting cohorts, or retired couples, the kitchen is the heart of our homes. It’s where we spend most of our time and, therefore, where we keep all our stuff....more
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2022.
09.05Hebra Arquitectos perches Apfel House on hill overlooking a Chilean valley
Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed a wood-clad, T-shaped home that has stylistic elements from barn architecture and juts out into the landscape in order to provide the best views of the terrain. Located in Chile'...more
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2022.
08.31What Will Image Generators Mean for the Creative Industries?
Over the past year, the AI research company OpenAI has been feeding a giant bank of captioned images into a program called DALL-E. Named after the Surrealist artist and the endearing robot from Pixar’s 2008 classic WALL-E, the machine learning system...more
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2022.
08.29These prefab tiny homes are 3d printed using recycled plastic
Sustainability has been running on everybody’s mind. And, with everyone aspiring toward’s eco-friendly and mindful ways of living, tiny homes have completely taken over the world of architecture and cemented their place as sustainable, minimal, and e...more
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2022.
08.24From Bio Materials to Load-Bearing Structures: Fungi, Algae and Tree Forks
As researcher, designer and MIT professor Caitlin Mueller once said, “The greatest value you can give to a material is to give it a load-bearing role in a structure.” Load-bearing components – foundations, beams, columns, walls, etc....more
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2022.
08.22Artistically transforming plastic into innovative products
Artistically transforming everyday objects, Geneva-based Franco-Japanese artist Yusuké Y. Offhause presents ‘Fuwa Fuwa’ – a series of fascinating organic pieces crafted from treating plastic bottles that can be utilized as sake bottles or even fragra...more
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2022.
08.15Neviges Mariendom by Gottfried Böhm captured by David Altrath
In 1963, German architect Gottfried Böhm designed a church for the Neviges site and more than 50 years later, photographer David Altrath captures the brutalist which is known as Mariendom. Standing like a concrete mountain amid a wood, the jagged ...more
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2022.
08.09How Do You Design a Better Hospital? Start With the Light
JUST AS MEDICAL care has evolved from bloodletting to germ theory, the medical spaces patients inhabit have transformed too. Today, architects and designers are trying to find ways to make hospitals more comfortable, in the hopes that relaxing spaces...more
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2022.
08.02Architecture as a function of agency
When it comes to analogies, architecture has had its generous share, as if its all-pervasiveness deemed it more inexplicable, in need of frameworks that draw parallels to simplify what it is that architecture is and does....more
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2022.
08.01SE01 by Johan Viladrich
Seating Element 01 is a minimal stackable seating element created by Rotterdam-based designer Johan Viladrich. SE01 is a stackable seating element in brushed and anodised aluminium. Its architectonic qualities emerge from a desire to reduce the st...more
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2022.
07.29Saudi Arabia reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper to house nine million people
The Saudi Arabian government has unveiled visuals of a 500-metre-tall linear city named The Line, which will be built near the Red Sea as part of Neom. Set to stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia, the megastructure, which will have...more
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2022.
07.27Saint Adrian House by Tiago do Vale Architects
The Saint Adrian House is a balancing exercise between opposing needs. The Duarte Pacheco Quarter where it stands, built between 1935 and 1939, was part of the “Estado Novo” (the authoritarian regime that ruled Portugal from 1933 to 1974) social h...more
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2022.
07.25What is Salutogenic Architecture?
At a hospital, patients are always one conversation away from good or bad news. When not being rushed into treatment rooms, the sick are often left to feel stressed about their health. Healthcare workers have one of the most stressful jobs, with sudd...more
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2022.
07.20BIG and Barcode Architects unveil double cantilevered 'Sluishuis' housing complex
Boasting a jagged form that hovers over the IJmeer lake in Amsterdam, this 46,000 sqm housing development offers a contemporary take on classical courtyard buildings. Soaring above the waters of the IJmeer, a bordering lake on the outskirts of Ams...more
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2022.
07.18How Japan Utilizes Capsule Hotels to Achieve Both Functionality and Rich Staying Experiences
The capsule hotel is typically representative of the image that many people have of Japan, combining dense use of space, technical ingenuity, and a futuristic vibe. Capsule hotels, also known as pod hotels, are one of Japan’s best-known and unique ty...more
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2022.
07.13Dutch museum Art Pavilion M floats on the water
A series of floating circles make up Art Pavilion M – a new museum designed by Studio Ossidiana for the Dutch city of Almere. The Rotterdam architecture firm envisioned the art centre as a sequence of three experiences – the Port, the Stage and th...more
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2022.
07.06Ten homes that make decorative use of board-formed concrete
A board-formed concrete staircase that leads to a double-height library and a bathroom with irregular concrete walls are among ten home interiors with board-formed concrete showcased in this lookbook. Board-formed or board-marked concrete is a met...more
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2022.
07.04The Shunchang Museum by UAD is a monolith disguised as an "urban living room"
UAD garbs the spindle-shaped Shunchang Museum in fair granite, its contemporary form linking the urban fabric and the locals with the natural landscape of Nanping City, China. In the city of Nanping, within China’s Fujian Province stretches the ma...more
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2022.
06.29Say Hello to The Brink Agency
Congratulations on the new name and mission after a five-year journey. Innovative Brands is now The Brink Agency! To better support the partners' digital future they have a new focus and specialization: Identity, Development, and 3D Technology....more
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2022.
06.27Which Building Construction Materials Are Ecological?
In the current scenario of a climate crisis, thinking about an architectural project without defining ecological guidelines has become practically unacceptable. One of the main emitters of carbon dioxide and other pollutants, the construction sector ...more
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2022.
06.22Designmuseum Danmark reopens after two-year renovation presenting eight new exhibitions
Aiming to cover the entire spectrum of design — from the wonders of the past to the great icons of modernism to the significant themes of today. The thorough renovation of the 1700s-era building in the historic Copenhagen neighbourhood of Frederik...more
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2022.
06.20BIG completes in Norway the most environmentally friendly furniture factory of the world
The Plus factory, designed for Vestre, combines Passivhaus strategies, robot assisted production, solar panels and geothermal wells to be energy-efficient. The architecture firm BIG realized, for the outdoor furniture maker Vestre, the Plus factor...more
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2022.
06.15Will Co-Living Ever Be Viable?
Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio introduces Unity, a micro-housing concept that plans to open several hybrid living facilities across Scandinavia over the next couple years. Given the recent fumbles of similar concepts like Starcity, Common, and We...more
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2022.
06.13Snøhetta's underwater restaurant "embraced by nature" in Norway
Architecture studio Snøhetta has released photos showing how its underwater restaurant, Under, has become covered in marine life since reaching completion in Norway three years ago. Located in the remote Lindesnes area, the 495-square-metre struct...more
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2022.
06.08enter projects gives 'facelift' to belgium factory with an intervention of fluid rattan
INTRODUCING FLUID NATURE INTO AN INDUSTRIAL SITE Thailand-based studio Enter Projects Asia takes to Waregem — an area just outside Brussels, Belgium — to install a ‘factory facelift’ intervention using its signature undulating rattan....more
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2022.
06.06Sustainability: The New Aesthetic Order
In the history of architecture the concept of beauty has always been linked to different factors that represent, mainly, the values of society in a given period. The zeitgeist is certainly crucial to these definitions, so something that was once cons...more
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2022.
06.01A one-of-a-kind light that doubles up as a sculptural piece of artwork
Truly an illuminating pièce de résistance – Foundation by Andrew Ferrier draws inspiration from brutalist architecture and modern building methods. Bold and creative – this sculptural ‘Foundation’ Light created by Andrew Ferrier, takes a cue from ...more
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2022.
05.30CONNECTION PRECEDES PRODUCTIVITY AT THIS USER-CENTRIC TURIN OFFICE
____________________________________________________________________________ Location｜Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy Design｜Balance Architettura Construction｜FC general contractor, LAB10100. ______________________________________________...more
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2022.
05.25Herzog & de Meuron creates building with "modesty" for Royal College of Art
Tactile brown bricks, flexible teaching spaces and public walkways animate the research and studio building that Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has created for the Royal College of Art in London. Located in Battersea, the multi-storey complex...more
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2022.
05.23Ten homes with water features to help keep cool on a hot day
In dezeen's latest lookbook they've collected 10 homes with water features to aid relaxation in warm weather, from an indoor reflective pool to a house perched on a pond. Nothing is more effective than a water feature for imbuing an outd...more
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2022.
05.18Crafting objects for a brighter tomorrow
Transforming waste into forms of desirable art – these topographic models by Charles Birshaw are entirely made using ocean plastic. With an innate obsession towards material innovation and a curiosity of exploring boundaries of design across disci...more
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2022.
05.11How to Choose the Most Suitable Window Type for Your Project
Windows are the elements that connect us to the outside world. It is from them that views are framed, privacy, lighting and natural ventilation are defined. Nowadays in the construction market we find different types of openings....more
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2022.
05.09Triptyque Architecture collaborates with Philippe Starck a hotel building that transports the Amazonian nature in the center of the French metropolis
French-Brazilian practice Triptyque Architecture and designer Philippe Starck design Villa M, a hotel building that aims to create a new pact between cities, nature, and health. TRiptyque Architecture states that Villa M is a naturalistic manifest...more
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2022.
05.04MB>CO2 installation visualises internet's hidden impact on the environment
Dutch artist Thijs Biersteker has developed a machine that shows the emissions associated with everyday online activities from video chats and emails to trading NFTs as visible puffs of CO2. The MB>...more
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2022.
05.02Balbek Bureau Develops Temporary Housing Scheme for Displaced Ukrainians
Since the beginning of the war, over 7.1 million people have been internally displaced within Ukraine. In response to this growing humanitarian crisis, Kyiv-based practice Balbek Bureau has developed a modular temporary housing system that aims to pr...more
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2022.
04.27Geometric Swirls Dominate NOM, A Gelateria In Singapore
The concept by design studio WY-TO allows customers of to get straight to the pint. Encountering NOM while walking down Erskine Road from Kadayanallur St feels like being given a shot of serotonin....more
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2022.
04.25A guide to Biophilic Design – Kellert’s principles and the benefits of nature
What is biophilic design? A look at the work of social ecologist Stephen Kellert outlines the theory and practice of incorporating nature in design. With nature it is possible to improve the built environment – that’s the idea behind biophilic des...more
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2022.
04.20Bulak Projekt transforms Sugar Factory Żnin into an industrial-style hotel complex
Realised alongside ARCHE, MML architekci, and MIXD, this adaptive reuse project in Żnin, Poland, preserves a 19th century sugar factory, infusing it with warmth and life. Narratives in adaptive reuse, particularly with respect to the typology of d...more
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2022.
04.13Why Use Translucent Polycarbonate on Building Facades?
Whether blending in or standing out, embodying transparency or solidity, expressing coarseness or softness, a façade is the medium through which we engage with architecture. It tells a story and can often set the tone for the rest of the interior....more
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2022.
04.11Angel & Anchor rewinds to the days of VHS with its latest coffee packaging
Designed for Process roastery, the Belfast-based branding studio is taking it all the way back to Blockbuster, Fuji and someone accidentally recording over your copy of Titanic. A new niche trend seems to be emerging in the creative world....more
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2022.
04.06Ten plant-filled hotel interiors that feel close to nature
A greenhouse-cum-dining room and a miniature forest in a skyscraper are among the verdant hotel interiors featured in Dezeen's latest lookbook. Whether tiny succulents or fully-grown trees, plants can help connect an interior to its surroundi...more
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2022.
04.04Jesús Mascaraque’s Digital Artworks Transport Us To A World Of Relaxing Aesthetics
Part of a new generation of artists taking the digital world by storm, València-based designer Jesús Mascaraque brings together highly crafted minimalistic settings and contemporary designs to generate a highly aesthetic world which viewers can digit...more
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2022.
03.28Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre in China resembles a stack of ice cubes
A stack of nine frosted glass "ice cubes" atop a pool of water houses this cultural centre in Xinxiang, China, designed by French studios Mathieu Forest Architecte and Zone Of Utopia. The Xinxiang Cultural Tourism Centre was designed as ...more
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2022.
03.25Handcrafted Elements: Materials and Textures to Enhance Home Environments
Handicraft translate the culture of a people and, therefore, carry a strong presence when placed in residential spaces. Through the most varied techniques, it represents traditional methods and acts in the memory of each person who crosses it....more
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2022.
03.21Ten key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Diébédo Francis Kéré
Here are 10 key projects by Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, who has been named this year's laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. Born in Burkina Faso and based in Germany, Kéré'...more
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2022.
03.16Stacking Up: Urban Agriculture Reaches New Architectural Heights in Vertical Farms
As the global population continues to grow, architects and cities could cultivate fresh greens in skyscrapers to confront food shortages. Vertical farming is the concept of growing crops in vertical indoor spaces in order to produce vegetables thr...more
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2022.
03.11Shaped Around Rocks, Lætitia Jacquetton’s Stunning Glass Vases
French artist Lætitia Jacquetton creates ethereal mouth-blown glass vessels that embrace rocks collected from nature. Minimal yet complex, her sculptural decorative objects are inspired by the imperfections of the natural world....more
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2022.
03.07Sun Tower forms a lookout for natural phenomena | Chinese city landmark
Beijing-based studio OPEN has revealed the first look of its under-construction Sun Tower on the coast of Yantai, an ambitious curvilinear structure that embraces the Yellow Sea. The fast-developing coastal district called for a landmark that wou...more
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2022.
03.04Building the Future: Cross Laminated Timber
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been dubbed the concrete of the future. As a highly resilient form of engineered wood made by gluing layers of solid-sawn lumber together, CLT is reshaping how we understand architecture and design today....more
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2022.
03.02A typeface that captures the dyslexic reading experience
The new typeface called Dyslexic Font, created by Switzerland-based illustrator Rocio Egio and Indian designer Pranav Bhardwaj, is playful and special. Typography is an art form that enhances the readability and visual appeal of fonts and typeface...more
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2022.
02.28SLA is part of the winning team for Toronto Quayside Project.
SLA is the Lead Landscape and Public Space Designers behind the winning proposal for the 12-acre (4.9 hectares) Quayside development in Waterfront Toronto, led by developers Dream Unlimited Corp and Great Gulf Group....more
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2022.
02.25A green urban landscape is portrayed through the exhibition in Taiwan and displays an ideal future living environment that lies in the perfect balance between nature and civilization.
On Christmas 2021, artist Fang Chun Lo was invited by the New Taipei City Government in Taiwan to create a story-based picture book for San Xia district. The five tigers were inspired by five natural elements of sunlight, air, water, wind and pla...more
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2022.
02.23What Building Materials Can Be Harmful to Our Health?
In each of our nostrils, two types of nerves play an essential role in our health. The olfactory and trigeminal nerves capture odors and send information to the brain, more specifically to the olfactory bulb, for interpretation....more
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2022.
02.21Ukrainian Brand FAINA Showcases its Primitive-Modern Aesthetic in its Antwerp Showroom
Designers across the world have been exploring the relationship between cultural heritage and modern design for at least a century, drawing inspiration from traditional crafts in order to reimagine, reconstruct and reinvent ancient forms and techniqu...more
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2022.
02.18SUSTAINABLE MODULAR ACOUSTIC PANELS ARE MADE FROM A UNIQUE BLEND OF UP-CYCLED TEXTILE AND MYCELIUM
Foresta System is a modular acoustic panel design made from a unique blend of fungal mycelium and upcycled textile material. Mycelium is like nature’s hidden superpower. Mushrooms can be used for anything from cooking, health and wellness, and eve...more
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2022.
02.16THIS MULTIPURPOSE MEGA-STORE IN SHANGHAI TAKES EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL TO THE EXTREME
Targeted at Gen Z consumers, fashion flagship Bosie Space incorporates everything from retail and a café to a pet hotel. Key features A large-scale response to the shift toward experiential retail design, the 2,000-sq-m space offers a holistic ...more
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2022.
02.14Layered aluminum strips evoke dandelion seeds for this museum façade in Bangkok
A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO ALUMINUM HAS design and research wanted to bring softness and lightness to a busy road in the outskirts of bangkok with the design of the ‘museum of modern aluminum’. shortened to ‘MoMA’, the 400 sqm museum aims to revive t...more
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2022.
02.11SketchUp to V-Ray Rendering Tips
Rendering uses a program to simulate materials, lights, and shadows in a 3D model. The output image looks more like a photo than a 3D computer model. Rendered images are can more accurately represent the final build than the 3D model alone....more
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2022.
02.09GS Design completes Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
Shenzen-based interiors firm GS Design has revealed the interiors for Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, located on the coast of Sanya, Hainan. From the outside, the property’s striking façade mimics the rise and fall of ocean waves, whereas for ...more
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2022.
02.07Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music in tune with nature | Budapest park revival
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has completed the mesmerising House of Music museum in Budapest, topping it with an undulating canopy roof punctuated by trees. Built as part of the Liget Budapest Project, the largest and most ambitious urban cult...more
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2022.
02.04Cities Address Environmental Issues with Digital Twins, Climate Research and Bee Bricks Mandates
A series of cities worldwide have revealed various initiatives that would help them better understand the effects of climate change and shape a more environmentally conscious environment. From several American cities creating digital twins to help cu...more
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2022.
02.02AMO creates sci-fi-themed set for Prada 2022 menswear show
Cinema seats and a runway tunnel that resembles the spacecraft in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey formed the backdrop to Prada's 2022 Fall Winter menswear show at Fondazione Prada, designed by AMO. AMO, the research arm of Dutch architecture s...more
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2022.
01.31Senjavista, touching the stars with Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio
A plan for a home set in a beautiful landscape in Norway offers architect Hans-Petter Bjørnådal of Bjørnådal Arkitektstudio an opportunity to experiment with camouflaging architecture in nature, drawing on the building traditions of the Sami....more
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2022.
01.26Andrés Reisinger and Alba de la Fuente design modernist house in frosty metaverse landscape
The clean geometry of Dieter Rams' industrial designs informed Winter House, a virtual residence by digital artist Andrés Reisinger and architect Alba de la Fuente that exists in a pink-hued winter world....more
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2022.
01.246 standout web design trends set to make waves in 2022
Discover the web design trends that will shape 2022. Staying on top of the latest web design trends is a sure-fire way for web designers to ensure they're prepared to capture the fleeting attention of the online masses among the huge competit...more
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2022.
01.21JAPANESE ARTIST’S FACE MASKS AND WEARABLES GIVE OFF FUTURISTIC, DYSTOPIAN WORLD VIBES
Artist Ikeuchi Hiroto was obsessed with pop culture influences right from his childhood. The cinematic world of the Star Wars, the imaginary robotic animals of Zoids, or the intimidating form of the Gundam....more
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2022.
01.17AstraZeneca’s The Discovery Centre / Herzog & de Meuron
AstraZeneca is establishing a new global research and development facility, named The Discovery Centre (DISC) in Cambridge, UK, on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). As part of the wider development known as the Cambridge Southern Fringe Area, CB...more
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2022.
01.14Peelsphere is a leather-alternative biomaterial made from fruit waste and algae
Berlin-based textile designer Youyang Song has used fruit peels and algae to create a biodegradable plant-based material that offers an alternative to leather. Peelsphere is a versatile and waterproof textile that can be hardened to form accessori...more
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2022.
01.12Pensieri Panteschi Transforms One Designer’s Curiosity Into Reality
Lithea’s new collection – Pensieri Panteschi – was designed by Elena Salmistraro and inspired by the Sicilian island of Pantelleria. Long considered a land of fertility, these furniture and decor pieces use marble and polychrome stones to form Salmis...more
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2022.
01.10RESEAT: 7 SEATING DESIGNS CREATED UTILIZING WASTE MATERIALS
Take a look around you. How many of the furnishings you see incorporate waste material? In ten years' time, the likelihood that that number is substantially higher is probable. As new technologies afford greater material innovation, so open the ...more
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2022.
01.07An Electronics Factory in Chengdu Finds New Life as Multipurpose Venue Inspired by the Site's Industrial History
Housed in a former state-run electronics factory in Chengdu, China, the Vanke City Growth Hall is a new multipurpose venue by Chinese residential real estate developer Vanke that dynamically bridges past and present by drawing upon both analogue and ...more
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2022.
01.05National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir
Located at Fort Belvoir (Virginia), 30 kilometers from Washington, DC, this 17,187-square-meter museum, a work of the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), is fragmented into five monolithic pavilions differing in size – the tallest one standing...more
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2022.
01.03Green Inspiration: The World’s 7 Best Eco-Friendly Schools
Lately, there has been lots of buzz around eco-friendliness and sustainability. It is not surprising given the growing concerns about climate change. So, now, more and more people, organizations, and even schools are trying to adopt greener habits an...more
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2021.
12.31Himmel Trial House Offers 360-degree Views Of The Lush Paraguayan Forests
In n a remote mountain site in Guaira, Paraguay, local architecture firm Bauen has designed ‘Himmel Trial House’, a minimalist residential home for a retired client in steel and glass, in which the surrounding landscape is the protagonist....more
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2021.
12.29The Top 10 Redesigns Of 2021
The PRINT Magazine brings this list of the top 10 rebrands they identified throughout 2021. From museums and stationery brands to a bunch of fast food heavy-hitters, 2021 saw a slew of savvy redesigns we will be carrying with us well into the new yea...more
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2021.
12.27Uber and Arrival design "super minimal" electric car for ride-hailing industry
Electric vehicle brand Arrival has revealed the prototype of its monovolume electric car designed for Uber, which aims to offer passengers a comfort-driven ride-hailing experience. Intended for urban environments where ride-hailing is most popular...more
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2021.
12.24DESIGNED BY FORMER SPACEX, TESLA, & AIRBNB EMPLOYEES, THIS FLATPACK SHELTER IS THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE ESSENTIAL!
Glamping pods are cool but what if I tell you there is a portable shelter literally designed by the best in the game? Jupe is a luxe pod with a sci-fi-inspired design made by a team of multidisciplinary experts from across the housing, architecture, ...more
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2021.
12.22Eco bathroom designs, ideas and features - how to make a splash while staying green
Eco bathrooms are a rising design trend, and experts explain how to create one while losing nothing on style. The quest to create eco bathrooms is becoming ever more popular, as we are all becoming increasingly aware of our impact on the planet....more
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2021.
12.22The CL Yachts CLX96 SAV by jozeph forakis design x CL Yachts
Already a winner of the Good Design Award, Bronze A' Design Award, as well as an award from the International Yacht & Aviation Awards in 2021, #CLX96 has made her maiden 'splash.' Jozeph'...more
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2021.
12.20SANTA MARIA GORETTI CHURCH: DISTINCTIVE YET TIMELESS
natural forms and the curves of baroque architecture inspired mario cucinella architects‘ design of this organic-shaped church in italy. located in the calabrian hill town of mormanno, overlooking pollino national park, the new parish church of santa...more
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2021.
12.17A Japanese Restaurant with Filmic Qualities
Design studio Russell & George has created a futuristic interior with coloured film and neon lights at new Melbourne eatery Yakimono Yakimono is a fully charged flash of mirrors, lenses and 3D effects....more
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2021.
12.15Drawing in Layers: How Architectural Collage Can Expand Your Design Possibilities
Architects like Tatiana Bilbao are proving that collage is more than an aesthetic — it is a way to open up the design process. Collage has become one of the most powerful narrative techniques in architectural drawing....more
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2021.
12.13To the Moon, Mars, and beyond: Innovative space architecture projects from 2021
STIR presents some of the most exciting space design projects - from vehicles to entire settlements - that share a vision of how humanity can settle on other worlds. Space architecture and design is an arena that has been explored by quite a few m...more
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2021.
12.10Free tool to measure embodied carbon at early design stage launched by Sasaki
Sasaki has launched a free tool to help designers to assess a proposal’s carbon emissions from early in the design process. The Carbon Conscience App, which builds on a year-long internal research project within the firm, seeks to differentiate itsel...more
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2021.
12.08Snøhetta and Studio Plastique make tiles from recycled oven and microwave glass
Norwegian studio Snøhetta has worked with Belgian designers Studio Plastique and Italian manufacturer Fornace Brioni to produce tiles made of glass from discarded ovens and microwaves. Currently in the prototype stage, the Common Sands project sug...more
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2021.
12.06interior design trends that will dominate 2022
In 2022, interior design trends will centre around reclaiming spaces previously adapted to home working, a renewed interest in bringing the natural world indoors, and a drive to purchase and decorate more consciously....more
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2021.
12.03Waste Age: Design Museum exhibition highlights designers creating furniture from discarded plastic, rubble and food
A new generation of designers are picking rubbish as their material of choice, using discarded plastic, rubble and food to design homeware, furniture and building finishes that don’t look anything like castoffs....more
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2021.
12.013 principles to design the perfect display ad in 2021
James Pentland, a senior designer at Essence, shares his best practice in design for digital display advertising, sharing the view that the perfect banner ad takes more work than you could ever imagine....more
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2021.
11.29Resort Concept Imagines Treehouses Inspired by the Shape of Bamboo Rice Baskets
Searching for a unique nature retreat? Well, look no further than this wellness resort designed by DeD Studio. The proposal has considered a larger-scale masterplan for the forest area outside of Huizhou City in Guangdong province, China, as well as ...more
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2021.
11.23Positive Plastics is launching its first sample kit, featuring plastic materials with a reduced environmental footprint: PCR, PIR, bio-based, bio-composite and mass balanced plastics of various manufacturers.
Positive Plastics, aims to convey a more accepting outlook on plastics to designers, engineers, and product managers. This October, they launched their first “Positive Plastics Kit”, an invaluable tool for materials understanding and communication be...more
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2021.
11.22Vincent Dassi uses pulped cardboard to make and repair everyday objects
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vincent Dassi has developed a form of papier-mâché that allows anyone to make and repair household objects using recycled cardboard boxes. Pulp It sees Dassi use a food processor to transform cardboard into paper ...more
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2021.
11.19Lucas Muñoz designs Mo de Movimiento restaurant interior using waste materials
Upcycled junk and site construction waste make up nearly every interior element of the Mo de Movimiento restaurant, created by designer Lucas Muñoz to be as sustainable as possible. Muñoz created Mo de Movimiento, which is located in a space in Ma...more
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2021.
