Promotion: design festival Singapore Design Week has announced its return this September in a celebration of the city’s design spirit and creativity. Organised by the DesignSingapore Council, the event will take place from 11 to… Read More »Singapore Design Week 2025 marks the country’s 60 year independence
1. Bloom Stools by Dom Johnson These stools from designer Dom Johnson are made simply yet thoughtfully, construction minimal yet meticulously considered. A relatively humble material, MDF, rendered in a satisfying thickness adds weight to… Read More »Take 5: Snake Bags, Spool Tables, and Crochet Shirts
Dezeen Showroom: Dutch company Pretty Plastic has produced tiles for facades roofs using a notoriously hard-to-recycle material: PVC from post-consumer construction waste. Started by architects Overtreders W and Bureau SLA, Pretty Plastic makes tiles with… Read More »Tiles by Pretty Plastic
In his ongoing bid to highlight the idiosyncratic properties of various raw and manufactured materials, seasoned British designer Max Lamb has forged an intrinsically sustainable practice. He’s crafted distinctive chairs out of cardboard that, by… Read More »Max Lamb Turns Hotel Waste Into the WASTED Collection – 001
Design firm Wendover has converted the former St John’s Wood police station in northwest London into a block of nine rental apartments, organised around a central courtyard. Located at 20 Newcourt Street, close to the… Read More »Wendover converts London police station into rental housing
The inflatable Ark Nova concert hall, created by sculptor Anish Kapoor and architect Arata Isozaki in 2013, has made its way from Japan to Switzerland for the Lucerne Festival. The mobile structure, which has been inflated in Europe for… Read More »Anish Kapoor and Arata Isozaki’s inflatable concert hall makes European debut