Recycled materials will give Nike « biggest impact » on sustainability says chief design officer
Using recycled materials is a better route to reducing the environmental impact of Nike‘s products than designing for disassembly, the sportswear brand’s chief designer officer Martin Lotti says in this interview. Read more
Villa tile collection by Greg Natale for Kaolin
Dezeen Showroom: Australian interior designer Greg Natale has combined the look of marble with metallic inlays in the Villa tile collection, created for manufacturer Kaolin. Read more
« When was the last time the Serpentine delivered a banger? »
London‘s annual Serpentine Pavilion should abandon its commitment to giving overseas architects their first English commission and instead prioritise experimental, socially conscious architecture, writes Phineas Harper. Read more
David Kohn Architects unveils plans to redesign Ghent art museum
London studio David Kohn Architects has won an international competition to redesign the SMAK museum in Ghent, Belgium, alongside noAarchitecten and Asli Çiçek. Read more
Seven Chinese architecture and design events in June
The Dezeen x Studio 9 talk and Danish furniture exhibition Just One Good Chair (curated by Design Republic) are among the Chinese architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Read more
« Proud Mancunian » Norman Foster to renovate Manchester United training ground
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has begun work renovating the interiors of the men’s first-team building at Manchester United‘s Carrington training complex. Read more
Experimental vessel concepts go on view during San Francisco Design Week
Digital design startup Canoa has commissioned and exhibited vessel design concepts by 27 artists and designers based in San Francisco. Read more
Nielsen Schuh Architects designs fire-resistant house in California wine country
Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire. Read more
SOM designs supertall skyscrapers that generate and store energy
American studio SOM has partnered with energy storage company Energy Vault to design four schematic sustainable energy storage systems, including integrating the technology into supertall skyscrapers. Read more
Maetherea Studio uses rusty metal to create Iron Reef in Norfolk
Landscape architecture practice Maetherea Studio has used rusty iron rebars to create an « amphibious » installation that emerges from reedbeds of the River Yare in Norfolk. Read more
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