Designer Bianca Censori, the wife of the rapper Ye – formerly known as Kanye West, has created a series of tables and chairs in which the female body becomes part of the furniture. The pieces,… Read More »Bianca Censori restrains women’s bodies with contortionist furniture
Amsterdam-based Nicemakers has designed the resident facilities of a housing development in Walthamstow, using the east London neighbourhood as the starting point for its design scheme. Overseen by property developer Way of Life, The Eades… Read More »Nicemakers channels “spirit and energy” of Walthamstow for The Eades apartments
Architecture firm Gensler has partnered with manufacturer Acme Brick to complete a mixed-use development in Austin that draws on the city’s historic warehouse district. Named Centro West, the development consists of two five-storey buildings alongside… Read More »Gensler and Acme Brick create mixed-use development informed by warehouses
Designer Matteo Frontini has updated the classic Moka coffee pot, adding a helical spiral base informed by jet engines that he says cuts the time needed to brew coffee in half. The Turbo Moka seeks… Read More »Turbo Moka claims to brew coffee twice as fast as traditional espresso makers
Promotion: London creative agency Seventeen has unveiled a new brand identity characterised by playful graphic icons designed to celebrate “being odd”. Formerly known as Weareseventeen, Seventeen is a Clerkenwell-based agency that began as a moving… Read More »Creative agency Seventeen rebrands to “subvert industry expectations”
Music company Assemble Sound has opened offices and recording studios inside the OMA-designed Lantern arts hub in Detroit, which features a focal aqua-hued staircase. Assemble Sound‘s 4,000-square-foot (370-square-metre) headquarters was designed and outfitted by the… Read More »Assemble Sound unveils HQ inside OMA’s Lantern arts hub in Detroit