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Studio Jean Verville Architectes has designed a studio homethat combines mathematical logic with artistic touches in a forest in Laurentides,…
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Studio Jean Verville Architectes has designed a studio homethat combines mathematical logic with artistic touches in a forest in Laurentides,…

Buildings with underground structures are constructed using a bottom-up approach.Starting from the foundation of the building, the levels of the…

Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.“The female form has always been a source of inspiration in art, photography and design but often with an unrealistic eye or as a response to society’s perception of how the female body ’should’ look. I wanted the Peaches collection to be a pure and

Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Inspired by crooked twigs and roots, the Vride Bench is a new addition to Øfstedal Eng’s organic furniture series Vride, challenging the traditional and functional everyday product.Made from Norwegian ash and intuitively handcrafted using a chainsaw, the Vride Bench is an abstract interpretation of a

With a focus on functionality, reasonability as well as urbanity, Austria-based Florian Blamberger and Alexander Knorr together craft ‘Axis’ – the first ergonomic stool fabricated from sustainable materials for the future needs of a flexible office environment.“Over the years our definition of work space has changed – pre digital generations are adapting to a future

Fire resistance is the ability of a passive fire protection system or material to withstand a standard fire resistance test.Fire…

Aiming to protect the natural sand dunes and native plant species,Lisbon-based architecture studio BICA Arquitectos designed a dwelling wrapped in…

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati with Italo Rota unveils the design of a 90-meter high Playscraper – a Tennis Tower that layers eight tennis courts on top of each other. International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati with Italo Rota has unveiled the design for Playscraper – a Tennis Tower which features multiple courts stacked on

‘Natural Capital’ is a walking data visualisation located in Milan’s Brera Botanical Garden.This isn’t the first time international design office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati has worked with energy company Eni to explore new sustainability paradigms during Milan Design Week. Last year, they collaborated on ‘The Circular Garden‘ – a Gaudi-inspired garden featuring arches made from mushroom

There are thousands of chairs in various sizes and creative shapes available nowadays. Caulk Chair is another creative interpretation for this furniture piece.Haphazard patterns formed by caulking technique, resembling a 3d-printed chairThe chairs are made from offcut polystyrene which is carved and assembled into functional forms.A caulking gun is then used to lay beads of

Timbercrete is an environmentally friendly building material produced from a mixture of sawdust and concrete.It reuses waste products, and replaces…

No architect ever matched Niemeyer free-flowing design, seeming to float above the ground. No artificial, straight lines or right angles, but sensual curves inspired by the Brazilian mountains and free-flowing rivers, waves, and by female forms.From the 1940s, Oscar Niemeyer’s stunning constructions gave to the country, and to Brasília in particular, a modern, visual voice.If this

Download our DWalking guide (pdf, mobile-friendly) with all the info for visiting.Slamp invites visitors inside its Milan Duomo flagship, the first Italian showroom where the brand will exhibit some of its most iconic products, including the latest pieces by long-term collaborators, French designer Marc Sadler and Milan-based designer Lorenza Bozzoli.Set to go on display during Milan

Orbit is the company’s new portable, wireless lamp, meant to be the perfect companion for your indoor and outdoor adventures.Constructed in milky white plastic with refined brass details, light and stylish, this lamp is easy to carry around wherever you go.© UMAGEOrbit portable lamp has three different light modes, and its construction lets you turn

Forget salt and pepper: this futuristic condiment features crayon-based flavouring for a taste explosion in every bite.For the majority of us, gastronomic perfection is impossible to achieve. If it’s not the combination of flavours, the kitchen skills needed to achieve Michelin star presentation are almost impossible to master. That’s why Food Crayon was invented, edible

LAYER Studio, delivering award-winning and market-leading experiences, has designed the sustainable packaging for Never Go Alone (NGA), a fresh brand dedicated to daily wellness essentials.The Never Go Alone packaging has been designed with a focus on sustainability and features innovative on-the-go usability features informed by observation of human behaviours to elevate the hygiene experience and

Product designer Jonna Breitenhuber created SOAPBOTTLE — biodegradable, zero-waste packaging for toiletry products that simply wash away.In an effort to reduce single-use plastics, German product designer Jonna Breitenhuber has come up with a way to avoid packaging altogether. Her SOAPBOTTLE concept introduces a line of waste-free cosmetics presented inside prototype bottles made entirely of soap.According

Architrave in classical architecture is the lower part of a particular type of lintel called an entablature.It is located directly…

Switch scooter is a portable electric solution which makes city commuting easy.Scooters often sound like a great idea. They are promoted as environmentally friendly, and a good, fun alternative to commuting by bicycle. Yet there are still a few things that stop people from taking the leap and buying a scooter.As people consider their transport

This week in Dhahran, Tanween, Ithraa’s flagship creative festival,concluded with a series of talks from experts in the field of…

A project called T.R.S. 001, an acronym for “Tag Removal System”, designed by Milan-based design studio Valerio Cometti + V12 Design, aims to contain the proliferation of “tags” that reflects negatively on the level of urban decorum, regardless of area or city.This is a problem that has nothing to do with Street Art, whose graffities