Mobile filing cabinets are a workplace staple, but German manufacturer mūller tapped designer Mark Braun to reinterpret the traditional mobile pedestal for contemporary settings at home and in the office. He looked to how he… Read More »NEXT by muller Combines Seating and Storage in a Mobile Unit
Fairphone has long stood out in the smartphone world – not for chasing the fastest processors or pushing the flashiest designs, but for building phones that challenge the wasteful, disposable culture of mainstream tech. With… Read More »Fairphone 6 Introduces Modular Add-Ons and Next-Level Repairability
At this year’s 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) invited visitors to reconsider what we value in wood. Their latest exhibition, No.1 Common, spotlights a grade of hardwood typically overlooked in Europe… Read More »The No.1 Common Exhibition Makes a Case for Imperfect Timber
Dezeen Showroom: design studio SmithMatthias aimed to give a classic form a slightly exaggerated edge in this chair, created for British brand Allermuir. The wooden Curve lounge chair features subtly oversized legs connected to a… Read More »Curve chair by SmithMatthias for Allermuir
Architecture studio Office Inainn drew on the layered composition of slate for the stacked form of the prefabricated 18-07 Holiday Home on Norway‘s western coast. The house is designed for a client who spent years… Read More »Office Inainn models prefabricated Norwegian house on slate
Continuing our Building with Cob series, we take a look at a cob classroom designed for educational charity Global Generation, which is being built from waste earth sourced near its site in King’s Cross. The… Read More »Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King’s Cross