Great design doesn’t always begin with a blank slate – it often starts with something overlooked. That’s the case with Lichen’s latest collaboration with Karimoku Furniture. The New York–based design incubator and studio has reimagined… Read More »Lichen + Karimoku Reimagine Familiar Forms for Today’s Living
Dezeen Showroom: traditional table lamps are made cordless and rechargeable by Zafferano America in the Poldina Classic light, characterised by a pleated shade and statuesque aluminium body. Zafferano America took the timeless aesthetic of classic… Read More »Poldina Classic lamp by Zafferano America
Patterned walls of rammed-earth bricks and carpentry in local hardwoods celebrate “ancestral materials and methods” at the African Flow School, a kindergarten in Cameroon designed by Barcelona-based architecture studio Urbanitree. The 1,600-square-metre school on the… Read More »Urbanitree uses local materials and construction methods for African Flow School in Cameroon
On the heels of the 20th anniversary edition of Helsinki Design Week, Dezeen reporter Jane Englefield rounds up five enduring Finnish design principles she spotted at the city’s biggest industry festival. Helsinki Design Week 2025… Read More »Five ideas that marked 20 years of Helsinki Design Week
The government of Canada has launched Build Canada Homes, a federal agency that will leverage public-private partnership “to build affordable housing at scale and at speed” in order to address the country’s housing. Announcing the… Read More »Canada launches nation-wide home building agency focused on mass timber
Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian is taking over London‘s Institute of Contemporary Arts to host a pop-up design fair that doesn’t charge for participation, in a bid to “redistribute access and opportunities” within the industry. Taking place… Read More »“Squat at the ICA” invites designers to show work for free during London Design Festival