Serena Mignatti designs wabi-sabi interior for Thom Yorke’s Rome apartment
Architect Serena Mignatti has renovated a historic apartment in Rome for musician Thom Yorke and actress Dajana Roncione, utilising a palette of tactile materials to create an aesthetic informed by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. Read more
Delavegacanolasso finishes home in Madrid with tactile material palette
Hand-fired clay tiles, exposed timber and plaster walls bring « essential simplicity » to Rosa MarÃa House, a residence near Madrid designed by Spanish architecture studio Delavegacanolasso. Read more
Formant Studio highlights « timeless elegance of birch » in Mexico City listening room
Local outfit Formant Studio has transformed an office space in Mexico City into the hi-fi listening room Modular, centring the wood-and-steel-lined room around a custom-made social sofa. Read more
Rarify exhibition in New York features largest collection of SOM furniture
Furniture vendor Rarify has exhibited 60 pieces of SOM furniture, artifacts and photography across two floors of a New York shop, for the first-ever exhibition devoted to the furniture work of the iconic architecture studio. Read more
Tampa Bay Rays releases early renderings of proposed stadium
The Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball franchise has released renderings for a proposed stadium and mixed-use district with design by Gensler and Populous for Tampa in Florida, USA. Read more
WT Architecture carries out « purposefully simple » revamp of Scottish boathouse
Scottish studio WT Architecture has overhauled a Victorian boathouse in East Lothian, restoring its original storage area and adding a wood-lined studio accessed by a footbridge. Read more
Nothing’s first India store echoes how nation will become « a design hub gradually »
British consumer technology brand Nothing has unveiled its second-ever store, a two-storey space in Bengaluru, India, that draws on factory assembly lines. Read more
« Big Tech is using design philosophy as a smokescreen »
« Calm technology » is all the rage but big tech companies are leveraging the concept to distract from the ways their business models cause us harm, writes Rima Sabina Aouf. Read more
Nik Bentel crafts gridded Trolley Bag for supermarket Lidl from stainless steel
Designer Nik Bentel used the humble shopping trolley as his inspiration for the Trolley Bag, designed for supermarket Lidl as a « twist on the everyday food shop experience ». Read more
Snøhetta tops Saudi metro station with mirrored bowl-shaped canopy
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed Qasr AlHokm Metro Station in Riyadh, which features a curving mirrored canopy that reflects a subterranean planted atrium. Read more
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