French architect Jean Nouvel has overhauled a 19th-century department store alongside the Louvre in central Paris to create a new home for the Fondation Cartier, featuring moveable gallery spaces. Set to open to the public this… Read More »Jean Nouvel arranges Fondation Cartier around five giant moving floors
Supermarket chain Aldi has teamed up with London fashion brand Agro Studio to create a puffer coat that resembles a giant baked potato. The limited-edition Jacket Potato Jacket, described by the company as “comfort food… Read More »Aldi unveils jacket potato jacket complete with silver foil poncho
Visitors to Dutch Design Week are invited to consider how the country houses its asylum seekers in a pavilion by De Wachtkamer, a local organisation aiming to improve their living conditions through design. Located in… Read More »De Wachtkamer hacks refugee beds to provide more privacy and dignity
Technology brand Apple has featured London-based designer Marco Campardo, Paris duo Marie & Alexandre, Shanghai-based Duyi Han and Vietnamese-American ceramicist Jolie Ngo in its inaugural Designers of Tomorrow exhibition. The work of the four designers… Read More »Apple reveals Designers of Tomorrow at Design Miami.Paris
Women working in architecture are more than twice as likely to feel that having children has harmed their career than women in the UK in general, a major RIBA-commissioned report has said. Research conducted by gender-equality… Read More »Landmark report finds “blatant and uncompromising sexism” in UK architecture
Architect Daniel Libeskind has revealed designs for the Sekyra Flowers residential complex in Prague, which comprises four angular buildings surrounding a public square. Designed for Czech real estate company Sekyra Group, Libeskind’s Sekyra Flowers housing development will… Read More »Daniel Libeskind designs geometric housing in Prague as “personal tribute to magical city”