11.17Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade
Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its second redesign for a new building at the Vancouver Art Gallery after the project was pledged a nine-figure donation from a property developer. The architecture firm has revised the massing and ...more
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2021.
11.157-Ton Salt Sculpture Transforms the Halls of a Japanese Nursery School
Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto is well-known for his awe-inspiring works of art in which he uses salt to sculpt labyrinthine patterns. Drawn to the crystalline substance for its beautiful, translucent qualities, he returns to the mineral, again and a...more
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2021.
11.10China Wants To Curb Excessive Overpackaging
We don't agree on much these days, but for the most part, we can all accept that overpackaging isn't exactly the greatest thing in the world. Now, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has outlined stricter rules...more
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2021.
11.08Artist Captures the Essence of Different Animals in Minimalistic Metal Sculptures
Seoul-based artist Lee Sangsoo proves that you don't need to be true-to-life to create striking works of art. Instead, he masterfully bends, twists, and coils strips of spray-painted metal to capture the essence of different kinds of animals in ...more
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2021.
11.0311 Must-Follow Graphic Design Accounts on Instagram
If you are a graphic designer, illustrator, or web designer and you want to promote your work on Instagram, you must follow these community accounts that daily share work from different designers, in this list, I will explain to you the different the...more
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2021.
11.01This Cabin Has a Flexible Design To Transform From an Enclosed To Open Space
Cabin architecture is often about creating a beautiful enclosure that still feels connected to nature. Cabin ANNA by Caspar Schols makes the relationship between the building and nature flexible by incorporating adjustable walls....more
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2021.
10.27Kyle Kuzma Co-Founded Barcode Brings Plant-Based Recovery To Sports Drinks
People have competed in athletic competitions for millennia, but the advent of scientifically formulated sports recovery is relatively new, with Gatorade first coming into play in 1965. Since then, these beverages have become permanent fixtures on th...more
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2021.
10.25When Should You (and Shouldn’t You) Use Compostable Packaging?
In one teaspoon of healthy soil, you’ll find more organisms than there are people on earth. Keeping the ground below us healthy can trickle down into so many aspects of our lives, whether it's from the food we eat and the animals thriving in our...more
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2021.
10.20Human-Sized Bird Nests Invite You to Enjoy the View Like Our Feathered Friends
Many children dream of living in a treehouse, but what about a giant bird's nest? Brooklyn-based artist Charlie Baker harnesses the untamed beauty of branches and sticks in his series of massive sculptures and installations....more
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2021.
10.18Boomerang-Shaped Research Center Offers Visitors Dramatic Views of the Arctic Landscape
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup is known for her elegant and sculptural projects that thoughtfully adapt to unique sites around the world. Her firm's recent project known as the Ilulissat Icefjord Centre is one of them;...more
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2021.
10.14Brands don't prioritise sustainability "unless they see dollar signs" says Benjamin Hubert
Leading design brands need to stop valuing affordability over sustainability or risk becoming obsolete, according to Layer founder Benjamin Hubert. Despite a growing number of companies touting their environmental initiatives, the designer reveale...more
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2021.
10.13ADP Member Introduction - Mark Turner
Our ADP new member, Mark Turner, who is specializing in package design and won over 20 awards. And now, Mark Turner is the founder and Creative Director of Kre8ive Partners. Kre8ive Partners cooperate with many well-known brands like Disney, Adobe, ...more
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2021.
10.06What's that little 'e' symbol?
As a packaging designer I come across lots of different packaging from around the world. Most of the time, I design packaging for US-based companies, which have their packaging standards. The FDA and USDA regulate food packaging guidelines relating t...more
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2021.
10.04Historic 1930s Sea Pool Is Getting a Dramatic Redesign Resembling a Topographic Map
The historic Knubben harbor bath in Arendal, Norway, will soon undergo a dramatic redesign that's a bit different than a traditional restoration. Design firm Snøhetta has released images of a contemporary and elegant stepped landscape that will ...more
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2021.
09.29Studio Barbara Gollackner exhibits tableware made from food waste at Vienna Design Week
Design studio Barbara Gollackner has presented a collection of homeware items made from industrial and personal food waste at Vienna Design Week. Viennese designer Gollackner teamed up with Austrian chef and restaurant owner Martin Kilga to create...more
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2021.
09.27Design China Beijing 2021 show to explore sustainability in the post-pandemic world
Dezeen promotion: the fourth edition of Design China Beijing takes place this week and will showcase international brands alongside local talent under the theme of "nature, nurture and sustainable beauty"....more
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2021.
09.24Mesmerizing Halftone Sculptures Made From Hundreds of Metal Pipes
Sculptor Yi Chul Hee is known for his incredible sculptures that activate public space. He uses tightly stacked metal pipes that are then cut at interesting angles to achieve sculptures of the human form, life-sized animals, and even abstract art....more
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2021.
09.22Aldo Giannotti Mischievously Scrutinizes Contemporary Notions of Safety & Security at MAMBo
Italian artist Aldo Giannotti’s anthological exhibition “Safe and Sound”, which opened last month at Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo), may have been conceived in 2019, a time when global pandemics were the subject of science fiction rathe...more
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2021.
09.20Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabric in tribute to artist
Giants sheets of fabric have been draped down the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris in tribute to a late artist's unfulfilled dream. The memorial in the French capital will be covered in 25,000 sq m (270,000 sq ft) of plastic wrapping over th...more
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2021.
09.17Innovative “Urban Living Room” in Silicon Valley to Reimagine More Sustainable Form of City Living
In San Jose, California, the Westbank Campus will be a collection of innovative buildings by many starchitects who are helping to reimagine a more sustainable form of city living. The campus will serve to reinspire the residents of Silicon Valley and...more
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2021.
09.13CarbonPositive: If Architects Act Together Now, They Can Change the World
Architecture 2030 is calling on all architects, engineers, planners, and individuals involved in the building sector worldwide to design all new projects, renovations, landscapes, cityscapes, and infrastructure to be zero carbon starting now....more
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2021.
09.1010 architectural exhibitions to look for in 2021
Exhibiting architecture is not an easy exercise but it is an extremely important one. Architectural exhibitions across history have been significant in sharing design, theory and technology with fellow architects, students and all others involved wit...more
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2021.
09.10Designers and architects redesign the Louis Vuitton trunk for Louis 200
Two hundred creatives, including architect Sou Fujimoto and designer Samuel Ross, have reinterpreted the classic Louis Vuitton trunk in celebration of what would have been the fashion designer's 200th birthday....more
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2021.
09.08How Remarkably Innovative Are Product Designers? Check Out the Best in Product Design
Some have said that today’s consumers buy the experience and not necessarily the product. For example, the smell of a pleasingly aromatic coffee would entice consumers to buy a particular coffee machine before they ever viewed the actual product....more
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2021.
09.06Frank Gehry Completes Shimmering Stainless Steel Luma Arles Tower
Architect Frank Gehry has recently completed a shimmering stainless-steel tower for Luma Arles. The tower is part of a larger complex in Arles’ Parc des Ateliers which will be full of projects by famous designers such as Olafur Eliasson, Carsten Höll...more
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2021.
09.01Scientists Develop New Way To Make Transparent Wood
Glass has a lot of things going for it. It can be shaped and molded into intricate shapes, recycled over and over with little to no degradation, and it’s transparent. Of course, glass is also heavy, and it requires plenty of fuel to make it, as furna...more
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2021.
08.30This Croatian Hotel Is Carved Under an Olive Orchard To Blend With Its Surroundings
If you are looking for a unique destination in the Mediterranean, the new Villa Nai 3.3 is sure to provide a special hotel experience. This five-star accommodation can be found on the Dalmatian Island in Dugi Otok, Croatia....more
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2021.
08.25Ten Chinese bookshops that display books in imaginative ways
From shops that display books on tree trunk columns to stores that reflect books all over the walls, we've rounded up ten bookshops in China that exhibit books in non-traditional ways. 1. Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore, Chongqing, by X+Living...more
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2021.
08.23Massive Crochet Canopy Provides Color and Shade in Hot Spanish Town
With crafting becoming more and more popular, contemporary artists from around the world are exploring the creative possibilities of age-old traditions. Recently, Spanish crochet teacher Eva Pacheco showed that textiles can do more than keep you warm...more
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2021.
08.20Tubular holiday home cantilevers over hill in Russian art park
Moscow's chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov has completed a pipe-shaped cabin, constructed like the hull of a ship and balanced on the edge of a slope in Russia's Nikola-Lenivets Art Park. The holiday home was conceived for the annual Archst...more
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2021.
08.18Studio Avoid designs Grotto Retreat Xiyaotou to evoke ancient cave dwellings
Studio Avoid has completed a retreat in China's Hebei province comprising a series of cave-like brick-clad pods connected by a raised walkway. The village of Xiyaotou in the Zhangjiakou prefecture contains a network of traditional cave dwelling...more
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2021.
08.16Recycled Books Given a New Life As Intricate Nature-Inspired Paper Sculptures
Alove of nature can bring a wealth of joy and a newfound appreciation for the wonder and beauty in life. That statement rings true for British artist Kate Kato of Kasasagi Design. Fueled by her curiosity and fascination with the natural world, Kato c...more
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2021.
08.13Concrete stilts protect House in Takaoka from extreme weather
Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow. The owners of the House in Takaoka – a couple with two yo...more
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2021.
08.11Lia Halloran: The Sun Burns My Eyes Like Moons
Comprised of large-scale cyanotypes and their painted negatives, Los Angeles-based artist Lia Halloran’s latest body of work is an homage to the sun. - LOCATION 1110 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, USA - ADMISSION Free - OPENING HOURS Tue–Fr...more
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2021.
08.11BIG's spiralling double-helix viewing tower revealed
The first photos of the recently opened Marsk Watchtower in Denmark designed by architecture studio BIG have been unveiled. Created to attract tourists to the area, the 25-metre-high viewing tower within the Wadden Sea National Park has a double hel...more
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2021.
08.06Ten impressive bamboo buildings that demonstrate the material's versatility
From a modular housing prototype to a disaster-proof yoga studio, we've rounded up 10 bamboo architectures from Dezeen's archive that use the ancient construction material in new and unusual ways....more
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2021.
08.04Kengo Kuma Designs Dramatic Staircase With Metal Chain Curtains in Gaudí’s Casa Batlló
Architecture lovers will be excited to find the work of more than one master designer when they visit Barcelona’s Casa Batlló. Aside from Casa Batlló itself—which is an iconic example of Catalan Modernisme or Art Nouveau architecture designed by Anto...more
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2021.
08.02Be the First To Stay In an Luxurious Glass-Walled Tent Near the Grand Canyon
If visiting the Grand Canyon is not on your travel bucket list yet, this latest project might change your mind. Nomad’s Pad is a development of contemporary glass pyramids on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon....more
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2021.
07.28Sculptor Visualizes Enchanting Butterflies and Flowers Emerging From Golden Frame
Many people consider themselves “right-brained” or “left-brained”—either possessing a natural aptitude for creativity, art, and other such endeavors or finding themselves more drawn to the realm of math, science, and logic....more
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2021.
07.26Latest KFC Buckets In Costa Rica Support Artisan Community Hurt By COVID
Most of us know that the global coronavirus pandemic impacted the service, hospitality, and tourism industries. The negative economic consequences were most evident by the significant losses and layoffs reported by airlines, cruise operators, restaur...more
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2021.
07.23Ohmie is a 3D-printed lamp made from orange peels
Milan-based start-up Krill Design has 3D printed Sicilian orange peels into a tactile lamp that can be composted along with organic household waste. The designers at Krill Design turned to orange peel to create the lightweight lamp because of the ci...more
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2021.
07.21Joris Laarman's 3D-printed stainless steel bridge finally opens in Amsterdam
A 12-metre 3D-printed pedestrian bridge designed by Joris Laarman and built by Dutch robotics company MX3D has opened in Amsterdam six years after the project was launched. The bridge, which was fabricated from stainless steel rods by six-axis robot...more
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2021.
07.19Environmentally Friendly ‘Airlander’ Could Be the Future of Zero-Carbon Air Travel
Around 2.4% of global CO2 emissions come from air travel, and the industry is responsible for around 5% of global warming. With this in mind, those who are eco-conscious may choose to fly less or make their journey by road....more
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2021.
07.16Doug Aitken creates kaleidoscopic catwalk for Saint Laurent show in Venice
American artist Doug Aitken has designed a plant-filled mirrored installation for the Saint Laurent menswear spring summer 2021 fashion show in Venice. Called Green Lens, the kaleidoscopic catwalk is located on the Venetian island of Certosa....more
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2021.
07.14Airweave creates cardboard beds and modular mattresses for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will sleep on beds made from recycled cardboard and customisable mattresses by Japanese bedding company Airweave. Airweave has created 18,000 beds and mattresses for athletes at this summer'...more
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2021.
07.12Kostas Lambridis: Elemental Folds
A solo show of emerging Greek artist Kostas Lambridis who reconstructs iconic designs such as the famous Baroque Badminton Cabinet and Memphis book-shelf Carlton using found objects, humble materials and handmade components....more
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2021.
07.12"We're taking CO2 out of the system" says carbon-capturing concrete maker Carbicrete
Montreal company Carbicrete has developed a method for sequestering carbon in concrete, claiming its product captures more carbon than it emits. The technology cuts out the need for calcium-based cement, a key ingredient in traditional concrete th...more
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2021.
07.09Conceptual Cocoon Cabins Imagine Wooden Pods Nestled Among a Cuban Mountainscape
When you’re feeling bogged down with work and overly dependent on technology, you might dream of a peaceful cabin getaway to reconnect with nature. We think these conceptual cocoons by Veliz Arquitecto would be the perfect retreat to do just that....more
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2021.
07.07"The Race to Zero is neither highly ambitious nor providing the leadership needed at this critical time"
Last week, UN climate champion Nigel Topping claimed that architects have been slow to sign up to its net-zero carbon emissions programme. This "unfairly presented architects and top firms in a negative light,"...more
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2021.
06.30Kéré Architecture uses local clay to construct Burkina Institute of Technology
Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré's studio has built a university in Burkina Faso, western Africa, which has walls made with locally sourced clay and screens of eucalyptus wood. The facility, named the Burkina Institute of Technology, ...more
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2021.
06.28Henry Glogau wins Lexus Design Award with Portable Solar Distiller for informal settlements
Danish architecture graduate Henry Glogau has developed a distiller that purifies water using solar energy and can be assembled from cheap, readily available materials. The Portable Solar Distiller, which won this year'...more
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2021.
06.25Bourse de Commerce: Tadao Ando Interweaves Past and Present for Pinault Collection's New Parisian Museum
The much-anticipated opening on May 22nd of the Bourse de Commerce–Pinault Collection, a private museum in Paris housing the contemporary art collection of French billionaire François Pinault, was preceded by high expectations which we’re happy to sa...more
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2021.
06.23Pitsou Kedem Architects Revamp a 300-Year-Old House in Old Jaffa, Israel
Overlooking the ancient port of Old Jaffa, the oldest neighbourhood in Tel Aviv, this remarkable two-bedroom residence seamlessly marries the building’s 300-year-old Ottoman era architecture with modern interiors of contemporary minimalism....more
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2021.
06.21KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD 2021
WHAT ISTHE KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD ? The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international competition for user-centric product design, where the best of the best are actually put on the consumer market. Last year, we received a total of 1,377 entries from pro...more
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2021.
06.21Vhils Uses Explosives to Blast a Brilliant Portrait Onto a Building
Street art comes in many forms, but none are nearly as explosive as the work of Alexandre Farto, aka Vhils. The Portuguese visual artist has captivated art enthusiasts around the world over the last 15 years with his unique techniques....more
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2021.
06.18A Multipurpose Development on Hormuz Island Echoes the Kaleidoscopic Beauty of the Natural Landscape
You’ve probably heard of the Strait of Hormuz in relation to its geostrategic significance - as the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the ocean, it controls the shipment of petroleum from the Middle East....more
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2021.
06.16Agorà Design 2021
Agorà Design is a biennial event dedicated to the culture of architecture and design. Since 1996, the event has been held in Martano, in the heart of Grecìa Salentina. Thanks to the event, the village becomes a meeting place for a nomadic community o...more
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2021.
06.16Lush Vertical Garden Tower Will Bring City Dwellers Closer to Nature
The word biophilia describes humans' innate desire to be immersed in the natural world. Planned for Singapore’s Orchard Boulevard, the new Park Nova residential tower does just that by reimagining traditional city living to help people enjoy the...more
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2021.
06.155 Futuristic Buildings Showcasing the Aesthetics of Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary architecture is not defined by a single style or set of characteristics. Unlike Modernism, Art Nouveau, or other types of architecture, contemporary architecture does not refer to a specific movement....more
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2021.
06.11Enormous Sculptures Rooted in Nature Take Over Arboretum
South African artist Daniel Popper debuted his first major exhibition in the United States—and his largest ever—at The Morton Arboretum in Illinois. Human+Nature is a sprawling exhibition that sees five large-scale sculptures by Popper invading the 1...more
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2021.
06.07Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design 2021
Submissions are now open for the 2021 Red Dot Brands & Communication Design Award. Designers, agencies and companies are invited to enter their communication design works and their integrated brand designs. This year'...more
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2021.
06.07This Observation Tower Design Literally Anchors Two Tectonic Plates in Iceland
Design studio 00group has released imagery of an ambitious new landmark for Iceland. Known as Anchor of the Plates, the plan includes a set of monumental towers connected via a bridge that crosses a fissure in the northern part of the country....more
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2021.
06.04Photographers Capture NYC’s Newly Opened ‘Little Island’ Park
An incredibly unique park is now open for visitors in New York City. Little Island, designed by Heatherwick Studio and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, is a nature getaway and peaceful retreat for city dwellers after a difficult approval and con...more
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2021.
06.02Belgian Designer Ben Storms Creates Impossible-looking yet Functional Pieces that Defy Expectations
In the words of Canadian illusionist Doug Henning, “the art of a magician is to create wonder” for a sense of wonder fills us with joy. Evoking a sense of wonder is by no means solely the prerogative of magicians - many artists and designers aim at e...more
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2021.
05.31Lyrical Sculptures Imagine the Human Body as a Network of Branches and Twigs
South Korean artist Sun-Hyuk Kim creates mesmerizing figurative sculptures that sprout into the air like trees. He uses stainless steel to render abstract representations of bodies and faces that are merged with sprawling branches....more
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2021.
05.28Learn How to Ice Dye to Add Some “Cool” to Your Craft Projects
When crafting, it's always a good goal to make your work as original as possible. That way, you're not just creating but expressing yourself, too. For fibers, it doesn’t get much more customized than when you dye your own fabric....more
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2021.
05.26Lacime Architects Draw from Ancient Chinese Texts to Design a Modern Edifice
Located outside Zhengzhou, China, the JianYe - LanHai ZhengFeng Hotel definitely stands out as the only new building in an otherwise as-yet-to-be-developed area designated as Henan province’s future land-to-air transport hub....more
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2021.
05.2425-Foot-Tall Ganesh Sculpture Made of Over 5 Tons of Bananas
In Hinduism, the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival celebrates the birth of the elephant-headed deity Ganesh, the god of prosperity, new beginnings, and wisdom. In the Indian city of Sambalpur in Odisha, a group called Natraj Club pay their respects to...more
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2021.
05.21Crypto Art
Over the past 30 days, NFT works worth over $ 100 million have been sold. It’s time for crypto art and DotPigeon is its new, very rich prophet. Who is DotPigeon? The Italian DotPigeon has become a world celebrity thanks to Nifty Gateway, a crypto...more
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2021.
05.19WATCH HOW THIS 4.7-INCH THICK MONOLITHIC SLAB OPENS UP INTO A COMFORTABLE MOVIE THEATER SEAT
Designed originally for theaters and cinema halls, this Piet Mondrian-inspired chair is a marvel of design and engineering! Titled the Mono, it exists as a 4.7-inch thick monolithic slab when closed, but unravels into a plush cinema-style seat with a...more
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2021.
05.17Mexican Boutique Hotel Features Gorgeous Brick Arches Made of Local Material
Located in Oaxaca, Mexico is Casona Sforza, a boutique hotel characterized by beautiful vaulted brick arches of varying heights. Located in the port town of Puerto Escondido, the hotel creates a new destination for tourists while highlighting local m...more
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2021.
05.14How to predict if a user will use your design, before you ship it
You’re designing, doing the whole 9-yards — researching, sketching, validating ideas, and so on. You hand things off to the engineering team, dust off your hands and pat yourself on the back for a job well done. You ship, and crickets!...more
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2021.
05.12Miami Beach’s First Underwater Sculpture Park Is 7 Miles Long and Will Open Later This Year
If you love Miami’s diverse art scene, you’re going to enjoy this latest masterplan by architecture firm OMA. ReefLine is Miami Beach’s first underwater sculpture park and is planned for an area of seven miles....more
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2021.
05.10Artist Uses Sand and Stones to Create Land Art Masterpieces at His Local Beach
Awalk on the beach is one of life’s simple pleasures; but for land artist Jon Foreman, it’s a chance to get creative. The UK-based artist collects natural materials such as stones, pebbles, and shells and then artistically arranges them in mesmerizin...more
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2021.
05.07Playful ‘catHAUS’ Lets Humans Lounge on a Chic Mini House Built for Cats
As cat lovers, we would do almost anything for our feline friends. But with their common tendency to lay claim to absolutely any space or household object they see fit, it’s not uncommon to find ourselves in a battle for the comfiest perch in the hou...more
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2021.
05.06Matthew Lutz-Kinoy: Window to The Clouds
A solo show of Paris-based artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy that imagines a series of contemporary landscapes as painterly reflections that look at—and through—various architectures, historical paintings and current events....more
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2021.
05.0415 Must-See TV Shows for Architects and Architecture Lovers
Have you ever binge-watched a show while working on your latest project? This is nothing new for many architects and designers; but even if you’re not the type to watch while you work, there are certain shows that can inspire you during your downtime...more
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2021.
04.28These Meticulously Crafted Hand-Blown Glass Spiders Will Make You Do a Double-Take
Glassblowing is an incredible art and craft with a history dating as far back as the 1st century BCE. Glass Symphony, a small family-owned glassblowing studio, has been in the business for generations, and their talent and love for their vocation is ...more
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2021.
04.26Free Software Lets You Easily Create Complex Japanese Wood Joinery
Traditional Japanese carpentry employs a variety of ancient techniques that allow wooden structures to be built without the use of any nails, screws, adhesives, or modern power tools. To the Western observer, that may seem far from structurally sound...more
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2021.
04.23Japanese Artist Creates Over 100,000 Cherry Blossom Petals From Salt in Heartfelt Installation
Propelled by precious memories of loved ones lost, Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates in order to preserve and cherish those sacred remembrances too often forgotten with time. Best known for his painstakingly crafted salt installations which he o...more
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2021.
04.21BIG Designs Giant O-Shaped “Infinity Loop” Tower in China
Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG, has just has just released images of a dramatic skyscraper for Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City. Commissioned as the new research and development headquarters for China’s largest smartphone manufacturer OPPO, O-Tower is a ...more
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2021.
04.19Architects Design Self-Sufficient Biocabins That Adapt To a Post-Climate Change World
Now more than ever, architects and designers are being asked to consider the effect their work will have on the planet. How can we combat climate change, and what will the world look like if we don’t take action?...more
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2021.
04.16How NFTs Are Shaking Up the Contemporary Art World
The buzzword of the contemporary art market right now is NFT. If you don't know what all the fuss is about, you aren't alone. The world of blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and crypto art isn't easy to unravel for newcomers....more
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2021.
04.14Delicate Tattoos Inspired by Traditional Chinese Painting Tell Stories Within Long Rectangles
Beijing-based tattoo artist Franky Yang creates ethereal body art inspired by traditional Chinese paintings. Like windows to another world, she contains each of her refined illustrations inside long, thin rectangles, which stretch across her clients&...more
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2021.
04.135 Postmodernist Buildings That Capture the Movement’s Playful Side
Postmodernism is one of those architectural styles that, at first, may seem hard to describe. Does anything after modernism count as Postmodernism? The answer is that this architectural style is a direct response to the incredibly popular and utopian...more
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2021.
04.09Dynamic Tower Will Be Powered by the Wind to Glow in Silicon Valley At Night
Did you know that some tall structures visibly sway in the wind? It's true; many of the iconic designs for the world’s tallest buildings were made to help these skyscrapers deal with high-speed wind....more
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2021.
04.08Olafur Eliasson: Your ocular relief
A solo show presenting new work by Olafur Eliasson that continue his long-standing investigation of the cognitive and cultural conditions of perception, seeking to offer an alternative to the current pressures that shape our existence....more
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2021.
04.07Polaroid Has Created the World’s First 3D Candy Pen To Draw and Design Your Own Sweets
If you could design your own candy, what would it look like? Whether you want to craft star-shaped sweets or 3D edible flowers, you can make your ideas a reality with the Polaroid CandyPlay 3D Pen. It’s the world’s first device that allows you to dra...more
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2021.
04.05This Elusive Green Home Was Designed to Fit Perfectly in the Icelandic Hillside
Nestled in the hills overlooking the Icelandic lake of Þingvallavatn sits a camouflaged home called Thingvallavatn House. This modern abode was designed by architecture firm KRADS as a holiday home for musicians Tina Dickow and Helgi Hrafn Jónsson....more
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2021.
04.027 surprising sources of design inspiration
Design inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes. It doesn’t matter if you’re an illustrator working on a glossy magazine cover or a graphic designer working on a logo mock-up for your client’s latest product....more
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2021.
03.31Elaborate Paintings Capture the Beautiful Mystery of Diverse Ecosystems
There's a myriad of unique creatures living deep underwater and between blades of grass. Los Angles-based, self-taught artist Robert Steven Connett explores the diversity of these lesser-seen ecosystems in his vibrant acrylic paintings....more
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2021.
