Forpeople’s Keyn office chairs for Herman Miller are made for fidgeters



Clerkenwell design week 2016: London company Forpeople has designed a range of office chairs for Herman Miller to accommodate workers who shuffle around in their seats. (more…)

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Delicate brass framework divides spaces inside Neri&Hu’s Sulwhasoo flagship store



A lattice of brass rods creates see-through surfaces that extend throughout the interior of this shop in Seoul, which was designed by Neri&Hu for Asian skincare brand Sulwhasoo (+ movie). (more…)

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Richard Meier unveils black tower for Manhattan at 685 First Avenue



American architect Richard Meier has unveiled the design for an apartment block on New York‘s East River, eschewing his signature white palette for black glass facades. (more…)

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Keiichi Matsuda’s film presents a dystopian future where digital interfaces merge with reality



London designer Keiichi Matsuda has envisioned a brightly-coloured dystopian city of the future, where every interaction has a digital overlay that fills an individual’s vision with information like a computer-game character (+ movie). (more…)

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Katrin Olina combines digital and bronze-age techniques to create Primitiva jewellery



Icelandic designer Katrin Olina has crafted a range of jewellery that looks like gothic talismans but is designed and produced using both old and new techniques (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Sketch restaurant filled with immersive floral installations for Mayfair Flower Show event



Four leading florists have created installations that transform areas of London restaurant Sketch into blooming gardens or woodland glades, to coincide with this week’s Chelsea Flower Show (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dezeen’s top 10 picks for the London Festival of Architecture 2016



London Festival of Architecture 2016: a month-long programme of events and installations begins in the UK capital next week. Dezeen architecture editor Amy Frearson has picked out the highlights. (more…)

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Galanter & Jones creates heated outdoor chairs to replace patio heaters



New York 2016: San Francisco studio Galanter & Jones has claimed to be the first to create cast-stone heated outdoor furniture, which makes a sitter feel “like being in a hot tub without getting wet” (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Stone-covered blocks make up staggered Spanish residence by OOIIO Architecture



OOIIO Architecture has applied varying tones of stonework to the irregularly stacked blocks that make up this house in central Spain (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Aidlin Darling creates a meditation centre at Stanford University with rammed earth walls



This spiritual refuge by Aidlin Darling Design at California‘s Stanford University features vertical cedar slats and thick walls made of soil excavated from the building site (+ slideshow). (more…)

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