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SketchUp and Dezeen launch new podcast series about designing for climate change

April 11, 2023 Amina Amber 0

Dezeen has teamed up with design software brand SketchUp to create a new podcast series exploring the role that architects and designers can play in tackling climate change. Launching tomorrow, the six-part Dezeen x SketchUp Climate Salon podcast will bring together architects, designers and engineers to explore how to better collaborate across their respective disciplines

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Manuel Cervantes develops “assisted self-production” housing in Mexico

April 10, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Mexico City-based architect Manuel Cervantes Estudio has designed DIY housing that relies on passive, vernacular construction strategies to “help families build their living spaces in a better and smarter way.” Completed in 2022, Rural Nicolas Housing is a continuation of Manuel Cervantes Estudio’s “assisted self-production” in Mexico. “We design manuals so people can understand a

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Ai Weiwei’s first design exhibition celebrates “how life goes on” after the pandemic

April 5, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Hundreds of thousands of cannonballs, donated Lego bricks and a marble toilet roll feature in Making Sense, the first design-focussed exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at London’s Design Museum. Showing a range of new and historical works spread across a single gallery, Ai Weiwei: Making Sense opens at the Design Museum this Friday and marks

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BLUE creates “symbiotic” street furniture that relies on urban structures

April 5, 2023 Alice Laycock 0

Beijing-based BLUE Architecture Studio has created a range of street furniture made from bamboo including seating, tables and accessories that are stabilised by the fabric of the surrounding city. Named Symbiotic Urban Furniture, the collection comprises benches, chairs, tables and other items that hook over, sit on and lean against steps, railings and other structural elements.

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Six architecture and design events in April from Dezeen Events Guide

March 31, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Milan design week, Coverings 2023 and Concéntrico 09 are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Among the other events taking place in March are Tigullio Design District, Orgatec Tokyo 2023 and an exhibition on Tartan at the V&A Dundee. Tartan 1 April 2023 to 14 January 2024, UK The V&A Dundee’s Tartan exhibition

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Chatsworth House exhibition is a “collision of past and present”

March 30, 2023 Francesca Tesler 0

An exhibition at Chatsworth House including designers including Michael Anastassiades, Faye Toogood and Formafantasma, features in this video produced by Dezeen for the stately home. Called Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth, the exhibition brings together a collection of furniture and objects displayed throughout and responding to Chatsworth House and its gardens. In total,

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This Bread-Inspired Facade Was Designed For A Manufacturer Of Bakery Machines

March 27, 2023 Erin 0

Romulo Neto Architects LDA has designed a modern building for a company that produces bakery and pastry machines. Inspired by the company’s principal activity of creating machines that produce dough for bread and pastries, the architects designed a facade that’s reminiscent of the structure found in dough. The sculptural facade has curves and angles that […]

Printed textiles are “not just an accessory but something that can create a space” says Marimekko creative director

March 24, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Bold colours and prints can enhance interiors in the same way as architectural details, argues Rebekka Bay of lifestyle brand Marimekko in this interview. Bay was appointed creative director of the Finnish design firm in 2020 having previously held top roles at fashion brands including Everlane, Cos and Uniqlo. Founded in 1951, Marimekko is known

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Design should “transform people’s realities” says Resolve Collective

March 23, 2023 Francesca Tesler 0

Interdisciplinary design studio Resolve Collective talks to Dezeen about its community-focussed designs ahead of the opening of its exhibition at the Barbican Centre later this month, in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen. The design collective transformed the Barbican’s Curve gallery, building a wave-like installation on site using materials that have been recycled and foraged

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Seven expressive works that demonstrate the “sculptural power” of Angelo Mangiarotti

March 22, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Italian architect and designer Angelo Mangiarotti is currently the focus of a major retrospective at the Triennale di Milano museum. Here the exhibition’s curator Fulvio Irace picks seven key works from the show. Angelo Mangiarotti: When Structures Take Shape aims to be the most complete retrospective ever devoted to the architect and designer, who died in

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