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Day three from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the third day (Wednesday 17 April) – and follow the live feed for today's activity! 5:30pm Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson has also been at Triennale Milano for the major exhibition exploring the legacy of the late
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Marimekko transforms "real Milanese institution" into flower-clad cafe
Jumbo poppies synonymous with Marimekko cover the floor of Bar Unikko, a pink-hued pop-up cafe created as a Milan design week pit stop to mark the print's 60th anniversary. Named after Unikko, the recognisable poppy pattern designed by Maija Isola in 1964, the cafe is a pop-up project at Bar Stoppani in Milan. Marimekko purposefully
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Marimekko transforms "real Milanese institution" into flower-clad cafe
Jumbo poppies synonymous with Marimekko cover the floor of Bar Unikko, a pink-hued pop-up cafe created as a Milan design week pit stop to mark the print's 60th anniversary. Named after Unikko, the recognisable poppy pattern designed by Maija Isola in 1964, the cafe is a pop-up project at Bar Stoppani in Milan. Marimekko purposefully
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Brett Farrow designs San Dieguito House to embrace setting in coastal California
A large tree lies at the heart of a cedar-clad residence in southern California designed by US studio Brett Farrow Architect, which used various tactics to "meld nature into the home's ethos". Located in the beach town of Encinitas, just north of San Diego, the house was designed to replace a family's existing ranch-style home
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Five US-based roles on Dezeen Jobs
We've listed five roles based in the USA available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at Dezeen, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Morris Adjmi Architects. Summer internship at Dattner Architects Dattner Architects has opportunities for summer interns to join its office in New York. The firm's collaboration project with WXY Architecture for New
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Shigeru Ban unveils Paper Log House at Philip Johnson's Glass House
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in Connecticut, USA. Created in collaboration with students from New York university Cooper Union, the 13.5 foot by 13.5 foot (10 meter by 10 metre) structure was built
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Pietra Tiburtina tile collection by Casalgrande Padana
Dezeen Showroom: drawing inspiration from historic Italian architecture, the Pietra Tiburtina tiles from Casalgrande Padana recreate the charm of natural travertine. The Pietra Tiburtina porcelain stoneware tile collection is based on travertine – a staple of Italian construction and decorating since Roman times. For the collection, Casalgrande Padana focused on the aesthetic effects of both
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Holzer Kobler Architekturen wraps seaside visitor centre in timber grid to "play in, on, under or beside"
A gridded timber frame creates a flexible armature for play equipment and social spaces at the Erlebnis-Hus visitor centre in Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany, which was designed by Holzer Kobler Architekturen. Located alongside a dyke on a coastal promenade in Sankt Peter-Ording, the centre contains event spaces, a shop and restaurant and lookout points, housed in
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Nifemi Marcus-Bello highlights plight of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea in Milan installation
Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello has created a sculptural interpretation of a boat from stainless steel to highlight the dangerous crossing faced by people crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Named Omi Iyọ – Yoruba for saltwater, the stainless steel sculptural object is on show at 5VIE Design Week during Milan's annual design week. The shape
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Five key projects from designer and Dezeen Awards 2024 judge Jasper Morrison
British designer Jasper Morrison has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work. Morrison is known for his furniture, lighting, tableware and everyday product designs, describing his work as "at its best, super normal". In 1986 he founded the London-based Office for Design. He went on
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Patterned stone-and-clay floor showcases Hermès' "connection with the earth"
French fashion house Hermès has designed an installation that uses reclaimed bricks, slate, marble and terracotta to draw attention to the brand's artisan roots at Milan design week. The brand's annual installation, which has previously featured lantern-like light structures and latticed iron cages, this year drew visitors' attention downwards. Spread across the floor of the
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Day two from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the second day (Tuesday 16 April) – and follow the live feed for today's activity! 5:00pm Salone del Mobile – the world's largest furniture fair – always has a number of fun and attention-grabbing stands,
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Day two from Milan design week 2024
The Dezeen team are reporting live from Milan Design Week (15-19 April). Read on for all the coverage from the second day (Tuesday 16 April) – and follow the live feed for today's activity! 5:00pm Salone del Mobile – the world's largest furniture fair – always has a number of fun and attention-grabbing stands,
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Niceworkshop presents furniture made from reused skyscraper formwork
Design studio Niceworkshop has created furniture for recycling brand Format made from aluminium formwork used for pouring the concrete on large-scale buildings, which is on show at Milan design week. Showcased at the Capsule showcase at Corso Como 10, the collection includes chairs, benches and tables made from slabs of aluminium fastened together by industrial
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Dezeen Debate features "a solution to all modernist buildings"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features an installation by Ibrahim Mahama that covers London's Barbican Centre. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Ghanaian artist Mahama worked with hundreds of craftspeople to produce Purple Hibiscus, a handsewn installation of bespoke pink cloth adorning the lakeside terrace of London's brutalist Barbican Centre. Commenters discussed the project,
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Ross Barney Architects encloses NASA testing facility in unique copper-concrete panels
US architecture Ross Barney Architects has completed a NASA laboratory for deep-space technology testing in Cleveland, USA, which includes a tower made of pre-cast concrete panels for testing antennas. Ross Barney Architects created the Aerospace Communications Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, which originally opened as the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in
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A-N-D places standing chandeliers in 17th-century Milanese villa
Vancouver-based lighting company A-N-D has showcased two collections at Alcova during Milan design week, adapting its chandeliers to be placed on the floor to respect the historic setting. The lights flanked the walls of a room on the ground floor of Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, a 17th-century villa outside of Milan that is one of two
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Andromeda tables by LSM for UniFor
Dezeen Showroom: Italian design brand UniFor has created a series of sculptural tables made from aluminium as part of its Andromeda collection, which debuted at Milan Design Week. The Andromeda tables are characterised by their slimline appearance and striking proportions, visual features that are echoed throughout the rest of the collection. As is the case
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Lasvit showcases glass-making techniques in Milan design week installation
Czech glass-making brand Lasvit has unveiled an outdoor installation made from fused glass at Milan design week, shown in this video produced for the brand by Dezeen. Titled Porta, the installation was created by Lasvit art director Maxim Velcovsky and forms part of the brand's Re/Creation exhibition at Palazzo Isimbardi in Milan. The installation
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Mira furniture system by Scavolini
Dezeen Showroom: distinctive finishes and details meet in the Mira furniture system, designed for installation in kitchens and living areas by Italian brand Scavolini. Developed by the company's research and development lab Vuesse, the Mira system has a linear, polished look, with an L-shaped profile on the doors and a combination of wood, metallic and
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