03.26Louis Vuitton Store in Japan is Now Covered in a Shimmering Sea-Inspired Exterior
After three years of renovation, Louis Vuitton’s Ginza Namiki store in Tokyo’s Ginza district is back in business with a new unique façade. Japanese architect Jun Aoki designed a shimmering face for the historic store through the use of unique panels...more
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2021.
03.24What is good design and how can it be applied in a school environment?
There are many factors which contribute to positive education outcomes in a school environment. Purposeful design of campuses, buildings, social spaces and classrooms can facilitate deeper learning, greater social connectivity and a more discernible ...more
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2021.
03.23Spyros Aggelopoulos: Δε Laundry Basket
A solo exhibition of Greek artist Spyros Aggelopoulos, including new paintings, sculptural installations and an experimental silent movie, featuring a host of strange creatures that highlight the misshapen, the paradoxical and the exaggerated....more
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2021.
03.19Sculptural Hair Styles Become Unlikely Canvases for Delicate Baroque-Inspired Art
Spanish stylist Alexis Ferrer merges botanical patterns with unique coiffures in his stunning series titled La Favorite. The avant-garde collection features models wearing blonde hair extensions that are digitally printed with romantic floral motifs....more
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2021.
03.17Architects Design Whimsical “Tree House” Resort in Hangzhou, China
If you were lucky enough to experience a treehouse as a child, you know that these whimsical structures can be the coziest place to spend the day. For those who never got their own treehouse, WH Studio’s Tree House Cabins may be your chance to experi...more
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2021.
03.16Sugar Apple Blessing IP & Cha Jin Er Liang
After artist Florence Lo prospected in Taitung for several times, she was obsessed with the breathtaking coastal there. Therefore, her project of the “Sugar apple Blessing” was deeply inspired by the stones in Taitung Seashore Park....more
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2021.
03.12Tri-Color Palette Ideas For Your Next Design Project
It's easy to find two colors that go well with each other, but things get tricky when you add a third color to the mix. Each color must complement the other two perfectly. If you're looking for tri-color palettes for your graphic, web, o...more
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2021.
03.105 Contemporary Textile Artists to Celebrate During Women’s History Month
Textiles have a long place in art history. The combination of textiles and art can be traced back to ancient times when it was primarily used to clothe people or keep them warm. But as trade routes were established and production techniques improved—...more
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2021.
03.09This Unique Hokkaido Retreat Was Designed Using an Algorithm
This retreat in Hokkaido, Japan is unlike any cabin in the woods you have ever seen. Laboratory for Explorative Architecture & Design, or LEAD, designed YEZO as an architectural experiment in fabrication and sustainability....more
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2021.
03.05Foster + Partners Designs Saudi Arabian Hotel in Sand Dunes
Foster + Partners has shared a new design for a hotel in Saudi Arabia set within sand dunes. Dubbed Southern Dunes, the project is part of The Red Sea Project tourist development. The hotel will include 40 villas that are constructed from timber and ...more
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2021.
03.04NK Home / Kiên Trúc NDT
NK Home is located in a densely populated area in Bac Ninh province. The project has an area of 81m2 (4.5m x 18m) and the main façade is North. This is a typical tube house in Vietnam with the common feature of a narrow façade and an elongated livi...more
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2021.
03.02Cantó House / Piano Piano Studio
The project objective was to build a house in an elongated corner in a somewhat complicated plot, where the future house would have to learn to live with two-party walls: a large one on the east border, and another one with more proportioned dimensio...more
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2021.
02.25The Cube House / Verizon Architects
The Cube House is located in the fringes of Ahmedabad city far away from the urban clatters, which gives the essence of the countryside-nestled in a 9,000 sq. ft. corner property and encircled by blooming trees around its periphery, the site is also ...more
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2021.
02.25Cube Hotel / SU Architects
Intent. The construction conditions of the building are very clear. The building height shall not be more than 12 meters and the land area shall not be over 140 square meters. It could be seen that 140 square meters ≈12 meters by 12 meters and the he...more
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2021.
02.24Informal Cube in Rotterdam / jvantspijker
Jvantspijker Architects have designed a sturdy cube-shaped house in the centre of Rotterdam. With its spatial 3-dimensional layout the building allows a modern family to meet the paradoxical demands of urban life: The house provides community as well...more
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2021.
02.23Private House in Kratigos / b-group
The house lies on a hill in Kratigos Mytilene with panoramic views of the Aegean Sea and the lush vegetation of the adjacent downhill slope. The design takes into consideration and uses to its advantage the orientation of the plot as well as the terr...more
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2021.
02.23Kecherile Veedu House / Finder Studio
Traditional Kerala homes are rich in memories; of the long-forgotten smell of the first rain, the sound of raindrops falling in the courtyard, people sitting and conversing around it, the feeling of the warmth of mud walls and wood, the coziness of s...more
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2021.
02.23Giovanni House / Marazzi Reinhardt
Giovanni - a timeless house in the spirit of a palazzo - is located in an ordinary residential zone with buildings from the last seven decades. The main idea of the house, such as flexibility of use, privacy, the view and the demand for representatio...more
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2021.
02.20K5 Tokyo Hotel / Claesson Koivisto Rune
K5 Tokyo, housed in a converted 1920s bank building, sits beside the Tokyo Stock Exchange and connects the traditional Imperial Palace area with hip Eastern Tokyo. The Japanese word ‘Aimai’ guides K5 Tokyo’s concept....more
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2021.
02.19Everything designers need to know about residencies
With traditional creative opportunities uprooted because of the pandemic, Design Week explores how residency programmes can help fill the gap. “With the current lack of physical exhibitions and social gatherings, where you’d usually find opportuni...more
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2021.
02.18Punta Majahua Building / Zozaya Arquitectos
Punta Majahua is situated in the magnificent surf villa of Troncones, it is a residential complex strategically located in a spectacular ten thousand square meter piece of land on a peninsula, north of Troncones, in the state of Guerrero, Mexico....more
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2021.
02.18Rag Doll House / Delmulle Delmulle Architecten
In this neighbourhood, homeowners like to give their homes a name. The name of this house was “Rag Doll”. A rag doll is a stuffed doll, made from different incoherent pieces of material and parts, forming a coherent ensemble. This house is just that....more
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2021.
02.18Netsch Residence Renovation / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Known for daring and unconventional designs such as Cadet Chapel at the United States Air Force Academy, architect and former SOM design partner Walter Netsch (1920 – 2008) employed the same ingenuity for the design of his own home as he did in his m...more
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2021.
02.18Softie Interior Renovation / OPA Architects
Why can’t architecture be more like nature -- changeable, varied, and uninhibited? Our client wanted to return home and feel a sense of private freedom, a release from the conformity of the world outside....more
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2021.
02.17Perpetual Spring Pavilion / OBRA Architects
The year 2019, the 50th anniversary of the Museum Of Modern and Contemporary Art MMCA, coincides with the centennial birth of an ongoing revolution: the establishment of the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai April 11, 1919....more
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2021.
02.17Comporta 10 House / Fragmentos
The Comporta 10 residence is located in the Portuguese traditional village of Comporta. Surrounded by a pine forest, the building is placed on a mild sloping plot that favors sun exposure and the relationship with the landscape to the South....more
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2021.
02.17Sou Fujimoto Unveils Images of Public Pavilion for Haikou's Waterfront in China
After MAD’s Wormhole Library, the city of Haikou revealed a pavilion by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Scheduled for the end of spring, the ribbon-like white pavilion with an accessible roof will be one of the first public waterfront interventions to be co...more
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2021.
02.17Today is Long Cafe / Absence from Island
The clients were a group of individuals who have studied and worked separately in Australia and have subsequently moved back to their hometown Hong Kong where they eventually met due to a shared passion for coffee....more
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2021.
02.17Muee Restaurant / MAT Office
In the summer of 2020, a friend who came to us chose a place to administrate a restaurant, what he expected was to introduce the local hotpot from Hunan, his hometown to Beijing. The restaurant is located in Hepingli, Dongcheng District in Beijing, a...more
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2021.
02.17EC Apartment / DT Estúdio
Wishing to live in a more peaceful neighborhood but in a space where he could entertain his friends, the financial market executive moved from his apartment near downtown São Paulo to a bigger one in Jardins....more
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2021.
02.17Tsiskvili Restaurant Complex / Studio 9
The attractive landscape of the coast, the operating mill and the rather affluent waterfall falling into the river became the basis of creative understanding of the author of the project. Factually, the architecture of the historic city type "...more
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2021.
02.17How to Design Smart Homes? 8 Tips for Incorporating Domotics Into Architecture
Home automation has long been associated with high costs, a burdening assembly time, and a cumbersome process that impelled us to discard the idea of automating projects. However, these days are long gone....more
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2021.
02.16Quarter Glass House / Proctor & Shaw
A series of stepped levels and angular windows designed by Proctor and Shaw open the ground floor of an Edwardian terrace house onto a quiet leafy garden in South West London. The clients charged Proctor and Shaw with the task of connecting the groun...more
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2021.
02.15Desizo Monni Administrative Building / A&A Architects
Desizo Monni corporate office building provides a creative working environment for a local fashion brand. It is located in an industrial town in one of the poorest regions in Europe. The key goals of the project were to create a new identity for the ...more
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2021.
02.15Olafur Eliasson: In real life
A major exhibition of Olafur Eliasson's career to date, around 30 artworks, including sculptures, photographs, paintings, and installations that play with reflections and shifting colors and challenge the way we navigate and perceive our environ...more
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2021.
02.12Half House / Projekt V Arhitektura
Situated in an ordinary unplanned neighbourhood in Sarajevo, the Half House is a new studio extension and refurbishment of the ground floor of a typical Bosnian ‘family house’. The Half House has been designed for a wheelchair user and his wife by Pr...more
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2021.
02.112 Waterline Square Building / KPF
Through creative planning and massing adjustments within the strict confines of a previously approved scheme, KPF achieved the client’s brief, weaving together 646 units total (160 condo, 216 rental) with plentiful outdoor space and amenities....more
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2021.
02.10Frame House / Bureau de Change Architects
Bureau de Change have completed a rear extension and refurbishment to a Victorian terraced house in South London, employing their characteristically questioning approach to produce an unconventional arrangement of interlocking geometric glass volumes...more
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2021.
02.09Peliva Nature & Suites / G2lab
Built in a privileged location in the southern part of Pelion, close to an old olive grove with an unparalleled view of the Pagasitic Gulf, Peliva Nature & Suites offers a high quality place to escape, relax and stay....more
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2021.
02.09La Vida Residencial Building / Todos Arquitetura
Urban, practical and contemporary are some of the qualities of this model-apartment that we’ve designed for Grupo Lar’s La Vida Residencial Building, in Alto da Boa Vista neighborhood in São Paulo. The interior design for this 37 m² two-bedroom pr...more
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2021.
02.08Burnside Tokyo Culinary Space / Snohetta
Using food to empower communities, Ghetto Gastro celebrates the Bronx as an inspiration and catalyst of global culture. Burnside builds upon this creative energy where the Bronx and Tokyo meet. Since their founding in 2012, Ghetto Gastro’s work to ex...more
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2021.
02.08Samna Restaurant / YOD Group
Samna is a restaurant of Middle Eastern cuisine in the author’s interpretation by famous Israel chef Meir Adoni. The venue is located in the historic part of Kyiv, next to Arsenalna square. The restaurant occupies the basement and the first floor of ...more
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2021.
02.04Tam Đảo Villa / Tropical Space
Tam Dao villa is a vacation villa located in a valley at the foot of the mountain in Tam Dao town. The front of the house is east-facing, welcoming the dawn and the rear looks toward the golf course valley in the west, watching the sunset....more
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2021.
02.04Heatherwick Studio Unveils Pair of Curvaceous Towers for Vancouver
Heatherwick Studio has shared plans for a pair of residential towers in Vancouver, Canada. The "curvaceous" skyscrapers were designed for Kingswood Properties and Bosa Properties in the city's West End neighborhood....more
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2021.
02.04Teahouse Ø / PAN- Projects
Floating Pavilion Ø is a series of pavilions that proposes urban water spaces as new public spaces. Teahouse Ø is the first one to be built amongst the series. Currently known as a sustainable city, Copenhagen once prospered as an industrial area, th...more
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2021.
02.01Floris Hotel / noa*
For many years the cosy guest rooms of Parc Hotel Florian, situated at the foothills of the village of Siusi allo Sciliar, have been providing the perfect year-round holiday experience. A unique feature of this property is the magnificent park, where...more
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2021.
02.01German town installs sleep pods to give homeless people protection
The German city of Ulm has introduced a unique solution for rough sleepers during the winter months – warm sleep pods placed in parks and other places where homeless people are known to sleep. The city, 75 miles west of Munich, has dubbed the futuris...more
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2021.
02.01Loft in Marvila / RA+TR arquitectos
The intervention is in a two-storey building in which the ground floor was a former wine warehouse and the upper floor contained two apartments. The advanced state of dilapidation the existing structure found itself in made complete demolition of the...more
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2021.
01.27V&A Bags: Inside Out Exhibition / Studio MUTT
Bags: Inside Out at the V&A is the UK’s most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. Curated by Dr. Lucia Savi and designed by Studio MUTT, with graphic design by Heather Whitbread at V&...more
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2021.
01.27P House / T H I A Architecture
P. House is the establishment with an area of 4.3 x 15m located in an alley, with three sides bordering the neighbor while the east façade borders an old factory and many large old trees. Upon approaching the site, we notice the unique settings of...more
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2021.
01.27Mahallat Residential Building No3 / CAAT Studio
The project is located on a residential periphery of Mahallat, 262 kilometers southwest of Tehran with the hot and dry climate. The area surrounding the city is rich with travertine which is mainly because of the two significant travertine local mine...more
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2021.
01.27House 011 / Camps Felip Arquitecturia
The plot is located in the Mira-sol district in Sant Cugat del Vallès, dominated by isolated houses with gardens. A space of spaces or a house of houses, in the middle of a garden. Every small pice turns into an interior courtyard and looks different...more
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2021.
01.26Most Beautiful House / Leo Romano
Located in the Condominium Terras de São José, in Itu, São Paulo, the 1100m2 residence received from the owners the affectionate name of "The most beautiful house". The wide sloping terrain protects a portion of native forest....more
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2021.
01.26Eaves Around House / y+M design office
The house is for a family of four, married couple and their children. Their parents’ house is located on the north side of their ground. So we arranged their low-rise house on the south side. The arrangement provides an open space which ensures adequ...more
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2021.
01.26Common Reader Bookstore / Atelier TAO+C
Atelier tao+c has designed a bookstore to provide a traditional reading experience for Common Reader, of which the name originated from the book [The Common Reader] by Virginia Woolf. The designer and the owner reached a common understanding that the...more
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2021.
01.26Casablanca Finance City Tower / Morphosis Architects
Designed by global architecture firm Morphosis, Casablanca Finance City Tower is the first project to be realized in the newly-established Casablanca Finance City (CFC)—a transformative new business district currently being developed in the Anfa Dist...more
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2021.
01.26Gallery House / Abin Design Studio
The client of Wall House procured a parcel of land across the street from his home as a parking lot for his vehicles. ADS was approached to provide for a garage structure with staff quarters above. Given its simple program, ADS convinced the client t...more
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2021.
01.2598 Front Apartments / ODA New York
98 Front Street is a 10 story 189,000 sqf ground-up mixed-use building in DUMBO Brooklyn. The property is bound by Adams street on the east, York Street on the south, Fleet Alley on the west, and Front Street on the north....more
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2021.
01.25The Brick Trader's House / Architecture Studio YEIN
In Korean legends appear so many stories about traders of cattle, salt, silk, and trinketry, but nothing about a brick trader. In British fairy tales, however, a brick house is regarded as a model of robust house as exemplified by the third pig'...more
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2021.
01.25Pinghe Bibliotheater / OPEN Architecture
Pinghe Bibliotheater is the core of OPEN’s latest project—School as Village/Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School. A library, a theater, and a black box interlock together like a Chinese puzzle to form this characteristic building that some cal...more
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2021.
01.22Parikrama House / SPASM Design Architects
Approached by a friend who represents a Minimal-window producer from Portugal, called PANORAMAH. We, were given the task of developing a sort of case study home, in the Murud region amidst a coconut grove....more
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2021.
01.22Building History: German Museums Revealing Culture and Place
Museums reveal local and shared heritage. As cultural institutions embedded in the fabric of modern life, each museum serves as a window into history and human exchange. Made to promote understanding and provoke new ideas, these monumental buildings ...more
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2021.
01.2250% Cloud Artists Lounge Restaurant / CCD
The restaurant is situated in a building named "50%Cloud", which follows the design languages of red brick architectural complexes designed by Luo Xu while at the same time subtly incorporating Art Deco Style to maintain its own unique iden...more
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2021.
01.21Q04L63 House / mf+arquitetos
The design of the Q04L63 House begins with the proposal of a summer house. The Family, which includes the couple and three children of different ages, attends the residence during the weekends for their leisure time, in addition to receiving friends ...more
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2021.
01.21Fisksätra Folkets Hus Community Center / Sandellsandberg
Folkets Hus (The People’s House) is the first building to be completed in the redevelopment of Fisksätra – a suburban residential area outside Stockholm. The building, culture, and youth center with great social responsibilities in the community of F...more
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2021.
01.21Transparent Buildings and the Illusion of Democracy
Somewhere between 1914 and 1915, Le Corbusier designed the Maison Dom-Ino, a groundbreaking modular structure that replaced the heavy load-bearing walls with reinforced concrete columns and slabs. The open floor plan with minimal thin elements, coupl...more
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2021.
01.21Augusta Vin Winery / Texas Timber Frames
The owner of Augusta Vin originally wanted a plantation-style project with wrap around porches on the first and second floors as a tasting room for the vineyard’s products. We happened to have a conceptual structural design kicking around the Texas T...more
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2021.
01.20RB Pharma Office / Galant I.D. Lda
Yaroslav Galant (Galant I.D.lda studio) has finished work on the project for the office of RB Pharma, a company that specialises on finding individual solutions for distribution of hard-to -find medicines....more
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2021.
01.20Casa Bottega / Chris Briffa Architects
As an architect, designing your home is a labour of love, with all the permutations that love brings with it; obsessing, re-designing, evaluating possible solutions, costing, and realisation of vision. After purchasing the property, budget was lackin...more
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2021.
01.20Vagantes Ermita House / Gina Góngora + Arista Cero
The project is located near the Ermita de Santa Isabel Church in the San Sebastián district in Mérida Yucatán. it is a renovation of an abandoned building, transformed into an ideal space for couples who want to live in Mérida, in an iconic neighbour...more
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2021.
01.20Querencia Neighborhood Facility / L'eau Design + Dongjin Kim (Hongik University)
“Querencia,” which originates from the word “querer” meaning “to want” or “to desire” and which means “homing instinct,” is a terminology used in Spanish bullfighting. The bull, after entering the expansive bullring, looks around the tension-filled b...more
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2021.
01.19Deep Gray Apartment / Azovskiy&Pahomova architects
The clients are a family with two children who know how to see the beauty in minimalism and appreciate it. Their wishes were succinct and understandable: to create comfortable housing for life in concise methods. Initially, the apartment was a "...more
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2021.
01.19Lagos House / MAPA
Six prefabricated concrete slabs rest on two concrete walls which are also built in factory. This set of components, simple in their construction, layout and assembly, define the spaces and character of Lagos House....more
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2021.
01.19Plaza of Kanagawa Institute of Technology / junya ishigami + associates
While working on the outdoor plaza to the KAIT workshop of Kanagawa Institute of Technology (completed in winter of 2008) Junya Ishigami + Associates considered two main characteristics: Versatility and the Semi-outdoor, and what these two would real...more
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2021.
01.18PH-13 Apartment / Atelier L'inconnu
Located off the Charles Malek Avenue in an eastern district of Beirut, PH-13 crowns the building in which it is housed. Though it sits well above the bustle of the dense area in which it is situated, it does not seek to escape the urban fabric of its...more
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2021.
01.15Office Renovation in Old Factory / Qing Studio
This project is an office space transformed from an old factory, located in the first Chongqing printing factory built in the 1930s. It's like a newly built house, because light industry doesn't leave much of a mark on the house....more
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2021.
01.15Apartment Renovation in Singapore / Studio Wills + Architects
PROJECT #13 is a renovation to a 30-year old HDB FLAT. The project seeks to re-examine the ‘interface’ between the flat and the public corridor, create a sense of space within a ‘MICRO’ FLAT, address the requirements of 2 PROGRAMS (an OFFICE and a HO...more
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2021.
01.15Sky Cave House & Clinic / IKAWAYA Architects
Welcoming calmness, comfort and light to the north garden in front of the railway station in central Tokyo. The site is adjacent to a railway station in Meguro ward, Tokyo. There is an elevated railway to the east and a neighboring building to the...more
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2021.
01.15House Within / Arch.Lab
Located at the junction of two arterial roads, the house is constructed on a site located at the edge of a street of row houses. Hence the primary challenge was to balance the privacy of the residents and the intake of natural light through the stree...more
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2021.
01.15St Peter & Paul Courthouse / Knorr & Pürckhauer Architekten
Knorr & pürckhauer architekten has completed a new building in zurich, which is located in the courtyard of a perimeter block development. the architects explain that these types of structures are commonly found across the city with uses ranging ...more
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2021.
01.14House in Aokibashi / Shinta Hamada Architects
This is a project to renovate a room in an old apartment building facing the former Tokaido Kanagawa-juku. It was an impressive space with an open surrounding environment that could not be thought of as a central city area and a very bright interior ...more
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2021.
01.14ZHA Wins Competition to Build Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the design competition to build Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, in China. The winning design is a multi-dimensional vertical city of two naturally-lit towers that respond to the city'...more
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2021.
01.13The Diary House / DA VÀNG studio
The house is located in Soc Trang city, which belongs to a small province in the Southwest of Vietnam. The client requests to build a comfy house at which his family can enjoy a resort lifestyle. Long and narrow size (6x45 meters) and long and dark h...more
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2021.
01.13Social Space in Jing’an Kerry Centre / Linehouse
The Social Space is a conversion of a swimming pool into a shared multifunctional area for the office tenants at Jing’an Kerry Centre, Shanghai. It is designed as an extension of the traditional office to accommodate events, talks, town halls, meetin...more
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2021.
01.13The Twins House / DELUTION
The house is located in Cipulir, with 70 sq meters and a densely populated environment. Just walk through the alley with 1,5 sq meters or by the motorcycles. Two Houses were built in this land for two families consisting of 4 people (a couple of husb...more
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2021.
01.12Medieval Brutalism: The Entrance of Switzerland's Castelgrande Captured by Simone Bossi
Situated on Ticino's rocky peaks are the historic Medieval Castles of Bellinzona: Montebello, Sasso Corbaro, and Castelgrande. And while all three castles and their fortifications have become part of UNESCO'...more
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2021.
01.12Vista Coffee Shop / Karvone Design
The strong visual tension of the design is derived from the dramatic confrontation with everyday memories, bringing a brand-new sense of lightness and imagination to the café experience. An artistically shaped installation made with white metal gr...more
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2021.
01.12Amore Pacific Research and Design Center / Álvaro Siza Vieira + Carlos Castanheira + Kim Jang Kyu
Amore Pacific is a brand of cosmetics, products used in industrial quantities by oriental women to enhance their beauty, hide imperfections or to deepen the whiteness of their skin, a sign of nobility and beauty, like the gaja* whose white features, ...more
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2021.
01.12Student Hotel / The Invisible Party
The Amsterdam design studio The Invisible Party designed The Student Hotel’s newest property in Delft in collaboration with the brand’s in-house design team. All public areas, workplaces, co-working space Collab and the in-house restaurant The Common...more
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2021.
01.12Sabrab Office / Sabrab
This project refers to Sabrab Office. Letting natural light enter in the space was the concept for the development of this space. The space was originally segmented with several work areas and where natural light was none and very dark rooms....more
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2021.
01.12Student Services Building / CO Architects
CO Architects designed the 140,000‐square‐foot Student Services Building (SSB) as a new gateway to the California State Polytechnic University (Cal Poly) Pomona campus, roughly 30 miles east of Los Angeles....more
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2021.
01.11Porcuna Parish Center / Pablo Millán
"The air is serene and clothed in beauty and unused light, Salinas, when divine music sounds, governed by your divine hand." Fray Luis de León. I must confess at this point, that the images of Pablo Millán'...more
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2021.
01.11Tasting Room for Master Blenders / Elluin Duolé Gillon architecture
“Creating a prestigious space for the assemblage of industrial materials | as part of a pathway revealing the knowledge and expertise, | magic and rituals of a renowned house of cognac. Martell wishes to showcase its three-hundred-year history and ex...more
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2021.
01.10The Porcelain Room – Chinese Export Porcelain
The exhibition explores the historical context, scope and impact of Chinese export porcelain illustrating how efficient the Chinese were in understanding the taste and the demand of the market, and tailoring their production accordingly....more
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2021.
01.085 Beams House / Gubbins-Polidura
We had been developing many houses in sloped sites and the main issue in all of them was the connection with the land. That was what this client asked us to continue and emphasize for his project. They wanted a house connected with the ground and wit...more
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2021.
01.08Goon Yard / KSOUL Studio
Goon Yard is one of the most remarkable and inspiring start-up project in the past several months. After long haul meetings and discussions with customers, we finally came up with a breakthrough change in our design style in order to approach the mos...more
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2021.
01.07Octavia House / PPAA Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados
CASA OCTAVIA arises from the intention of transferring the values of the OCTAVIA brand to a lviing space. Values as natural, simple, clear and honest are taken into an architectural space where the user can live a unique accomodation experience in Me...more
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2021.
01.07The transformative buildings set to shape the world in 2021
The pandemic may have brought work to a halt on projects around the world, but next year is nonetheless set to welcome an exciting array of new buildings. Commissioned and designed years ago, these structures are unlikely to reflect the new design...more
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2021.
01.07Young Art Biennale InfoPoint / AB CHVOYA
The temporary pavilion for the Biennale of Young Art in the courtyard of the Museum of Moscow was designed as an access point to all the projects of the Biennale in the city, and first of all to the projects of street art in the courtyard of the Muse...more
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2021.
