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Seven architecture and design events in October from Dezeen Events Guide

September 29, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Design Miami’s first event in Paris and the month-long Archtober festival in New York City are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in October include an exhibition on how design can help social and environmental peace, and design weeks in Eindhoven, Prague and Barcelona.

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You Can Sit With Us aims to open doors that “were firmly closed to us” says 2LG Studio

September 28, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe of 2LG Studio have curated You Can Sit With Us, a London Design Festival show that offered “a seat at the table” to a diverse mix of emerging designers. The 2LG Studio founders invited 13 designers from a mix of nationalities, races, genders and backgrounds to be a part of

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SOM creates spiral of algae bricks for Chicago Architecture Biennial installation

September 27, 2023 Ellen Eberhardt 0

In collaboration with Colorado-based Prometheus Materials, architecture studio SOM has created a spiral installation made of bio-bricks for the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial. The installation was made using the Bio-Block building material developed by Colorado-based material company Prometheus Materials, a masonry block created from micro-algae and aggregate that offers an alternative to standard concrete. “Extending

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Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival

September 26, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Digitally shrink-wrapped skin, armrests salvaged from parks and “frozen” resin featured in Prototype/In Process, an exhibition of seating presented by virtual magazine Chair of Virtue during London Design Festival. Displayed under a railway arch at Borough Yards, Prototype/In Process was made up of 1:1 scale prototypes of chairs, as well as chairs that are still

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“Emerging talents require nurture” says Jan Hendzel

September 21, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

More can be done to support emerging designers in London says Jan Hendzel, who curated an exhibition focused on emerging talent at this year’s London Design Festival. Jan Hendzel Studio curated the 11:11 exhibition, which paired 11 established designers with 11 emerging designers, to draw attention to interesting south London designers. “Our emphasis was on creating

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Detroit Month of Design highlights initiatives and reuse projects “for a better Detroit”

September 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

This year’s edition of Detroit Month of Design features a number of adaptive reuse projects, including furniture made from recycled bulletproof glass and religious buildings converted into art spaces. The yearly festival, put on by local NGO Design Core Detroit, creates programming to celebrate design projects and initiatives in the city. It highlights a number

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Rado unveils two-tone watches informed by Le Corbusier’s colour palette

September 19, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Swiss watch brand Rado has launched True Square Thinline Les Couleurs Le Corbusier, three limited-edition timepieces that use architect Le Corbusier’s “naturally harmonious” colour palette. Made from ceramic and sapphire crystal, the watches come in three different-coloured versions, each with a slim, square shape that combines Rado’s True Square and True Thinline designs. One watch is

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Kustaa Saksi creates vivid oversized tapestries to explore “reality and illusion”

September 18, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Multidisciplinary designer Kustaa Saksi has unveiled In the Borderlands, an exhibition of jacquard textiles at the Helsinki Design Museum, which includes pieces featuring scenery generated by AI software. Conceived as objects that straddle both art and design, Saksi’s large-scale textiles were hung from the ceilings and arranged across various rooms within a gallery at Helsinki’s

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This week we revealed the Dezeen Awards 2023 longlist

September 16, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

This week on Dezeen, we announced the longlisted architecture, interiors, design and sustainability projects for this year’s Dezeen Awards. Buildings by Santiago Calatrava (pictured above), Renzo Piano and MAD Architects were among the 235 longlisted architecture projects, while interiors projects in the running for an award include a home in Kyiv that celebrates Ukrainian craft and a store in London

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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Submissions

September 15, 2023 Erin 0

This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing thousands of award winners from 139 different design disciplines. Line Series Furniture by Wei Jingye and Wu Wenhao. Image by Wei Jingye and […]