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Selfridges launches The Joke Shop with playful Slapstick Generator artwork

March 24, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a “shoppable comedy store” that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. Located in the corner store space on Selfridges’ ground-floor level, The Joke Shop pop-up store was designed by the retailer’s in-house team. The shop, which the

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Cúpla decorates Rixo Marylebone store with hand-painted murals

March 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio Cúpla has completed a boutique for fashion brand Rixo in central London that features hand-painted illustrations and colourful zellige tiles. The clothing store on Marylebone High Street was revamped by Cúpla, whose creative director Gemma McCloskey is the twin sister of Rixo co-founder Orlagh McCloskey. The interior designer had previously designed the brand’s

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Cúpla decorates Rixo Marylebone store with hand-painted murals

March 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio Cúpla has completed a boutique for fashion brand Rixo in central London that features hand-painted illustrations and colourful zellige tiles. The clothing store on Marylebone High Street was revamped by Cúpla, whose creative director Gemma McCloskey is the twin sister of Rixo co-founder Orlagh McCloskey. The interior designer had previously designed the brand’s

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Adjaye Associates appoints CEOs to lead studio in its “next chapter”

March 18, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has announced a new leadership structure, eight months after the studio lost numerous projects in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. The studio named Kofi Bio, Lucy Tilley, and Pascale Sablan as CEOs of its Accra, London, and New York studios, with founder David Adjaye becoming executive chair of the group.

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Adjaye Associates appoints CEOs to lead studio in its “next chapter”

March 18, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has announced a new leadership structure, eight months after the studio lost numerous projects in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against its founder. The studio named Kofi Bio, Lucy Tilley, and Pascale Sablan as CEOs of its Accra, London, and New York studios, with founder David Adjaye becoming executive chair of the group.

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This week the tallest skyscraper in the US secured full funding

March 16, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

This week on Dezeen, we revealed that the Legends Tower in Oklahoma – a 581-metre-high skyscraper set to be the tallest in the US – has secured the full funding needed for its construction. According to reporting in local news outlet The Oklahoman, the supertall skyscraper is fully funded as of early March. Designed for

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Norm Architects creates cedar-clad summerhouse that nods to traditional barns

March 15, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

A sedum roof designed to “change colours with the seasons” tops Heatherhill Beach House, a wooden holiday home burrowed among the hills on the Danish coast by local studio Norm Architects. The 232-square-metre house will be used by its owners as “a getaway from everyday life in Copenhagen,” according to Norm Architects. Heatherhill Beach House

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Ten modernist council estates that made a “vital contribution” to London’s architecture

March 13, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

As part of our Social Housing Revival series, Dezeen asked the creator of the new London Estates book to select the 10 most influential examples of modernist council housing built in the UK capital in the post-war period. Balfron Tower and Dawson’s Heights are among the estates featured in the book, which showcases social housing

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Zaha Hadid Architects designing Al Khuwair waterfront development in Oman

March 11, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects is set to create a waterfront development in Muscat, Oman, that will include canal walkways and have a design “emphasising climate resilience”. Set to be built in downtown Muscat, the 3.3 million-square-metre development will feature a marina, a cultural district, canal walkways and a recreational waterfront. The project, which

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Eight interiors illuminated by sculptural aesthetic lamps

March 9, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve collected eight interiors enhanced by aesthetic lamps including a 19th-century house in Stockholm and a retro-futuristic clothing store in Hangzhou. There is a growing trend for unusually sculptural and innovative lighting designs that don’t just light up an interior but also function as a piece of art. The examples below show

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