Angular steel extrusions clash cheekily with broad, generous wooden fillets in the new Siembra furniture collection by baba estudio, led by designer, architect, and founder Blanca Arcos. “Siembra” is a Spanish word, evoking the planting… Read More »Siembra Furniture by Baba Estudio Bends Hard Materials Into Soft Illusions
There’s no question that medical equipment – usually large and bulky machines – is rarely designed; engineered perhaps but with the wellness-associated benefits of aesthetics remaining an after-thought. For many, the devices meant to alleviate… Read More »Lily Is a Bike Helmet-Inspired Device for Chemotherapy Patients
Dezeen Showroom: Swiss brand Impact Acoustic has put a sound-dampening spin on a classic style of lighting with Spark, an acoustic pendant lamp. The Spark acoustic light has a simple yet elegant round shade that… Read More »Spark acoustic lighting by Impact Acoustic
Exposed concrete surfaces are enlivened by colourful accents at this residential complex in Switzerland, designed by local architecture studio Buchner Bründler Architekten. Named Rötiboden, the development of eleven terraced houses in varying sizes is located… Read More »Buchner Bründler Architekten finishes concrete housing blocks in Switzerland with colourful details
Set in a deserted, overgrown amusement park in Bali, Jia Curated is no ordinary design festival. In this interview, co-founder Budiman Ong said it could carve out a new identity for Indonesian design. Jia Curated… Read More »Indonesian design finds “sweet spot” in abandoned Bali theme park
Sound artist Yuri Suzuki has unveiled the Utooto exhibition in London, which will let visitors build a modular installation of plastic pipes and horns to communicate using sounds instead of words. Suzuki drew on utopian… Read More »Yuri Suzuki’s Utooto is a build-it-yourself sound sculpture informed by utopian cities