Patterns of Being exhibition celebrates Hungarian creativity at Milan design week
Promotion:Â creative platform Budapest Select returns to Milan design week with Patterns of Being, an exhibition that unpacks contemporary creative responses to global technological, social and ecological questions. Read more
Wayfinding in Hospitals: Designing for Stress and Clarity
Hospital navigation is not like finding your way through an airport or a shopping mall. The stakes are higher. The users are often anxious, sleep-deprived, and navigating unfamiliar territory while someone they love is in distress. A confusing sign isn’t an inconvenience. It’s a failure that can compound fear at moments when clarity is most …
Why Most Watch Design Falls Apart in the Real World
There is a big difference between a watch that looks good in a press image and one that actually works on the wrist. Spend enough time around the pre-owned market and patterns start to emerge. Certain designs hold up. Others, no matter how impressive they seem at launch, quickly lose appeal once they are worn, …
Local context drives design of Tepoztlán Market in central Mexico
Brick, wood and reddish steel come together to form a multi-level public market, which was designed by local studios RamÃrez Suarez Arquitectos and Laboratorio Regional de Arquitectura for a dense, urban site in Mexico. Read more
Firth wall light by Tala among nine new products on Dezeen Showroom
Dezeen Showroom: a chunky wall lamp made from thick, ribbed-edged glass is among nine new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more
Meganom shows infinity pool topping its skinny New York skyscraper
Russian architecture studio Meganom has released renderings showing an infinity pool on its near-completed skyscraper in Manhattan’s NoMad neighbourhood. Read more
How long will the White House have a « hole in the ground »?
With an injunction halting the construction of the White House ballroom and the Trump administration appealing, it is unclear how long the East Wing grounds will remain a massive construction site. Read more
Milo bed by Bolzan
Dezeen Showroom: Italian furniture brand Bolzan aimed to create a true bedroom centrepiece with the fully upholstered Milo bed. Read more
HYG Architects designs Japanese home as « spatial continuum » of its surroundings
Clerestory windows and a curved ceiling create shifting patterns of light and shadow through this timber-lined home near Tokyo, designed by local studio HYG Architects. Read more
BIG uses rammed earth to create trio of luxury villas in Japan
Danish studio BIG has completed its first buildings in Japan, creating a trio of rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima for hotelier Not A Hotel. Read more
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