01.06B Bar & Lounge / Wynk Collaborative
B Bar & Lounge is an idiosyncratic and atmospheric sequence of spaces inspired by old drawing rooms, wine cellars, secret chambers and Italian Post-modernism. Located within a gourmet supermarket in Singapore, B Bar &...more
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2021.
01.06Bê House / SMG Arquitectos
In an old ruined warehouse dating from the beginning of the 20th century, with 800 m2, its deep rehabilitation is proposed, with the demolition of some roofs, defining interior patios, transforming the centuries-old space, into a 3-bedroom house....more
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2021.
01.04Aranguren House Rehabilitation / CoA Arquitectura + Luis Aldrete
Aranguren house (1937), is one of the most representative works of the style locally called "regionalist", which had its main inspiration in the work "Enchanted Gardens" by Ferdinand Bac and was characterized by integrating in his...more
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2021.
01.04Sonnenklang Installation / Christoph Hesse Architects
On the hill dedicated to the annual Easter fire above Referinghausen thrones the Open Mind Place Sonnenklang. The tent-shaped roof over a wooden lounger captures the light rays from the evening sun and the sounds of the surrounding....more
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2020.
12.31Hoff Flagship Store / Ciszak Dalmas + Matteo Ferrari
Sneaker fashion Brand Hoff recently unveiled his new retail design concept at the flagship store on Calle Velazquez in Madrid. Ciszak Dalmas Ferrari studio was called to design the interior architecture with the clear scope to conceptualise a space b...more
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2020.
12.31Nankun Secret Art Restaurant / Wildurban Architects
Background and site. An art hotel settlement in the Nankun mountain national forest park. Starting from the site and tradition, a new picture is established, which contains memory and points to future imagination....more
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2020.
12.30Hoofddorp Fort Island / Serge Schoemaker Architects
The process of redeveloping and converting Hoofddorp Fort took a decade. Some 8,100 m2 in size, the Dutch world heritage site has been transformed into an urban park with space for a restaurant as well as cultural and educational activities....more
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2020.
12.30Seamlessly Continuous: NEXXA, A New Door Handle by Zaha Hadid Design
A single, continuous line unbroken by handle rotation: such was the simple, yet difficult-to-execute design concept motivating Zaha Hadid Design’s new innovative door handle. The result is a beautifully molded sculptural yet ergonomic design, playful...more
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2020.
12.29The Westin Miyako Kyoto / Chapel Renovation / KATORI archi+design associates
Founded 130 years ago, the Westin Miyako Kyoto is an elegant hotel with a proud history nestled into the foothills of the city’s Higashiyama district. That same elegance and quality were essential in this major renovation and earthquake retrofit of t...more
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2020.
12.28HKPI's Office / Design Systems
The new headquarter of HKPI, designed by Hong Kong-based interior and furniture design firm Design Systems ltd., epitomises a new work lifestyle envisioned by the client and the team that reflects unspoken contemporary desires....more
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2020.
12.25House of Grain / Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
The Jutland region, with its diversity of landscapes and long history, is in many ways the most continental region in Denmark. Hjørring has some of the oldest traces of settlements nationally and an established cultural landscape....more
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2020.
12.25The World's Tallest Tower in Toronto and a Vertical City in Dubai: 10 Unbuilt Projects Submitted by our Readers
Scale dramatically shapes how we experience architecture and the built environment. Whether looking at buildings by volume, square area or height, the larger a project gets, the greater our perception changes....more
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2020.
12.24Sant Daniel House / Sau Taller d'Arquitectura
The main aim of the reform is to improve the conditions of habitability through low-cost measures with a minimal environmental impact. The challenge to organise the functional program of a room with a width of 3....more
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2020.
12.24Expansion of Apartment in Brazil Building / Alvorada Arquitetos
“Renovation is about bringing a new meaning for your home” We had performed a full renovation on this apartment located on the Brasil Tower in Sao Paulo – Brazil back in 2015. In 2020, the owner decided to acquire the unit next door and invited our o...more
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2020.
12.23Café KUO’S & KUO’S Showroom / STUDIO IMA
She is always in a dream As you can see in the design slogan, Café KUO’S has been planned from the beginning to touch women’s hearts. It represents one of the marketing strategies called Sense marketing, and includes the experience with the value,...more
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2020.
12.23Pantone’s Color of the Year 2021: Yellow and Grey in Architecture
On December 9, Pantone announced its color(s) of the year for 2021: PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating. Selecting two colors for only the second time in 22 years, Pantone described the chosen yellow and gray as independent...more
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2020.
12.22How Has Public Space Changed in 2020?
The pandemic provided a unique circumstance for city-scale experiments regarding mobility, while immediate responses showed the transformative power of tactical urbanism. In many cities, the measures meant to ensure social distancing are to be kept i...more
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2020.
12.22Bosjes Chapel / Steyn Studio
The new chapel, set within a vineyard in South Africa, is designed by South-African born Coetzee Steyn of London based Steyn Studio. Its serene sculptural form emulates the silhouette of surrounding mountain ranges, paying tribute to the historic Cap...more
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2020.
12.18The Erlang Liquor Storehouse of Langjiu Estate / Langjiu Group + DCA
The project site is situated in Erlang Town, Gulin County, Sichuan Province of China. Erlang Town is the original place of Langjiu Liquor, one of the two most prestigious soy-sauce scents Baijiu in China that produced alongside the Chishui River....more
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2020.
12.18MESA Bar and Restaurant / Laura Mottin Arquitetura
MESA was born with the purpose of receiving people and transmitting them to the "soul of the house" as if they were all family and friends. Located in an old building in the Moinhos de Vento neighborhood, in Porto Alegre, we were inspired b...more
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2020.
12.17Suzhou Bay Grand Theater / Christian de Portzamparc
The Suzhou Bay Cultural Center is part of a series of emblematic projects initiated by the city through the Wujiang Lakefront Masterplan. On the shores of Lake Tai, Christian de Portzamparc discovered the deserted plain in 2013, while appreciating th...more
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2020.
12.17Nendo unveils a credit card-sized phone for OPPO that unfolds into three screens
OPPO, a leading smart device company, has tapped renowned japanese design studio nendo to explore the possibilities of the future of design. the collaboration showcases an exploration into form design, materials and interaction, resulting in the slid...more
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2020.
12.16The Smile Residential Building / BIG
Text description provided by the architects. Bridging Harlem’s active 125th Street corridor and the quieter 126th Street, The Smile is a mixed-used development that houses a nursing school on the street level and residential apartment units above....more
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2020.
12.16Changzhou Towngas Service Center / Architecture & Engineers of Southeast University
Changzhou Ganghua Gas Service dispatch Center is located on the west side of East Yangtze Road, Zhonglou District, Changzhou city. The east side of the site is urban green space. After completion, it will become the first comprehensive business accep...more
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2020.
12.11Tiny Houses Comarca Contuy / Utreras Arquitectos
The work is situated among the trees near the shores of the Paildad estuary, in the rural sector of Contuy, commune of Queilen, Chiloe Island, situated within the complex "Comarca Contuy", www.comarcacontuy....more
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2020.
12.11MVRDV's Winy Maas on Dipping Our Planet in Green in Design and the City Podcast
Design and the City a podcast by reSITE, on how to make cities more livable and lovable, raising questions and proposing solutions for the city of the future, kicks off its second season, with Winy Maas....more
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2020.
12.11Reading, an Ocean / Cheng Tsung FENG
Taiwanese artist Cheng Tsung FENG always focuses on traditional handcrafted culture. For the large-scale installation art for Hsinchu State Library, his subject is “Chinese Stitched Binding”, which is a kind of book binding method with a long history...more
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2020.
12.07Spirit and truth by Florence Lo
Face ID (Face ID) creates a magic power for people to make up for image defects and tends to tailor themselves to perfection, but the series of works "Trumen's World" and "Empty Face"...more
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2020.
12.07Jardin Anglais Cafe Pavilion / Dreier Frenzel Architecture + Communication
Initially thought of as a military installation, Chillon Castle has become meanwhile an international tourist destination. The gentle meanders of the garden layouts, inspired by Rousseau, offer the visitor the opportunity to take a stroll....more
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2020.
12.05Why We Should Integrate Tactile Surfaces into Architecture
Accessibility is one of the most important considerations in architecture, ensuring that the built environment caters to people of all abilities. However, popular conceptions of what disability and accessibility look like remain limited, and often en...more
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2020.
12.03The Politics of Shared Spaces
The solo show of Nigerian painter Eniwaye Oluwaseyi highlights how identities, narratives and power struggles are defined within the spaces we share, with a focus on marginalized communities in the current sociopolitical climate....more
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2020.
12.02House of the Nuns / Mário Martins Atelier
The house was built from scratch on the degraded space of a vehicle workshop. A new building appears behind a really massive, powerful wall that is more than a meter thick, guarding the memories of successive occupations and that now plays the role f...more
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2020.
12.01Superanfibio Coffe Shop / Grupo Studio
Superanfibio Coffe Shop it´s a space which speaks about details, simplicity, transparency and of bringing back the essence of things and life, a place where special moments and relations comes to life. It is a space in the conjunction of great gastro...more
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2020.
11.30YTL Headquarters / Ministry of Design
To unify. YTL Corporation Berhad, a large Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate founded in 1955, grew from a small construction firm into a global infrastructure company spanning oil & gas, cement, construction, property development and hotels....more
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11.27Engineers design a heated face mask to filter and inactivate coronaviruses
The reusable mask would include a heated copper mesh that’s powered by a battery and surrounded by insulating neoprene. The research described in this article has been published on a preprint server but has not yet been peer-reviewed by scientific...more
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2020.
11.24L’Artesà Theatre / Forgas Arquitectes + AMM Arquitectes
The “L’Artesà” theatre is located in the heart of the town of Prat de Llobregat and was built in 1919 according to the project of the architect Antoni Pascual i Carretero. It was in operation until 1988, the year in which it closed its doors to the p...more
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2020.
11.23Tour a Colorful Idyll in Upstate New York Where Charm Reigns
Creative power couple Kevin Ryan and Rob Ashford fashioned a seductive hideaway deep in a former 1920s woodland resort. When not on a plane between continents, Tony and Emmy Award–winning director and choreographer Rob Ashford has long escaped on ...more
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2020.
11.19Giulio iacchetti references an ox-shaped sardinian carnival mask to design 'boès' mirror
To celebrate the rich history of sardinia, giulio iacchetti has teamed up with traditional wood craftsman, diego moretti of ebanisteria meccanica, to create the ‘boès’ mirror and coat rack. the design is inspired by one of the most famous masks of th...more
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2020.
11.17Tree House / Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design
The architects have been involved with previous projects on this tree-rich property, and were commissioned to design a small contemporary house to compliment the existing collection of buildings - spatially organised around a modern interpretation of...more
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2020.
11.10Barbara Wildenboer: SUPER/NATURAL
The exhibition consists of a series of collages, sculptures, photographic works, found objects and altered books by artist Barbara Wildenboer whose work arises curiousity, urging viewers to dig a little deeper into the mysterious nature of reality....more
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2020.
11.09Jean Nouvel Explains His Latest Design—A Resort Hidden Within the Rocks of Saudi Arabia
“I have a lot of admiration for the desert,” says Jean Nouvel. “The desert, for me, is a totally metaphysical dimension, surely a poetic dimension. We vanish in the middle of it, are alone in the middle of its vastness....more
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2020.
11.023XN Plans Denmark's First Climate-Positive Hotel
3XN has revealed plans for a hotel wing in denmark that will be built, clad, and insulated using wooden materials that will not only be CO2 neutral, but climate-positive. the project has been designed for hotel green solution house (hotel GSH), a hot...more
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2020.
10.26MTA launches live new york subway map to show trains moving in real-time
The metropolitan transportation authority (MTA) has launched a live digital map that lets users navigate the new york subway system in real-time. the ambitious project marks the subway map’s first major redesign in four decades, replacing the design ...more
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2020.
10.26MTA launches live new york subway map to show trains moving in real-time
The metropolitan transportation authority (MTA) has launched a live digital map that lets users navigate the new york subway system in real-time. the ambitious project marks the subway map’s first major redesign in four decades, replacing the design ...more
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2020.
10.23Sam Friedman: Island
A solo exhibition of American artist Sam Friedman, composed entirely of new paintings that focusοn the themes of landscape painting and natural phenomena. -LOCATION Mantzouraki 16, Athina 115 24, Greece -VENUE Dio Horia Project Space -ADMISSIO...more
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2020.
10.19Beyou is a transforming chair with over 10 different ways to sit
The team at bravo tribe has taken their own experiences of working from home and channeled them into a new furniture piece called ‘beyou’. with over 10 different positions that you can switch between in seconds, this transforming chair intends to rev...more
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2020.
10.16OMA/AMO designs yellow, intimate and tactile space for prada's SS21 virtual show
amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of milan is experimenting with its reopening, this time through its world-famous fashion week. leading the way is milanese luxury fashion brand, prada, who presented a spectator-less virtual fashion show designe...more
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2020.
10.12Berry Creative designs Climate Change Stamps with heat-reactive ink
Berry Creative's stamps aim to raise awareness on climate change The stamps are printed with heat-reactive ink When heated with a finger, the stamps reveal hidden images --- These stamps by Finnish studio Berry Creative feature images of...more
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2020.
10.08Smart Cities need Smarter Design Education | Sushant Verma | TEDxGurugram
On a multi-institutional level, good design and proper design education have not been able to catch up with the rate of technological advancements. The few and far between examples of excellent design serve to remind us of the change that is yet to t...more
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2020.
10.05Luminous, undulating brickwork defines wallmakers' pirouette house in India
Indian architecture studio wallmakers realizes its sculptural pirouette house in the center of india’s urban and crowded city of trivandrum. the dwelling, constructed of undulating brickwork, is sited along a small plot that had been suffocated by ot...more
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2020.
09.30Graphic Designer Fixes The 9 Worst Logos Ever
Regular readers of Digital Synopsis must have read our article on 25 epic logo design fails. Now, Italian graphic designer Emanuele Abrate has come up with an interesting project in which he has redesigned the 9 worst logos out of that list....more
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2020.
09.28the sculptural 'desert house' in joshua tree, california is photographed by lance gerber
photographer lance gerber captures the formal desert architecture of kendrick bangs kellogg and the sweeping interiors by designer john vugrin. nestled among the rocky terrain of joshua tree, california, the house takes the form of an organic object ...more
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2020.
09.25UX For Kids: A Personal Journey
As a user experience designer, most of my career has been focused on designing for adults. When the opportunity arose to help redesign a product for kids, I jumped at the chance to learn something new. Though, switching focuses from serving adult aud...more
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2020.
09.21How to Develop an Empathic Approach in Design Thinking
Empathy requires us to put aside our learning, culture, knowledge, opinions, and worldview purposefully in order to understand other peoples’ experiences of things deeply and meaningfully. It requires a strong sense of imagination for us to be able t...more
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2020.
09.18These Brilliant Ads Use Optical Illusions To Encourage People To Wear A Mask
McCann Health New York and renowned Israeli artist Noma Bar have come up with an exceptional campaign for cold & flu medicine brand Mucinex. The six-ad series reminds people to wear a mask if they want to get back to their normal life amidst the ...more
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2020.
09.14Graphic Design Style: The Ultimate Guide
Graphic design is an ever expanding creative discipline. A great designer is not just someone who is skilled and versatile on the tools. Great designers are also exceptionally rigorous researchers. We would argue that the ability to research and cont...more
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2020.
09.09Call for Entries 11th WOLDA
The corona virus affects the communications industry worldwide. Nevertheless, WOLDA has started with the new competition, because we want to set a sign of continuity. The reaction is good, because many designers and agencies from all over the world h...more
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2020.
09.07Creative studio Unknown, Untitled places "immersive collaboration" at its core
Unknown, Untitled is a creative studio based in Paris, France, which specialises in industrial design and counts Facebook and Rimowa as two of its clients. It was founded in 2016 by Sylvain Chasseriaux, Maxime Loiseau and François Rybarczyk, three...more
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2020.
09.04Is Salutogenic Design the Next Big Issue For the Workplace?
A number of progressive workplace issues have crossed into mainstream thinking over the past few years, and perhaps none more so than biophilia. It is now a principle that has become an issue talked about in the mass media, as shown by a recent CNN i...more
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2020.
08.31Walden House / Formative Architects
When a day has spring feeling and wet after raining in Muchang-ri, we met a late 40's dink couple on a wide and warm site which has cozy atmosphere with moderate mountain. They were dreaming a rural life depart from city life that quiet and can ...more
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2020.
08.24Notary Van Damme / Govaert & Vanhoutte Architects
Three notaries employ 24 employees in the Van Damme notary in Bruges. The building was designed around a number of essential spaces, such as auditoriums, meeting rooms, closed and open offices. This functional approach was aesthetically conceived to ...more
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2020.
08.17House H / KC Design Studio
“If a building is compared to a box, its doors and windows introduce the greenness and natural light into the box underground. To make it breathe is our romantic feeling in the design of the space.” The project is a building nearly forty years old o...more
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2020.
08.14Graphic Design Trends 2020: Breaking the Rules
Graphic design trends 2020 are here and about to steal your heart! Year 2020 is less than three months away and everyone is already wondering what the world of graphic design will look like. Undoubtedly, graphic design has always been a field of d...more
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2020.
08.10Comarina House / Cidadela Arquitetos
I Answering the request for the conception and design for a Gourmet Restaurant, we developed the project with the idea of a Guesthouse, private equipment as complement of the first. The group intends to relate to the wine production, and to frame thi...more
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2020.
08.07Design Trends: Education
Our environments shape the way we experience a space. Architects and designers inherently know that good, intentional design can promote student success both academically and socially and, as we move away from traditional classroom settings to spaces...more
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2020.
08.03PPAA - "Las Golondrinas"
Las Golondrinas Year: 2018 Location: Valle de Bravo, México Construction: 350 m2 Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas, Miguel Vargas, Christopher Torres, Jesús García, Camila Ureña Las Golondrinas is located in Valle de Brav...more
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2020.
07.318 Ways COVID-19 Will Impact the Future of Interior Design
The allure of gazing into a crystal ball isn’t so much about seeing the future of design as it is about knowing how to prepare for it. To that end, AD PRO asked a number of experts to detail how they think COVID-19 will impact key aspects of interior...more
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2020.
07.27Nature Can Be Integrated Into Urban Environment
‘UNIC,’ MAD Architects’ first built project in Europe, is nearing completion. Led by Ma Yansong, MAD was awarded the project in 2012 through an international design competition in collaboration with local French firm Biecher Architectes....more
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2020.
07.24Yakusha Design Imagines A Minimalist Glass Cabin for A Surfer
With a 270-degree glass structure, the idea behind The Air cabin by Yakusha Design is to create a feeling of weightlessness and provoke a sense of impossible architecture. With a prominent position overlooking the horizon and directly confronting the...more
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2020.
07.21The Highest Levels of Craftsmanship
Armani’s approach is to offer an experience over a mere shopping service. Customers are encouraged to feel the fabrics, notice and compare textures and discover how each house style interacts, moves and wears in differing real-life environments....more
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2020.
07.20Tianjing Zarsion Exhibition Center / Ruf Architects
EXHIBITION CENTER, TIANJIN, CHINA Architects: Ruf Architects Area: 450 m² Year: 2020 Photographs: Yijie Hu Architect In Charge: Mingbo Qian Engineering: Kunlun Green Building Wood Structure Technology Co....more
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2020.
07.17"Education spaces will never be the same again" says Roar report
Pic(1),Curl la Tourelle Head's concept for pop-up teaching spaces could expand capacity for socially distanced learning. Pic(2),UNIT Fabrications created mobile screens for a primary school in London to aid social distancing....more
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2020.
07.13Cangzhou Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town’s Service Community / y.ad studio
CANGZHOU, CHINA ・Architects: y.ad studio ・Area: 26667 m² ・Year: 2020 ・Photographs: Lotan Architectural Photography ・Manufacturers: Viva, 桃花江, 瑞奥格 ・Design Team: Yang Yan, Maofeng He, Yu Yan ・Construction Drawings: Hebei Jingcheng Architectural ...more
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2020.
07.10A New College Model? Design it with Students.
A New College Model? Design it with Students. Local high school students in Tucson, Arizona, participate in the early stages of program design for the new Catholic University model. When I got a phone call from the Provost of Catholic Universi...more
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2020.
07.06Victor Vasilev's Multidisciplinary Work is United By Pursuit of "Formal and Material Purity"
VDF studio: Bulgaria-born, Milan-based architect Victor Vasilev designs furniture, products and interiors as well as buildings in a bid to create holistic home environments. The resulting projects range from a Tuscan family house with custom-made ...more
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2020.
06.25GENTLE MONSTER's dollhouse pop-up store boasts a half-scaled façade
You probably already know GENTLE MONSTER for its bold, avant-garde designs of sunglasses and optical glasses. What you might not know yet is that the south korean eyewear brand takes an equally radical approach when it comes to the way they desig...more
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2020.
06.18Monte Uzulu is a boutique hotel in the Oaxacan jungle by Taller Lu'um and At-te
Mexican studios Taller Lu'um and At-te designed this boutique hotel in Oaxaca to showcase local craft with earthen walls, doors made from local wood and a thatched roof. Called Monte Uzulu, the hotel is located in San Agustinillo, a small fis...more
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2020.
06.04Plants cover grey steel of Hotel Click Clack Medellín by Plan:b Arquitectos
Verdant greenery contrasts with the concrete benches and grey metal walls of a hotel in Medellín, Colombia, designed by Plan:b Arquitectos. Plants native to the mountainous region around Medellín grow from planters built into the steel walls and h...more
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2020.
05.185 Big Trends Shaping Product Design in 2020
Today, consumers need the latest technology more than ever. Moreover, they are increasingly willing to pay more for these technologies. However, they also want environmentally responsible products. They increasingly want to buy products from authenti...more
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2020.
05.13They will provide citizens and visitors with a unique and culturally immersive Xiangyang experience
Aedas has released images of the new Xiangyang Overseas Chinese Town Cultural & Tourism Development Area Joy Town. Expected to be completed in 2022, the project, located in the Ecological and Cultural Tourism Department in western Hubei....more
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2020.
05.11The Outrageous Azulik Villas In The Tulum Jungle
In jungles around the world, architects are developing eco-tourist hotels far from the city lights to offer up enchanting, unusual experiences. The design is by an Argentine-born local hotel owner who simply goes by Roth, whose vision was to build...more
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2020.
05.06LUO Studio turns abandoned concrete foundations into community centre
Architcture practice. LUO Studio has extended the abandoned foundations and concrete columns of a residential project with a timber-framed upper storey to create a community centre in Yuanheguan, China....more
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2020.
04.26Ahmed Hossam Saafan builds a yellow cultural center in one of Cairo's most populated slums
With the idea of changing architectural paradigms within one of Cairo’s largest informal settlements, Ahmed Hossam Saafan has designed the Dawar El Ezba cultural center in the heart of Ezbet Khairallah....more
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2020.
04.19Canvas House is a co-living space in Singapore with all-white interiors
Ministry of Design has created completely white interiors for this co-living space, which occupies a traditional shophouse in Singapore. Situated at the heart of Singapore's buzzing Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood, Canvas House provides shared ac...more
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2020.
04.11Onion builds a huge material library and co-working space for designers in Bangkok
Design studio, Onion, was commissioned by a Thai builders’ merchant to create a new material library and co-working space in Bangkok. Offering a free-of-charge place for young designers, suppliers and the general public, ‘workspace’ covers a huge are...more
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2020.
04.07Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities
Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKT II have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities....more
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2020.
03.27House in Takatsuki by Tato Architects has 16 different floor levels
A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. Designed by Tato Architects, House in Takatsuki is a three-storey building containing 16 different floor levels....more
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2020.
03.14The Future Perfect turns 1970s Beverly Hills house into third Casa Perfect showroom
Design gallery The Future Perfect has created its third Casa Perfect showroom to pay homage to its 1970s aesthetic of the Beverly Hills house it inhabits. The roaming gallery opened its showroom in the Trousdale Estates neighbourhood to follow pre...more
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2020.
03.11Open Call for projects for Helsinki Design Week 2020
For the main exhibition of Helsinki Design Week 2020, curator Margriet Vollenberg invites international creatives to submit their work(s). From 11–13 September 2020, the newly renovated Olympic Stadium will form the stage for ground-breaking design...more
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2020.
03.09Waterfrom design repurposes gas cylinders to create industrial office in Taiwan
When the team at Waterfrom design was commissioned to complete the interior of ideal gas lab‘s new office in Taiwan, they developed a space that makes direct reference to the company’s scientific operations....more
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2020.
03.06Green Product Award Exhibition 2020
The Green Product Award invites you to the international Green Product Award exhibition, which takes place from March 11 to 15, 2020 at IHM Munich, Hall B2 Stand B2.438 on the Green Campus as part of the international craft fair....more
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2020.
03.04Dial Design's project "Past Continuous" won the IF design award 2020.
Congratulation our member Shiho Chu's studio Dial Design, whose project "Past Continuous" won the IF design award 2020. ------------ The Introduce The warmth of the wooden houses is telling the stories of cozy, peaceful old days...more
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2020.
02.28Go.Do.Be. LIVE!
Our adviser Annie Ivanova spend a whole year of 2019 researching and creating a new self-coaching tool- "Go.Do.Be. LIVE!", she also made the paintings and the designs, you could use them as tools to become a savvy designer of the rewarding...more
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2020.
02.27A' Design Award and Competition's deadline until Feb 28 - midnight, 2020
A' Design Award and Competition is the World’s largest, most prestigious and influential design accolade, the highest achievement in design. A' Design Award Winner Logo, symbolizes exceptional design excellence in your products, projects an...more
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2020.
02.19Aloha - An Inspirational Trip at Hawaii
During the winter break, I finally have some spare time away from the cold winter on the MIT campus. “He that travels far knows much” said by Thomas Fuller, which is true to me. Travel for me as well as for most other people is one impactful way to g...more
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2020.
