Krista Kim and The Fabricant design “fluid†digital fabric for Nymph clothing collection
Toronto-based artist Krista Kim has created a digital fabric designed to look like water for Nymph, a clothing collection for digital fashion house The Fabricant. Read more
Unemori Architects and Teco Architects create « park-like » health and childcare centre
Japanese studios Unemori Architects and Teco Architects have turned a commercial building in Kitakami, Japan, into a health and childcare support centre, adding a new facade as well as undulating floors and ceilings. Read more
Marc Thorpe designs Kampala houses made from local soil bricks
Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs. Read more
3 Days of Design festival postponed to avoid design fair clash
Denmark’s 3 Days of Design fair has changed its dates to 15 to 17 June so that « the dates of the festival don’t coincide with any other festival, » after it was set to take place at the same time as Salone del Mobile and Design Shanghai. Read more
CF Møller uses matching bricks and tiles for exterior of Villa E in Aarhus
Scandinavian firm CF Møller Architects has completed a house where all the exterior surfaces match, thanks to a combination of dark red bricks and tiles. Read more
First vertical forest towers by Stefano Boeri open in China
The first tenants have moved into Italian architect Stefano Boeri‘s Easyhome Huanggang Vertical Forest City Complex, the first of his vertical forest towers to open in China. Read more
Truly flooring collection by Bolon
Dezeen Showroom: Bolon has launched a woven flooring collection called Truly, which features hyper textures and « colour effects and patterns never seen ». Read more
Marjan van Aubel turns solar cells into art with glow-in-the-dark tapestry
Strips of colourful photovoltaic cells are arranged into a geometric pattern to form this artwork, conceived by Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel to bring solar panels from our roofs into our homes. Read more
« RIBA upgrading Portland Place is an expensive solution to the wrong problem »
Rather than spending £20 million to refurbish its headquarters, RIBA should make its spaces freely available for others to host engaging architectural programmes, says Phineas Harper. Read more
i29 enlivens 17th-century canal house in Amsterdam with pops of colour
Bursts of blue and green appear inside this centuries-old canal house in Amsterdam that has been renovated by local architecture studio i29. Read more
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