Architecture studios Sasaki Associates and Foster + Partners are masterplanning a smart city for up to a million people on Sherbro island in Sierra Leone. According to the BBC, the studios are creating a masterplan… Read More »Foster + Partners and Sasaki Associates designing Sierra Leone island city for Idris Elba
If the pleat-loving fashion designer Issey Miyake was given the task to craft a fashionable wireless Bluetooth mouse intended for travel – lightweight yet durable, sleek yet stylish, rechargeable with a long lasting battery –… Read More »The Centuries Old Art of Origami Inspired This Bluetooth Mouse Design
Established in 2011 by Kate Driver, Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary design studio West Haddon Hall debuts its first furniture collection consisting of 14 pieces that seamlessly blend style and bygone eras into timeless works of craftsmanship.… Read More »West Haddon Hall Drops a Timeless Inaugural Furniture Collection
UK architecture studio Richard Parr Associates has completed a single-storey family residence on a wild countryside site in Oxfordshire. Drawing on the local farmhouse typology, the home by Richard Parr Associates features a sloped-roof brick… Read More »Richard Parr Associates nestles charred-timber home into UK countryside
Choosing an expensive pillow doesn’t always ensure a good night’s sleep. It’s important to understand that not all pillows suit every sleeper. Your pillow needs to match your sleeping position. For side sleepers, the ideal… Read More »Top Pillows for Side Sleepers Who Love Support: Ditch the Ducky Down
Peter Barber‘s architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Once upon a… Read More »“Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites”