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Dezeen In Depth explores the prospect of a plastic-free future
This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter delves into the debate surrounding the future of plastics and features an exclusive interview with interior designer Kelly Wearstler. To mark Earth Day, which has the theme of "Planet vs Plastics" and is campaigning for "the end" of the material, we investigated whether it's time to bid farewell to
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/27/plastic-free-future-dezeen-in-depth/
Fritz Hansen outfits cabin hotel Piaule with outdoor furniture
Danish furniture brand Fritz Hansen has debuted pieces from its first Skagerak Outdoor furniture collection as a permanent "installation" at Piaule hotel in Upstate New York. The furniture collection follows Fritz Hansen's purchase of fellow Danish furniture brand Skagerak in 2021 as a growth strategy to produce outdoor furniture and expand across Asia, central Europe
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/fritz-hansen-cabin-hotel-piaule-with-outdoor-furniture/
"Research became the exhibition" at OMA-designed Crafted World for Loewe
Dutch studio OMA has designed Loewe's Crafted World exhibition, currently on show in Shanghai, which aims to celebrate the brand's craftsmanship. Crafted World, the Spanish fashion brand's first public exhibition, has launched at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre where it is taking over an entire wing of the 1950s building. Designed by Ellen van Loon and
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/oma-loewe-crafted-world-exhibition-shanghai/
"Research became the exhibition" at OMA-designed Crafted World for Loewe
Dutch studio OMA has designed Loewe's Crafted World exhibition, currently on show in Shanghai, which aims to celebrate the brand's craftsmanship. Crafted World, the Spanish fashion brand's first public exhibition, has launched at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre where it is taking over an entire wing of the 1950s building. Designed by Ellen van Loon and
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/oma-loewe-crafted-world-exhibition-shanghai/
Seven finalists announced for Rimowa Design Prize
Promotion: the Rimowa Design Prize has announced seven finalists for its second annual award, with a winner set to be crowned at a ceremony during Berlin Design Week later this month. Awarded by the German brand Rimowa, the annual student competition aims to "define a new voice for the German design industry". Rimowa has announced
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/rimowa-design-prize-finalists/
Orbital Tap by Orbital Systems
Dezeen Showroom: Swedish company Orbital Systems has launched a tap system that recycles water from the sink for flushing the toilet. The Orbital Tap saves up to 100 per cent of washbasin water and redirects it to the toilet, meaning that clean drinking water is no longer used for flushing. By saving water, Orbital Systems
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/orbital-tap-orbital-systems-dezeen-showroom/
Christian de Portzamparc wraps Dior flagship store with "resin shells" in Geneva
Six interweaving "petals" encase the facade of Dior's store in Geneva, Switzerland, which has been designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Christian de Portzamparc. The Dior store's expressive facade elements echo those of its Seoul flagship store – also designed by French architect De Portzamparc – that similarly draws on fabrics used for Dior's creations. "Between these
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/christian-de-portzamparc-dior-store-geneva/
Plenum cabin by Jaime Hayon for Fritz Hansen
Dezeen Showroom: designer Jaime Hayon has created a series of enclosed seats for Danish brand Fritz Hansen that provide comfortable spaces within the workplace. The Plenum cabin aims to facilitate productive, informal meetings in office environments, while acting as focal points in open-plan interiors. "With Plenum Cabin, my aim was to craft a space within
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/plenum-cabin-jaime-hayon-fritz-hansen-dezeen-showroom/
Work begins on timber daycare centre by Kéré Architecture in Munich
A wooden structure will be left exposed throughout this children's daycare centre at the Technical University of Munich, on which Berlin-based studio Kéré Architecture has started construction in Germany. Named Ingeborg Pohl Kinderoase an der TUM, the centre will sit beside the university's cafeteria and be open to children with parents or carers who work
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/kere-architecture-timber-childcare-centre/
Office Winhov converts historic Amsterdam buildings into National Holocaust Museum
Local studio Office Winhov has completed the sensitive restoration of two historic local buildings, converting them into a museum and memorial for the Dutch victims of the Holocaust. Located on Amsterdam's Plantage Middenlaan, the National Holocaust Museum by Office Winhov was designed to commemorate the Dutch Jews who were persecuted and killed during the war.
