Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has lined every wall and surface in the bar of this Basel restaurant with copper, while a dark green dining room looms just behind. More »
Monthly archives: April 2012
Five years ago...
Five years ago this week Dezeen arrived in Milan for the 2007 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where we saw a lamp comprising a cluster of writhing human bodies and a vase made by bees. More »
Troove Beauty Salon by Hiroyuki Miyake
A steel screen zigzags in front of a shampoo area at this dimly lit beauty salon in Gifu, Japan, by architect Hiroyuki Miyake. More »
Dezeen archive: gold
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a trend in golden buildings recently, including The Hive by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Maidstone Museum East Wing by Hugh Broughton Architects just this week, so we thought we’d round up all our stories that feature a lavish use of golden materials. See all the stories »
Transitory Bookshelf by Robert Stadler
Milan 2012: Austrian designer Robert Stadler will present a bookshelf that separates the books you've finished from those you haven't read yet at Galleria Nilufar in Milan next week. More »
Dezeen Book of Ideas now available in Milan
Dezeen have arrived in Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and we have just delivered our Dezeen Book of Ideas to three shops across the city.
You can pick one up at:
| MUST Shop via Olona 6 20123 Milano www.mustshop.it |
Pigr via Clusone, 6 I-20135 Milano www.pigr.it |
Spazio Rossana Orlandi Via Matteo Bandello 14 20123 Milano www.rossanaorlandi.com |
The Dezeen Book of Ideas features a selection of the best ideas for buildings, interiors and products from the pages of Dezeen. The book is also available to order online.
New Pinterest board: rugs and blankets
Our latest Pinterest board collates all the rugs and blankets from the Dezeen archives, including textiles by Studio Makkink & Bey, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Richard Hutten, Damien Hirst and more. Follow us on Pinterest »
One year ago...
One year ago this week we were still presenting some of our favourite projects from Milan's annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile, which included chairs from a mist-filled showroom, a desk that cascades off the wall and a midnight meal in a darkened apartment. We also featured the zigzag-shaped chair launched there by Zaha Hadid, which no one could work out how to sit on. More »
Hydro-Fold by
Christophe Guberan
Beach and Howe St. by BIG
This week on Dezeen
This week a group of urban climbers revealed that they'd secretly scaled the 309-metre-high exterior of Renzo Piano's London skyscraper the Shard and J. Mayer H. completed a crooked concrete police station that one reader thought was actually worth getting arrested for. More »
Peroni Collaborazioni Talks: Formafantasma
As part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro's series of talks on Italian design, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will chair a discussion with Italian designers Formafantasma at the RIBA in London on 26 April. More »
Pila and Pilo by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
for Magis
Milan 2012: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec present this slender ash chair for Magis in Milan next week. More »
Giant Cubebot by David Weeks for Quinze & Milan
and Areaware at MOST
Milan 2012: designer David Weeks has teamed up with Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan to present a giant version of his Cubebot toys for New York producers Areaware at MOST in Milan next week. More »
Building rehabilitation in Calçada do Lavra
by Jorge Mealha Arquitecto
A suspended ceiling folds erratically around the uppermost apartment of a Lisbon block that Portuguese architect Jorge Mealha has refurbished. More »