Exposed concrete surfaces are enlivened by colourful accents at this residential complex in Switzerland, designed by local architecture studio Buchner Bründler Architekten. Named Rötiboden, the development of eleven terraced houses in varying sizes is located… Read More »Buchner Bründler Architekten finishes concrete housing blocks in Switzerland with colourful details
Set in a deserted, overgrown amusement park in Bali, Jia Curated is no ordinary design festival. In this interview, co-founder Budiman Ong said it could carve out a new identity for Indonesian design. Jia Curated… Read More »Indonesian design finds “sweet spot” in abandoned Bali theme park
Sound artist Yuri Suzuki has unveiled the Utooto exhibition in London, which will let visitors build a modular installation of plastic pipes and horns to communicate using sounds instead of words. Suzuki drew on utopian… Read More »Yuri Suzuki’s Utooto is a build-it-yourself sound sculpture informed by utopian cities
Dutch studio JA Joubert Architecture has completed a series of undulating, mixed-use towers on a lakeside site in Tirana, Albania. Nestled beside the city’s Tirana Park Lake, the 135,000-square-metre Lake Views development is spread across… Read More »JA Joubert Architecture designs towers “echoing the hills and mountains” in Tirana
University of Leeds student Lucia Guest has developed a therapeutic device to emotionally support people who have experienced miscarriage and stillbirths. Vilo uses various sensory stimuli to help alleviate feelings of distress, isolation and being… Read More »Vilo is a handheld device designed to provide comfort after pregnancy loss
The Chinese division of General Motors has unveiled its Buick Electra Orbit concept car, which combines 20th-century space-age references with the latest electric vehicle technologies. The futuristic proposal was developed by GM China‘s Advanced Design… Read More »GM China reveals EV concept designed to evoke retro rocket ships