Known primarily for his masterful ceramics, Danny Kaplan has now ventured boldly beyond his established vocabulary, introducing three collections that signal a dramatic expansion of his material exploration while maintaining the sculptural sensibility that defines… Read More »Designer Danny Kaplan’s New Collections Explore New Materials
Dezeen Showroom: New Zealand brand George & Willy has created a round-topped table that frees up floor space in cafes by attaching directly to walls via a bracket at the end of its L-shaped base.… Read More »Wall-Mounted Cafe Table by George & Willy
A red aluminium roof modelled on banana leaves shelters Shiv Nader School, completed by architecture studio Vastushilpa Sangath in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu, India. Run by the philanthropic body Shiv Nader Foundation, the… Read More »Vastushilpa Sangath covers Indian school with banana leaf-shaped roof
Anna Pinnock created a Venetian palazzo, complete with trompe l’oeil pillars and graphic wallpaper, for the set of The Phoenician Scheme, the latest film by director Wes Anderson. For The Phoenician Scheme, Pinnock had to… Read More »You “create a world” for every Wes Anderson film says set designer Anna Pinnock
The future potential of earth as a building material was the focus of this year’ soil-rich Morocco pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Moroccan architects Khalil Morad El Ghilali and El Mehdi Belyasmine aimed to… Read More »Morocco rethinks earthen architecture in Venice pavilion
Dezeen Showroom: a tile informed by the appearance of limestone has been released recently by Italian surfaces manufacturer Ceramiche Keope. Grace tiles have a combination of warm- and cool-toned patches that Ceramiche Keope intended to… Read More »Grace tiles by Ceramiche Keope