Design agency Pentagram has created a new city logo for Austin, Texas, USA composed of green and blue arches representative of the surrounding landscape, which was reportedly leaked early and has drawn criticism. The logo is part of a larger $1.1 million rebranding effort by the city of Austin to establish a consolidated graphic identity […]
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Designer Zixuan Luo has been awarded third place in Dezeen and Bentley‘s Radical Renewal Competition for her proposal to retrofit Chicago‘s Richard J Daley Center with passive climate systems while retaining its facade. Called Between Skin and Bone, Luo‘s proposal focuses on the Richard J Daley Center in downtown Chicago, proposing to retain its facade […]
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In the wake of last week’s London Design Festival, the Dezeen team has selected their 10 favourite products on show at the city-wide event, including a patchwork timber rocking chair and a lampshade made from old sandpaper. Photo courtesy of Britney Lee Gem Set by Britney Lee chosen by Jennifer Hahn, design and environment editor […]
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Climbing ropes, tall grass and a balloon pump were among the things Norwegian designers used to modify USM Haller‘s famous modular furniture for an exhibition at Designers’ Saturday in Oslo. For USM Haller Re-Framed, Martin A Andersen tasked himself and nine other designers with putting their own twist on the Swiss brand‘s classic chrome-plated, steel-frame […]
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British furniture maker Ercol and Max Radford Gallery commissioned six of the capital’s designers to create imaginative chairs, tables, cabinets, and more with timber, at this exhibition for London Design Festival. The six London-based designers – Andu Masebo, Eddie Olin, Joe Armitage, Jaclyn Pappalardo, Isabel Alonso and Lewis Kemmenoe – were all encouraged to craft […]
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Passenger handles from a defunct Japanese train line stack up to form this minimalist ring-shaped lamp by design studio Akasaki & Vanhuyse. London-based Akasaki & Vanhuyse procured around 1,400 resin handles from Tokyo’s Tokyu 8500 trains, which were retired in 2023, to create a limited run of 150 WA lamps. As resin is less easily […]
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In the spring of 1970, more than 20 million Americans poured into the streets for the first Earth Day. It was a tidal wave of collective energy that reshaped policy, created the EPA, and ignited a global conversation around the environment. Fifty-five years later, we find ourselves at another inflection point. The science is irrefutable, […]
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DJ booths clad in wood, metal and a giant disco ball feature in this lookbook, which rounds up nightclubs, restaurants and even a bathhouse that centre music. With dance music culture “booming again” throughout the world, the spaces where it happens are also receiving renewed attention. The DJ booth is arguably at the centre of […]
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The latest newsletter in our US edition of Dezeen Agenda features an interview with Bruce Hannah about the state of furniture design, and an investigation into how US lighting brands are innovating. Subscribe today! As Donald Judd’s Architecture Office reopens in Marfa following restoration, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda looks at furniture. Industrial designer Hannah […]
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Dutch firm Studio &Space has refurbished a time-worn house in Amsterdam, transforming it into a family home with bespoke furnishings and sophisticated finishes that evoke the feeling of a high-end hotel. The owners, a female couple of entrepreneurs with two young children, tasked studio founder Maike Borst with modernising the 1930s home, located in the […]
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