Online design magazine Design Week has been acquired by its web development company Interconnect, saving it from closure. Interconnect purchased the company from its previous owner Xeim, which also runs Marketing Week and Creative Review, after… Read More »Design Week magazine acquired by Interconnect and set for relaunch this year
Spanish fashion house Loewe has announced the winner of its seventh annual prize celebrating craft from around the world, as an exhibition of the 30 shortlisted projects opens at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.… Read More »Cow intestines and old mattresses feature in Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2024 exhibition
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design sourced local materials for the design of Blue Bottle Coffee cafe in Nagoya, Japan, which features tiles across its surfaces and lamps made from pottery plates. The studio used tiles… Read More »Locally produced tiles clad walls and table in Blue Bottle Coffee shop in Nagoya
Promotion: Italian furniture brand Arper has created Catifa Carta, a chair that the company claims can sequester carbon dioxide. It is made out of PaperShell, a new composite material made from paper combined with a… Read More »Arper releases chair that aims to limit environmental impact “by doing what trees do”
At this year’s Salone del Mobile at Milan design week, fashion brand Yves Salomon showcased a furniture collection with Chapo Creation, inspired by Pierre Chapo’s designs and incorporating shearling offcuts. The collection consists of a… Read More »Yves Salomon revives Pierre Chapo lighting and furniture using shearling offcuts
British designer Lee Broom has debuted a collection of lighting during NYCxDesign showcased in an installation of mauve curtains in the designer’s personal Tribeca penthouse. The Alchemist collection, which encompasses pendants lights, chandeliers and wall sconces,… Read More »Lee Broom unveils lighting informed by “mythology” in New York penthouse