This month in New York, artist Antonio Santín presents shockingly hyperreal oil paintings that depict life-size undulating ornate rugs. On view at Marc Straus Gallery, each painting is a surprising illusion of a carpet in… Read More »Thousands of Brushstrokes: Antonio Santín’s New Rug Paintings
Architecture practice THISS Studio has reconfigured the dark interior of an interwar house in east London, adding an extension characterised by timber joinery and a curved aluminium roof. Designed to have “a fun and unconventional… Read More »“Fried-egg” canopy tops Sunny Side Up extension by THISS Studio
The seven finalists for this year’s edition of the Mies van der Rohe Award have been revealed and include a Czech art gallery, an urban space in southern Sweden and a copper-clad convent in France.… Read More »Mies van der Rohe Award reveals finalists for 2024
With trade shows falling on hard times, this year Stockholm Furniture Fair set itself on a new path. Dezeen editorial director Max Fraser explores whether other fairs can learn from the Swedes’ approach. Stockholm’s annual… Read More »Stockholm Furniture Fair “created a testbed for new ideas”
London-based start-up Nothing is trying to upend the consumer-tech industry. In this interview, the company’s design director, Adam Bates, discusses how. Since being founded by Chinese-Swedish entrepreneur Carl Pei three years ago, Nothing has moved… Read More »Tech designers “forgot new ideas” after iPhone says Nothing’s Adam Bates
It’s crucial that whoever wins the upcoming general election prioritises fixing the UK‘s energy-efficient housing, but the message doesn’t seem to be getting through to our political leaders, writes RIBA president Muyiwa Oki. Last summer, as… Read More »“The state of Britain’s ageing homes has become a national shame”