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Wax Atelier showcases objects made from tree-based waxes, resins and dyes

September 18, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A design studio that specialises in beeswax has curated a London Design Festival exhibition revealing how living trees can provide materials for design objects. Wax Atelier is behind The Abney Effect, a treasure trove of objects and material experiments made using bio-based waxes, resins, oils, fibres and dyes, all sourced from unfelled trees. The exhibition

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Sabine Marcelis and Ini Archibong among designers to collaborate with Japanese artisans

September 17, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A sound-emitting egg sculpture and a samurai chest of drawers feature in a series of objects made by designers in collaboration with master artisans from Japan’s Tohoku region, on show for London Design Festival. Designers Sabine Marcelis, Ini Archibong, Studio Swine, Yoichi Ochiai, Michael Young and Hideki Yoshimoto all participated in the Craft x Tech

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Paulo Moreira installs blue pavilions at Luanda Waterpoints in Angola

September 9, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Portuguese studio Paulo Moreira Architectures has transformed three water access points into gathering spaces for local communities in Luanda, Angola. The Luanda Waterpoints project consists of three bright blue pavilion structures installed around existing water points, making them safer and more multifunctional. Paulo Moreira’s Porto-based team hoped to show how simple interventions can transform basic

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Chart exhibits artworks in pavilion made from recycled ship sails

September 2, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Copenhagen’s Chart Art Fair has built a pop-up gallery designed by architects Emil Dupuis Bernild, Mikkel Harboe Wolff, Jonas Sarantaris and Shwan Soran Ali, marking a major change to its annual architecture programme. Instead of food and drinks counters, this year the fair commissioned architects to build an outdoor pavilion for exhibiting contemporary artworks. The

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Eight homes where pull-out furniture creates flexible interiors

September 1, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Folding desks, hide-away dining tables and Murphy beds are the focus of our latest lookbook, exploring homes where pull-out furniture allows rooms to be used in multiple ways. In houses and apartments with limited space, fold-out or wheel-out furniture offers a clever space-saving solution. The Murphy bed, which incorporates a hinge that allows it to

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Elmntl unveils prefab cabins for creating wellness retreats in wild landscapes

August 20, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Colorado-based startup Elmntl has unveiled a range of customisable cabins that provide bedrooms and sauna facilities in natural landscapes. Elmntl hopes to “democratise boutique hospitality” with its collection of prefabricated cabins. The startup aims to make it simpler and more affordable for landowners to offer unique vacation stays. Its cabins are fully customisable and easy

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Hawkins\Brown converts former Vitra showroom into own street-front office

August 19, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Hawkins\Brown has taken over a former furniture showroom, giving its staff a workspace with a shop window, a social kitchen and a Richard Woods-designed cabin. The former Vitra showroom on Clerkenwell Road is now a three-level office for 250 of Hawkins\Brown’s 350 staff. The new street-front address was designed to give the architects

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Rotate opens first physical store with interior by Thibaut Allgayer

August 12, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Shiny silver curtains and a lacquered burgundy stage feature inside the flagship store for Danish womenswear label Rotate, which opened in Copenhagen during fashion week. Locally based French designer Thibaut Allgayer designed the two-level store on Kristen Bernikows Gade. It is the first physical location for Rotate, which was launched by stylist influencers Thora Valdimars

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Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles

August 8, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. Office S&M designed Beacon House, a single-storey rear extension, for a Victorian terraced house in Tottenham, north London. It creates a larger kitchen and dining space for

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Beacon House extension by Office S&M features bubblegum pink tiles

August 8, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

A London house extension designed by Office S&M features a ceramic facade with the same pink glaze used for Tube station tiles on the Hammersmith and City Line. Office S&M designed Beacon House, a single-storey rear extension, for a Victorian terraced house in Tottenham, north London. It creates a larger kitchen and dining space for

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