Chinese practice Lel Design Studio has completed a factory in Yongchun that combines traditional and modern brewing facilities for vinegar with a sightseeing route for tourists. Occupying and expanding on a series of brick buildings… Read More »“Sightseeing factory” in China celebrates the heritage of red vinegar
Continuing our Designing for Disaster series, disasters expert Ilan Kelman shares advice for designers and architects on averting catastrophe. A generation ago, in 1999, a team led by disasterologist Dennis Mileti published a comprehensive review… Read More »“Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural”
Furniture crafted from driftwood, “dresses” made from thousands of wood pieces and lamps 3D printed from tatami-resin were some of the highlights of Designart Tokyo. Taking place across the Japanese capital, the seventh edition of… Read More »Seven Japanese designers working with neglected materials at Designart Tokyo
Dezeen has announced the 28-strong interiors shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes projects by FOG Architecture, UNStudio and Atelier d’More. The shortlisted projects, which are in the running for awards in six… Read More »Dezeen Awards China 2023 interiors shortlist revealed
Glass screen doors, bespoke furniture and natural textures draw on the waterside location of Locke at East Side Gallery hotel in Berlin by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons. Located in the inner-city Friedrichshain district, Locke at East… Read More »Grzywinski+Pons designs Locke at East Side Gallery to “capture the strange magic” of Berlin
Promotion: a treehouse-like holiday home and a sauna on wheels are among the four wooden architecture projects named winners at the Thermory Design Awards for 2023. A high school and boutique hotel were also awarded… Read More »Thermory Design Awards names best wooden architecture projects for 2023