Transportation design studio Kolelinia has released an updated model of its three-wheeled Halfbike – which raised close to $1 million on Kickstarter in 2015 (+ movie). (more…)
Kolelinia updates design for Halfbike pedal-powered scooter
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Bright white home by MU Architecture blends with Quebec’s snowy landscape
Canadian studio MU Architecture has completed a white-painted holiday home in rural Quebec that is composed of two stacked volumes that cling to the steep terrain (+ slideshow). (more…)
Benjamin Hubert’s Layer expands Cradle chair collection for Moroso with knitted mesh backs
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Benjamin Hubert‘s design studio Layer has expanded and updated its Cradle collection for Italian furniture brand Moroso, featuring a stretch-mesh material made using new digital knitting techniques (+ slideshow). (more…)
Ilse Crawford named Maison&Objet Designer of the Year
London designer Ilse Crawford will create a hub space for Maison&Objet’s Paris fair in September after being awarded the title of Designer of the Year. (more…)
Carlo Ratti’s Office 3.0 uses Internet of Things to create personalised environments
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system for an office in Turin that instructs heating, lighting and cooling systems to follow occupants around the building like an “individually-tailored environmental bubble”. (more…)
Snøhetta creates curving wooden amphitheatre for Aesop’s Düsseldorf store
Aldi UK selling pairs of replica Eames DSW Plastic Chairs
Aldi supermarkets in the UK are selling replicas of a classic chair design by Ray and Charles Eames, which is currently produced under license by Vitra. (more…)
Norman Foster discusses Zaha Hadid’s “extraordinary” Capital Hill Residence
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Norman Foster reflects on Zaha Hadid‘s Capital Hill Residence in the first of a series of interviews with top architects, which Dezeen and Architizer filmed for our video tribute to Hadid last month (+ movie). (more…)
V&A features Sam Jacob’s replica refugee shelter in copying exhibition at Venice Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: scale reproductions of Nefertiti’s bust and a shelter used by refugees in Calais’ Jungle are among the myriad replicas of cultural artefacts included in a V&A-curated show about the value of copying (+ slideshow). (more…)
Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura team up for Portuguese museum project
Pritzker Prize winners Álvaro Siza Vieira and Eduardo Souto de Moura have teamed up to renovate a museum at a historic Portuguese monastery and have also added a new contemporary sculpture museum (+ slideshow). (more…)