02.17MUJI's 'plain house' is a single-storey timber dwelling for diverse lifestyles
Continuing its foray into holistic living environments, MUJI has unveiled plans for a single-storey timber dwelling designed to support diverse ways of living. Called ‘yō no ie’, or ‘plain house’, the home has been configured to accommodate a wide ra...more
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2020.
02.12COURAGE, I have chosen life and life has chosen me: A personal journal about the power of courage as a way to heal
“COURAGE, I chose life & life chose me” is a book write by our member Ros Hemley, who is a interior designer, experienced speaker and educator. She shares her story about making the choice to deal with the illness with courage, dignity and grace ...more
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2020.
02.04Studio Amit designs elderly housing with "sense of vitality" in Israel
Tel Aviv's Studio Amit has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. Studio Amit designed the project for Maccabi Healthcare Services' chain of private, upscale retirement complexes around...more
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2020.
01.21Where was the beginning of ancient Chinese culture? 一個什麼樣的地方開啟了中國古人類和孕育中國的民族文化?
Shannxi Province is, the origin of the entire Chinese culture. It’s capital city Xian, also known as Chang’an, the start of the old silk road, carries thousands of years of old history and culture. The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracott...more
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2020.
01.15Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Three internal courtyards in a timber-clad bungalow designed by Osaka-based practice Arbol in Akashi, Japan, provide space for growing food and drying clothes. Located in a quiet neighbourhood, the rooms of minimalist House in Akashi turn inwards ...more
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2020.
01.10Freitag opens store in Kyoto, complete with DIY workshop + industrial aesthetics
Following its first store in Japan, which opened in 2011 in Tokyo, Freitag has now opened a second outlet, setting up a new tarpaulin distribution center in an 80-sq.m space in Kyoto. The Zurich-based company, which transforms used truck tarps into n...more
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2020.
01.08The call for entries for the 2020 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is now open.
The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, now in its twelfth year, is a globally recognized competition dedicated to the design of food & beverage spaces. The Awards invites and receives entries from the world'...more
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2020.
01.06How this hotel helps forge relationships between its visitors and the locale
KANAZAWA, JAPAN – ‘Our goal was not to create just another place to sleep,' says Japanese designer Yusuke Seki, about his design of the Kumu Share Hotel in Kanazawa, Japan. Yusuke's minimalism always belies his prolific mining of the contex...more
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2019.
12.30Fathom finishes Miyanishi Yakeyama hair salon in Japan with wall of greenery + copper pipes
Fathom has based the design of the Miyanishi Yakeyama hair salon in the Japanese city of Kure, on Laputa, the flying island in castle in the sky, a Japanese animated steampunk fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki....more
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2019.
12.26The British Museum cooperates with Lano Hotel
Design Company：Taipei Base Design Center Project：The British Museum cooperates with Lano Hotel Designers：Roy Huang Associate Designers：Zona Chang, Debbie Du Photographer：Black Wang Design Time：2018/01 Completion Time：2019/01 Area of Base：4800 ...more
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2019.
12.25A Design Sprint Project Reflection – Revisit Teamwork in the Lens of Kano Model
The article is inspired by one of the courses I took at MIT. It was a 6-week design sprint project with a 3-member team specialized in design, engineering and business respectively. The project brief is an interesting topic that covers a very broad r...more
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2019.
12.23Steven Chilton Architects completes "bamboo forest" theatre in Wuxi
The Wuxi Taihu Show Theatre, which is wrapped in a steel structure designed to look like a bamboo forest, has opened in China. The theatre in Wuxi, a city near Shanghai in eastern China, was designed by Steven Chilton Architects as the permanent h...more
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2019.
12.18Aya Codama's works of December in 2019
Our member Aya Codama is very active on her fields - Packaging Design. She founded BULLET Inc. in 2013. Let's get a look on some of her packaging design works of December in 2019. CantaCarta - Diary http://cantacarta....more
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2019.
12.16Wolfgang Tschapeller adds suspended bookshelves to Cornell University library
Architecture firm Wolfgang Tschapeller has renovated a library at Cornell University and added suspended shelving, which prompted criticisms about the potential for upskirting when it opened in earlier this year....more
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2019.
12.13Junsekino combines wooden cantilevers with exposed steel for contemporary home in bangkok
Famed Thai architecture firm Junsekino recently completed the Nakhon Chai Si house located in the outer part of Bangkok. A residence that houses three generations of Thai/Chinese family members, the project shares the site with the family’s factory b...more
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2019.
12.11Ponti Design Studio latest project: MOJU
Product Design | CMF | Conceptual | Planters Conceptual Design (2019) Moju is a series of 5 indoor planters whose compact size and clean lines can complement any room. Moju comes from the Japanese “mojurā”, meaning modular....more
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2019.
12.09Pastel pinks and massive stones fill Molos group's design of a beauty salon in Kosovo
Kosovo-based design firm Molos group created a contemporary, yet raw, beauty salon following its brand identity and theme of ‘angel’. Located in Prishtina, the capital city of Kosovo, the salon is tastefully decorated with elements referencing wings ...more
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2019.
12.05The 2nd Hakka Impression International Poster Exhibition 2019
本次展览共展出来自美国、阿根廷、厄瓜多尔、芬兰、丹麦、德国、瑞士、意大利、波兰、捷克、斯洛伐克、匈牙利、印度尼西亚、日本、韩国、中国内地及香港、澳门、台湾等19个国家和地区的一百余幅受邀设计师作品，不同地区与文化背景的差异，使本次展览的作品构成具有独特的多样性，观者可以从中感受到不同思考维度间的设计表达。 在本次邀约的创作中，设计师多以客家文化现象为基点，多元解读不同文化背景下传统与现代、城市与自然、东方与西方，传承与创新等对应关系，有的更基于社会生活层面展开有关边界、生命、生活，情感等方...more
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2019.
12.04C-IDEA Design Award 2019 is calling now till 29, February 2020
About C-IDEA Design Award C -IDEA DESIGN AWARD 2019 is the non-profile international student competition, it will collect the student works from all around the world in different design categories. This year they join forces with TAIWAN CREATIVE STA...more
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2019.
12.02Bathhouse spa with sensory deprivation tank opens in old Williamsburg soda factory
A 1930s soda factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been transformed into bathhouse with a subterranean spa influenced by Scandinavian saunas, Russian banyas and Turkish hammams. Founders Jason Goodman and Travis Talmadge collaborated with Manhatta...more
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2019.
11.29The works of 「浮光.歸真」exhibition in Xian, China by our member Lo Fang Chun
Our member Lo Fang Chun is holding an exhibition ─「浮光.歸真」 in Xian, China. For those who can't be on site, she is generous to share with us her delightful works. Info: Time- 2019/11/1~2020/2/16 Place- Chicony Plaza, Xian,China The media- h...more
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2019.
11.27J-COLLABO ANNUAL GROUP EXHIBITION 2019
J-COLLABO ANNUAL GROUP EXHIBITION 2019 Our member Kazuhiro Sakamaki is going to display his 4 works in the J-COLLABO ANNUAL GROUP EXHIBITION 2019. There is a limit to the art market in Japan, and there are many artists and creators out of Japan...more
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2019.
11.25Cristiano Bianchi and Kristina Drapić document Pyongyang, north Korea's 'model city'
Rrom the ideal cities of the renaissance, to modernist utopias such as Brasília or Chandigarh, ‘model’ cities have existed throughout history. However, Pyongyang, the capital of north Korea, is a metropolis like no other....more
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2019.
11.21「浮光.歸真」exhibition - <Walking Absurd> series by our member Lo Fang Chun
This exhibition shows Lo Fang Chun’s recent creation: <Walking Absurd> This series represents the artist’s mature technique, infused with Postmodernism and Ukiyo-e styles, the works make a point of self-reflection and judgement of the interacti...more
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2019.
11.18T Sakhi's Lebanon pavilion uses walls to activate social interaction
Beirut studio T Sakhi redefined the wall as a hub for social connection with its pavilion for Dubai Design Week, which comments on the "resilience" of Lebanese society in the face of current socio-political unrest....more
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2019.
11.18Portfolio100 波兰海报之旅预报名开始！ 预报名可享优惠！
世界上第一座海报博物馆，以及世界上最早、最具声望和影响力的海报双年展，这里正是被誉为“海报王国”的波兰。波兰海报在设计上具有独特的风格和突出的艺术水准，在国际上享有盛名，给全世界的平面设计带来了广泛而深远的影响。 2020年7月 Portfolio100 国际艺术游学将带领大家在“海报王国”波兰通过一系列的海报设计文化考察、海报印刷工艺体验与实践，海报的设计与制作活动，深度了解波兰海报，感受波兰海报文化的独特魅力，来一次真正的海报文化体验之旅！ *** 行程亮点 1....more
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2019.
11.13Open Call for Ventura Future during Milan Design Week 2020
Organisation in Design invites design studios and creative brands from all over the world to submit their work(s) for the third edition of Ventura Future. Returning to cultural project BASE Milano from 21 - 26 April during Milan Design Week 2020, Ven...more
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2019.
11.11A stepped garden provides produce for the residents of the red roof house in Vietnam
TAA design, an architecture firm based in Ho Chi Minh city, has completed a small property in the Vietnamese province of Quang Ngai. The dwelling, named ‘red roof house’, is topped with a vegetable garden that also serves as place for socialization a...more
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2019.
11.05“Designers in Residence” 2020 in Pforzheim
Since 2016, the town of Pforzheim in Germany invites together with Pforzheim University and the Design Center Baden-Württemberg international designers to Pforzheim as part of its scholarship program. The call for entries for the residency in 2020 is...more
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11.04Enota encloses pool in Slovenia with geometric roof
Ljubljana-based studio Enota has replaced an outdoor swimming pool with a pool covered in a rugged landscape of geometric, funnel-like roof structures at the Terme Olimia Spa in Slovenia. Designed to blend in with the pitched rooflines of the surr...more
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2019.
10.30LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION Regular deadline: November 9
LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION Since starting out in 2006, the London International Creative Competition has been recognising and rewarding the world’s most fresh and progressive talents. Our artists are connected not by conventions, but ...more
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2019.
10.29Here's one way to design a retail space that stands out in an (airport) crowd
Creating a strong presence in retail environments heavily concentrated with shops can be a challenge for brands. Especially so in a place like an airport, where distractions are plentiful. Renesa Architecture’s work for Opium, a premium eyewear brand...more
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2019.
10.24A Brief Discussion on Object-Process Methodology (OPM) and Design Thinking Approach
I. The Definition of OPM Most designers know the “Design Thinking Approach”. Generally speaking, it starts from identifying the right questions, conducting in-person researches, seeking for inspiration, ideation, prototyping, and refinement....more
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2019.
10.23The European Product Design Award™ is calling now.
The European Product Design Award™ The Product Design Award recognizes the efforts of talented designers and design teams who aim to improve our daily lives with a practical and beautiful creation, designed to solve a problem, make life easier or si...more
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2019.
10.22Red Dot Award: Product Design call for entry now.
About Red Dot Award: Product Design The Red Dot Award: Product Design, whose origins date back to 1955, appraises the best products created every year. In 49 categories, manufacturers and designers can enter their innovations in the competition....more
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2019.
10.17IDA design competition - FINAL DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31ST
13TH ANNUAL INT’L DESIGNER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Gain worldwide exposure: Enter one of the most respected Design Awards. Architects and interior designers, product designers, graphic designers and fashion designers are invited to submit their work for ...more
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10.15DESIGNART X DESIGN PIER TOKYO in October 18-27th 2019
Design Pier is proud to produce DESIGNART TOKYO‘s main event at the beautiful « World » building in Aoyama. The exhibition joins the “1% for Art” campaign and encourage society to support the development of art and design in Japan and in partner c...more
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2019.
10.14iF DESIGN AWARD 2020 Last chance registration on Oct 18
First awarded in 1953, the iF DESIGN AWARD is the oldest independent design seal in the world. It is a symbol of outstanding design achievements that focuses on the innovative power of design. Every year, companies, designers, agencies and archite...more
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2019.
10.08包浩斯 然後呢 Beyond Bauhaus
On the topic of "Beyond Bauhaus", this exhibition invites designers from various profession and countries, to analyze their design works and rethinking the Bauhaus spirit from. With the aim to reproduce the Bauhaus social experiment, they ...more
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2019.
10.07Bjarke Ingels Group's Copenhill power plant opens in Copenhagen
‘Copenhill’, a transformed power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark, has officially opened to the public. Designed by BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group and landscape architecture firm SLA, the project — also known as ‘Amager Bakke’ — is a waste-to-energy plant with...more
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2019.
10.04DESIGN PIER team is happy to invite you to FINE ART ASIA show in 3 - 7 Oct 2019
DESIGN PIER team is happy to invite you to FINE ART ASIA show where they present the beautiful and one of a kind COEXIST collection of DANIEL KAMP in collaboration with PÉKIN FINE ARTS GALLERY Hong Kong....more
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2019.
10.02Minami Nursery School - Toki Design Co., Ltd.
Minami Nursery School is designed by Toki Design Co., Ltd., which is established by our member Hiroyuki Kikuchi. This project won the “13th Kids Design Award” this year and it's their continuous 8th year win this award....more
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2019.
09.25Sakura So Nursery School Motogo - Toki Design Co., Ltd.
Sakura So Nursery School Motogo is designed by Toki Design Co., Ltd., which is established by our member Hiroyuki Kikuchi. This project won the “13th Kids Design Award” this year and it's their continuous 8th year win this award....more
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2019.
09.23'The Twist' by Bjarke Ingels group opens at Kistefos sculpture park
Spanning the winding Randselva river, a unique new building connects two forested riverbanks at Kistefos — northern Europe’s largest sculpture park. Part museum, part bridge, and part sculpture, ‘The Twist’ has been designed by Bjarke Ingels group (B...more
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2019.
09.18The ICMA - International Creative Media Award
The ICMA - International Creative Media Award - is a worldwide competition that covers the entire field of classic graphic design in print and online. There are four different areas: Custom Media, Books, Logos & Corporate Design and Magazines....more
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2019.
09.17Kaeng Krachan Library - Junsekino Architect and Design
Kaeng Krachan Library is a project located on the rural part of Thailand, among the surrounded by shady tree and peaceful nature of Petchaburi Province. The initiation of this project started from the owner wanting to build a public library as a gift...more
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2019.
09.11Ventura Dubai invites you to experience the best of contemporary design at INDEX 2019.
Ventura Dubai presents 31 innovative, international and iconic design brands at INDEX in a 1,000 sq m exhibition with a focus on creativity, ingeniousness, craftsmanship and sustainability. Visit them from 17-19 September at the Dubai World Trade...more
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2019.
09.09【ADP Sharing】Snøhetta completes office on Norwegian Fjord that produces twice the amount of energy it uses
Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Located on the harbour overlooking Trondheim Fjord, the angular office building...more
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2019.
09.0610th Worldwide Logo Design Award
WOLDA – Worldwide Logo Design Award – is an international competition for logos and business stationery. Wolda‘s aim is to honour the world‘s best work in the area of logo design and business stationery....more
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09.04Cloud of Luster Chapel - KTX archiLAB
Luster, glitter, sparkle, light, shiny, and bright are fundamentals of any modern wedding ceremony. The time for writing a new page in people’s life, a white page, all in joy, all in happiness, all together, open to the future, reflecting dreams and ...more
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2019.
09.02HZA's public toilets in norway feature a concrete ceiling that waves up from the floor
Located in Norway, Helgelandskysten is the longest of the 18 Norwegian scenic routes, encountering many unique natural phenomena like the aurora borealis, the world’s largest tidal maelstrom and the country’s second largest glacier....more
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2019.
08.26An intricate wooden canopy tops JK-AR's house of three trees in South Korea
Located in a rural area of South Korea, JK-AR has completed ‘the house of three trees’, which features a forest-like structure at its center. The residential project has been designed as a contemporary reinterpretation of the typical wooden bracket s...more
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2019.
08.21“LIGHT UP 13 LAYER REMAINS“ - Lighting Ceremony
Located in Ruifang District of New Taipei City, Taiwan, “the historic remains of ShueiNanDong Smelter” was the facility for copper mining during the Japanese colonial period. Designed by the then director - Mike Kikujirou, the structure was built int...more
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2019.
08.19Atelier tree brings life to Beijing storefront with golden heart installation
In an old hutong building, located in west Xinglong street, Beijing, a golden heart shines through its windows. Atelier tree created an installation for the second store of poppee, a quiet two-level shop on the entrance of a hutong....more
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2019.
08.14Inspiration from My Three-month Stay for the Designer in Residence Program in Germany - Part 4/4
V. A Museum Guide Doubles as an Experience Designer: from Achievement to Fulfillment A while ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Cube Design Museum in the Netherlands to share my ideas on Industry 4.0 topics....more
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2019.
08.12Helter skelter installed in Norwich Cathedral so visitors can admire its architecture up close
Norwich Cathedral in England has installed a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its vaulted nave before sliding down. The 16.7-metre-high fairground ride has been positioned in the nave so that its 12-metre-high viewing platform o...more
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2019.
08.07Inspiration from My Three-month Stay for the Designer in Residence Program in Germany - Part 3/4
IV. Design Inspirations from within a Train Carriage: From Five Senses to Integrated Sense On my way from Frankfurt to the Cube Museum in the Netherlands, I transferred to an Arriva-like train after crossing the border....more
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2019.
08.05Atelier Masomi uses colorful metal canopies to build Dandaji market in Niger
Located in the village of Dandaji in Niger, Atelier Masomi has designed a marketplace as a new public space for the local community. Considering the rural area, the previous markets were only temporary, moving from village to village and running on a...more
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2019.
08.01Inspiration from My Three-month Stay for the Designer in Residence Program in Germany - Part 2/4
II. When 3D Printing Meets Traditional Industries – a One-Week Design Sprint with a Century-Old Seal Shop The three-month Designer in Residence program in Pforzheim has offered me plenty of time to interact with local residents, communities and un...more
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2019.
07.29A pop-up in Beijing brings all the coffee drinkers to the (court)yard
BEIJING – The siheyuan is the most traditional of Chinese courtyards– it comprises a mix of residences, palaces, temples and monasteries. But it’s surprising when a non-traditional drink in the country, such as coffee, makes it to the siheyuan....more
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2019.
07.24Inspiration from My Three-month Stay for the Designer in Residence Program in Germany - Part 1/4
I. Jogging Diary: Design Consciousness: Small Things with Big Heart During the three-month Designer in Residence program, I’ve managed to put together a little book, Design Consciousness: Small Things with Big Heart, recording my life here with ph...more
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2019.
07.23Sou Fujimoto's 'white tree' in Montpellier photographed by Nils Koenning
Late last year, the first images of Montpellier’s ‘l’arbre blanc’ or ‘white tree’ development were revealed. Now, with the project complete, photographer Nils Koenning visited the site to document the building as part of the french city’s evolving ur...more
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2019.
07.17Call for submission for the Green Product and Concept Award 2020
----------------------------------------------------- About the awards ----------------------------------------------------- * New in 2020: The theme "Future Village" will be developed with the participants to design sustainable pavilio...more
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2019.
07.15Kientruc o introduces vibrant 'playhouse' kindergarten to Ho Chi Minh city
Architecture firm Kientruc o completes its whimsical ‘TTC elite Saigon kindergarten‘ in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Designed as a playhouse for its students, the project is conceived as a simple and singular geometric shape — a strategy aimed to provo...more
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2019.
07.11WEIJENBERG DESIGNS BLOOM FOR SINGAPORE’S FOUNDERS’ MEMORIAL COMPETITION
WEIJENBERG, an award-winning design firm, has submitted its proposal, BLOOM, for the Founders’ Memorial international competition in Singapore. The team led by founder architect and designer Camiel Weijenberg envisioned a space in a garden that echoe...more
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2019.
07.08Masquespacio adds interactive features to futuristic concept store for publisher in Spain
Masquespacio has completed a project in Valencia, Spain, with the debut of thee first concept store for RUBIO, a famed publisher of Spanish educational books. The project sees Masquespacio infusing the essence of RUBIO into its flagship store, largel...more
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2019.
07.01Ryoji Iedokoro turns Tokyo's Nikunotoriko restaurant into indoor cave
Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. Situated in Tokyo's bustling Roppongi district, Nikunotoriko has been ...more
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2019.
06.26<Design Consciousness - Small Things with Big Heart> - 2019 DESIGNERS IN RESIDENCE IN PFORZHEIM
--- Why Do I Write the Book? --- When I studied industrial design at university in Taiwan, luckily, I had a great chance to read Thoughtless Act by Jane Fulton Suri, IDEO Partner Emeritus. I was very inspired by the way she viewed the product, our...more
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2019.
06.24b2 architecture’s optical illusion colors creative agency office in prague
B2 architecture splashed color into DDB, thee creative agency’s office in prague, by creating an anamorphic optical illusion. Visitors and employees are welcomed by the company’s striking massive logo, painted light blue and white against a black lob...more
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2019.
06.17Foster + Partners completes quartet of high-speed rail stations in Saudi Arabia
Foster + Partners has completed stations in Saudi Arabian cities Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, connected by the 280-mile Haramain high-speed rail line. The stations, "conceived as gateways to each city"...more
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06.12SBID International Design Awards 2019, the deadline for submissions is 8th July 2019.
The SBID International Design Awards 2019 showcases interior design projects to an international audience of potential clients and consumers. The deadline for submissions is Monday 8th July 2019. About the awards: The SBID International Design Aw...more
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2019.
06.10OMA/AMO amplifies shanghai silo with neon light installation for prada menswear show
For the 2020 spring/summer Prada menswear show in Shanghai, AMO — OMA’s research studio — has devised a light installation that seeks to amplify the industrial monumentality and rawness of Minsheng wharf’s silo hall....more
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2019.
06.05Call For Entries: 2019 Taipei International Design Award
Taipei City Government organizes the Taipei International Design Award in the ethos of “Design for Adaptive City”, as an on-going gesture to the world, particularly to those with a passion for creativeness and design, a gesture in projecting the urba...more
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2019.
06.03Pink semi-transparent partitions and floors adorn 'Omakase' restaurant by shanghai hip pop
Envisioned by Shanghai hip pop design, the interior of ‘Omakase’ restaurant has been built to envelop guests in swathes of pink cherry blossom. Situated within a renovated business center in Shanghai, the brief required the creation of a space fit fo...more
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2019.
05.29Jishou Art Museum by Atelier FCJZ doubles as a pedestrian bridge
Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ has completed an art gallery that bridges a river in the city of Jishou, to encourage people to engage with art on their daily commute. The Jishou Art Museum (JAM) traverses the Wanrong river, which runs through the old t...more
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2019.
05.22Groninger Museum to host exhibition curated by Alessandro Mendini
The Groninger Museum building turns 25 this year. In honour of its chief architect, Alessandro Mendini, the museum will mount a major exhibition the famous Italian designer put together and designed shortly before he passed away....more
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05.20This ethereal, multi-purpose flower shop in China is designed like a poem
HANGZHOU, CHINA – Among Hangzhou’s urban jungle is a new outlier: painted a stark white and cobalt blue, the exterior façade of By Jove – a new flower shop in the city – is quite unlike its neighbours in its visage....more
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05.13Monteverdi Hotel avoids "folkloristic approach" to restoration of medieval Tuscan hamlet
Crumbling buildings have been transformed into the boutique Monteverdi Hotel in Tuscany, which includes rustic bedroom suites and a cavernous spa. Monteverdi Hotel is the brainchild of American italophile Michael Cioffi, who has spent years revivi...more
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2019.
05.10Project Of The Week (2019.05.06-10) of SBID – Dou Dou Education Center
This week’s (2019.05.06-10) instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features an inspiring and thoughtfully designed children’s educational centre and a picture book library. With health and safety in the educational centre and library a...more
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2019.
05.08Unearth Asia New York Edition by Design Pier on May 14 - 19, 2019 at Usagi Gallery NYC
Following the success of its Singapore edition, DESIGN PIER proudly partners with NYCxDESIGN to organize the 2nd edition of Unearth Asia exhibition in New York during the Design Week. In its latest exhibition DESIGN PIER proposes an exploration o...more
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2019.
05.06Ménard Dworkind embrace Chinatown kitsch for Miss Wong brasserie in Montreal
Architecture firm Ménard Dworkind has created a microcosm of Chinatown at this a colossal pan-Asian restaurant and bar in Montreal's Laval suburb. When local designer Guillaume Ménard was approached to convert the former Moomba mega-club into...more
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2019.
04.29Koichi Takada reveals final images from inside the national museum of Qatar
Following the national museum of Qatar‘s grand opening in march, Koichi Takada architects presents final photography from inside the museum gift shop and children’s gift shop. The idea behind the interiors designed by the Australian studio intend to ...more
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2019.
04.24Exploring the Middle East design market with low costs and great benefits via Ventura Dubai 2019
After a successful first edition, at the end of the summer Ventura Dubai returns to INDEX (17 to 19 September 2019) at Dubai World Trade Centre for its second edition. The exhibition will focus on high quality products, innovation, craftsmanship ...more
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2019.
04.22Hufton + Crow photograph heatherwick's zeitz MOCAA museum in cape town
In september 2017, after six years of design and construction, zeitz MOCAA — a contemporary art museum located on cape town’s V&A waterfront — opened to the public. Designed by thomas heatherwick’s london-based studio, the institution is the worl...more
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2019.
04.17Interior design, the Italian way - a distinctive educational project across the design disciplines hold by Domus, July 1-7, 2019
- Domus is an international multimedia platform - Established in 1928, Domus brings together the world’s foremost architects, designers, artists, photographers and writers to offer professional audiences a unique, inspiring experience across all p...more
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2019.
04.15Safdie Architects completes world's tallest indoor waterfall at Jewel Changi Airport
An indoor forest sits under a large glazed dome with a rainwater waterfall running through the middle at Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport by Safdie Architects. Safdie Architects led a consortium of architects and designers to build the five-s...more
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2019.
04.10THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2019 IS NOW OPEN, EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL MAY 31, 2019.
THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS 2019 IS NOW OPEN! 10% EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL MAY 31, 2019. Gain worldwide exposure, enter one of the most respected global Design Awards. Architects and interior designers, product designers, graphic designers ...more
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2019.
