As the upcoming Barbie film has created a shortage of pink colour and launched a real-life dollhouse in Malibu, we gathered eight pink interiors to exemplify the Barbiecore aesthetic for this lookbook. The pink hues that are usually associated with Barbie, a children’s toy first launched by manufacturer Mattel in 1959, are influencing both clothes
Harmoniously blending design and technology – Apple has been collaborating with UK-based global studio Foster + Partners to create its Apple stores since 2014. With customers at the center of everything they do at Apple and on the other hand Foster + Partners rooted in sustainability, these boutiques present a refreshing captivating retail experience and
US studio Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has designed the common areas and amenity spaces for a residential skyscraper in Austin, Texas, which include a circular outdoor swimming pool. The 51-storey 44 East Avenue development on the city’s riverfront was designed by Page Architects, and includes 330 condominiums and a variety of shared amenities for
Paris-based Mariette Sans-Rival Studio has used floor-to-ceiling curtains, brass lighting and custom furniture to fit out this boutique hotel, set across two Bauhaus-style buildings in the centre of Athens. Studio founder Mariette Sans-Rival, whose background is in set design, took references from Greek seafaring culture when designing the interiors for the Apollo Palm hotel. The
For our latest lookbook, Dezeen has selected eight examples of rustic yet contemporary interiors, including but not limited to an apartment in Sao Paulo and a Tuscan boutique hotel. Rustic interiors have a strong focus on natural and aged materials as well as traditional wooden or stone furnishings. These material choices are often used to
Interior design studio Hauvette & Madani has made a sumptuous wine-red kitchen the focus of this otherwise neutral apartment in Paris. The Republique apartment is set within a typical Haussmann-era building in the French capital’s 11th arrondissement and belongs to a family with two children. From the outset of the renovation, the clients called for
New York designer Michael Groth collaborated with a Moroccan artisan cooperative to create the wall hangings for this worker-owned bar and restaurant in the West Village. The opening of Donna’s new location on Cornelia Street follows the closure of its Williamsburg spot in December 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Michael Groth has
Architecture firm Bindloss Dawes has reorganised a mews house in Chelsea, adding a full-height lightwell with a dramatic oak-and-steel staircase to forge “a sense of volume and theatre”. The client initially commissioned Bindloss Dawes to simply create a more spacious kitchen and living area on the lower ground floor of this typical London property and
Designers including Bethan Laura Wood and Maarten Baas have contributed a range of “sometimes jarring” chairs and lighting to an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Called Conversation Pieces: Contemporary Furniture in Dialogue, the exposition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) features 45 pieces of furniture and decor “that
Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender’s Tokyo flagship store, which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. The Fender store sits across the bottom four floors of the glass-walled Ice Cubes building, a 12,000-square-metre space in
Madrid studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil has completed a family home that makes the most of every inch, with details including a yellow storage wall, a corridor kitchen and a hidden closet. JJ16 is a three-bedroom apartment in Madrid’s Salamanca district, but until recently it had been used as an office. JJ16 is a three-bedroom apartment
Furniture designLaCividina: preserving the priceless value of Italian artisan workmanshipDuring the 2023 edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, LaCividina unveiled two new seating collections that, through distinct design languages, embody the fusion of innovative design and traditional craftsmanshipWith nearly 50 years of experience, LaCividina has been crafting sofas and armchairs of contemporary design with talent
DesignBlossom: a multifunctional object for the elderly that integrates with home decorWe are accustomed to thinking of technology when it comes to smart homes. However, analog design still has a lot to say. This is the case with Blossom, a multifunctional product created by DesignLiberoA hybrid solution, presented in a modular manner to meet the
Technology company Apple has unveiled its latest Foster + Partners-designed store in the recently revamped Battersea Power Station in London, which features updated fixtures and furniture. Set to open later today, Apple Battersea is the brand’s 40th UK store and represents an evolution in its retail design thinking with more of an emphasis placed on
A one-room hotel kitted out with a miniature nightclub and twin dwellings with labyrinthine staircases informed by MC Escher are among the guesthouses featured in our latest lookbook. Guesthouses are accommodations for travellers, including cabins, rental cottages and private rooms, sometimes located in close proximity to permanent structures such as homes or offices. Despite their
Local architect Rafael de Cárdenas referenced lost landmarks of New York for the interiors of this streetwear store in the city’s Lower East Side. De Cárdenas worked with Angelo Baque, the former brand director of streetwear brand Supreme, on the design of a retail location for Awake NY, which Baque founded in 2012. Large sculptures
Design studio Nina+Co has used materials informed by the ingredients used in natural skincare products for Big Beauty’s first store in Hackney, London. For its first retail space, Big Beauty founder Lisa Targett Bolding wanted to create a space that was an extension of the brand’s ethos. She worked closely with Nina+Co, which chose to incorporate waste materials and
Australian interiors studio YSG has updated a holiday home in Sydney’s Palm Beach suburb, layering it with a maximalist mix of colours, patterns and textures. The 400-square-metre house belongs to a young family who wanted a place to escape during the holidays while still providing space for remote working. YSG renovated a holiday home in
From Charcoal to HeijltjesAkkaya, Analogue, Raw Edges, +Halle, Peter Fehrentz and More – today designers and brands are helping users unlock their full potential through innovative desk solutions that enhance productivity and encourage movement. Did you know that your brain needs calibrated breaks in the day as much as it needs sleep at night? Charcoal ran a
A three-tiered diving board stands next to a metallic palm tree inside this pop-up shop that designer Willo Perron has created for Kim Kardashian’s lingerie brand SKIMS in London. The brand’s first physical retail space in the UK, at the Selfridges department store in London, follows the same formula as its debut shop in Paris.
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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