Local studio Owain Williams Architects has transformed a disused garage site in London into the Stroud Green Housing Centre, creating a public drop-in space and office fronted by a large timber gate. Tucked between terraced… Read More »Infill housing centre by Owain Williams Architects is “a public building in miniature”
Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a flexible, solar-energy-generating textile called Heliotex, which forms the canopy of her Dutch Design Week pavilion. Umbra Pavilion is currently on display in Eindhoven’s Strijp-S district as part… Read More »Pauline van Dongen tops kite-like Umbra Pavilion with solar-powered textile
Artist Takashi Murakami and fashion brand Louis Vuitton have created a giant inflatable octopus informed by Chinese lanterns, which has been installed at the newly restored Grand Palais museum in Paris in time for Art… Read More »Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton take over Grand Palais with eight-metre-tall octopus
The annual Kasiology design festival has launched to celebrate the undervalued creative economy of South Africa‘s many townships with its inaugural edition taking place in the Soweto suburb of Johannesburg. Organised by local advocacy group… Read More »First design festival launches in South Africa’s historically Black townships
Rapper 50 Cent has collaborated with French glassware brand Lalique to create a hand-crafted crystal bottle for the 505 Edition Branson Cognac by Sire Spirits. Designed by 50 Cent, whose real name in Curtis Jackson, the… Read More »50 Cent and Lalique create cognac bottle that embraces “conscious capitalism”
Local studio Cometa Architects has added a custom-made central staircase and created circular cutouts to showcase a historic brick ceiling at Éventail, a Barcelona home filled with tactile details. The project takes its name from… Read More »Cometa Architects designs Barcelona apartment with “hand fan” layout