Productora designs pink concrete playgrounds in Mexico
Pink concrete forms seats, steps and climbing walls in these two public parks designed by Mexican architecture firm Productora. More about Productora designs pink concrete playgrounds in Mexico
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Fabio Novembre and Hans Lensvelt discuss work and design in live talk for VDF
Virtual Design Festival teamed up with Dutch design brand Lensvelt to host a design-focused conversation between designer Fabio Novembre, Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt and Marcus Fairs. More about Fabio Novembre and Hans Lensvelt discuss work and design in live talk for VDF
Mountain Refuge is a concept for a tiny modular cabin
Italian architects Massimo Gnocchi and Paolo Danesi designed Mountain Refuge as a prefabricated cabin-style micro-home built from plywood. More about Mountain Refuge is a concept for a tiny modular cabin
Blueprint magazine ends print edition after 37 years and 369 issues
Influential architecture and design magazine Blueprint has published its last print edition in its current bi-monthly format and is set to launch a "reimagined version" later this year. More about Blueprint magazine ends print edition after 37 years and 369 issues
Live conversation with designer Joep van Lieshout and Hans Lensvelt for Virtual Design Festival
The third part of our VDF collaboration with Dutch furniture company Lensvelt saw designer Joep van Lieshout discuss his work for the brand in conversation with Hans Lensvelt and Marcus Fairs. More about Live conversation with designer Joep van Lieshout and Hans Lensvelt for Virtual Design Festival
Live talk with Maarten Baas and Hans Lensvelt as part of Virtual Design Festival
Designer Maarten Baas spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part our VDF x Lensvelt collaboration. More about Live talk with Maarten Baas and Hans Lensvelt as part of Virtual Design Festival
Live conversation with Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt kicks off Virtual Design Festival collaboration
VDF teamed up with Lensvelt for a series of live talks exploring the furniture brand's collaborations with designers Maarten Baas, Joep van Lieshout and Fabio Novembre. To kick off the collaboration, Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt introduced the brand in a live Screentime conversation. More about Live conversation with Lensvelt founder Hans Lensvelt kicks off Virtual Design Festival collaboration
2LG Studio shares favourite projects from their book Making Living Lovely
Founders of 2LG Studio Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe have written a book to empower people to embrace colour in their interiors. Here they pick their top five projects. More about 2LG Studio shares favourite projects from their book Making Living Lovely
Nike reveals herringbone-patterned Chelsea kit informed by Savile Row
Sportswear company Nike looked to the suit-makers of Savile Row to design London-based Chelsea Football Club's home kit for the upcoming 2020/2021 Premier League season. More about Nike reveals herringbone-patterned Chelsea kit informed by Savile Row
Projects from Swinburne's School of Design span animation, UX and urban design
This VDF school show features 17 projects from Swinburn University of Technology's School of Design, including a speech learning app for children and crash bollards reimagined as urban planters. More about Projects from Swinburne's School of Design span animation, UX and urban design
Imogen Heap, Lucy McRae, Moooi and Lensvelt feature in the final week of VDF
The final week of Virtual Design Festival features takeovers by Dutch furniture brands Lensvelt and Moooi, performances by artist Lucy McRae and musician Imogen Heap, plus a live DJ set by Peter Adjaye. More about Imogen Heap, Lucy McRae, Moooi and Lensvelt feature in the final week of VDF
Five Casa Wabi pavilions include Álvaro Siza ceramics studio and Kengo Kuma chicken coop
The Casa Wabi artist retreat in Puerto Escondido, Mexico is filled with pavilions designed by architects such as Kengo Kuma, Álvaro Siza and Alberto Kalach. We've roundup up five from a chicken coop to an open-air structure for composting. More about Five Casa Wabi pavilions include Álvaro Siza ceramics studio and Kengo Kuma chicken coop
Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA
Architecture firm PPAA has created a pair of slender houses in Mexico City that have rear patios accessed by glass doors to flood natural light inside. More about Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA
Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama
Parma-based Contini Architettura has built a church, parish hall, sports' clubhouse and changing rooms around a new public square in the village of Castel di Lama, Italy. More about Contini Architettura arranges church and community centre around public square in Castel di Lama
Gabriel Chipperfield gives London newsagents Shreeji a plush revamp
A traditional newsagent in central London has been given a makeover by Gabriel Chipperfield and his design studio Selected Work to create "an Alice in Wonderland experience" with a warren of luxurious rooms behind the shop. More about Gabriel Chipperfield gives London newsagents Shreeji a plush revamp
Envisioned Comfort furniture collection pairs velvet seats with wooden frameworks
Plush, tufted velvet seats are drooped over complex frameworks of interlocking wooden poles in this furniture collection by Marija Puipaitė and Vytautas Gečas, which takes design cues from horse saddles. More about Envisioned Comfort furniture collection pairs velvet seats with wooden frameworks
Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake
Swimmers in New Hampshire's Willy Lake can climb up this floating installation made from recycled HDPE plastic by architecture firm Bulot+Collins and dive back into the water. More about Iceberg forms floating diving platform in New Hampshire lake
This week's VDF highlights include Yinka Ilori, OMA, Patternity and drag queen Peaches Christ
Week 12 was the penultimate week of the Virtual Design Festival and featured live talks with Design Indaba's Ravi Naidoo and OMA's David Gianotten, plus designer Yinka Ilori jogging across London during a relay panel discussion. More about This week's VDF highlights include Yinka Ilori, OMA, Patternity and drag queen Peaches Christ
Pharrell Williams partners with Pentatonic to create coronavirus cutlery set
The Pebble is a bring-your-own cutlery set for the coronavirus pandemic made from recycled CDs by design studio Pentatonic in collaboration with singer Pharrell Williams' creative brand I Am Other. More about Pharrell Williams partners with Pentatonic to create coronavirus cutlery set
Linehouse channels nostalgia for interiors of Basehall food court in Hong Kong
Films from the 1970s informed the aesthetic of Basehall, an upscale food court in Hong Kong designed by studio Linehouse. More about Linehouse channels nostalgia for interiors of Basehall food court in Hong Kong