Stockholm 2015: a trio of designers shaped this upholstered chair for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station to be as narrow as possible without losing its functionality. (more…)

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Following our recent visit to Sweden for Stockholm Design Week, we’ve made a new Pinterest board filled with our pick of the best furniture and products from Swedish designers and brands.

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A metal staircase twists though a triangular well in one corner of this six-sided timber cabin by ALT Architekti, which is raised on stilts over a hillside in Central Bohemia (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Stockholm 2015: Sweden’s Note Design Studio and Denmark’s Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. (more…)

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Music: director Jonathan Irwin created a carefully lit model cityscape made of paper that he then set on fire for the finale of Aqualung’s Eggshells music video (+ movie). (more…)

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This low-cost concrete block house outside Monterrey was designed and built by its owners, with support from a non-profit social housing project led by local architecture office S-AR (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Two new structures have been erected by students amongst the trees of Hooke Park, England – a translucent pyramid suspended from the branches and a wooden burrow that nestles amongst the trunks (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Stockholm 2015: this chair by Swedish-French design duo Fredick Färg and Emma Marga Blanche features a metal frame that mimics the shape of trouser braces. (more…)

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This house in Spain has triple-layer facades that allow varying degrees of light and privacy, and features a bedroom that can be hidden or revealed with the help of a sliding wall. (more…)

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This week we reported on proposals to turn London’s abandoned tube tunnels into an underground cycle network, and the launch of Ikea’s “low key” collaboration with British designer Ilse Crawford (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. (more…)

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