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OEO Studio adds Nordic influences to Japandi-style apartment in Tokyo

September 1, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Textured fabrics and materials in Japandi interior

Copenhagen-based OEO Studio combined muted colours and textured materials to create the interiors for this renovated Tokyo apartment that is characterised by its Japandi design. Located within the Opus Arisugawa housing complex in central Tokyo, the apartment’s interior was renovated to combine design influences from Japan and Scandinavia – a trend known as Japandi. OEO

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Eight homes with characterful floating staircases that appear to defy gravity

August 28, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Floating staircases

A staircase with an in-built swing and a metal structure hung from a ceiling are among the eight floating staircases featured in our latest lookbook. A floating staircase is a flight of stairs that appears to defy gravity. They often cantilever from one wall to create overhanging steps that jut outwards and look as if they

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Cooking Sections and Sakiya explore importance of non-human species in joint exhibition

August 18, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Cooking Sections exhibition

Turner Prize-nominated art duo Cooking Sections and Palestinian research collective Sakiya have created an exhibition in Edinburgh called In the Eddy of the Stream, which reevaluates the significance of plants and other organisms in our ecosystems. The multimedia show is on display at the Inverleith House of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as part of

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Ten bookshelf staircases that add clever storage to living spaces

August 6, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Bookshelf House

A converted Belgian barn and a pine-lined house in Japan are among the residential interiors featured in our latest lookbook, which contains homes defined by staircases that incorporate bookshelves. Bookshelf staircases are a clever way to incorporate storage in, around and alongside stairs, which helps to save space within small dwellings. Architects and interior designers

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This week Saudi Arabia unveiled a mirrored megacity for nine million people

July 30, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia

This week on Dezeen, we revealed the Saudi Arabian government’s plans to build a 170-kilometer-long city, which will be called The Line. Designed to house nine million people, the 500-metre-high skyscraper will stretch 170 kilometres across northwest Saudi Arabia. The rectilinear megastructure will include residential, retail and leisure areas as well as schools and parks.

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Formafantasma and Artek’s Cambio exhibition explores Finnish design’s link to forestry

July 28, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Cambio

Design duo Formafantasma has collaborated with furniture brand Artek to explore the relationship between the timber and design industries in Finland through an exhibition at Helsinki Design Museum. Called Cambio: On Finnish Forestry, the exhibition is part of Formafantasma’s wider Cambio project – an ongoing investigation into the global impact of the extraction, production and

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Muted material palette defines monochrome Chinese restaurant by StudioAC

July 27, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Bao restaurant

Canadian firm StudioAC combined micro cement, stainless steel and vinyl to form the interiors of a Chinese restaurant in Ontario designed to “respond to the context of the strip mall” in which it is located. Called Bao, the restaurant is located in the city of Markham, Ontario. It is positioned between a convenience store and

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Frank Gehry’s long-awaited Ocean Avenue Project in Santa Monica finally approved

July 27, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Ocean Avenue Project by Frank Gehry

A mixed-use development by architect Frank Gehry, which has been almost a decade in the making, has been granted final approval to be built in Santa Monica, California. Recently given the go-ahead by the Santa Monica City Council, Ocean Avenue Project will be a mixed-use complex including housing, a hotel, restaurants and shops as well as an art

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Studio Noju creates intimate colourful spaces within open-plan Seville apartment

July 15, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Casa Triana

A pop-up guest bedroom features in this open-plan apartment by Studio Noju, which was renovated to create the illusion of having separate spaces and dressed in colours that nod to its Seville location. Casa Triana is a 60-square-metre apartment renovation in the Triana neighbourhood of Seville, southern Spain. It is the debut collaborative project by

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