Parametric design tool Self allows anyone to create their own furniture
American designer Marvell Lahens has launched an app at NYCxDesign that enables everyday people with no professional training to design a piece of furniture and have it produced and shipped to them within three weeks. Read more
Dezeen Agenda features black timber pyramid by David Adjaye
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a black timber pyramid designed by David Adjaye for the Venice Architecture Biennale. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Read more
Nanyang Polytechnic presents 10 student spatial design projects
Dezeen School Shows: a kindergarten that encourages outdoor play and a ceramics studio designed to make visitors connect with their emotions are included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Nanyang Polytechnic. Read more
Sphere office chair by Okamura
Dezeen Showroom: Japanese office furniture brand Okamura is launching a chair made using recycled fishing nets salvaged from the ocean. Read more
Africa by Eugeni Quitllet for Vondom
Dezeen Showroom: created by Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet, the Africa collection from outdoor furniture brand Vondom has minimalist, curving forms. Read more
Studio Other Spaces designs « anti-monument » to Ethiopia’s former prime minister
Artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann’s firm Studio Other Spaces has designed five buildings and seven pavilions within the Meles Zenawi Memorial Park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more
Fettle channels Soho’s « grittier » years at 1 Warwick members’ club
Interiors studio Fettle drew on the neo-baroque architecture of this Edwardian building in London‘s Soho when converting it into a members’ club, as well as nodding to the area’s colourful history of the 1950s and 60s. Read more
Philippe Starck unveils design for Ecuadorian skyscraper
Developer Uribe Schwarzkopf has unveiled the design for the residential YOO GYE skyscraper in Guayaquil, Ecuador, which will be designed in collaboration with YOO Inspired by Starck. Read more
Pedro Pegenaute photographs Spanish « foodscapes » for Venice Architecture Biennale
The Spanish pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale spotlights the country’s agro-architectural infrastructure, with imagery by photographer Pedro Pegenaute. Read more
Co.arch Studio creates show kitchen for candied fruit specialist Cesarin
An Italian company that makes candied fruit now has a dedicated space for cookery demonstrations, designed by Milan-based architecture office Co.arch Studio. Read more
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