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  • Abalone showroom design with floating blocks and golden colors

    Abalone showroom design with floating blocks and golden colors, AD ARCHITECTURE designed the Abalone Showroom,…

  • Cross by Nishihara Kai for bud brand

    Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.The inspiration behind this partition comes from the Japanese traditional Kumiki technique: “Jigoku-Gumi” a method of assembling grooved wood in a staggered manner without using nails or adhesives.It is called “Jigoku(Hell)-Gumi(Assembling)” because it is difficult to remove once assembled.Nishihara thought of a partition made of

  • 123 Architects designs futuristic ‘White Cave’ retail space

    The ceiling’s highest points, creating the illusion that natural light is pouring into the ‘cave’.Located on the first floor of a building surrounded by skyscrapers in Central Beijing, White Cave is a retail and gallery space that not only sells clothes but various designer pieces such as furniture and paintings.As such, 123 Architects conceived the

  • Brixen Public Library is like a sensitive organism in Italy

    Brixen Public Library is like a sensitive organism in Italy, Italian architecture studio Carlana Mezzalira…

  • Establishment of a woven bamboo beach club in China

    Establishment of a woven bamboo beach club in China, Various Associates has created a beach…

  • High Society converts waste into pure bright light

    The purpose of High Society is to point out the importance of evaluating waste as a primary resource, finding solutions to repurpose apparently useless materials, exploring new production processes and recovering a genuine connection between nature and human beings.Johannes and Giulia are the founders and the creative team behind High Society.  High Society converts hemp

  • Reusable coffee cup by Forest and Whale

    Working together with international design studio Stanziano, they have developed a reusable coffee cup as well as a mono-material food container, which can be recycled up to 300 times.Reuse Lab, the experimental branch of the multidisciplinary design studio Forest & Whale, has embarked on a series of products that aim to reduce single-use plastic in

  • Reuse of a former oil tank as a cultural space

    Reuse of a former oil tank as a cultural space, Spanish architecture studio Menis Arquitectos…

  • Budri presents SLIM®, a breakthrough innovation

    Talking about sustainability in the world of natural stones is not easy.It is a material that comes to us from mother nature, impossible to produce in a laboratory and which, even today, makes the eyes of architects, designers and marble enthusiasts shine.The colors, the shapes, the veins. Everything about natural stones contributes to their beauty.

  • Modern minimalism defines this pet-friendly furniture

    Weelywally combines only the finest materials, including natural wood with softened edges and coated in pet-friendly varnish, stainless lightweight aluminium, and 100% cotton fabrics.It’s a strategic palette that makes the entire collection completely sage for your pets, devoid of sharp edges and toxic elements. © Wien by WeelywallyBut this pet furniture collection also considers humans.Oslo, for

  • Japanese architect Arata Isozaki dies at the age of 91

    Renowned Japanese architect, city planner and landscaper Arata Isozaki, winner of the 2019 Pritzker Architecture…

  • ZHE rocking chair: elegance and comfort

    The ZHE rocking chair is a sleek and stylish piece of furniture that is designed with both form and function in mind. Its minimalist aesthetic is achieved through the use of a tensile force applied over an elastic mesh, which creates a graceful, curving form.Its great design has been recognized as such by the prestigious

  • Pendulum Lamp by Matej Štefanac

    Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Made to fit any user’s needs thanks to its counterweight which keeps the reflector in balance for any position, perfect for reading, work, or as a decoration.The Pendulum Lamp by Matej Štefanac can be tilted 90° and rotated 360° around the vertical axis.The reflector helps

  • Goyo chair: a quiet space for meditation

    The Korean designer Lee ye chan has created the Goyo chair, specifically designed to facilitate the practice of meditation, a healthy way to enjoy solitude and reduce stress and pressure.Solitude, or the state of being alone without contact with others, is becoming increasingly common as the number of people living alone in all age groups

  • Mito Gioia Equilibrio by Axel Maise for Occhio

    Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Occhio’s new Mito Gioia luminaire series named “Equilibrio”, is what you would define as lighting innovation.  With its articulate flexibility, Gioia Equilibrio’s lighting head gives you the freedom to direct light in any direction.By modifying the luminaire’s height, you can create light that’s close and focused

  • Knitted Lamp by Studio Meike

    Knitted Lamp, by Studio Meike, is made of polyester yarn, and acryl.The transparent knitted lamp pictures the stereotyped shape of standard lamps. Stretched on an acrylic frame, the soft material creates the lamp body by tension and generates a light and delicate impression.Positioned in a room, the transparency overlaps other objects which causes a ghost-like

  • MAZEL wooden furniture collection by Fabien Roy

    Mazel is a collection of wooden furniture by Fabien Roy, 100% grown, designed and made in Joux Valley, Switzerland.Today, it is hard to find Swiss wooden furniture made with indigenous wood. The main reason is the high cost of labour in the field of forest exploitation that cannot compete with European actors.Because of this, Swiss