A palette of local clay, sand, hemp and wood was used to create Hedeskov Living Lab, a research and educational centre in Rønde, designed by Danish architecture studio Djernes & Bell. Located on rewilded farmland,… Read More »Djernes & Bell designs Danish research centre as “living laboratory”
Fashion brand Issey Miyake has teamed up with Apple to launch the iPhone Pocket, a wearable smartphone carrier that stretches, much like the fashion brand’s pleated clothing, to hold any iPhone. Each sling is made… Read More »Apple and Issey Miyake create expandable “extra pocket” for iPhones
The late Balkrishna Doshi‘s time working under modernist pioneer Le Corbusier sparked a career of fun and creative freedom, his granddaughter and fellow Indian architect Khushnu Panthaki Hoof tells Dezeen in this interview. “[Doshi] would… Read More »Le Corbusier “used to prank” Balkrishna Doshi says granddaughter Khushnu Panthaki Hoof
Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron has designed bubbly glass trophies for the Art Basel Awards that aim to capture the shape of breath in glass. The amorphous trophies will be presented to the… Read More »Herzog & de Meuron’s Art Basel trophies are “different from anything that’s ever been done”
The inaugural edition of design show Alter in Tokyo exhibited works by 56 creatives, including “nearly invisible” window blinds and a chair covered in layers of washi paper. Alter focused on collaborative design, with designers… Read More »Alter exhibition aims to revive Tokyo’s “increasingly homogenous” design landscape
Japanese architect Jun Aoki has used translucent glass panels to create a flowing exterior for Tiffany & Co‘s flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. Situated on a corner plot in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, the 66-metre-tall… Read More »Jun Aoki cloaks Tiffany & Co store in curving glass panels