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/26/national-holocaust-museum-office-winhov-amsterdam/
Study Pavilion by Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2024
Berlin architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have been awarded this year's Mies van der Rohe Award for Study Pavilion, a steel-framed university building in Germany. Düsing and Hacke, who founded their eponymous studios in 2015 and 2016 respectively, are the youngest people to have ever received the biennial accolade, also known as the European Union
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/study-pavilion-mies-van-der-rohe-award/
Dezeen Agenda features London's best home renovations and extensions
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features this year's Don't Move, Improve! awards shortlist. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Annual awards programme Don't Move, Improve! has revealed its shortlist for this year's competition, hosted by New London Architecture (NLA). A colourful home by Charles Holland Architects and a residence by Mike Tuck Studio
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/dont-move-improve-awards-shortlist-dezeen-agenda/
Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy's Cove, a national historic site
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/omar-gandhi-architects-cedar-house-nova-scotia/
Windmill sails fall off Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris
The windmill sails of the Moulin Rouge, an iconic 135-year-old cabaret venue in Paris, collapsed to the ground in the early hours. Just before 2am this morning, the four blades attached to a red-painted windmill on top of the Moulin Rouge venue fell off and landed bent in front of the building, according to newspaper
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Cristallo Vitrum tableware by Alessandro La Spada for Antolini
Dezeen Showroom: Italian stone brand Antolini has updated its Cristallo Vitrum tableware collection, adding a material combination that evokes the look of glacial ice. Titled Cristallo Vitrum "Wow", the new variation features translucent natural quartz stone paired with satin gold-finished steel. The play of cloudy and transparent sections and delicate amber veining gives the stone a
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Rafael Viñoly Architects designs four skyscrapers for first Canada project
US studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed four skyscrapers and a series of public spaces in Toronto, which will be the studio's first built project in Canada. Developed by Madison Group and totalling two million square feet (185,806 square metres) the project will consist of two individual properties holding two skyscrapers each, which will host
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Design Hotels report explores "unlimited possibilities" of neuroaesthetics
Promotion: Design Hotels has launched its study Neuroaesthetics – Design for the Mind, which looks at how technological and cultural aesthetics impact human behaviour, with a talk at Milan design week. The Design Hotels talk featured Robyn Landau, co-founder of Kinda Studios, alongside neuroaesthetics architect and designer Suchi Reddy, founder of Reddymade. They were joined
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/cultural-study-design-hotels-focuses-neuroaesthetics/
Stonetech tile collection by Casalgrande Padana
Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Casalgrande Padana looked to the central Alps for inspiration for its Stonetech collection of porcelain tiles. Casalgrande Padana considers the Stonetech collection an embodiment of its latest research and innovation, with a full-body structure that means the inner layers or the tile are identical to the top surface, so the appearance of
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/stonetech-tile-collection-casalgrande-padana-dezeen-showroom/
Mole Architects creates barn-like holiday home within Suffolk farmyard
British studio Mole Architects has created Alde Valley Barn, a brick-clad holiday home on a farmyard in Suffolk that dates back to the 17th century. The four-bedroom house replaces a steel-framed barn, which was added to the farm in the English town of Aldeburgh in the 20th century. Mole Architects' design is deliberately simple, referencing the
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https://www.dezeen.com/2024/04/25/alde-valley-barn-mole-architects/
F Taylor Colantonio and Daniel Roseberry create surreal bronze-and-silk furniture for Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry has collaborated with artist F Taylor Colantonio on a collection of sculptural bronze and silk furniture that includes a chair-lamp hybrid. The starting point for the creative collaboration was the neoclassical theme of the Toilet of Venus, a subject that was popular in the sixteenth century. The Schiaparelli collection includes
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