Dezeen Showroom: made of ultra-thin birch plywood, designer Ilkka Kauppinen’s sculptural Adilo pendant lamp for Finnish brand Secto Design unfurls from flat. The Adilo lamp is made from ribbon-like slats of birch plywood that look… Read More »Adilo pendant lamp by Ilkka Kauppinen for Secto Design
Japanese design firm Studio Aluc “deliberately retained traces of past craftsmanship” to transform a historic machiya residence into a short-stay hotel in Kyoto. Named Nazuna Kyoto Higashihonganji, the 600-square metre property is located in front… Read More »Studio Aluc turns 100-year old Kyoto townhouse into hotel
Interior designer Matthew Williamson has created an amber-toned trophy for the 2026 BRIT Awards, which was designed to mark the ceremony being hosted in Manchester for the first time. Williamson, who is a judge for… Read More »Matthew Williamson unveils worker bee-informed BRIT Award
London-based design brand Ventete has developed a blow-up cycling helmet that uses air instead of foam to absorb impact and easily fits into a bag when deflated. The AH-1 helmet, which is shortlisted for a… Read More »Ventete’s inflatable bike helmet flattens to become thinner than a laptop
Promotion: French furniture brand Tiptoe has celebrated its 10th anniversary by asking 10 designers and artists to creatively reinterpret its first product – the clamp-on table leg. Big-Game, Constance Guisset, Julien Renault and Jean-Michel Wilmotte… Read More »Tiptoe invites 10 designers to reimagine its signature table leg for its 10th birthday
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Herzog & de Meuron’s Art Basel trophies. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Herzog & de Meuron have unveiled handblown, bubbly glass trophies for the Art Basel… Read More »Dezeen Debate features Herzog & de Meuron “glass turd” trophies