Sheep wool was presented in a new light in the Dutch Design Week exhibition Wool (Re)discovered, which aims to get visitors talking about Europe’s unloved fleeces. One-and-a-half million kilograms of wool are discarded each year… Read More »New Order of Fashion embraces Europe’s “valueless” wool in Dutch Design Week exhibition
Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis always wanted to create a giant lava lamp, and has achieved that dream with Column, a cylindrical and oversized version of lighting brand Mathmos’s iconic 1960s design. Released today, Column is… Read More »Sabine Marcelis designs “milky” three-metre-tall lava lamp
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish studio Afteroom has designed a table for furniture brand Andreu World that can be customised with various tabletops and finishes. The Garzetta table is intended to be versatile and elegant, with a… Read More »Garzetta table by Afteroom for Andreu World
The annual Southern Sweden Design Days festival in Malmö, Sweden, has announced that it will not hold an event in 2026, instead taking a year off to refine its format and “build on the strong… Read More »Southern Sweden Design Days to take break in 2026 before 2027 return
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a puffer coat that resembles a giant baked potato, created by supermarket chain Aldi and London fashion brand Agro Studio. The limited-edition Jacket Potato Jacket features a… Read More »“Another half-baked idea” says commenter
Architect Julia Watson has followed up her seminal book Lo-TEK with a new volume focused specifically on Indigenous approaches to water – its scarcity and overabundance. Here, she shares an exclusive preview of eight examples… Read More »Eight Indigenous technologies that could turn the tide on how we manage water