Casagrande Laboratory designs wooden micro house for city dwellers

October 23, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Finnish architecture firm Casagrande Laboratory designed this self-sufficient prefab house to fit on the footprint of a single car-parking space. On show during last month’s edition of Helsinki Design Week as part of the festival’s HOP City Installations, the Tikku concept house – meaning “stick” in Finnish – was designed as a housing solution for

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Eight designs that aim to alleviate the ongoing refugee crisis

October 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

The refugee crisis is one of five topics we will explore as part of Good Design for a Bad World at Dutch Design Week. Here’s a look at eight responses from designers, which suggest ways that displaced people can be better integrated into communities. The refugee crisis joins four other global issues – climate change, pollution, terrorism and politics –

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Eight designs that aim to alleviate the ongoing refugee crisis

October 17, 2017 Alice Morby 0

The refugee crisis is one of five topics we will explore as part of Good Design for a Bad World at Dutch Design Week. Here’s a look at eight responses from designers, which suggest ways that displaced people can be better integrated into communities. The refugee crisis joins four other global issues – climate change, pollution, terrorism and politics –

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