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V-Zug unveils neutral-toned showroom during Milan design week

April 15, 2024 Simon Volt 0

Swiss homeware brand V-Zug has opened its inaugural Milan showroom, combining soft hues and natural materials with high-tech appliances, as captured in this video produced by Dezeen. Called V-Zug Studio Milan, the showroom was designed by Italian architect and interior designer Elisa Ossino to encapsulate a “poetic simplicity” through blending objects crafted from natural materials with

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Uchronia founder designs own home as “love letter to French craft”

April 3, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Glossy walls, ruched curtains and oversized flower-shaped cushions characterise this eclectic 1970s-style Paris apartment, designed and owned by Uchronia founder Julien Sebban. Called Univers Uchronia, the apartment is in the city’s 18th arrondissement, close to the Uchronia office – a Parisian architecture and interiors studio known for its bold application of shape, colour and reflective

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Gallery Collectional exhibition spotlights contemporary Asian craftsmanship

March 29, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Gallery Collectional, a collectible design gallery in Dubai, has presented its inaugural exhibition featuring furniture and lighting crafted by seven Asian designers. For Urban Fabric Series 001, Gallery Collectional invited seven designers to create designs informed by the urban settings from which they hail, including Tokyo, Seoul and Hangzhou. Curated by Yoko Choy, the collectible

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Children in social housing “sleeping on a blanket on a concrete floor”

March 21, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Increasing numbers of people in social housing are living in inhospitable conditions because they are unable to afford even basic furniture and flooring, Dezeen reports as part of our Social Housing Revival series. In the UK, social-rented homes are usually handed over to new residents in a sparse state – lacking basic elements of decoration

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Lissoni Architecture creates expansion for Design Holding with “melting pot attitude”

March 18, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Local studio Lissoni Architecture has expanded the Design Holding flagship in New York City, creating an entirely new floor outfitted with light displays and curving metallic installations. Lissoni Architecture, the US branch of Italian studio Lissoni & Partners, created an entirely new second floor and redesigned a portion of the first floor for the Design

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Colombian designers transform Bogotá townhouse for furniture exhibition

March 11, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

Gallery NC Diseño has renovated a townhouse in Bogotá, commissioning 10 Colombian designers to redesign its bedrooms, kitchen and other spaces in different styles for an inaugural exhibition. NC Diseño features five floors, two of which contain previously uninhabited apartments renovated over three months for the opening Design House Colombia exhibit. It is located down

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Ten highlights from Design Doha exhibition Arab Design Now

February 28, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

A disaster-proof chandelier from Lebanon and a towering sand dune-style stone installation feature in Arab Design Now, the main exhibition at the inaugural Design Doha biennial. Arab Design Now was curated by Rana Beiruti to capture the spirit of contemporary design across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the curator told Dezeen ahead of

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Folkform installs The Museum of Masonite at Stockholm Furniture Fair

February 9, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Swedish design duo Folkform has presented a series of furniture pieces made using Masonite hardboard sourced from a factory that closed down over a decade ago. On show at Stockholm Furniture Fair, The Museum of Masonite centres around a patented type of engineered wood board that is made by steam-cooking and pressure-moulding wood fibres. Folkform

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Karimoku Case lines minimalist Tokyo apartment with local wood

February 6, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese brand Karimoku Case has redesigned an apartment on a hilltop in Tokyo, using wood and a neutral colour palette to create a “calm and serene atmosphere”. Named Azabu Hills Residence, the project was designed by Karimoku Case – a studio developed by Karimoku Furniture in collaboration with design studios Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects. The

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Moooi furnishings “tell a different story on every floor” of Lisbon hotel says Rebelo de Andrade

January 31, 2024 Calum Lindsay 0

Father and son architect duo Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade explain how they furnished Lisbon’s Art Legacy Hotel entirely with Moooi products in this video produced by Dezeen for the Dutch furniture brand. Lisbon practice Rebelo De Andrade designed the interiors of the five star Art Legacy Hotel, located in the Baixa-Chiado district in

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