04.08Frida Escobedo segments Aesop Park Slope with rammed-earth brickwork
Mexican architect Frida Escobedo sourced rammed earth from her home country to make the rosy brick walls in this Aesop store in Brooklyn. Hundreds of slender bricks stacked together and arranged in a gridded design feature in the Escobedo'...more
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2019.
04.03ADesignStudio is returning to Milan as an exhibitor at Local Design as part of the Salone del Mobile events, 8-14 April 2019
ADesignStudio is returning to Milan as an exhibitor at Local Design as part of the Salone del Mobile events, especially given this year’s theme is LIGHT! ADesignStudio’s exhibiton will focus on new product releases including the Greenway Crackle ...more
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2019.
04.01MM++ forms a huge light well to create bright interior of the 'pattern house' in vietnam
MM++ architects has completed the design of the ‘pattern house‘ in Vietnam‘s ho chi minh city. Positioned on a narrow 5m x 15m plot, the construction is an example of the south-east Asian housing type called ‘shop-house’ or ‘tube house’, which are kn...more
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2019.
03.27Kyo-machiya’s revival in the modern age: where tradition and modern technology intersect in a luxurious space, MOGANA
The deep and narrow site is typical in the old city context of Kyoto, famously nicknamed “Unagi no netoko”, or “the eel’s nest”. MOGANA, designed by our member Takashi Yamaguchi, which is arranged with topological symmetry between external and i...more
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2019.
03.26Carpet Sign launches FREEDOM collection during Salone del Mobile in Milan, 9-14 April 2019
MILAN - During this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan, Carpet sign will launch a daring collection of limited-edition rugs. Under the Art Direction of Richard Hutten, the ‘crème de la crème’ of creative Holland made outspoken designs which will be la...more
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2019.
03.25Snøhetta completes Europe's first underwater restaurant in Norway
Snøhetta has completed Under, the "world's largest underwater restaurant", which plunges from a craggy shoreline in the remote village of Båly, Norway. Designed by Snøhetta to resemble a sunken periscope, the 495-square-metre restau...more
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2019.
03.20form. function. fascination: THE CHAIR, 27-31 March 2019 @Lanson Place Hotel
form. function. fascination: THE CHAIR Venue: Lanson Place Hotel Date: 27-31 March 2019 Presenting Hong Kong based and international designers, with works from well-known names to audacious young artists, DESIGN PIER'...more
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2019.
03.19New Global brand and Design Concept - INAX @ Milan Design Week, April 9-14 2019
INAX, which manufactures innovative sanitary ware and artistic tiles, is today known for its sophisticated designs and purposeful technology. Since it fired up its first kilns in the 1920s, the brand has been at the heart of shaping bathrooms in Japa...more
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2019.
03.18On the edge of the boom: a library in rural China
Nowadays, while market-driven dynamics dominate for better or for worse the growth of the largest Chinese metropolitan areas, regions and villages on the edge of the boom become valuable spaces for architectural experimentation....more
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03.15IFI @SALONE - Apr 13, 2019
IFI @SALONE - Apr 13, 2019 Join IFI for the 2nd annual IFI @Salone event, where panel discussion will be hosted by IFI during Salone del Mobile, in Milan, Italy. Participate in the global discussion, focused on “Designing Spaces, Changing Lives” ...more
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2019.
03.14Our member Fang Chun Lo/ Florence's Works
<Gallop>/ 2015/ watercolor/ (109*78cm）- Figure 1 "Crossing every break of waves at a furious pace In remembrance of Enzo Ferrari Continuing the heritage The sound of La Ferrari echoes in the yellow Modena"...more
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2019.
03.14Apply for Design West Summer school from June 22 to July 5, 2019
Experience design on the Wild Atlantic Way. Design West is an international summer design school located in the beautiful village of Letterfrack in Connemara, on the West Coast of Ireland. For two weeks next summer, from June 22nd to July 5th 2019, ...more
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2019.
03.11This Mumbai cafe by NUDES is made almost entirely from cardboard
Situated in Mumbai’s central business district, ‘cardboard bombay’ by NUDES literally explores ‘thinking outside the cardboard box.’ The project by the architect uses the 100% recyclable and biodegradable material to form the interior of the cafe....more
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2019.
03.053 TRENDS CHANGING CHINA.
After a decade in China we understand one thing –the customer culture is very different from the west. Yet, we realize that it is here growth will occur in the next decade. Companies are scrambling to decipher what to keep and when to change as they ...more
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2019.
03.04London International Creative Competition's regular deadline is March 9, 2019
Since starting out in 2006, the London International Creative Competition has been recognising and rewarding the world’s most fresh and progressive talents. Their artists are connected not by conventions, but by qualities....more
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2019.
03.04The Hoxton hotel arrives in Portland as brand's first West Coast outpost
London-based hotelier Ennismore has opened a branch of its chain The Hoxton within a historic building in Portland, Oregon, with refreshed modernist-influenced interiors. The Hoxton Portland is located just beyond the entrance gates to Old Town Ch...more
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2019.
02.23Rone composes neglected art deco mansion into somber song of life and death
Hundreds of antiques, thousands of botanic debris, gorgeous murals, piano scores, spring, summer and fall crescendo throughout this neglected art deco mansion in Melbourne. A dusty vanity reflects a gorgeous life. A dead telephone rests on a futon....more
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2019.
02.21A' Design Award and Competition's deadline until Feb 28 - midnight, 2019
A' Design Award and Competition is the World’s largest, most prestigious and influential design accolade, the highest achievement in design. A' Design Award Winner Logo, symbolizes exceptional design excellence in your products, projects an...more
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2019.
02.18CHANG architects creates stepped garden on the roof of this house in Singapore
‘Cornwall gardens’ by CHANG architects is created to accommodate a family of four generations in Singapore. the concept behind the project looks to enhance livings spaces within a tropical climate through the implementation of well-designed communal ...more
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2019.
02.18The European Product Design Award is calling now and the deadline is February 28th, 2019.
Apply now: https://www.productdesignaward.eu/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The European Product Design Award™ * The Product Design of the Year Award recognizes the efforts of talented designers...more
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2019.
02.12Design and Design Literacy in Everyday Life
I. Design Literacy in Everyday Life During a business trip to Foshan, Guangzhou, I saw dozens of blue sprinklers in a small garden by the road *(Figure 1 – Sprinklers in the garden)*. They stood out against layers of green plants and instantly c...more
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2019.
02.11Studio Malka Architecture designs chromatic interiors for Homecore's new Paris store
Homecore, the Paris-based streetwear brand, has commissioned Studio Malka Architecture to design its new store on les champs-elysées. The project is inspired by the design of the Krylon spray paint can, as well as graffiti culture in general....more
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2019.
01.29ITALIAN BALLOON FRAME by Blaarchitettura, Turin, Italy.
The apartment is a unit of a building of the late 50s in the center of Turin, a few steps from the Mole Antonelliana. From 2011, the year of birth of blaarchitettura, at the end of the different projects that involve us, one of our recurring activ...more
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2019.
01.28Spinn Arkitekter completes wooden hiking cabin on Norwegian mountain
A wooden cabin with a prefabricated honeycomb-like structure, called Varden, has opened on Storfjellet mountain in Norway. Spinn Arkitekter designed the shelter, which exists to encourage hiking in the mountains surrounding the town of Hammerfest,...more
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2019.
01.22Precita jewellery boutique by Stefano Tordiglione Design, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Emerging young jewellery brand, Precita, has opened a strikingly stylish flagship in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City. Traditionally focused on monetary value, the Vietnamese jewellery market is challenging for international trends....more
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2019.
01.21New Practice Studio uses desaturated palette and Chinese imagery at Atlas Kitchen
New York firm New Practice Studio has designed a Chinese restaurant in Manhattan with natural hues and quirky illustrations on the walls by artist Qiu Anxiong. Atlas Kitchen, on the Upper West Side, occupies 3,000 square feet (279 square metres) of ...more
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2019.
01.16Myoyoung Kim participated “The Cleveland Foundation’s fall 2018 Creative Fusion: Data Edition”
Our member Myoyoung Kim participated “The Cleveland Foundation’s fall 2018 Creative Fusion: Data Edition”, which shares the similar idea as “The ABOUT KOREAN Exhibition”. The Creative Fusion brings together three international and five Cleveland-base...more
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2019.
01.14Kengo Kuma renovates camper's barcelona store using vaulted ceramic plates
After designing camper’s store in Milan, Kengo Kuma has completed the renovation of a second retail space for the Spanish shoe company, this time in Barcelona. Facing the plaza Catalonia, camper Paseo de Gracie incorporates a revolutionary catalan me...more
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2019.
01.10Last chance to apply for Ventura Future of 2019 till 17 January 2019 !!!
Ventura Future, a new member of the Ventura Projects family, which focuses on future visions and ideas. It is an exhibition area packed full of revolutionary, innovative and ground-breaking design focuses on future visions by renowned brands, designe...more
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2019.
01.08Our Adviser Yann Follain is going to have talks in Shenzhen for the PechaKucha Night Shenzhen 10th year anniversary
To celebrate the 40th volume and the 10th year of PechaKucha Night in Shenzhen, here comes “PKN Grand Tour” 1 day / 3 PKN. You can choose your PKN in Shekou Sea World with a delicious lunch, in OCT loft for a delightful afternoon tea or in Vanke Des...more
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2019.
01.07Ole Scheeren completes pixelated MahaNakhon tower in Bangkok
The opening of the glass-floored observation deck atop Büro Ole Scheeren's MahaNakhon skyscraper in Bangkok marks the completion of the second tallest building in Thailand. The 77-storey MahaNakhon – a name that translates as "...more
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2018.
12.22Our new partner "Green Product Award" is holding the application till Jan 18th 2019
https://www.gp-award.com/en The international Green Product Award offers a platform for manufacturers, design studios and agencies that are distinguished by their products and services in terms of design, innovation and sustainability and who want...more
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2018.
12.21First images of sweden's 29th ICEHOTEL revealed
The first images of the 29th annual ICEHOTEL have been revealed, featuring suites sculpted out of ice and snow from the free-flowing arctic river torne. ICEHOTEL is the first and largest hotel built of snow and ice and is reborn in a new guise every ...more
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2018.
12.14383 Projects Nominated for the EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture
The Fundació Mies van der Rohe and European Commission have revealed the 383 projects nominated for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The projects, which hail from 36 countries across the European ...more
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2018.
12.14crespy & aumont architectes and WY-TO's tree-like structure blends city and nature
crespy & aumont architectes and WY-TO have won the international competition ‘imagine angers’ with arborescence, a mixed-use project for a new urban development. situated by the maine river bank in anger, western france, the project pays tribute ...more
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2018.
12.04Timber arches support wavy roof of Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines
Rolling waves inspired the undulating timber roof of this airport on the island of Cebu, designed by Integrated Design Associates as a "symbolic gateway to the Philippines". The design of Terminal 2 at Mactan Cebu International Airport w...more
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2018.
12.02Tokyo House Renovation by NRC
The building NRC renovated was 43 years old house. NRC started by repairing the outer wall as well as the water proof on the waterproofing on the roof. After removing the damaged tiles from the building’s exterior, they coated the wall with mortar an...more
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2018.
11.30LaeKhon NonBai by Junsekino Architect and Design
LaeKhon NonBai is a small hotel located at the central part of Nakhon Si Thammarat, one of the most ancient cities on the southern part of Thailand. The initiative of the project is to revitalize the building which has already been designed and done ...more
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2018.
11.19Tokyo's Inua restaurant blends Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics
OEO Studio has referenced Danish cabinetry and Japanese gardens for the design of new Tokyo restaurant Inua, which is headed up by an ex-Noma chef. The restaurant occupies the ninth floor of a building in Tokyo'...more
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2018.
11.14“Palladio with a twist”: a contemporary villa by Herzog & de Meuron and Sauter Von Moos
A “radical use of the ornament”, is how architects Charlotte von Moos and Florian Sauter describe the referential detailing of the new apartment building built in the back garden of the neo-baroque villa....more
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2018.
11.08Temple Activities for Solving Poverty Problems Wins 2018 Japan GOOD DESIGN Grand Award
The japan institute of design promotion has announced the result of the GOOD DESIGN grand award 2018. the otera oyatsu club for its ‘temple activities for solving poverty problems’ has been chosen out of 6 grand award finalists to become the 2018 des...more
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2018.
11.07What Might a Child-Friendly Airport Look Like?
If flying economy is hell, flying as a family is worse, from coaxing your frightened toddler through the metal detector, to the anxiety of tethering your two-year-old in an adult seatbelt proven unsafe for kids....more
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2018.
11.05Michael Young's LSX for KEF is a High-End Kit Packed with a User-friendly Wireless System
Michael young studio has unveiled their collaboration with KEF — a world leader in audio hifi. Dubbed the LSX, the speaker packs all the specs of KEF’s high-end kit into a user-friendly wireless system....more
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2018.
11.03the PANELARIUM by KTX archiLAB
The Client, Dr. Matsubara an international award-winning urology surgeon is a specialist of the Davinci Robotic Surgery System. His new clinic in Himeji, Japan, echoes his advance by offering a futuristic sci-fi like atmosphere....more
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2018.
10.29What is – or What Should be – the Heart and Soul of a Library Today?
Just how hard it is to create a public building, especially a library, and how diverse architects' points of view are on the subject, is clear. You can tell from looking at the pictures of libraries here....more
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2018.
10.22Mecanoo Completes World's Largest Performing Arts Centre in Taiwan
Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan. Enclosed beneath a bulging 34,843-square-metre roof, the bu...more
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2018.
10.18A Preliminary Discussion on What Makes a Good Design Consultant?
In my student days, I've been taught and I believe I always thought I was going to be a designer, but after graduation I stumbled into the design consultancy industry by accident. And it's been four years now....more
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2018.
10.16Snuper Design Creates a Dream Lab Office in Taipei, Taiwan
The site locates in the space of Song Shan Cultural Park. The plan of Taipei New Horizon Building has a playful form to respond to the context of the old, memorable Taipei; therefore, the dividing indoor elements also correspond to the cutting lines ...more
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2018.
10.14Heatherwick Studio's Friction Table Expands to Adapt to Different Spaces
Sheets of paper set in resin were used to create the latticed structure of this table designed by Heatherwick Studio, which "transforms to offer two forms". The Friction table, launched during this year'...more
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2018.
10.11sP+a Constructs Brick Vaulted Library for a School in India
Mumbai-based architecture firm sP+a has designed a brick vaulted library for a school in india. located in kopargaon, a town in the state of maharashtra, the structure’s narrow footprint is a result of the site, which sits between the school’s existi...more
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2018.
10.08Guest House - Hanare by Arbol Design
Guesthouse-connecting people with the hart of hospitality and Japanese citron. Mr. Kenkichi Nakano, who worked as an amateur photographer in Kito village, Tokushima prefecture, was loved by many people, Unfortunately, he came down with illness, but l...more
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2018.
10.04A Classic Courtyard Duplex in West Hollywood with a Trove of Exemplary Design
Casey Smith didn’t come to Los Angeles to get discovered, to make it big, or even to open a West Coast branch of Studio Cavaco, the New York-based agency he cofounded with stylist and creative director Paul Cavaco. “It wasn’t about business....more
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2018.
10.01Peel Saver is an ecological packaging for fries made from potato skins
Italian designers Simone Caronni, Paolo Stefano Gentile and Pietro Gaeli have created an ecological packaging for fries made from recycled potato skins, as a sustainable alternative to paper. Called Peel Saver, the packaging is made of starch and ...more
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2018.
09.26Eileen Gray's modernist E-1027 villa revealed in photographs by Manuel Bougot
A modernist villa on the south coast of France, which was designed by Eileen Gray and lived in by Le Corbusier, is captured in these photos by Manuel Bougot. Completed in 1929, E-1027 was the first major architecture project by Gray, an Irish archit...more
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2018.
09.24The future of our homes according to IFA 2018
Our houses will turn upside down very soon, according to the latest edition of IFA Berlin. Innovation in domestic spaces gives for granted our relationship with voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant....more
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2018.
09.21Robert Venturi Passes Away at 93
Robert Venturi, famed-postmodernist and icon of American architecture, passed away Tuesday at the age of 93. Among Venturi’s many accolades were the 1991 Pritzker Prize, a Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects, and an Honorary Fellowsh...more
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2018.
09.19Walk into the future gymnasium: Supermonkey by Mur Mur Lab
How to create something different in the normal? How to break the formula to invent the future? How to use design and innovation to trigger the sparks of interests? These propositions are what Mur Mur Lab and Supermonkey pursue for....more
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2018.
09.17Identity Today
The pace of innovation, with its ceaseless introduction of new products, services, channels and markets, has radically altered how we approach design. Visual identity development was once thorough, deliberate and based on the premise that a brand’...more
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2018.
09.14US military 3D prints concrete barracks on site
In a world first, the US Armed Forces has 3D printed a barracks out of concrete on site at an army base, in less than two days. The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) constructed the 46-square-metre building in 40 hours at the US Army Engineer Re...more
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2018.
09.09Through Designers’ Eyes — Design Inspirations from Daily Life
Through Designers’ Eyes — Design Inspirations from Daily Life I. Building Design Confidence and an Eastern Design Value System The sight of the new-generation MOBIKE (see figure 1&2 – New MOBIKE design) made my heart swell with exc...more
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2018.
09.05Here's Why All the Sets in Crazy Rich Asians Look So Authentic and, Well, Rich
Creating the worlds of old and new money in Southeast Asia for Kevin Kwan's bestseller turned film Crazy Rich Asians may seem like fun, but try doing it without visiting a prop house. Luckily, production designer Nelson Coates and set and interi...more
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2018.
08.31How a Toronto architect designed the home in Crazy Rich Asians
It’s kind of a crazy story: a stunning house in Kuala Lumpur designed by a Toronto architect is cast as the home of “crazy rich Asians” in a Hollywood movie of the same name. And the proud family of five who actually live there have a blast when t...more
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2018.
08.30How To Design for Senior Citizens
The population’s aging phenomenon is occurring worldwide. We say phenomenon because all population pyramids are reversing, which means birth rates are steadily decreasing over the years, and at the same time, life expectancy has been increasing....more
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2018.
08.10ADP: Addressing The Expansion Challenge Faced By Designers In Asia
We at Indesign Media were proud to have ADP as our Industry Partner for the INDE.Awards 2018. We previously reported on a fantastic opportunity for studios shortlisted in this year’s awards cycle: the offer of complimentary membership to the Asia Des...more
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2018.
08.06A Brief Discussion on the Essence of Design
Reflections on Working in the Jury of the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2018 Returning to the IDEA jury for a second year, I joined a panel of renowned designers in mid-April, 2018, at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, where we spe...more
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2018.
07.18Michael Young Designs Amphibious Smartwatch with an AMOLED HD Screen for PACEWEAR
Michael Young Studio designs amphibious watch P1, featuring an AMOLED HD screen that offers next level graphic interventions. created for chinese brand PACEWEAR, the smartwatch is an affordable option, patiently crafted to assist in sports and life m...more
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2018.
07.16Level A Certification Course Given By Timmy Chou, Annie Ivanova and Camiel Weijenberg
Let's review the selected part of Level A Certification Course of ADP Design Tour in Bangkok. Thanks again to our great lecturers: Timmy Chou, Annie Ivanova and Camiel Weijenberg! Watch it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?...more
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2018.
07.16New Pavilion in Rotterdam's Leuvehaven Port Brings High-Tech Design to a Historical Context
A new public pavilion from MoedersheimMoonen Architects is set to be built in the old 'Leuvehaven' port in Rotterdam. Located near the Erasmus Bridge, the pavilion intends to bring new life to the historic port of Rotterdam....more
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2018.
07.16Connecting Indigenous students with university through design at Swinburne
Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls from Upper Yarra Secondary College, Gisborne Secondary College, and Korin Gamadji Institute have been given a glimpse into the exciting world of fashion design and communication design career paths th...more
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2018.
07.13Shaping The Future Of Design
CAREER DEVELOPMENT We sat down with Jessica Walsh, a designer and art director working as a partner at a New York City design firm, to talk about typography, freelancing, coding and the ever-evolving design industry....more
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2018.
07.12【ADP Spotlight】ADP Member Aya Codama Introduced by Japan Design Net
【ADP Spotlight】We're glad to see our member, Japanese Graphic Designer Aya Codama is recommended and introduced by JDN(Japan Design Net) in the following article. ［桐山登士樹の推薦文］ 今月ご紹介する小玉文さんは、以前にご紹介した木村愛さんと同じく「粟辻デザイン」の卒業生だ。在籍されていた頃は、時折、粟辻デザインに...more
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2018.
07.12“A newspaper is not a magazine – it should never be an exercise in graphic design”
Publisher Gestalten has released Newspaper Design, a new book delving into editorial graphics from around the world. We speak to featured graphic designer Mark Porter, former creative director at the Guardian and art director at the Evening Standard,...more
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2018.
07.03THE GERMAN DESIGN AWARD 2019 IS STARTING
Once again, a search for excellence in design has begun for the German Design Award. The registration phase ends on 13 July. The German Design Award 2019 has entered the starting phase. The goal: to discover, present, and honour unique trends i...more
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2018.
06.25【Event】European Product Design Award Gala Event is Open for Registration Now!
For serving more and more members not only in Asia but in Europe, USA and other continents, ADP does our best to reach out to partners in the world. We're glad to announce that our partner European Product Design Award is holding a gala even...more
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2018.
06.20【ADP Tech. Column】COMPARING MILK PAINT VS. REGULAR PAINT
Why you should choose milk paint, instead of regular paint? The answer is in the article! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...more
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2018.
06.19Christo unveils floating Serpentine sculpture made from 7,506 barrels
Christo has completed The London Mastaba, a 20-metre-high sculpture floating on London's Serpentine Lake, which represents his and late wife Jeanne-Claude's determination to make art free. Based on the trapezoid shapes of mastaba an Ara...more
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2018.
06.19ADP Design Tour in Shenzhen will be Held in November
We're thrilled to announce that the next stop of ADP Design Tour will be Shenzhen, "City of Design" credited by UNESCO. It will be held in November. More details will be announced recently through emails to all of our advisers and ...more
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2018.
06.19【ADP Tech. Column】Antonius Hypercare Improves Patient Health and Safety with Canon Security Cameras (Japan)
How can security cameras improve patient health? Canon successfully achieves it. Have a look! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...more
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2018.
06.18【ADP Tech. Column】WASTE TO ENERGY - SUTCO RECYCLINGTECHNIK (Germany)
Today we would like to introduce the REC&EN TECHNOLOGY invented by SUTCO RECYCLINGTECHNIK in Germany. This technology is able to produce energy from the waste. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...more
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2018.
06.08Now, more than ever, we need support for creative education"
With the government pushing forwards with the English Baccalaureate, design and technology GCSE uptake plummeting 10 per cent in a year, and the shadow of Brexit threatening the movement and richness of our industry'...more
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2018.
06.07The Video of ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong is Released now
Have you watched the video of ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong? Lots of international prestigious designers participated in this event. Join ADP now and you will get the priority to register ADP events! http://www.youtube.com/watch?...more
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2018.
06.05Olafur Eliasson's first building is a castle-like office in a Danish fjord
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has completed his first building – a fortress-like office in the Vejle Fjord in Denmark, called Fjordenhus. Fjordenhus is the headquarters of Kirk Kapital, which is the holding and investment company for thr...more
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2018.
06.05Call For Entries: 2018 Taipei International Design Award 11th Anniversary
We would like to share with all about a design competition, Taipei International Design Award. Don't hesitate to register it if you're interested in it! The competing fields include Industrial Design, Visual Communication Design and Pu...more
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2018.
06.01“Design thinking” can prepare graduates for the real working world
At first glance, it looks as though the group of young adults is building Lego. But these are actually students at the University of Cape Town’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Thinking, and they’re using the colourful blocks to design a prototype...more
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2018.
05.2510 Ways to Use Design Thinking for Driving Business
Running a business is quite complex. One needs to deal with constantly changing business dynamics, manage multiple stakeholders, meet ever-growing customer needs and deal with an unknown future with certainty....more
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2018.
05.23"Architects are not really required for the nitty gritty of actual building any more"
Architecture is under siege, say Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Irish studio Grafton, the curators of this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. And of course, they're right....more
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2018.
05.23Modern Decoration Magazine Reports ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong
See First! The June Issue of Modern Decoration Magazine reports ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong. Thanks a lot for the attention! At the moment the magazine is only sold in China. Write us if you'd like to buy one copy....more
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2018.
05.18Paintbrushes are being snatched out of children's hands" says Design Business Association head
The UK's vibrant design economy is at risk from education policies that undervalue creativity, according to Design Business Association chief executive Deborah Dawton. "Great designers take years to gestate and we’re in the process of de...more
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2018.
05.16ADP Regional President Yarinda Bunnag Interviewed by Influential Chinese Design media - Designwire
"ADP provides designers professional services such as international exhibitions, it also has a lot of media or platform partners, and clients. Through ADP this platform, these key groups or professionals are able to have exchanges by ADP events,...more
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2018.
05.15Respect Me: Designers Tackle Female Empowerment and Gender Inequality
Grouphug, a NYC based design collective that aims to address some of society's most pressing problems, has announced 'Respect Me,' a showcase of products, concepts and campaigns designed to promote female empowerment....more
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2018.
05.14Exclusive Interview with Nendesign by Prestigious Chinese Design Media Design 360˚ Magazine
"The Future of Design is ......" Exclusive Designer Interview with Shiho Kikuchi and Yoshida Yoshihiro (Founders of Nendesign) by Prestigious Chinese Design Media Design 360˚ Magazine (Guangzhou, China), read more on their website: http://...more
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2018.
05.11How to Create a Culture of Design Thinking
Everyone wants to be innovative, but few willingly work toward a culture of raw, risk-taking creativity. Slowly but surely, that’s changing at companies like GE, Turner, and Capital One. Capital One Labs is the self-professed “rogue” branch of the...more
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2018.
05.09Going Green: How The Design Industry Is Embracing A Return To Its Roots
In Finland, it’s not unusual to see kindergarteners running through the forest, their bright clothes flashing through gaps in the trees and their laughter coalescing into an exuberant, dizzying cloud. For years, schools across Finland have incorporat...more
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2018.
05.05The Edge of The Wood by KTX archiLAB, Matsuya Art Works
How can architecture represent a culinary concept? The Edge of the Wood is an attempt to respond to this question. The owner, Inami Koro, an Udon restaurant in Miki City, is reinventing the traditional Japanese thick noodles dish while keeping the co...more
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2018.
05.03Exclusive Interviews - Architect Stefano Gambacciani and Kristof Crolla by DINZ CULTURE MEDIA
Exclusive Interviews by DINZ CULTURE MEDIA with two outstanding architects: Stefano Gambacciani from Italy (Founder of Stefano Gambacciani Architetto) and 高仕棠 （Kristof Crolla）from Belgium (Founder of LEAD - Laboratory for Explorative Architecture &am...more
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2018.
04.30Foster + Partners' Reforma 432 will rival Mexico City's tallest building
The announcement – made by the company's billionaire owner María Asunción Aramburuzabala – comes after a seven-year-long period of interruptions on the development, formerly called Sky Tower and overseen by real-estate developer Grupo Elipse....more
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2018.
04.27US architecture school intends to ban use of styrene in model-making
The architecture college at Washington University in St Louis has announced it plans to prohibit students from using styrene in their models, citing health risks related to the chemical that is used to make foam boards....more
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2018.
04.243 Key Trends In This Year’s Red Dot Award: Product Design
What are the ingredients of a winning product in the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design? “It is becoming much more complex to be successful as products become more connected to our emotional and aspirational ambitions,” says Red Dot juror and ...more
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2018.
04.24News about ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong from Influential Hong Kong media Design IDK
Thanks a lot for influential Hong Kong media Design IDK's coming to the grand opening of "Cross the Line - ADP International Designer Joint Exhibition" and interviewing with international designers and exhibitors!...more
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2018.
04.17Seven trends to look out for at Milan design week 2018
With less than a week to go before the start of Milan design week, Dezeen editor Amy Frearson predicts the big trends that will emerge, including innovation in recycled plastic and the return of retro. As the biggest event in the design calendar, Mil...more
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2018.
04.16"The Design Academy is dead, long live the Design Academy"
Design Academy Eindhoven has been without a leader for seven months, since its former creative director stepped down in October 2016 after resigning in June earlier that year. The situation makes for an urgent reflection on the limitations of the Dut...more
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2018.
04.13New University of the Underground design course aims to build "a network of creative soldiers"
A new masters programme titled the University of the Underground is promising a fee-free design education to students who want to "positively challenge institutions and power structures". Masterminded by designer Nelly Ben Hayoun, the co...more
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2018.
04.11The Deadline for Applications to Design West Summer School is Coming Soon!
Have you registered Design West Summer School? April 20th is the deadline for applications. Register now if you're interested in it! It's aimed at graduate students, young professionals and individuals with a passion for making, visua...more
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2018.
04.10Kengo Kuma designs Japan's first Ace Hotel
The Ace Hotel chain is opening its first Japanese outpost in Kyoto this winter, in a former telephone exchange building overhauled by Kengo Kuma. Japanese architect Kuma will convert the ShinPuhKan building – originally designed by Tetsuro Yoshida...more
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2018.
04.06CHINA: Design education for future economic growth
Just days after the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in October, Hong Kong design student Jonathan Mak's silhouette of Job's profile in the bite of the Apple logo went viral internationally....more
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2018.
04.03A Worldwide Focus on Hong Kong for Art Basel
When the art fair Art Basel Hong Kong rolls into town for its sixth presentation from March 29 to March 31, about 248 galleries will be showing their wares in a marketplace that has been expertly primed for selling art....more
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2018.
03.30"Architecture schools are the punching bags of the industry"
The Architectural Association recently concluded its long search for a new director with an internal election. Eva Franch i Gilabert emerged triumphant with 587 of a possible 1,077 votes. In her manifesto, Franch painted a picture of an architectu...more
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2018.
03.27UNStudio launches tech startup to drag architecture into "the age of the iPhone"
Dutch architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has launched UNSense, a startup that will develop technologies to make buildings healthier and cities smarter. The new company will explore ways to help the architecture and construction industries catch ...more
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2018.
03.23University of Brighton course changes leave design students and staff feeling “downgraded and ignored”
Students and tutors at the University of Brighton are protesting changes to graphic design and illustration courses that they say have not been “transparent or inclusive” and have “downgraded and ignored” their needs....more
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2018.
03.23Crespy & Aumont Architectes and WY-TO's Tree-like Structure Blends city and Nature
Crespy & Aumont Architectes and WY-TO have won the international competition ‘imagine angers’ with Arborescence, a mixed-use project for a new urban development. situated by the Maine river bank in anger, western France, the project pays tribute ...more
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2018.
03.20Zaha Hadid Architects wins contest for water-inspired cultural hub in UAE
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans for a vast cultural hub at the heart of a new masterplan in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, which will comprise a series of droplet-shaped buildings set around a tapered observation tower....more
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2018.
03.19【ADP Column】“Cross the Line – or Control the Border?” by ADP Adviser Gideon Löwy
Our Adviser Gideon Löwy writes an article to share his opinion about “Cross the Line” - the topic of ADP Design Tour. Let's see how does Mr. Löwy think about it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...more
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2018.
03.16Piet Zwart Institute launches online archive of student design research
the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam has created a digital archive of student projects, in order to share its research with a wider audience. The archive platform showcases projects by the institute'...more
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2018.
03.13Balkrishna Doshi Receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize
His work in architecture to affect humanity is deeply personal, responsive, and meaningful. Chicago, IL (March 7, 2018)—Professor Balkrishna Doshi, of India, has been selected as the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, announced Tom Pritzke...more
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2018.
03.0610 architecture and design exhibitions not to miss in 2018
This year, exhibitions will explore architecture and design in a variety of ways. US reporter Eleanor Gibson's selection of the 10 best include the first showcase of Bodys Isek Kingelez's body of work and 60 dresses by the late Azzedine Ala...more
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2018.
03.06【ADP Column】Gloria Manor - Kenting Boutique Hotel Designed by JAHAA Inc.
WELCOME LOBBY The hotel is located at Kenting in the most southern part of Taiwan. The property was previously used as a retreat by Chiang Kai-Shek in the late 60's. With the rich history of the property, our client hoped to achieve two purpose...more
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2018.
03.02Number of EU applicants for UK creative courses rises as Brexit approaches
Universities in the UK have received more applications from EU citizens for art and design courses this year, belying fears that Brexit would lead to falling demand. Figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show there w...more
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2018.
02.27Design Shanghai 2018: A Preview
One of the hottest tickets on the regional design calendar, this year’s show is set to run from 14 to 17 March 2018. As the fair looms closer, we bring you a round-up of some of the events to get involved in....more
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2018.
02.27【ADP Column】XiaoFangZhou - Japanese Style Izakaya Designed by M.J Interior Design
When night is falling, the izakaya is bustling with activity. The table spreads with delicacies. Friends drink and chat pleasantly. People toast with cheer and boisterousness Relax and casual atmosphere filled the entire space The appearance o...more
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2018.
02.23Do I Need a Degree to Work In User Experience?
This is a question that, in slightly different forms, gets asked a lot by those considering a UX design career. The question is a simple one but the answer..? Well, that’s a bit more complicated. A lot depends on you and your approach to life and you...more
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2018.
02.20Where do freelance designers stand with workers’ rights?
Freelance designers could see improved workers’ rights as the Government rolls out reforms that aim to help those who are self-employed, part-time and working zero-hour contracts. The Government’s Good Work Plan follows an independent review conducte...more
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2018.
02.16The Problem with Design Education
University industrial design programs are usually cloistered in schools of art or architecture, and students in such programs are rarely required to study science or technology. That bothers Don Norman, former head of research at Apple and an advocat...more
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2018.
02.14【ADP Column】Tedx Singapore Poster Designed by Kelley Cheng
Celebrating SG50 (Singapore 50th birthday), TedxSingapore organised the biggest conference ever held here in December 2015. The Press Room was engaged to lead the creative direction of the event. The key visual was designed using 200 Instagram pictur...more
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2018.
02.13Snøhetta unveils plans for "energy-positive" Arctic Circle hotel
Snøhetta has revealed plans for a sustainable ring-shaped hotel, that will be nestled at the base of Norway's Almlifjellet mountain, within the Artic Circle. The architecture firm claims that Svart Hotel, which takes its name from the nearby ...more
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2018.
02.09Suffragette-inspired school uniforms and colourful coding kits: design in education
Last week, publisher Oxford University Press Education was given a new look by Baxter and Bailey. Now, designers share some of their favourite examples of educational design. John Spencer, founder and creative director, Offthetopofmyhead “Higher ...more
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2018.
02.06Plant-filled spheres open at Amazon headquarters in Seattle
Retail company Amazon has completed a set of glass orbs filled with "cloud forest" gardens for its headquarters in Seattle, providing work areas for employees and green space for the public. The Spheres comprises a trio on connected glas...more
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2018.
02.05ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong is Reported by Hong Kong Design Media "DesignIDK"
ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong catches Hong Kong Media's attention. Enjoy the news about ADP Design Tour in Hong Kong from "DesignIDK". Source : http://goo.gl/sWhxCc...more
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2018.
02.05"Sky Villa" Designed by Shi-Chieh Lu Brings the Encounter of Nature and Manmade Environment
The house is located on the top floor of a high rise building in downtown Taipei. Due to the shift of the family member and the passing of ten years since its completion, the house is in need of a renovation....more
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2018.
02.02“Pushing science and ignoring the arts will make school students miserable”
The repercussions of cutting resources for creative subjects in secondary schools could affect the “mental health and wellbeing” of society, says an associate dean at a higher education arts college. Matias Shortcook, associate dean of pre-degree at ...more
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2018.
01.30Are We Entering an Age of Timber High-Rise Construction?
‘Plyscraper’ was one of the finalists in the 2016 edition of Macquarie Dictionary’s ‘Word of the Year’ poll. A portmanteau of plywood and skyscraper, the noun refers to high-rise structures built using, as described by the dictionary, “super-strong, ...more
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2018.
01.26Tristram Hunt: 'With Brexit, our schools must be refocused on subjects such as art and design – instead, they're on the endangered list'
The director of the V&A, and former shadow education secretary, explains how his organisation aims to support schools in delivering the art and design subjects in schools at risk of falling onto the endangered list What should the role of muse...more
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2018.
01.23Wendell Castle "father of the art furniture movement" dies aged 85
American designer and artist Wendell Castle, famous for his elaborate woodwork pieces, has died aged 85 after a battle with leukaemia. The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where Castle was an artist-in-residence, announced that the designe...more
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2018.
01.19Young people want creative jobs but schools don’t support them, survey shows
Research has shown that half of young people surveyed want to pursue a job in the creative industries, but the majority do not feel informed about careers in the sector. The survey has been conducted by market research company OnePoll for London-b...more
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2018.
01.17The exhibition commemorating forgotten heroines of the industrial age
Queens of Industry runs until 2019 at Leeds Industrial Museum, and tells the stories of working women who acted as industrial ambassadors for Britain throughout the 20th century. Brand consultancy Lee Goater has created the identity for Leeds Indu...more
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2018.
01.15Exclusive Offer for ADP Member : Get 15% Discount of London International Creative Competition - LICC (Deadline January 31st)
Special announcement : Great news for our members ! ADP has formed partnerships with 3 prestigious awards dedicated to promoting the value of design on the global stage: International Design Awards European Product Design Award London Interna...more
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2018.
01.15APAC regional awards program: the INDE.Awards is Open for Applications Now!
This week, we'd like to share the news of APAC regional awards program: the INDE.Awards, which is founded by Indesign Media Asia Pacific, also ADP Adviser Rajesh Nandan, is Open for Applications Now! Now in their second year, the INDE....more
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2018.
01.14Exclusive Offer for ADP Member : Get 15% Discount of The European Product Design Award™ (Deadline February 28th)
Special announcement : Great news for our members ! ADP has formed partnerships with 3 prestigious awards dedicated to promoting the value of design on the global stage: International Design Awards European Product Design Award London Interna...more
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2018.
01.13Exclusive Offer for ADP Member : Get 15% Discount of International Design Awards (Deadline March 31st)
Special announcement : Great news for our members ! ADP has formed partnerships with 3 prestigious awards dedicated to promoting the value of design on the global stage: International Design Awards European Product Design Award London Interna...more
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2018.
01.09UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza....more
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2018.
01.05Art and design can help drive up standards in schools, says UK government
The UK government is urging schools to promote art and design subjects, after a report found that schools with more creative pupils achieve significantly higher grades. Released today, the New Schools Network (NSN) Arts Report reveals that schools...more
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2018.
01.0210 buildings to look forward to in 2018
A colossal theatre complex in Taipei and a Copenhagen power station with a ski slope on the roof are among Dezeen editor Amy Frearson's pick of the top 10 buildings to look forward to in 2018. -- Tapei Performing Arts Center, Taiwan, by OMA ...more
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2017.
12.29Nomadic design exhibition showcases new talent from the Middle East and North Africa
Bowls made from recycled metals and seating inspired by traditional Arabic Majlis featured in an exhibition of emerging talent from the Middle East and North African regions at this year's Dubai Design Week. Middle East: Design Now!...more
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2017.
12.29The Waves of Design
No matter what industry you’r working in, open and effective communication is pinnacle to facilitate and improve any situation. In fact, communication is a major factor that contributes to the success of Artwill Interior Design House....more
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2017.
12.27Oxygen House by Susanna Cots Uses Oak and Stone to Reference its Natural Setting
Interior designer Susanna Cots employed a palette of natural materials to ensure the living spaces of this house in Spain's Empordà region complement the tones and textures of its surroundings. The 600-square-metre property is situated in the...more
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2017.
12.26Design education needs space to explore
Opinion: the internet is about to disrupt education and kill the lecture, which brings together "bored lecturers with hungover students". But, asks Dan Hill, would design students be better off learning in the "...more
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2017.
12.22Young people "don’t need a creative industries degree to work in the creative industries" says Peter Bazalgette
Students don't need to take creative subjects at school as they are already exposed to creative processes thanks to mobile phones, according to the author of a new government-commissioned report on the UK's creative sector....more
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2017.
12.19Muji is not just about minimalism and simplicity, says art director Kenya Hara
Working for Muji is like "spinning circus plates" according to Kenya Hara, who discusses the hugely popular Japanese retailer's aesthetic and approach to products in this exclusive interview....more
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2017.
12.15RCA tutor attacks gender bias in architectural education with female-focused reading list
Royal College of Art tutor Harriet Harriss has created a list of over 300 notable architectural texts written by women, to show universities that there are no excuses for giving students male-dominated reading lists....more
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2017.
12.12London Design Biennale reveals installations for 2018
The first group of participating countries in the 2018 edition of the London Design Biennale have been named, including the UK, Latvia, Israel, Norway, Lebanon and Guatemala. Taking place at Somerset House in Central London, the biennale will see ...more
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2017.
12.11"Metal Office" Designed by Renowned Japanese Architect Takashi Yamaguchi
Metal Office Kyoto, Japan / 2004 The site is in Kansai Science City, a center for cultural and scientific research currently under development among lush green hills at the junction of Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka, an area rich in history, cultural, an...more
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2017.
12.08MIT named world's top architecture school for third year
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken the number one spot as world's leading architecture school for the third year running, according to new global rankings. The US institute topped the leaderboard of architecture schools in the QS...more
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2017.
12.06International Design Summer School "Design West" Founded by ADP Adviser Conor Clarke is Open for Applications Now
We're glad to announce that a new international design summer school "Design West" established by ADP Adviser Conor Clarke is now open for applications! It's aimed at graduate students, young professionals and individuals with ...more
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2017.
12.06An Interactive Furniture - "Vector Bench" Designed by sKY_Associative
Principal : Kane Yanagawa 柳川肯 Design Team : Chen Charng Shin 陳長忻, Su Hsui Bai 蘇修白 Interaction Team : Chang Guo Shin 張國興, Lin Ting An 林庭安, Shi Chuen Wei 施淳暐 Collaboration : NCKU C-Hub 成大創意基地, CHIMEI_Modex 奇美新視代公司, Tainan the place hotel 台南老爺酒店 ...more
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2017.
12.05Prolific logo designer Ivan Chermayeff dies aged 85
New York-based graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff, whose iconic designs include logotypes for New York's MoMA and LA's MoCA museums, has died aged 85. Chermayeff – a co-founder of the New York branding and graphic design firm Chermayeff &a...more
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2017.
12.05"Design West" - International Design Summer School is Open for Applications Now. What Are You Waiting For?
Design West is an international summer design school located in the beautiful village of Letterfrack in Connemara, on the West Coast of Ireland. For two weeks next summer, from June 23rd to July 6th 2018, participants will get the opportunity to work...more
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2017.
12.01Evolving expectations for design education
The strategic environment for design The general characteristics of the strategic environment for design to which programs claiming student preparation for professional practice should respond. AIGA leaves the specific means of that response to the ...more
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2017.
11.28What graphic design looked like before it was ‘invented’
“The purpose of graphic design is to communicate information in a distilled form – most people agree that it is the type of design that communicates an idea or experience through a mix of visual and textual content....more
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2017.
11.24The Conflicting Rhetoric of Design Education
As design has categorically emerged as a necessity for companies and cultures facing massive change, design education has come under increasing scrutiny. What do these designers—who, if you believe the rhetoric, are capable of driving massive innovat...more
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2017.
11.21Paul Catherall designs print for English Heritage’s Iron Bridge crowdfunder
The designer was commissioned by the charity to create a linocut print of the 18th century bridge as part of a campaign to restore the world heritage site. Conservation charity English Heritage has launched a crowdfunding campaign as part of a £3....more
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2017.
11.18Jun Sekino replaces earthquake-damaged school in Thailand with stilted classrooms
Bangkok-based architect Jun Sekino designed these elevated classrooms in northern Thailand in response to a severe earthquake, which destroyed the school's original building (+ slideshow). The earthquake struck Chiang Rai Province in May 2014...more
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2017.
11.17Video of ADP Design Tour in Tokyo is RELEASED
Sorry for keeping everyone waiting. The video of ADP Design Tour in Tokyo is released. Watch it now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLOxTeglVfA...more
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2017.
11.17The Future of Design Education is... No Design Education
Have you ever seen a door and have been unsure whether to push or pull? Or worse, have you ever pushed a door that was meant to be pulled? This classic design error--the Norman door-- was named after Don Norman, who explored the phenomenon in his bes...more
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2017.
11.14Duplex penthouse with expansive roof terraces tops Tadao Ando's 152 Elizabeth Street
Images of the penthouse at Japanese architect Tadao Ando's residential complex in New York City have been released, showing large rooftop terraces and an internal spiral staircase. The 5,603-square-foot (1,707-square-metre) residence will inc...more
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2017.
11.10State of Design: How Design Education Must Change
Design is the practice of intentional creation to enhance the world. It is a field of doing and making, creating great products and services that fit human needs, that delight and inform. Design is exciting because it calls upon the arts and humaniti...more
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2017.
11.10Montreal declaration outlines design's responsibility for solving global problems
A group of international organisations representing designers and architects have signed the first Montreal Design Declaration, setting out the sector's ambitions for tackling world issues. The declaration was agreed and signed at the World D...more
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2017.
11.07Louvre abu dhabi: Jean Nouvel-designed Museum Opens in the United Arab Emirates
Ten years ago, the United Arab Emirates and France signed an intergovernmental agreement to develop the first ‘universal’ museum in the Arab world. The alliance would establish Louvre Abu Dhabi as an independent institution, and includes the use of M...more
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2017.
11.03John Spencer: “Universities aren’t the future of design education”
We love to bellyache about the failure of university design education to prepare students for a career in graphic design. One of the greatest complaints is that it hasn’t kept pace with the times and some say it’s decades out of date, but I don’t thi...more
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2017.
11.03TV NEWS By Chiba TV About ADP Design Tour in Tokyo
ADP Design Tour in Tokyo was reported by Japanese TV Station - Chiba TV. Watch it now! http://youtu.be/JSzPvPU007A...more
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2017.
11.01ADP Design Tour in Tokyo Reported by Taiwanese Design Magazine "House Style"
ADP Design Tour in Tokyo held a successful press conference and draw lots of media's attention. Taiwanese Design Magazine "House Style" also reports this big design event! Source : http://www.house-style.com....more
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2017.
10.31Dutch Design Week 2017: the inventive, creative and futuristic
Strolling through the Dutch city Eindhoven, there’s a strange contrast of quaintness and a more contemporary industrialisation. Cobbled, brown-paved side streets and many an old-fashioned bicycle grace the area, but these are intermingled with high-r...more
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2017.
10.27The problem with web design education
Traditional education is failing the web design industry, but new initiatives are popping up that take a different approach. The other day I realised that it's been 10 years since I started teaching. I never thought I would become a teacher;...more
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2017.
10.27ADP International Designer Joint Exhibition Starts from October 25th in Tokyo
From October 25th to 31st, “Cross the Line - ADP International Designer Joint Exhibition” held by Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP) starts in newest Tokyo design hotspot – Tennōzu Isle. It’s located in Warehouse TERRADA, which is designed by...more
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2017.
10.25The grand opening of ADP Design Tour in Tokyo, Warehouse TERRADA
"Cross the Line - ADP Joint Exhibition" hosted by Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP) starts from October 25th (Wed.) at Warehouse TERRADA T-ART HALL (open to the public from October 26th (Thu.) to 31st (Tue....more
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2017.
10.24Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders
A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. The inaugural Designart festival featured 72 exhibitions and talks across the city an...more
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2017.
10.20DESIGN, EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF REVOLT
There’s an image I have in my mind as I try to process the third annual Graphic Design Educators’ Network conference, Ideas of Revolt. It’s a photo that I came across, I can’t remember when. German artist and educator Joseph Beuys is leaving his p...more
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2017.
10.17Alvar Aalto library renovation wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017
Finland's most important architecture prize has been awarded to JKMM and Arkkitehdit NRT Oy for their renovation of the Aalto University campus library in Otaniemi. Architects Arkkitehdit NRT Oy and interior architects JKMM won the Finlandia ...more
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2017.
10.13FR-EE plans Hyperloop corridor to create Mexican "megalopolis"
A team led by Fernando Romero's Mexican studio FR-EE has won a competition to design a Hyperloop high-speed transport line, which will link urban areas from Mexico City to Guadalajara. The Mexloop is set to become one of the world'...more
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2017.
10.13The problem with design education
Furniss has spoken to key designers and figures in the design world including Thomas Heatherwick, Ron Arad, Punchdrunk, Jason Bruges Studio, Assemble, Nat Hunter, Tim Lindsay, and Lynda Relph-Knight to gauge how design practice and design education a...more
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2017.
10.12Updates about ADP Design Tour in Tokyo
ADP is at the moment busy with ADP Design Tour in Tokyo in Warehouse TERRADA on October 25th to 31st. We're so glad and can't wait to meet the most representative worldwide designers!...more
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2017.
10.06Design Education’s Big Gap: Understanding the Role of Power
Conventional design education believes that by training the mind and the hand, a designer can solve just about any problem. In many ways, this works beautifully. Designers leave their schooling prepared to work for commercial clients with business pr...more
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2017.
10.06UNStudio uses colour to give identity to faceless South Korean skyscrapers
Dutch office UNStudio has devised a solution to the "impersonal homogeneity" of high-rises in many Asian cities – add colour and patterns to the exteriors. The Amsterdam-based firm has transformed two whole urban blocks in Daegu, South K...more
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2017.
09.30Pavilion Ponderosa by Paolo Cucchi Architects
The project develops on about 0,86 acres and is located in the North-East of Johor Bahru, Malaysia, inside a high-end gated area, just next to a prominent golf course, surrounded by abundant greenery. The client, the owner of two adjacent plots of la...more
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2017.
09.22The B&B Italia Flagship store reopen in London after Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel restyling
STORE NEWS B&B Italia celebrated the UK launch of their partnership with Arclinea, expanding the product range available in store into the high-end designer kitchen segment. Reflective of the new partnership between B&...more
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2017.
09.19Enlarge the Influence of Asia Design アジアのデザイン世界で影響力があります - 菊地 宏行
Youtube Link : www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLwoEVuK5sA I think it's great to participate in ADP Design Tour! Asia Designer Communication Platform gives me a lot of inspirations in design because there are less this kind of designer associations i...more
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2017.
09.11"Vector Lamp" by sKY_Associative Combines a Modular Pendant Lamp System Into a Single Lighting Fixture with Interactive Lighting Effects
Principal : Kane Yanagawa 柳川肯 Design Team : Chen Charng Shin 陳長忻, Su Hsui Bai 蘇修白, Chen Szu Yin 陳思吟 Interaction Team : Chang Guo Shin 張國興, Lin Ting An 林庭安, Shi Chuen Wei 施淳暐 Collaboration : NCKU C-Hub 成大創意基地, CHIMEI_Modex 奇美新視代公司, Tainan the place...more
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2017.
09.08Europa City: France’s new Utopia
Danish wunderkind Bjarke Ingles and his world-renowned architecture firm BIG is starting construction this year on one of the most important projects ever won by the company: Europa City. Awarded to BIG in 2013 after an international competition, Eur...more
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2017.
09.01Japans Hospitality Secret
The Japanese have a term called “Omotenashi”, which signifies the traditionally correct and proper way to treat a guest, and it is this term that has become somewhat of a guiding principle for much of the nation’s hospitality industry....more
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2017.
09.01The Future of Design Education is... No Design Education
Have you ever seen a door and have been unsure whether to push or pull? Or worse, have you ever pushed a door that was meant to be pulled? This classic design error--the Norman door-- was named after Don Norman, who explored the phenomenon in his bes...more
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2017.
