Новости за 30.04.2024

Work by Lina Bo Bardi and José Zanine Caldas was on view at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City as part of an exhibition on modernist Brazilian furniture. Called Turning Tides: Designing a Modern Brazil exhibition, the show highlighted 75 years of design from the South American country. It was launched to survey the

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a conversion of a Czech slaughterhouse into an art gallery. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Architecture studio KWK Promes has repurposed a slaughterhouse in the Czech Republic into the Plato Contemporary Art Gallery, featuring exhibition spaces lined with rotating concrete walls. These additions comprise six large

The first and only skyscraper designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in New York City has undergone a renovation by Vocon Architects and MdeAS Architects to help it "meet the expectations of today". At the behest of developer HGI, local architecture studios Vocon Architects and MdeAS Architects renovated and restored the 51W52 skyscraper, also known

Dezeen School Shows: a project proposing a refurbishment of Paris' Montparnasse centre is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the Confluence Institute. Read more

Promotion: design studio Areen has launched a brand called Sonet, which will provide interiors and product design among other design-led services. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: a semi-totem design, a pleated relief pattern and a wide choice of colours meet in the Delia Zero washbasin by Spanish bathroom brand Acquabella. The Delia sink features a deep basin with a wave-like relief on the lower half of its outer structure, creating a contemporary statement in bathroom design schemes. Acquabella describes the

Dezeen Showroom: Spanish brand Vondom has launched a collection of outdoor furniture pieces called Luna, designed by architect Ramón Esteve with chunky, curving forms. Luna comprises a sofa, armchair, coffee table and a daybed, united by their exaggerated, rounded forms that Esteve has crafted from a mix of plastic and fibreglass. According to Vondom, Esteve's

Architecture studio Unknown Works has renovated a terraced London house called Oasis, adding a side and rear extension to create a flexible interior and maximise natural light. The Victorian home in Kentish Town is owned by Unknown Works' co-founder Theo Games Petrophilos, who wanted to update its interior with a large open-plan living area suitable

Including a skinny house in Japan, a home in Canada that is deliberately unfinished and a lonely cottage in the Outer Hebrides, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for April. Also featured are a villa in suburban London and a two-in-one holiday home on the Finnish coast. Read on to find out more about

Dezeen Showroom: teak frames support the Tradition collection of modular outdoor seating, conceived by designer Povl B Eskildsen for Danish furniture company Fritz Hansen. According to Fritz Hansen, the Tradition seats are designed by Eskildsen as "an invitation to unwind" and can be used as individual furniture pieces or combined in various arrangements, catering to

With just one day to put forward a nomination for the Designers of the Year awards at Dezeen Awards 2024, last year's winners explain how winning boosted their visibility and underscored designers' responsibility to society. Read more

An aluminium alloy made from 100 per cent recycled waste will be a game-changer for the furniture industry, according to Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland. Beller Fjetland was the artistic director for 100R, a Milan design week exhibition staged by industrial manufacturer Hydro featuring extruded aluminium objects created by seven different designers. The exhibition marked

Lisbon, Melbourne and Clerkenwell's design weeks are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May. Other events taking place during the month include NYCxDesign, London Craft Week and Design Miami Los Angeles. London Craft Week 13 to 19 May, UK London Craft Week is a festival showcasing the work of

Local studio Hemingway Design collaborated with designer James Shaw to transform a London store interior for charity retailer Traid, which features colourful furniture created from leftover second-hand clothes. Hemingway Design renovated Traid's Shepherd's Bush branch as part of a wider rebrand for the retailer to mark its 25th anniversary, including its visual identity. Traid sells donated

Dezeen and Forbo Flooring's Marmoleum Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight Amsterdam time tonight. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £5,000. The competition invites architects and designers to create an interior space that promotes well-being using the brand's Marmoleum material. The space should be designed for installation in interior

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London, which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. The studio renovated the Grade-II listed building – the only factory designed by the architect – into a "premium workspace" for property developer Dorrington. It will be occupied

Dezeen Showroom: designed by Tesseraux & Partner for German brand Bette, the BetteCurve and BetteLiv washbasins combine a delicate thinness with the strength of titanium steel. The BetteCurve and BetteLiv are both slim-rimmed designs, the BetteLiv delivering a minimalist take on the classic washbowl and the BetteCurve featuring a more curved shape with an inward slope