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San Francisco exhibition features “off-center” Bay Area furniture design

January 23, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Stools from local designer Caleb Ferris and design firm Prowl Studio were among the works displayed at a San Francisco exhibition centred around contemporary Bay Area design. The Works in Progress show displayed stools, chairs and other furniture from local designers to highlight the diversity in methods and backgrounds of an evolving Bay Area design

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“Our biggest climate challenge is no longer denial, but despair”

January 18, 2024 Katie Treggiden 0

Climate fatalism stands in the way of a sustainable future but designers and architects are in an ideal position to overcome it, writes Katie Treggiden. The mainstream media is finally waking up to the realities of climate change. As wildfires, floods and storms wreak havoc across the world, journalists and activists far braver than me

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Five architecture and design events from China in January

January 18, 2024 Christina Yao 0

Heatherwick Studio’s Building Soulfulness exhibition and the inaugural edition of the Guangzhou Design Triennial are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Also in the guide are the Seventy Years Leading Italian Design Trends exhibition by Compasso d’Oro, Pradasphere II and Beauty Changes: 100 Years of Italian Fashion

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Get listed in Dezeen’s digital guides to Milan design week 2024

January 16, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

If you’re hosting an event during Milan design week 2024, get in touch with the Dezeen Events Guide team to be featured in our digital guide to this year’s festival. Milan design week is the largest annual design event, and the 2024 edition will be no exception. Hosting hundreds of fringe events, known as Fuorisalone,

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“I was frozen out” of +Pool project says architect Dong-Ping Wong

January 12, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

New York architect Dong-Ping Wong, who worked as a lead designer on a floating swimming pool proposed for New York City, says he was “frozen out” of the project. In a post on Instagram, Wong addressed the recent news that the +Pool project was granted $16 million to advance, as well as his concerns for

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Twenty of the best design events in 2024 from Dezeen Events Guide

January 10, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

Design festivals Stockholm Design Week, NYCxDesign and Design Doha are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide for 2024. Other events taking place in 2023 include the IDS Toronto, Miami art week and Design Shanghai. Read on for the 2024 highlights and see Dezeen Events Guide for more design events around

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Testing for floating +Pool to begin in New York City summer 2024

January 9, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Testing for the floating +Pool swimming pool proposed for New York City’s waterways will begin this summer upon the project receiving $16 million to advance. Designed by LA-based design studio PlayLab Inc and the now-dissolved studio Family, +Pool is a cross-shaped pool that will filter pollutants from the surrounding water without chemicals and provide publically

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Jordan William Hughes designs space elevator that “connects the ocean to the stars”

January 9, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Jordan William Hughes has created a conceptual design for a space elevator that would travel between an ocean-based spaceport and a multi-use space station. Hughes developed the design for the space elevator – which he believes would offer a more efficient alternative to traditional space travel – based on existing research by physicists and

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A Tube Shaped Treehouse Wrapped In Diamond-Shaped Metal Tiles

January 7, 2024 Erin 0

Artistree, a company that creates treehouses and tiny homes, has shared photos of their design named “The Spyglass Treehouse”, which provides a unique window into the surrounding environment. Inspired by old-fashioned spyglasses used to magnify what is in the distance, this treehouse brings you up close to nature with its round spherical design and an […]

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This week we looked forward to the architecture and design trends of 2024

January 6, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

This week on Dezeen, we looked forward to the buildings set to be completed in 2024 and the architecture, design and interiors trends that will impact the upcoming year. We rounded up 12 key buildings that will be completing over the next year – these include projects by Kéré Architecture, Sou Fujimoto, Zaha Hadid Architects

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