Dezeen Showroom: US brand Designtex aimed to bring the artistic look of domestic textiles to the contract market with Adorn, a fabric with a rich, painterly pattern. Adorn is a hard-wearing textile for upholstery in… Read More »Adorn fabric by Designtex
French designer Erwan Bouroullec returns with the ARBA Collection for raawii. An extension of the original ARBA Chair, the collection now features a bench, a two-seater sofa, and a coffee table. Careful attention to proportion… Read More »Erwan Bouroullec’s ARBA Collection Returns With More From Less
For the next instalment in our Building with Cob series, we take a look at the first home to be built with CobBauge, a cob construction system developed to meet modern building regulations. Designed by… Read More »Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
A 20,000-square-metre marshmallow-like, inflated membrane has been raised over a construction site in Jinan, China, to protect neighbouring buildings from dust and noise. The dome encloses Jinan’s Honglou 1905 project, set to be the largest… Read More »Chinese construction site enclosed in world’s “largest inflatable dome”
Cob is a low-carbon material poised for a revival, according to scientist Steve Goodhew. In this Building with Cob interview, he explains how his invention, CobBauge, is guiding the way. “Cob has the potential of… Read More »Cob not just “a hobbit house” material says researcher developing modern version
Design collective Fahrenheit 180 has created tiles using discarded shells from oyster farms to show the “potential of overlooked materials”. The tiles are currently on show in the garden of Lisbon museum Centro de Arte… Read More »Fahrenheit 180 shows tiles made from oyster shells at Lisbon’s Gulbenkian art museum