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In an age where customers expect immersive visuals and instant gratification, businesses can no longer rely solely on sketches or flat renderings to generate excitement for a new product. 3D modeling has emerged as a powerful marketing tool that allows companies to present lifelike representations of their concepts before they even reach the manufacturing stage. …

Mexican studio V Taller has completed a residential complex in Tulum, Mexico that features a series of vaulted apartments surrounding a tower representative of the mythical Tower of Babel, all finished in pink stucco. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: traditional table lamps are made cordless and rechargeable by Zafferano America in the Poldina Classic light, characterised by a pleated shade and statuesque aluminium body. Read more

Patterned walls of rammed-earth bricks and carpentry in local hardwoods celebrate « ancestral materials and methods » at the African Flow School, a kindergarten in Cameroon designed by Barcelona-based architecture studio Urbanitree. Read more

On the heels of the 20th anniversary edition of Helsinki Design Week, Dezeen reporter Jane Englefield rounds up five enduring Finnish design principles she spotted at the city’s biggest industry festival. Read more

The government of Canada has launched Build Canada Homes, a federal agency that will leverage public-private partnership « to build affordable housing at scale and at speed » in order to address the country’s housing. Read more

Designer Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian is taking over London‘s Institute of Contemporary Arts to host a pop-up design fair that doesn’t charge for participation, in a bid to « redistribute access and opportunities » within the industry. Read more

In the world of spirits packaging, few agencies push boundaries like Stranger & Stranger. Their latest project for Chapel, a premium brand, embraces the chaotic, rule-breaking ethos of Dadaism—turning traditional packaging on its head with surreal, irreverent design. Dada Meets Distillation The Dada art movement rejected logic and embraced absurdity, and Stranger & Stranger channeled that energy into …

Artist Roo Dhissou and UK studio Intervention Architecture have designed Heal, Home, Hmm, a modular pavilion made using Punjabi mud building techniques, which is on display at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival. Read more

Architecture studio All(zone) has curated the Shanghai Picnic installation for the RAM Assembles architecture biennial, which features a series of pavilions made from colourful fabrics. Read more