Dezeen Showroom: Swedish brand Cords‘ catalogue of design-forward extension cords and power boards aim to provide an alternative to traditionally unsightly electrical accessories. Launched last month with the goal of reimagining power accessories as beautiful… Read More »Electrical accessories by Cords
Dezeen features editor Nat Barker has been named Architectural Journalist of the Year at the prestigious International Building Press Awards 2025. The award, which was given to Barker at a ceremony in central London last week, was… Read More »Nat Barker named Architectural Journalist of the Year for “excellent and varied work”
Designers George Vlasis Pakalidis and Artemis Valyraki drew on the industrial origins of a tyre workshop when designing the Voulkanizater listening bar and restaurant in Athens. Located in Athens’ inner-city Koukaki neighbourhood, the bar and restaurant… Read More »Athens’ industrial Voulkanizater restaurant features wheel rims and car parts
The world’s leading architects and designers from over 45 countries joined to celebrate Dezeen Awards 2025, in partnership with Bentley, announcing this year’s winners at a party in London. Over 500 guests from countries including… Read More »Architects and designers celebrate at Dezeen Awards 2025 party in London
Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has completed a cosmetics store in Madrid featuring exposed wooden pillars and a material palette intended to evoke the calming atmosphere of an ancient Roman sweating room. Laconicum, a beauty… Read More »Lucas y Hernández-Gil references “classical world” for Laconicum store interior
Promotion: in the creation of its Auckland Experience Centre, Fisher & Paykel collaborated with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, a Māori iwi (tribal organisation), to define the building’s cultural narratives. The luxury appliance brand explained that its… Read More »Fisher & Paykel’s Auckland Experience Centre celebrates New Zealand design