Articles by James Parkes

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Christian + Jade explores the Weight of Wood with exhibition at 3 Days of Design

June 7, 2023 James Parkes 0

Danish design studio Christian + Jade has created an exhibition in collaboration with wood flooring manufacturer Dinesen that explores the density of wood and its significance and history as a commodity. The Weight of Wood exhibition, which takes place at the Dinesen showroom as part of Copenhagen festival 3 Days of Design, was the result

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Eight cherry red interiors that make colour their primary focus

June 4, 2023 James Parkes 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve picked eight interiors that are blanketed in shades of red that include an office in Belgium, a bar toilet in London and a mansion in Mexico. The colour red is most commonly associated with activity, passion, sexuality, love and joy. In this lookbook Dezeen has highlighted ways in which interior

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“I sometimes feel like I fell into doing fashion” says Jonathan Anderson

June 1, 2023 James Parkes 0

Loewe creative director Jonathan Andersen set up the brand’s annual craft prize to decode the “chintz” and “pastiche” associations of the discipline, he tells Dezeen in this interview. Luxury fashion house Loewe recently announced the sixth winner of its annual craft prize at NYCxDesign, which celebrates applied arts and innovation in modern craftsmanship. A spiky egg

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6a Architects brings Soho sex shop frontages to JW Anderson Milan flagship

May 25, 2023 James Parkes 0

British fashion brand JW Anderson has opened a flagship store in Milan that was designed by British studio 6a Architects and draws on a Milanese atmosphere as well as Soho sex shops. The 53 square-metre-store is located on the Via Sant’Andrea luxury shopping street in Milan’s Quadrilatero shopping district. It is set across a single

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Nordic Countries Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale highlights Sámi architecture

May 22, 2023 James Parkes 0

A nomadic library created by architect Joar Nango that contains 15 years of material highlighting Indigenous Sámi architecture forms the basis of the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled Girjegumpi: The Sámi Architecture Library, the pavilion was designed by ArkDes museum curators Carlos Mínguez Carrasco and James Taylor-Foster. It centres around a

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Eight airy terraces and balconies that become extensions of the interior

May 21, 2023 James Parkes 0

From a plant-enclosed terrace in Mexico to a large rooftop garden set beneath a metal pergola in Tokyo, Dezeen’s latest lookbook highlights eight interiors with impressive balconies and terraces. Each of these balconies and terraces is accessed via glazed walls or floor-to-ceiling glass and provides their homes with not only a physical but also a

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Korean Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale lets visitors explore “climate endgame”

May 18, 2023 James Parkes 0

A quiz show-style game that focuses on social, political and economic issues surrounding climate change is on show at the Korean Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale, which is revealed exclusively on Dezeen. Korea’s exhibition is titled 2086: Together How? and was curated by artistic directors Soik Jung and Kyong Park. The exhibition questions how people

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Five highlights from Zaha’s Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan

May 15, 2023 James Parkes 0

The Zaha Hadid Foundation has opened an exhibition about Zaha Hadid’s Moonsoon restaurant in Sapporo, Japan. Here, exhibitions officer and curator Johan Deurell selects five key objects from the show. Zaha’s Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan is a case study of architect Hadid’s first built project outside of the UK – the Moonsoon Bar and Restaurant

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“Unwise” architectural education reform plan could result in the “closure of schools” says RIBA

May 15, 2023 James Parkes 0

The Royal Institute of British Architects has stated its opposition to the Architects Registration Board’s proposed architectural education reform plans that would scrap the current three-part structure. Last week, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) formally responsed to the Architects Registration Board (ARB) proposal by stating that the new education frameworks would be a mistake

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