Danish architecture studio BIG and technology company Lonestar Data Holdings Inc have created a data storage device for the moon, where it is designed to rest indefinitely after arrival. The device, called Freedom Payload, is about the size of a hardback book and 1 kilogramme in mass. It will store data from "governments, enterprise businesses,
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Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that "floats in the middle of the forest". Hidden within a densely wooded area, the Lone Oak House is located in a river region in southern Chile. The project was commissioned during the Covid
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Dezeen Showroom: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created the Milos outdoor furniture collection for Vondom, channelling the landscape of the Mediterranean. The Milos collection includes sofas, armchairs, sun loungers and coffee and side tables, all made of soft, organic shapes. "For this new collaboration with Vondom, I wanted to evoke the original identity of this
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Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Marazzi has launched the Slow tile collection, which is designed to evoke a slow-living philosophy by reviving the look of terracotta. The Slow collection combines the high-performance qualities of contemporary porcelain stoneware with the appearance of terracotta – the reddish-brown clay that has long been used for flooring and roofing. The Slow
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Local studio Emil Eve Architects has revamped the Aden Grove house in east London, adding loft and rear extensions characterised by angular forms and terracotta tiles. The terraced Victorian home in Newington Green required an update due to its dark interior and series of narrow, disjointed rooms, said Emil Eve Architects. "Like many Victorian terraces,
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Pestles, mortars and bowls are integrated into the surfaces of the Communion table, created by designer Giles Tettey Nartey specifically for preparing the West African staple dish fufu. Carved from American maple, the monumental furniture piece consists of a central serving table surrounded by five workstations for pounding boiled cassava and plantain into a dough.
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Technology company Apple has apologised for its iPad Pro advert, which shows creative tools being crushed in a hydraulic press, following a backlash from creatives. "We missed the mark with this video, and we're sorry," Apple's vice president of marketing Tor Myhren told advertising industry publication Ad Age. "Creativity is in our DNA at Apple"
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Unusual doorbells, coat racks and peepholes featured in the Hæ/Hi exhibition exploring the residential entryway during Iceland's annual DesignMarch festival. Entitled Hæ/Hi Vol III: Welcome, the showcase in central Reykjavík featured designs that attempt to make the experience of entering or leaving the home more comforting. The exhibition was the third iteration of Hæ/Hi, a
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Dezeen is co-hosting more than 10 events in New York City during NYCxDesign this year, including talks and parties with brands such as Apparatus, Carl Hansen & Son, Moroso and Muji. Register here to attend! Dezeen is also partnering with the brands Autex Acoustics, Davide Groppi and Haute Living on events during the week, as well
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Three jagged walls delineate the colourful spaces inside this converted barn in Sant Just Desvern, Spain, transformed by Barcelona studio H3O to reference a lightning bolt that struck the building generations ago. The one-storey Relámpago House is a former barn with a white-painted barrel-vaulted ceiling in the Spanish town of Sant Just Desvern on the
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Promotion: Italian architect Elisa Ossino has designed a "tactile" showroom in Milan for Swiss home appliance brand V-Zug. Overlooking Piazza San Marco in the Italian city's Brera district, the space is organised into two areas – one that displays V-Zug's home appliances and one that functions as an "interactive kitchen". This was designed for visitors
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Chinese architecture studio Ateneo has used 3D technology to form the undulating, sculptural walls of Wuyuanwan subway station in Xiamen, China. Ateno drew on the red brick used for traditional village houses in China's Fujian region – where the station is located – for the renovation of Wuyuanwan station, which is clad entirely with panels
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Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has created the Modus carpet tiles, a collection that it says is both unconventional and radiates timeless allure. The Modus collection was devised in-house by designer Joris Peutz and features four styles – Rust, Ivy, Fade and Trace. All four channel natural motifs, with both Rust and Ivy featuring patterns
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