Jin Kuramoto revives Shaker style for Arflex’s Root chair

Root chair for arflex Japan by Jin Kuramoto

Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto referenced furniture of the 18th century to create a Shaker-style chair for furniture brand Arflex.  Read more

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Abstracted architecture graces new covers for William Gibson’s dystopian novels

William Gibson book covers based on fractals of architecture

Inception-esque folded buildings feature on new book covers for the science-fiction novels of William Gibson. Read more

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ArchiBlox creates garden roof for house overlooking a beach in Australia

Avalon House by Archiblox

ArchiBlox has given this prefabricated beachfront house near Sydney a verdant plant-covered roof to help it blend into its clifftop setting. Read more

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Elena Bompani’s Itaca furniture is made for a new generation of nomads

Itaca nomadic furniture by Elena Bompani

Italian designer Elena Bompani has designed a flexible furniture system for renters and travellers. Read more

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Berlin’s re-purposed buildings feature on our latest Pinterest board

Berlin Nazi-era swimming pool

This year’s World Architecture Festival was held in the German capital of Berlin, so we’ve created a new Pinterest board dedicated to the city’s regenerated architecture – including a renovated Nazi-era swimming pool hall by Veauthier Meyer Architects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

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Flat-packed cabin concept allows tiny houses to be assembled like IKEA furniture

The Backcountry Hut Company by Leckie Studio Architecture + Design

A Vancouver-based startup’s conceptual design for flat-packed recreational cabins would allow users to build for themselves, making the wilderness more readily accessible. Read more

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Lim + Lu creates bright apartment home to double as its showroom

Happy Valley apartment by Lim + Lu

Swathes of bright colour combine with patterned ceramic tiles in the Hong Kong apartment home of multidisciplinary design studio Lim + Lu. Read more

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Prefabricated house in Amsterdam features wooden walls, zigzagging stairs and split levels

Lofthouse I by Marc Koehler Architects

Inside this wooden, prefabricated house in Amsterdam by Marc Koehler Architects, an angular black staircase crisscrosses between split levels. Read more

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Julius Horsthuis creates hypnotic fractal visuals for Isometric music video

DMP Fraction Isometric by Julius Horsthuis

To create the visuals for Fraction’s music video, director Julius Horsthuis used software that generates “unpredictable and infinitely complex shapes”. Read more

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f+f architectes converts attic into bright and spacious two-storey apartment

Attic Conversion by f+f architectes

The loft space of an art nouveau building in Strasbourg, France has been converted into this light-filled two-storey apartment. Read more

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