In furniture design, inspiration can come from unexpected sources – in this case, it’s the childhood nostalgia of stacked playing cards. The precarious game of creating stable architecture by equalizing balance and tension can be… Read More »The Hito Table Recalls the Nostalgia of Stacked Playing Cards
Dezeen Showroom: Australian company Kaolin has developed a technique for finishing and laying porcelain tiles that is able to replicate the continuous vein patterns of book-matched marble or stone. Placed side-by-side, tiles made using Endless… Read More »Endless Vein tiles by Kaolin
Hadiya Williams spent 20 years in the world of graphic design before discovering a full-force passion for clay. What began as an innocent hobby in 2017 turned into a full-time job when design studio Black… Read More »F5: Hadiya Williams on Connections, a Love of Old Objects + More
Australian studio Lahznimmo Architects has completed Powerhouse Castle Hill in northwest Sydney, a shed-like storage facility wrapped in corrugated aluminium and concrete. Owned by the Powerhouse Museum group, the 9000-square-metre facility is intended as a… Read More »Lahznimmo Architects aims for “beautiful utility” with museum storage in Sydney
Our next Social Housing Revival case study is Atelier GOM’s Shanghai Longnan Garden estate, the first social-housing project in China to abandon high-rise towers. Located in Shanghai’s central Xuhui district, the 100,000-square-metre Longnan Garden estate… Read More »Longnan Garden estate in Shanghai wanted to escape the “virus” of boring Chinese housing
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish flooring company Bolon has created a collection of rugs and woven flooring made from recycled vinyl but informed by traditional textile craftsmanship. Like all of Bolon’s products, the Graphic collection is produced… Read More »Graphic flooring by Bolon