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  • Oskar Metsavaht makes sustainable fashion garments from Amazonian fish skin

    Brazilian designer Oskar Metsavaht has repurposed the skins from the pirarucu fish found in Amazonian rivers and lakes by transforming it into sustainable scaly garments and fashion accessories. More

    Natashah Hitti | 15 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Dezeen archive: scaly design

    Dezeen archive: to welcome in the Chinese year of the snake we've compiled an archive full of scaly architecture and design. See all our stories about scaly design »

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    Dora Hartridge | 10 February 2013 | Leave a comment
  • Gingerbread House by Laura Dewe Mathews

    Rounded shingles create wooden scales across the walls of this small house in Hackney that architect Laura Dewe Mathews has built for herself (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 6 February 2013 | 15 comments
  • Fish Lamps by Frank Gehry

    Architect Frank Gehry has presented a new collection of his glowing Fish Lamps made of jagged plastic scales. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 17 January 2013 | 10 comments
  • RMIT Swanston Academic Building by Lyons

    This university building in Melbourne by Australian architects Lyons is covered in brightly coloured scales (+ slideshow). More

    Amy Frearson | 6 November 2012 | 84 comments
  • Dear Disaster by Jenny Ekdahl

    This scale-covered cabinet by Swedish designer Jenny Ekdahl is intended to help victims of natural disasters to recover from their traumatic experiences. More

    Emilie Chalcraft | 3 August 2012 | 6 comments
  • Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

    Skyscrapers in Seoul: a pair of 450 metre-high towers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are the latest of fifteen skyscrapers commissioned for the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, following recently released designs by BIG and MVRDV. More

    Amy Frearson | 17 May 2012 | 16 comments
  • Skinspace by AND

    Slideshow: a wall of wooden scales folds through the glazed facade of this house and studio that Korean architects AND designed for an artist in South Korea. More

    Amy Frearson | 23 April 2012 | 9 comments
  • Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti

    This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. More

    Amy Frearson | 15 February 2012 | 1 comment
  • Tower of Love by dRMM

    Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). More

    Amy Frearson | 11 January 2012 | 2 comments
  • Museum der Kulturen by Herzog & de Meuron

    Architects Herzog & de Meuron have positioned a scaly crown over the top of this Basel museum (photographs by Roland Halbe). More

    Amy Frearson | 20 December 2011 | 14 comments
  • Little Joe Woman at The Beach House by MAKE Creative

    Plywood shingles create fish scales on the walls of a clothes store at Bondi Beach, Sydney, while spherical lights hang from the ceiling inside fishermen’s nets. More

    Amy Frearson | 5 September 2011 | 4 comments
  • The Fish Feast by Erik de Laurens

    Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Erik de Laurens has made a pair of swimming goggles, spectacles and beakers out of fish scales. More

    Rose Etherington | 15 July 2011 | 10 comments
  • NEU 31 by Superblock

    Aluminium shingles resembling shiny fish scales cover this office and apartment block in Vienna by Austrian architects Superblock. More

    Amy Frearson | 1 July 2011 | 1 comment
  • Snake&Molting legwear by Camille Cortet

    Amsterdam designer Camille Cortet created these snake-like leggings by cutting triangular apertures into the fabric. More

    Rose Etherington | 2 December 2010 | 8 comments
  • Flockr by SO-IL

    This temporary pavilion with reflective purple scales that shimmer in the breeze has been installed in Beijing by New York architects SO-IL. More

    Rose Etherington | 8 October 2010 | 7 comments
  • 360 House by Subarquitectura

    This house by Spanish architects Subarquitectura spirals down a sloping site in Madrid. More

    Joe Mills | 3 September 2010 | 27 comments
  • Gaetano Pesce for Melissa

    Italian architect Gaetano Pesce has designed this pair of shoes made of plastic discs for Brazilian brand Melissa. More

    Rose Etherington | 14 June 2010 | 17 comments
  • University of Liverpool Heating Infrastructure by Levitt Bernstein

    London office Levitt Bernstein have completed an energy centre for the University of Liverpool in the UK, clad in diamond-shaped aluminium scales. More

    Rose Etherington | 29 March 2010 | 10 comments
  • Cosmic Angel, Cosmic Ocean and Cosmic Leaf by Ross Lovegrove for Artemide

    London designer Ross Lovegrove has designed three lights for Italian brand Artemide. More

    Ali Morris | 19 July 2009 | 5 comments

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Tables, design chairs and stone floors at Designmuseum cafe

Tom Kundig designs Truckee home with metal "treehouse" for Faulkner Architects founder

Concrete and steel buildings through the trees

Studio Other Spaces creates colourful conical glass pavilion for Californian winery

Image of the interior of the glass pavilion
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