Any cat owner has experienced their cat walking all over their keyboard, but the Dry Studio Petbrick 65 might take your cat’s indifference towards it and turn it into an obsession. Why? Well, the keyboard… Read More »This Cat-Inspired Keyboard Comes Complete With a Furry Frame
Dezeen Showroom: residential switches, sockets and thermostats are given an elevated and consistent aesthetic using the slimline E2 series by German electrical hardware brand Gira. The Gira E2 range is defined by its clean, minimalistic… Read More »E2 switches and sockets by Gira
Capturing the essence of movement in a stationary object is the driving concept behind Noom’s latest creation, the Archipen Chair. Designed by Kateryna Sokolova, co-founder of the Ukrainian design brand, this chair embodies dynamic energy… Read More »Archipen: A Fluid Chair Inspired by 1920s Kinetic Art
A green-patinated copper shell topped with solar panels forms this “habitable power station” in Oxford, designed by local studio Adrian James Architects. Named Copper Bottom, the two-storey house is a self-build project created by studio… Read More »Adrian James Architects wraps Copper Bottom house in origami-like shell
Dezeen’s architecture and design working-conditions survey paints an alarming picture of an industry under strain. Nat Barker reports. Josephine (not her real name) wanted to be an architect from a young age. But upon qualifying in… Read More »Dezeen survey points to “broken” architecture and design industry
As Dezeen’s working-conditions survey reveals widespread dissatisfaction with low pay and long hours among architects, Amanda Baillieu considers what has gone wrong in the profession. Can architecture survive as a special and unique profession? Architects… Read More »“Working yourself to the point of exhaustion is no longer a badge of honour”