Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Dana Harel came to California as a transfer student to study architecture, full of anticipation of what the future might hold for her. Yet after graduation and briefly working… Read More »F5: Dana Harel Talks Cookbooks as Art, Food Breaks + More
Dezeen Showroom: from wellbeing-enhancing office pods to products that covertly control noise, the following pieces are designed to make workplaces more design– and comfort-forward. Designers are increasingly enhancing both the function and form of products… Read More »Twelve products for home offices and workplaces to improve concentration
A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. Wataru Architects redesigned the 40-year-old building belonging to construction company Kitaoka Group into… Read More »Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan
Architecture studio BIG has unveiled designs for a waterfront home for Hamburg State Opera, which will be enclosed by a series of interconnected terraces. Set to be built on a peninsula within the German city’s… Read More »BIG designs Hamburg State Opera as “landscape of concentric terraces”
Members of Norwegian design collective Fold Oslo have unveiled an assortment of lamps made from found objects and waste materials. Named Nytt Lys, the collection contains six lighting designs, incorporating old kitchen utensils, demolition waste… Read More »Fold Oslo creates lighting from kitchen utensils and demolition waste
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China, designed by BIG. Located along the Jinji Lake waterfront in Suzhou, the museum comprises 12 pavilions under a continuous roof… Read More »“That roofline is slick” says commenter