If you’ve ever visited Japan, you’ll notice something unusual: the absence of public trash cans. Born out of concerns of public safety and connected to a cultural commitment to communal responsibility, the act of disposing… Read More »This Japanese Trash Can Automatically Shutters Unpleasant Scents
Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Frandsen has launched Peel, a range of lights by designer Sissel Warringa crafted from single sheets of steel. Warringa has designed three different Peel lights for Frandsen –a pendant light, a… Read More »Peel lighting series by Sissel Warringa for Frandsen
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Vertikal Nydalen office and apartment building in Oslo, with two angular towers designed to encourage air flow through the building. Located near the river Akerselva in the city’s Nydalen neighbourhood,… Read More »Snøhetta unveils angled office and apartment high-rises in Oslo
British furniture retailer Habitat has revealed its 60th-anniversary collection, which features collaborations with emerging designers alongside revived archive pieces like the chicken brick. Furniture and homeware by established designers such as Sebastian Conran, Felix Conran,… Read More »Habitat brings back archive “classics” for 60th anniversary collection
Local studio Valbæk Brørup Architects drew on the principles of Danish functionalism for Kildeskovsvej, a red-brick house outside Copenhagen with a blocky form broken up by large corner windows. Located on a gently sloping site… Read More »Valbæk Brørup Architects completes “simple and calm” brick villa outside Copenhagen
Dezeen Showroom: industrial designer Kasper Salto and Danish brand Fritz Hansen have expanded their collection of office tables, which are designed “to ensure every person in a meeting room can see and be seen”. Intended… Read More »Pluralis tables by Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen