London architecture studio Material Works has updated a Victorian home in Hackney, extending into its garden with a large double-height bay window framed with natural stone. Named Hackney Bay House, the project involved transforming what… Read More »Material Works extends Hackney home into an oversized bay window
British-Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori has designed three colourful watches for Swiss brand MB&F as part of its MAD Editions range. Named Grow Your Dreams, the collection consists of three different-coloured watches, named Sun, Nature and Water,… Read More »Yinka Ilori designs trio of watches to “make you smile every time you check the time”
American restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has announced that it will keep its “old timer” logo and abandon plans to replace it with a minimalist redesign following intense online backlash led by Donald Trump. The Southern… Read More »Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after outrage at redesign
Olympic organisers have reportedly approached South Korea about hosting the 2029 Asian Winter Games over doubts about whether Saudi Arabia‘s unbuilt Trojena ski resort will be ready in time. According to a report by news… Read More »Olympics considering alternatives to Neom hosting Asian Winter Games
Dezeen Showroom: Polish designer Mati Sipiora has released an armchair named Poodle that has a partially bulbous frame reminiscent of the eponymous dog breed. Comprising alternating sections of chunky and spindly tubular steel, the Poodle… Read More »Poodle armchair by Mati Sipiora
Governments’ failure to agree a treaty on curbing plastics pollution draws attention to how reliant on the material we have become but there may be a silver lining, writes Smith Mordak. Devastating news this month… Read More »“We need plastic to keep our economic order going”