09.01ADP Joint Exhibition in Bangkok Was Introduced by Thai Life Magazine "Bangkok 101"
ADP Joint Exhibition in Bangkok was introduced by Thai life magazine "Bangkok 101". Bangkok 101, a ultimate guide to Thailand's capital and beyond, published every month. Have you missed ADP Design Tour in Bangkok in May?...more
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2017.
08.29Biggest Int'l Designer Exhibition in Asia - ADP Joint Exhibition Will Be Held in Tokyo in October
News from "Open Design World", One of the Most Influential Taiwanese Design Media. "After getting lots of positive feedback by media and potential clients after ADP Design Tour, the only one cross-spectrum design association in Asia...more
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2017.
08.28Congratulations to ADP Member Kazuhiro Sakamaki who's invited by "Colorado Mesa International Poster Biennale" for the 3rd time!
Congratulations to ADP Member Kazuhiro Sakamaki, who's invited by the Colorado Mesa International Poster Biennale for the third time! The topic of this poster is "HEART of JAPAN is LOVE"....more
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2017.
08.24Meditative Space Project in Kyoto "Glass Temple" - Designed by Takashi Yamaguchi
Kyoto, Japan / 1998 The site is located at the foot of Mr. Funayama, one of five northern Kyoto hills famed for their summer bonfires, burnt to suggest souls entering paradise. Reigenko-ji is an imperial temple built by Emperor Gomizuno-o in 1638,...more
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2017.
08.23Residence Project in Bangkok "Three House" - Designed by Jun Sekino
In Thai culture, people usually use window bars for the safety in their residence. However, the perception of window bars in terms of architectural aesthetic is quite difference as many of them believe the use of this element can deprive the beauty o...more
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2017.
08.22Office Building "Kanda SU(nest)" with Natural Material - Designed by Tono Mirai
This is the 'Urban Nest' with mud wall designed and built by an architect himself in the office building, Tokyo. SU' is a 'Nest' in Japanese, which means 'self-built spiritual place for life.'...more
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2017.
08.18ADP's Excellent Supplier/Brand Members Are Increasing Now
ADP is not only made for designer and design companies, one of our main goal is expand everyone's market area and find more potential business opportunities by cross-field cooperation. Thus, our member not only include outstanding designer or de...more
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2017.
08.17A glimpse of "Connect the Dots" - ADP's Interview with Top Taiwanese Interior Designer Eric Yao
Here you can see a glimpse of "Connect the Dots" - ADP's Interview with Top Taiwanese Interior Designer Eric Yao (Chinese subtitle). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qswJTAwFvUc Source : dX Media...more
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2017.
08.14Taipei Base Design Center will Exhibit their Projects in ADP Joint Exhibition in Tokyo again
Taipei Base Design Center (TBDC) was one of exhibitors in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok. This time, they will participate in ADP Design Tour in Tokyo again. It seems they're as exciting as us! http://www.asia-bdc.com/news_article.php?...more
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2017.
08.11ADP Design Tour is reported by Taiwanese Magazine "MY HOME"
Thanks to MY HOME MAGAZINE's attention to ADP Design Tour and ADP Joint Exhibition in Warehouse TERRADA in Tokyo!...more
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2017.
08.04" The Most Exciting Design in the World is Taking Place in Asia" - Conor Clarke
"For me, some of the most exciting design in the world is taking place in Asia. I'm really happy to be the adviser of ADP, and I'm really looking forward to your event in Tokyo." - Conor Clarke, Director of Design Factory, one of ...more
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2017.
07.27Toki Architectural Office (Tokisekkei) will be an ADP exhibitor again!
After being the exhibitor in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok, Toki Architectural Office (Tokisekkei) will be an exhibitor in ADP Design Tour in Tokyo again. ADP is glad to meet them in Tokyo once again....more
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2017.
07.19ADP Design Tour on Japanese Design Magazine "CONFORT"
Thanks for Japanese Design Magazine "CONFORT"'s attention to ADP Design Tour!...more
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2017.
07.14Cooperation with China's Professional Design Media "Vision Union" (1 Million Page View Per Day)
ADP is glad to announce that we're in a cooperation with China's professional design media "Vision Union" that has more than 1 million page view per day....more
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2017.
07.12News of ADP Design Tour in Tokyo is Released on China's Biggest Web portal - Sohu!
News of ADP Design Tour in Tokyo is Released on China's Biggest Web portal - Sohu. http://www.sohu.com/a/156211594_441347...more
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2017.
07.11Weijenberg Talks "Crafting the Traditional through Design and Dialogue" in ADP Design Tour
Camiel Weijenberg joined Annie Ivanova, Australian International Arts Curator, and Tim Chou from Akuma Design at the Asia Design Platform Design Tour in Bangkok this month. Dedicated to promoting the global design exchange, the association aims to pr...more
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2017.
07.07ADP Design Tour will be held in TOKYO in October!
Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP), which held ADP Design Tour in Bangkok in May successfully, is going to hold ADP Design Tour in Tokyo this October. ADP Design Tour that attracts many Asian designers’ attention including a series of design ...more
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2017.
06.27ADP Joint Exhibition on Thailand's Creative Art & Design Community "Portfolio Network"
Cross the Line - ADP Joint Exhibition was introduced on Thailand's Creative Art & Design Community "Portfolio Network". http://www.portfolios.net/m/event?id=2988839%3AEvent%3A3349985...more
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2017.
06.16Key Features of ‘Design Hotels’ Success
The 2017 Skift Forum Europe recently took place in London, and one of the key events was a discussion between Design Hotels CEO Claus Sendlinger and SkiftX Editor Greg Oates. Oates started off the discussion by referencing how boutique hotels were on...more
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2017.
06.16Exclusive Clip from Level A Certification Course is Online Now
For those who couldn't attend ADP Design Tour in Bangkok, we edit an exclusive clip from Level A Certification Course. Three influential international designers - Annie Ivanova, Camiel Weijenberg and Timmy Chou gave lectures in Hubba-to, Sou...more
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2017.
06.14"2017 ADP Design Tour Stuns Thailand " - News by Open World Design
Not only lots of Thai media reports, Taiwanese design-related media also notices ADP design Tour in Bangkok. Here is the news "2017 ADP Design Tour Stuns Thailand " by Open World Design. They interviewed ADP Regional president Timmy Cho...more
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2017.
06.13Japanese award-winning architect Hajime Tsuruta in ADP Design Tour
Japanese award-winning architect Hajime Tsuruta also participated in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok. It's our pleasure to meet him in Bangkok, and we're also glad that one of the attendees from Bangkok noticed his work and became his potential ...more
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2017.
06.09About Vietnam
Thailand-based global hospitality company Dusit International will debut in Vietnam this December with the opening of the Dusit Princess Moonrise Beach Resort on the country’s largest island, Phu Quoc. The result of a long-term franchising arrangeme...more
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2017.
06.07B Connect Magazine reports a series of events of ADP Design Tour
B Connect Magazine reports a series of events of ADP Design Tour, including "Cross the Line - ADP Joint Exhibition", Level A Certification Course and Dinner Party with Media and Business Organizations....more
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2017.
06.05Thai Award-winning Interior Design Company "ASC Interior" in ADP Design Tour
Thai Award-winning Interior Design Company "ASC Interior" participated in ADP Design Tour. Not only media were invited to the dinner party Altitude at The Westin Grande Sukhumvit, ADP also invited Thai design companies and designers to a...more
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2017.
06.03ADP Design Tour on Thai Men's Magazine "Esquire"
ADP Design Tour doesn't only attract design-related media, but also a wide variety of media. This time we're reported by Thai Men's Magazine "Esquire". Link : http://goo.gl/erVBHi...more
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2017.
05.31Level A Certification Course by Timmy Chou Catches HAPPENING MAG's Eyes
Are you cats or dogs? This is the title of the lecture in ADP Design Tour last week by Timmy Chou, who's also the regional president of ADP. There is an ADP Level A Certification Course at Hubba-To....more
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2017.
05.26ADP Design Tour on Thai TV Channel "CH3"
Except for offline and online media, ADP Design Tour also attracts TV Media's attention. Please see the following link of the TV News by CH3 about ADP Design Tour in Bangkok. http://tv.bectero.com/m/program-detail.php?...more
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2017.
05.24ADP Design Tour is now on "Bangkok Post"
Until now, before the event starts, ADP Design Tour in Bangkok has been widely reported by different media, such as Bangkok Post Newspaper, Bangkok Today Newspaper, KrungThep Thurakij Newspaper, Bagnkok Biz News, Nation Multimedia, Destination Thaila...more
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2017.
05.22ADP Design Tour is reported by Thai Newspaper "Krungthep Turakij"
ADP Design Tour is reported by Thai Newspaper "Krungthep Turakij". Except for "Krungthep Turakij", ADP Design Tour in Bangkok attracts lots of attention by media....more
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2017.
05.22Breaking News by "The Nation" - The ADP Design Tour brings international designers together in Bangkok
The ADP Design Tour brings international designers together in Bangkok May 18, 2017 18:43 By The Nation From May 24 to June 6, the Asia Designer Communication Platform will host its “ADP Design Tour” in Bangkok....more
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2017.
05.22Cross the line - ADP Joint Exhibition is on "Bangkokbiznews"!
ระหว่างวันที่ 24 พฤษภาคม – 6 มิถุนายน 2560 นำเสนอกิจกรรมมากมาย ทั้งเวิร์คช็อปวาระพิเศษสำหรับนักออกแบบ Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP) เอดีพี ดีไซน์ ทัวร์ นำเสนอกิจกรรมเวิร์คช็อปและนิทรรศการร่วมยกระดับมาตรฐานนักออกแบบเอเชียสู่ตลาดโลกคร...more
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2017.
05.21"Are you cats or Dogs?" By Timmy Chou
Timmy Chou is one of lecturers in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok, she will share "Are you cats or Dogs" in Level A Certification Course. Tatung University/ Industrial Design/ Bachelor Savannag College of Art and Design/ Interior Design/ Mas...more
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2017.
05.17"The Gift Of Community: Empowering Local Design" By Annie Ivanova
Annie Ivanova is one of lecturers in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok, she will share "The Gift Of Community: Empowering Local Design" in Level A Certification Course. Here you can see her latest talk about Design. http://facebook....more
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2017.
05.10"Crafting The Traditional Through Design And Dialogue" By Camiel Weijenberg
Camiel Weijenberg is one of lecturers in ADP Design Tour in Bangkok, he will share "Crafting The Traditional Through Design And Dialogue" in Level A Certification Course. Introduction of Camiel Weijenberg : Founder and Director of WEI...more
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2017.
05.05Country Special: China – the Asian Superpower
It’s a common thing to see: A new or established hotel chain or brand is expanding, and the bulk of its projects are located in the Asia Pacific region, specifically within the borders of China. In fact, by nearly any metric, China is among the faste...more
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2017.
05.02Swiss-Belhotel announces Mega Plans for Middle East
Swiss-Belhotel international (SBI), a global hotel management company with over three decades of strong track record, had a number of strategic announcements lined up for the “Arabian Travel Market” show (ATM) that took place in Dubai from April 24th...more
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2017.
05.02An International Exhibition of Asia Designer Communication Platform will Take Place at Bangkok in May
The first international exhibition held by the first international cross-field design organization in Asia, Asia Designer Communication Platform (ADP), will grandly take place on May 24th at Bangkok. During the two weeks of exhibition, the designers ...more
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2017.
04.21【City of Asia】Singapore
Tourism in Singapore is a major industry and contributor to the Singaporean economy. End of 2016 a total number of 16.4 million international arrivals have been counted. That is a plus of 7.7 percent compared to the previous year....more
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2017.
04.21Singapore warehouse revamped into hotel
A new 37 room boutique hotel has taken up residence in a former warehouse which overlooks the Singapore River. This heritage site of three dockside warehouses has been beautifully restored and conserved to hark back to Singapore’s roots as a major tr...more
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2017.
04.14【Hotel News】Plans announced for first Hyatt-branded hotel in Algeria
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a management agreement with Société d’Investissement Hôtelière EPE SPA for a Hyatt Regency hotel at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria. The hotel, expected to open late 2018, will mark the first Hyatt-bra...more
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2017.
04.08A dated Hong Kong apartment gets a contemporary makeover
Having lived in their Jardine’s Lookout apartment for a decade, Peter and Christina Chan decided late last year that a renovation was in order. They wanted to make the 1,500-sq-ft flat appear lighter, replace the dated décor with a simple, minimal lo...more
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2017.
04.07【Emerging city of Asia】That`s talk about Phnom Penh today
Phnom Penh formerly known as Chaktomuk, is the capital and most populous city of the Southeastern Asian country of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Tonlé Sap and Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since French colonization of...more
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2017.
04.06Benedetta Tagliabue wraps playful wooden furniture around pillars of 15th-century Milanese auditorium
Benches and mirrors can be pushed, pulled and swivelled from these striped wooden cabinets that Italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue has installed across a palazzo facade for this year's Milan design week....more
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2017.
04.06A Clever Pendant Light That Doesn’t Require Hardwiring Your Ceiling
Many rooms, especially in older houses, don’t have hardwired ceilings – meaning you’re stuck with floor and table lamps unless you want to spend lots of money on an electrician. At Euroluce 2017, Kalmar Werkstätten is offering up another option with ...more
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2017.
03.22ONE FLIPPIN’ COOL CHAIR
The Flipp chair is aptly named for the process in which it folds. Simply flip down the seat and voila! You’ve got a seat that’s as stylish as it is storable. The three-legged design is unexpected yet highly functional with its 3rd back leg being an i...more
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2017.
03.22Genius Loci-The place for customisation
Just like old desks Genius Loci conceals a secret, intimate, space in a drawer that goes beyond the functional. Genius Loci is the heart of customisation and available in various finishes. It offers a timeless aesthetic and hand-crafted workmanship t...more
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2017.
03.15Andrea Ponti Portrays Hong Kong's Urban Scene Through Eight Conceptual Seats
Milan Design Week 2017: Italian designer Andrea Ponti introduces his latest creations titled ‘shadows in the windows’. The collection portrays Hong Kong's urban landscape through two symbolic elements: a window and a seat, combined to create eig...more
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2017.
03.09Anchor Ceramics: Beauty, Simplicity and Sustainability from Melbourne
The primacy and plasticity of clay casts an irresistible spell on Australian designer Bruce Rowe, founder of Melbourne-based ceramics studio Anchor. Originally trained as an architect, Rowe’s first contact with ceramic-making took place in 2009, when...more
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2017.
03.09A Sculptural Sofa Inspired by an Old Tailor Shop
When Portuguese designer Rui Alves began work on a sofa for Menu, he remembered his grandfather’s favorite tailor shop where he’d watch the tailors huddle over their work tables and the grey suits being hung with wooden hangers....more
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2017.
03.01An Industrial Loft in TriBeCa with a Monochromatic Palette
After purchasing and remodeling a TriBeCa loft, the homeowner contacted Decor Aid to help furnish the space and bring it all together for the family. An open floor plan and lots of natural light set the tone for the design concept, which needed to ac...more
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2017.
03.01Pastel Fresh: Deli Canteen in Lisbon by DC.AD
Located in the historic neighborhood of Lisbon's Príncipe Real, Deli, a new cafeteria designed by local architectural practice DC.AD, offers an all-day service in a clean-cut environment of minimal elegance and retro vibes....more
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2017.
02.08Fizzics Waytap | Untap the full taste of beer with science
One's tastebuds can judge the difference between the flavour of beer fresh from the tap and the mass production of canned and/or bottled beer. By leveraging sound waves, Fizzics Waytap coverts the beer’s natural carbonation into densely compacte...more
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2017.
02.08Elliot: A Cozy Gentlemen’s Sofa with a Retro Detail
If you’re in the market for a new sofa, Elliot is the perfect blend of modern and cozy with its sophisticated lines and overstuffed cushions. The sofa was designed by Stefano Spessotto and Lorella Agnoletto for Ditre Italia, with a high back for comf...more
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2017.
01.19Fellow designs app-controlled kettle for precise coffee brewing
San Francisco startup Fellow has designed a connected kettle that lets users precisely and remotely control its temperature for optimum coffee brewing. The Stagg EKG kettle, which was designed by Fellow in collaboration with branding agency Branch...more
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2017.
01.19The Latest Minimalist Collection From Artifox
Artifox is no stranger to Design Milk and definitely no stranger to desk design and now they’re back with a new one, as well as a floating wall shelf. The latest pieces fall right in line with the brand’s minimalist designs, and both feature cool mix...more
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2017.
01.12'Use Your Illusions' by Page Thirty Three
‘Use Your Illusions’ is the brand new innovative collection from Page Thirty Three. The Australian creative design company took inspiration from a combination of primitive form, ancient ritual and modern living....more
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2017.
01.12Eggs Designs Studio unveils steam-bent wood furniture collection for TON
Eggs Designs Studio, which was founded by Gaia Giotti and Giona Scarselli, wanted to reference nature when designing the collection, which is made using TON's wood-bending technology. For the chair, the supporting frame is made from solid woo...more
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2016.
12.23Nando’s Crawley Gets a Fresh, New Look
Nando’s has been known to work with different designers to get fresh new looks for their chain of Portuguese-style chicken restaurants that began in South Africa in 1987. An existing Nando’s in Crawley, West Sussex was in need of a renovation and Blo...more
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2016.
12.22Norm Architects creates contemporary take on antique bathtubs
This minimal bathroom suite by Norm Architects is based on the shape of classic roll-top tubs. The Prime collection was designed by the Danish studio for Spanish brand Inbani. It features two bathtubs and a sink that are each a contemporary interp...more
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2016.
12.09Chi and Chi's second watch features a 24-sided face and refined materials
The second watch from Taiwan-based studio Chi and Chi is now available to buy from Dezeen Watch Store. Chi and Chi has updated its original design with a high-quality Swiss movement and refined finishes to create the Polygon 02 collection....more
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2016.
12.09Pon Table Series by Jasper Morrison for Fredericia
Fredericia enlisted the skills of British designer Jasper Morrison on a new series of tables that have an understated look. Called Pon, the tables are stripped of any adornment resulting in a classic and versatile collection in varying sizes that are...more
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2016.
12.01Nordic Kitchen: Scandinavian Kitchenware by Eva Solo
Cast iron post and pans can sometimes look antiquated and let’s be honest – they’re ridiculously heavy. Eva Solo decided to bring the idea of cast iron to a Scandinavian lifestyle with a new series called Nordic Kitchen....more
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2016.
12.01LSD Collection by Elina Ulvio
Helsinki, Finland based designer Elina Ulvio has unveiled a new selection of products that combine her love of architecture and an interest in the subconsciousness. The LSD Collection, which stands for Lights, Shapes, Dimensions, comprises the Plankt...more
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2016.
11.30Secret Library Hidden in the Woods Is Every Bibliophile's Dream Come True
Tucked away in the quiet woods of Upstate New York, you’ll find the Hemmelig Rom, a cozy cabin equipped with its own private library. A bookworm’s dream come true, the secluded space—whose name translates to “secret room” in Norwegian—was designed...more
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2016.
11.24Zodiac: A Hexagonal, Modular Display System
Luca Nichetto, of Nichetto Studio, designed a clever and playful, multifunctional display system for Zaozuo that’s based on a hexagonal framework. Called Zodiac, the modular system can be configured in multiple ways when using multiple units to form ...more
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2016.
11.23Shade lamp designed by Masquespacio
Masquespacio presents 'Shade', a lamp composed with different materials, designed for Spanish lighting brand RACO. After the strategic redesign from RACO's brand, Masquespacio has designed a new lamp that will take part of the new c...more
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2016.
11.23Tiny Mobile House Made From Upcycled Materials Lets You Live Off-Grid and Mortgage-Free
Greemoxie, a Canadian lifestyle magazine exploring green living, has built their first tiny house, sparing nothing to create an inviting space out of small quarters. The cozy, 340-square-foot cabin-like structure was built with upcycled materials and...more
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2016.
11.17Salt & Water’s Portable Tiny House Concept
Russian design studio Salt & Water has created a tiny house that’s designed to work within any landscape. The Tiny Eco-House is a prefabricated concept that’s only 20 square meters (215 square feet) and constructed of mostly natural materials, li...more
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2016.
11.17Pleat Box by Marset
By Xavier Mañosa & Mashallah The idea behind the Pleat Box is a sophisticated combination between a digitally designed crease in a piece of cloth and a silhouette that is applied to a ceramic base....more
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2016.
11.01Slender roof covers Apple Store Stanford by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
A+Awards: a dramatically thin roof soars over the glass front of the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto – another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards. The store in the heart of Silicon Valley was designed by Appl...more
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2016.
10.14Fritz Hansen in Collaboration with Benjamin Hubert Launches the Pair Chair
At the 2016 London Design Festival, Fritz Hansen pre-launches the stackable Pair Chair, marking their first collaboration with Benjamin Hubert, founder of Layer Design Agency. Channeling the furniture company’s signature modern aesthetics, the design...more
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2016.
10.14UniSuper offices by PTID, Sydney – Australia
PTID has designed the new offices of retirement fund UniSuper located in Sydney, Australia. The new workspace for UniSuper challenges the preconceived notions of what a Contact Centre should be. A direct reflection of the organisations contemporary, ...more
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2016.
10.07Toyo Ito's Taichung Metropolitan Opera House in Taiwan opens
These new photographs reveal the cavernous form of an opera house by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, which has opened in the Taiwanese city Taichung . Taichung Metropolitan Opera House by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito is expected to have ...more
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2016.
10.06Molteni&C | Dada new advertising campaign - Fall 2016
Sleek interiors and perspective views of metropolitan terraces, designed by new creative director Vincent Van Duysen, set the stage for the Molteni Group’s new advertising campaign. Key features are the new items of furniture showcased at the rece...more
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2016.
09.30Salone del Mobile 2016 – The Best of Luxury Safes
The day before the big opening of Salone del Mobile 2016, Luxury Safes gives to you an exclusive preview of the best luxury safes you’ll be able to see in Milan. Boca do Lobo Design Studio, located at hall 3 stand H24, was created to bring excelle...more
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2016.
09.23Investindustrial acquires control of luxury furniture designer B&B Italia
Investindustrial will acquire an 80% stake in the capital of B&B Italia, a leading International design furniture company headquartered in Noverdrate (Como). Giorgio Busnelli remains a shareholder (together with his brother Emanuele) and the comp...more
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2016.
09.22Steel and glass extension added to traditional stone house in Paris by Atelier Lame
Atelier Lame has added a steel-framed extension to an old stone house in a Parisian suburb, as part of a renovation that creates ample storage for an avid CD and record collector (+ slideshow). Paris-based Atelier Lame was asked to transform the p...more
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2016.
09.09Kenta Eto completes house with sliced-away corner in Japan
The corner appears to have been chopped off this house in Japanese city Oita, revealing a tree growing behind the building's walls (+ slideshow). Designed by locally based architect Kenta Eto, OJI House is a two-storey residence at the juncti...more
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2016.
08.09Sayama Forest Chapel by Hiroshi Nakamura is covered with hand-bent aluminium shingles
A+Awards: next up in our series on winning projects from Architizer's 2016 A+Awards is a small chapel by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura, which features extreme gables and a roof covered in 21,000 aluminium shingles (+ slideshow)....more
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2016.
07.29Z4Z4 AAA Designs a Unique Modern Home in Madrid, Spain
Casa Tobogan by Z4Z4 AAA: “A family is looking for a new home able to represent their trips around the globe, their desire to live in a garden and to embody the cinematic diversity of domestic life. The result is the design of two different houses o...more
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2016.
07.18NAVAMIN RESIDENCE
This house is a product of an unlikely coupling - a reductive modernist articulation together with an intensive Feng Shui inspired planning. The work was a rigorous collaboration between the owner, Hypothesis team, and the client'...more
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2016.
06.30"We are coming to view design more as a mentality than a skill"
Opinion: as the market for design education explodes and schools struggle to keep up, we need to work out what a designer actually is and what they need to learn says Lucas Verweij. Design has expanded in all imaginable directions, but the world...more
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2016.
06.30Modelia Days apartment block in Tokyo features concrete walls and steel box windows
Thick, galvanised-steel frames highlight a selection of windows on the concrete facade of this apartment block in Tokyo designed by Japanese studios Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O (+ slideshow). The architects designed the block named Modelia D...more
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2016.
06.23LAUFEN replicates and restores bathrooms from mies van der rohe's villa tugendhat
Reproducing objects from the past requires a deep-rooted knowledge of design heritage combined with a keen attention to detail. at salone del mobile in milan, LAUFEN showcased their bespoke bathroom series which included herzog and de meuron’s collec...more
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2016.
06.13Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O design minimal gallery space for traditional porcelain dolls
Japanese practices Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O have transformed the ground level of a 40-year-old warehouse in Tokyo into a gallery for traditional Hina dolls (+ slideshow). The Beishu Gallery is located in Taito area of Tokyo, inside an old...more
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2016.
06.05Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow)....more
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2016.
05.30An Incredible Interior Courtyard Shielded By Optical Glass Bricks
Built around a carefully tended courtyard, this home enjoys the privacy of a glass wall for a dazzling sense of semi-transparency. Designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, and located in downtown Hiroshima, its structure surrounding structure serves a...more
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2016.
05.23Benn + Penna completes corrugated metal cabin in the Australian bush
This pill-shaped corrugated-metal cabin contains a reading room for a rural retreat in Australia's Barragorang Valley Southern Highlands House was designed by Sydney studio Benn + Penna as an addition to a bush retreat owned by a couple who ...more
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2016.
05.20Japanese House in the Forest (Visualized)
Here is a neat little structure rendered by Israel based designers Ando Studio for TNA Architecture. The house set in a forest environment looks like the perfect kind of place to move in if you are planning to escape the noisy city life....more
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2016.
04.16T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house Named T Weekend Residence, the three-storey house offers residents various spots to read or dine amid a ...more
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2016.
03.23Platform_a completes reflective glass and volcanic stone cafe on Jeju island coast
Korean studio Platform_a has completed a cafe with pivoting mirrored-glass doors and volcanic stone walls on Jeju, a volcanic island off the coast of mainland South Korea (+ slideshow). The simple boxy building is constructed from a combination of...more
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