A golden cape woven from the silk of over a million wild spiders is on show at the V&A museum in London. More »
Spider-silk cape by Simon Peers
and Nicholas Godley
Monthly archives: January 2012
Spider-silk cape by Simon Peers
Stone Angels wallpaper by Young & Battaglia
for Mineheart
Transform your bare office into an Italian palazzo with this wallpaper by UK designers Young & Battaglia that lets you pretend to be surrounded by Renaissance-style angels carved in stone. More »
Habitat appoint Polly Dickens
as creative director
Dezeen Wire: retailers Habitat have appointed Polly Dickens as their new creative director. Dickens was previously creative director at the Conran Shop and design director at Anthropologie.
Habitat was bought by Home Retail Group and closed all but three of its UK stores in June last year, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More »
Moss design store
to close
Dezeen Wire: influential New York design store Moss is to close its Soho space on 17 Feb after 18 years of business, due to lagging sales - New York Times
Store owners Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell, whose shop launched the careers of designers such as Maarten Baas and Hella Jongerius, intend to move from the Soho shop to a smaller space where they hope to continue exhibiting and selling new design.
Tiered Lodge by Naoi Architecture
& Design Office
Flight Assembled
Architecture - preview
In this movie filmed at the FRAC Centre in Orléans, flying robots created by Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler and Raffaello D’Andrea assemble a six metre-high tower from polystyrene bricks.
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Woonling Collection by Karoline Fesser
Cologne 2012: this range of seating by product designer Karoline Fesser can be extended by attaching extra components between the segments of the cushions. More »
An Urban Refuge by Sergi Pons
A room dedicated to ironing is at the centre of a renovated Barcelona apartment with yellow doors and a spinning mirror. More »
Sezz Collection by Christophe Pillet
for Emeco
Paris 2012: chair brand Emeco presented a new collection of seating by French designer Christophe Pillet at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More »
Disney T-shirt mimics Joy Division
album cover
Das Haus – Interiors on Stage by
Doshi Levien at imm cologne
Cologne 2012: London designers Doshi Levien installed a vision of their dream home at trade fair imm cologne in Germany last week. More »
Fobe House by Guilhem Eustache
A Belgian film director resides in one of the four white boxy structures of this residence near Marrakech by Guilhem Eustache. More »
Union Jacks by Blacksheep
for Jamie Oliver
London studio Blacksheep have completed a pizzeria for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver where a cinema listings board displays the menu and diners can watch chefs at work on vintage televisions. More »
Alain de Botton plans temples
for atheists
Dezeen Wire: writer Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK. The first will be a 46 metre-tall black tower designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson, constructed in London to represent the idea of perspective. More »
Wind-dyed House by Kazuhiko Kishimoto/acaa
The rear facade of this hillside house by Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto slides opens to reveal a graduated terrace with a sweeping view of the sea. More »