Swedish furniture brand IKEA has created a peer-to-peer resale platform called IKEA Preowned as part of its aim to become a circular business by 2030. The secondhand marketplace, which allows people to buy and sell… Read More »IKEA launches online marketplace for second-hand furniture
A major fire in a high-rise building in east London over the weekend has exposed the ongoing issue of flammable cladding in the UK, the Fire Brigades Union has said. The fire, which started in… Read More »London fire exposes “national scandal” of flammable cladding says Fire Brigades Union
Entertainment architecture studio Stufish has designed 12-metre-high columns and ornate window frames for a stage for artist Lana Del Rey, which was shown at the Reading and Leeds festivals over the weekend. Del Rey headlined… Read More »Stufish creates festival stage informed by Barbican Conservatory for Lana Del Rey
Spanish fashion house Loewe paid homage to its own craft history in this Seoul store, which features artwork including a multi-level bamboo sculpture and a basket woven entirely from horse hair. The store is located… Read More »Loewe store in Seoul designed as “art collector’s home”
Edible glue, crayons that draw on any surface and a stool that turns into an easel are among the unconventional craft equipment developed by Tokyo children‘s brand Woset for the next generation of artists and… Read More »Woset creates pared-back art supplies to kickstart children’s imagination
Local designer Jyhling Lee has created a stainless steel sculpture informed by an origami bowl for an “iconic” street in Downtown Toronto. Reflector is a mirrored sculpture approximately 5 metres by 3 metres tall that… Read More »Jyhling Lee creates steel origami-informed sculpture for Toronto