Design archive for 2015-01-13
Wooden folly by Andre Tchelistcheff Architects houses a sauna in the Hudson Valley
(5 years ago)
A sauna is housed within this wooden hut by Andre Tchelistcheff Architects, which perches on a grassy knoll overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains in upstate New York (+ slideshow). (more…)
"I don't expect a bargain for good design, but fair prices would be a nice change"
(5 years ago)
Comments update: Tony Ash, managing director of furniture brand Vitra, says designers need protecting from copycats – but readers aren't sure that cheap rip-offs are the design industry's biggest problem. (more…)
Icehotel’s 25th edition includes a square vortex suite
(5 years ago)
A rainforest populated with orangutans, a giant chess board and floating jellyfish are sculpted from the snow and ice used to create the rooms inside this year's Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (+ slideshow). (more…)
Completion in sight for Herzog & de Meuron's £617-million Elbphilharmonie concert hall
(5 years ago)
News: Herzog & de Meuron's severely delayed concert hall for the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie finally has an opening date set for 2017, but its price tag is now more than 10 times the original estimate. (more…)
A Private Residence for an Artist in Israel
(5 years ago)
A cozy family home in Israel full of modern, casual details and finishes.
The Future Fit: 3D Printed Float Shoes by United Nude
(5 years ago)
United Nude launches a 3D printed shoe designed for the compact Cube 3D printer.
Creative industries in the UK generate £8.8 million per hour
(5 years ago)
News: the creative industries are now worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK, with the design sector enjoying the biggest growth. (more…)
Concrete Goes Soft in These Desk Accessories from TripleLiving
(5 years ago)
A concrete desk organizer set that's deceptively pliable.
Skyscraper surge makes 2014 the "tallest year ever"
(5 years ago)
News: a chart-busting 97 skyscrapers over 200 metres tall were completed in 2014 – and a record-breaking 58 of them are in China, according to the latest industry review. (more…)
A Flower Pot with an Integrated Pen Holder
(5 years ago)
The multipurpose Eco Pot holds your pens and pencils while letting you have your own desktop garden.
Surface Design Show 2015 to present materials for architecture and interiors
(5 years ago)
Dezeen promotion: the latest materials for the built environment will be on display at this year's Surface Design Show in London from 10 to 12 February. (more…)
Minimalist Floor Lamps Made of Wood and Metal
(5 years ago)
FILD launched their SO1 floor lamp with a goal to create minimalist forms out of honest materials.
Famous buildings become abstract blocks of colour in Federico Babina's Archishape series
(5 years ago)
Italian illustrator Federico Babina honed in on details of buildings by architects including Le Corbusier, MVRDV, Zaha Hadid and Mies van der Rohe to create the abstract graphics of this poster series. (more…)
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- Famous works of art transformed into buildings in Federico Babina’s Archist Series
- Architects' faces are made up of their buildings in Federico Babina's Archiportraits series
- Classic songs become buildings in Federico Babina's Archimusic illustrations
- Architect silhouettes pose inside iconic windows for Federico Babina's Archiwindow series
A Visit to Chamber
(5 years ago)
Chamber brings together art and design in Chelsea with curated, limited edition collections.
Court revokes planning permission for SANAA's La Samaritaine revival
(5 years ago)
News: an appeals court has blocked the SANAA-designed renovation of iconic former department store La Samaritaine in Paris, which includes a wavy glass facade that critics have compared to a shower curtain. (more…)
Visitors to Lisbon's Vertigo Climbing Center can clamber on the cafe
(5 years ago)
Architects João Quintela and Tim Simon have built a pavilion inside a climbing centre in Lisbon, providing a cafe and reception space that visitors can also scramble over (+ slideshow). (more…)
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- Allez Up – Indoor Rock Climbing Center
- Oloron Saint Marie Multimedia Center / Pascale Guédot + Michel Corajoud
- Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies / Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects
- City Square – Service and Cultural Center / Yaniv Pardo Architects
CF Møller's Villa R features a sunken storey for the clients' children
(5 years ago)
Children's bedrooms and play spaces take over the partially exposed subterranean floor of this house completed by Scandinavian firm CF Møller on the edge of a wood in Aarhus, Denmark (+ slideshow). (more…)
Illusion Chair by Gabriel Särkijärvi
(5 years ago)
The backrest of the Illusion Chair by Gabriel Särkijärvi looks like Gabriel Särkijärvi.
Tom Dixon to launch metal home and office accessories in Paris
(5 years ago)
Maison & Objet 2015: British designer Tom Dixon's latest range of accessories includes copper stationery and containers with magnifying-glass lids. (more…)