Saturday, March 31, 2018

Master & Dynamic unveils design for headphones made from colour-changing leather

Master & Dynamic files patent for headphones that change colour with user's mood

Audio brand Master & Dynamic has revealed designs for headphones made from leather that changes colour to match different moods. Read more



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Moss converts Chicago corner shop into art gallery, apartment and its own studio

Logan Certified by Moss Design

Architect Matt Nardella has turned an abandoned bodega in Chicago into his home and studio, arranging spaces around a courtyard he created in the centre. Read more



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Low-cost micro home is made from timber and scavenged materials

Invisible Studio built this mobile micro home at its woodland studio near the English city of Bath for a cost of just £20,000 thanks to the use of salvaged materials and locally grown timber.  Read more



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Wide steps lead to lake from Quebec chalet by Bourgeois/Lechasseur

L'Accostee House by Bourgeois Lechasseur architects

Broad wooden steps lead from the living space of this Quebec residence, by local architects Bourgeois Lechasseur, down to the shores of Lac St-François. Read more



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Soley Thrainsdottir creates sustainable cleaning tools using natural waste materials

Iceland University of the Arts graduate Soley Thrainsdottir has created a series of cleaning tools and products to examine the use of underdeveloped natural resources in industrial waste.

Iceland University of the Arts graduate Soley Thrainsdottir has turned leftover materials like pine needles and horse fat into a series of cleaning tools and products. Read more



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House-shaped windows puncture perforated-metal facades of Yokohama nursery

House-shaped windows puncture perforated-metal facades of Yokohama nursery

Japanese practice Hibinosekkei has completed a nursery in Yokohama, which features plywood-lined interiors and house-shaped openings set into its dark facades. Read more



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Pleated aluminium forms chair designed by ÉCAL student Ilseop Yoon

Ilseop Yoon creates pleated chairs from sheets of aluminium

ÉCAL student Ilseop Yoon used a sheet of moulded aluminium to create the pleated seat and backrest of this chair. Read more



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This week, robot fish and plans for drone shopping assistants were unveiled

MIT reveal life-like soft robotic fish for documenting marine life

Tech developments that made the news this week on Dezeen included MIT's nimble robotic fish for documenting marine life and Walmart's intentions for a system of drones that could help customers. Read more



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Friday, March 30, 2018

OMA to extend historic Jewish temple in LA with skewed pavilion

Audrey Irmas Pavilion by OMA

Architecture firm OMA has revealed the design of its first cultural building in California: a pavilion featuring tilted walls and patterned openings that will accompany a Jewish temple in Los Angeles. Read more



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Competition: win a set of posters featuring brutalist Italian housing

This Brutal House posters competition

Dezeen is giving away sets of Brutalismo posters, which feature black and white photographs of Italian brutalist residential complexes covered with colourful, bold graphics, for our latest competition. Read more



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Flat-pack furniture startup Floyd produces easy-to-assemble items for millennials

Online startup Floyd has designed a suite of flat-pack furniture to be easily taken apart and moved around, intended for young city dwellers and to offer a long-lasting alternative to IKEA products. Read more



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Innriinnri uses volcanic rock from Iceland to create sculptural table

Natural materials sourced from Iceland's volcanic landscape were used to make this piece of furniture by Reykjavík studio Innriinnri. Read more



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Fully rotating house built in Italian countryside

Fully rotating house built in Italy

Architect Roberto Rossi has completed a house in northern Italy that can rotate 360 degrees. Read more



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10 restaurant interiors suitable for spring

For the Easter weekend, we're rounded up 10 restaurants with designs that suit the spring season, including a plant-filled eatery in Tel-Aviv, a vegan cafe in California and a Vancouver restaurant that pairs plants with floral fabrics. Read more



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IKEA supports marginalised women in India with handmade homeware collection

Banana-fibre baskets and handwoven textiles feature in IKEA's seventh Innehållsrik collection, made in collaboration with small-scale producers in India. Read more



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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Five architecture and design jobs available now in Australia

University of Canberra Sporting Grounds by COX

Over on Dezeen Jobs, we're advertising jobs in a few Australian cities right now. We've selected five of the best, including roles with John McAslan + PartnersCox Architecture and The University of Queensland. Read more



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Interrobang converts London's landmark Hoover Building into apartments

Hoover Building by Interrobang

UK studio Interrobang has transformed the Hoover Building in west London into 66 apartments that retain many of the former factory's original art deco features. Read more



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Latest Dezeen Weekly features sets for Wes Anderson's latest film

This edition of Dezeen Weekly includes an interview with the set designer for Wes Anderson's film Isle of Dogs and the conversion of London's Centre Point tower. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly ›



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Welcome centre for Quebec heritage site rises from the landscape

Landscape Pavilion by Anne Carrier architecture

A stone-filled gabion wall runs along one side of this green-roofed visitors pavilion by architect Anne Carrier, which emerges from a slope at a heritage site in Canada. Read more



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Christopher Hawthorne leaves LA Times to become city's chief design officer

Los Angeles City Hall

LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne has left his post at the newspaper to advise the city council on architecture and planning decisions. Read more



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SLA Architects designs ski park atop BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant

SLA have unveiled plans for a ski slope atop BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video reveals plans by landscape firm SLA Architects to create the year-round ski slope and park over Copenhagen's new Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant. Read more



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Vatican City's first Venice Biennale pavilion to feature chapels by Foster, Souto de Moura and more

The Vatican City will make its debut at the Venice Architecture Biennale this year, by building a series of chapels by architects including Norman FosterEduardo Souto de Moura and Teronobu Fujimori. Read more



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Monica Armani creates outdoor chair with woven backrest for Varaschin

Monica Armani designs customisable chair for Varaschin

Woven textiles provides a tactile backrest for this chair that Milan-based designer Monica Armani has designed for Italian brand Varaschin. Read more



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T W Ryan renovates and extends black Surf House in Montauk

Surf House by T W Ryan Architecture

New York studio T W Ryan Architecture has renovated a black house in the Long Island beach town of Montauk, using pale finishes inside to contrast the dark exterior of the gabled forms. Read more



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Dezeen and Instagram seek founding contributors for new @design account

Dezeen and Instagram seek founding contributors for @design account

Dezeen has teamed up with Instagram to help launch its new @design account - and we're looking for five "founding contributors" to be featured on the account during Milan design week. Read more



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