Traditionally reserved for cafes and restaurants, banquette seating can dramatically transform home kitchens. Our latest lookbook collects eight examples, from Australia to the Netherlands. Named after the French word for a bench, a banquette is… Read More »Eight residential kitchens enhanced by banquette seating
Architect Massimiliano Locatelli and former Prada design director Fabio Zambernardi have developed a method for “embroidering the impossible” – using hacked sewing machines to embellish wooden furniture and surfaces with metal threads. Their project was… Read More »Embroidered wooden furniture decorates Nullus Locus installation
US brand Design Within Reach has enlisted British fashion designer Paul Smith to furnish an iconic mid-century home in Palm Desert that can now be rented out by guests. Miles C Bates house, also known… Read More »DWR and Paul Smith outfit historic Wave House with striped and plaid furniture
Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a US embassy in Tokyo, Japan, which addresses the city’s natural hazards, is among the projects by students at the University of Kansas. Also featured is a design for… Read More »US embassy in Tokyo among architectural proposals by students at the University of Kansas
The brick facades of 19th-century mill buildings informed the design of the Rubicon housing in Cambridge by London studio Alison Brooks Architects. Located on the edge of the 150-hectare Eddington masterplan in northwest Cambridge, the cycle-friendly Rubicon… Read More »Historic mills inform “super-robust” housing in Cambridge by Alison Brooks Architects
For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight homes with decorative and practical terracotta floors, from a living room in a Menorcan barn to a Los Angeles home informed by ryokans. Terracotta-brick floors can give homes… Read More »Eight homes with hardwearing and decorative terracotta floors