London studio Satish Jassal Architects has completed Rowan Court, a cluster of brick-clad social housing blocks in Seven Sisters that “repairs the frayed edges” of an existing 1970s estate. Commissioned by Haringey Council, the development… Read More »Satish Jassal Architects adds red-brick social housing blocks to London estate
Danish studio BIG has designed a curving folded roof informed by traditional Kosovan skirts for the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kosovo in Pristina. Created in collaboration with local architecture studio ALB-Architect, the performance venue will… Read More »BIG to wrap Kosovo opera and ballet theatre in sculptural photovoltaic roof
Yrjö Kukkapuro, the Finnish furniture and product designer who dreamt up ideas “until the very end” over more than 70 years of creating, has passed away at his home in Kauniainen at the age of… Read More »Postmodernist Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro dies aged 91
Swedish studio MatssonMarnell invited Stockholm Design Week visitors to the home of co-founder Magda Marnell, where local designers showcased beeswax candles, sculptural chairs and hairy lamps. The design duo, which works in interior design as… Read More »One Day Exhibition showcases private flat filled with unusual design pieces
Ecological concerns and the pressures of the modern world mean designers no longer have the luxury of seeing their work as a form of self-expression, Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa tells Dezeen in this interview. “Many… Read More »Design should “blend into the background of everyday life” says Naoto Fukasawa
Montreal-based designer Ying Gao has created a pair of garments embedded with soft mirrors and eye-tracking robotic components that transform when people look at them. The collection, which features mirrors made by fusing glass and… Read More »Ying Gao’s All Mirrors clothing responds to the observer’s gaze