Promotion: in a recent lecture, cofounder of Japanese studio SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, explained how the studio’s key projects connect with their surroundings and create space to “bring people together”. Sejima gave a speech at the… Read More »Kazuyo Sejima discusses SANAA’s most notable projects at University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School Awards
Dezeen School Shows: a modular positioning kit designed to aid children’s comfort during X-rays is among the projects from this year’s Designblok selection. Also featured is a proposal exploring upholstery techniques without using glue or… Read More »X-ray positioning kit for children among projects from Designblok finalists
For this year’s 3daysofdesign, Normann Copenhagen introduced Phantom lighting by Simon Legald, a collection that includes both a Floor Lamp and Table Lamp, defined by their sculptural form language. Drawing inspiration from the slow, delicate… Read More »Silkworm String Inspires Phantom Lighting by Simon Legald
Dezeen Showroom: designed to look like a cluster of balancing rocks, this stool by Thai studio Atelier 2+ and furniture brand Moonler is made of wood indigenous to Thailand. The Pebble stool features a vaguely… Read More »Pebble stool by Atelier2+ for Moonler
Scottish architecture studio Pend has updated a heritage-listed Georgian farmhouse in East Lothian, adding an extension clad in fluted, blush-toned blocks of precast stone. Named Whitberry, the Grade B-listed building had been subject to piecemeal… Read More »Pend wraps extension to historic Scottish home in fluted pink-toned stonework
Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled a series of rock-shaped buildings designed to blend into their coastal setting for the Nature Rocks tourist centre in southern Taiwan. MVRDV collaborated with Taiwanese architecture studio HWC Architects to design… Read More »MVRDV reveals design for rock-like visitor centre on Taiwan’s coastline