Design thinking should be substituted for “food thinking” to enable humans to create properly holistic systems that no longer cause ecological chaos, writes Sophie Lovell. Design has become unfit for purpose. Humanity shares one small planet… Read More »“Food production is an ideal place to start rethinking how we design”
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a selection of brutalist and modernist churches captured by photographer Jamie McGregor Smith in his book Sacred Modernity. With 139 photographs of 100 churches, McGregor Smith created… Read More »“Powerful demonstration of architecture at its best” says commenter
You have less than 24 hours to put forward names for our Designers of the Year awards before voting closes tonight at 23:59 London time. Do you know a studio or individual pushing the boundaries… Read More »Designers of the Year nominations close tonight at midnight
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has been granted planning approval for office and residential development 18 Blackfriars Road, which the studio claims will be net-zero carbon. Located on a two-acre brownfield site in London‘s… Read More »“London’s lowest whole-life carbon high-rise” by Foster + Partners receives planning approval
Romanian practice Bogdan Ciocodeica Studio played with the idea of “blurry vision” in this eyewear store in Bucharest, where pixelated furnishings sit against translucent latex curtains. This is the third space that Bogdan Ciocodeica Studio… Read More »Pixelated furniture appears throughout Lunet eyewear store in Bucharest
Dezeen Events Guide has launched its guide to NYCxDesign 2024, highlighting the key events in New York City from 16 to 23 May. The festival celebrates its 12th anniversary with a programme of exhibitions, open… Read More »Dezeen Events Guide launches digital guide to NYCxDesign 2024