The most desirable phones are no longer only the ones with the most advanced features. Here, contributing editor Rima Sabina Aouf reviews four of the best contemporary dumbphones with deliberately pared-back functionality. A dumbphone –… Read More »Four of the best dumbphones for a digital detox
As the world gets hotter demand for cooling systems is increasing, but energy-hungry air conditioning risks making the situation worse. Starr Charles explores whether more efficient solutions are possible. With global temperatures rising, the world’s… Read More »Can we quit our air-con addiction?
Architecture studio Snøhetta has unveiled designs for a mixed-use coastal development “reminiscent of a mountain range” in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Set to encompass 114,000 square metres, the Jesselton Docklands development will sit at the coastal… Read More »Snøhetta designs waterfront district to echo mountain landscape in Borneo
Dezeen Showroom: Polish furniture brand Tylko has branched out from modular storage to produce its first seating design: a highly customisable sofa by industrial designer Krystian Kowalski. Tylko describes Smooth as applying the brand’s made-to-measure mindset… Read More »Smooth sofa by Krystian Kowalski for Tylko
Skincare brand Aesop‘s first store in Hainan Island, China, was designed to evoke an underwater cave and features oculi decorated with an algae-based film. Located within the Haitang Bay Duty Free Shopping Complex in Sanya… Read More »Aesop illuminates cave-like Hainan store with ceiling oculi
Artist Jobe Burns has completed the renovation of a 300-year-old farmhouse in southwest England, transforming it into a home designed to celebrate its rural identity and timeworn details. Burns had just completed his degree in… Read More »Jobe Burns uses traditional methods and materials to revive historic West Country farmhouse