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Woodworking clamps inform playful height-adjustable IKEA stool thumbnail
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Woodworking clamps inform playful height-adjustable IKEA stool

As part of IKEA‘s PS collection, which releases today, Swedish designer Mikael Axelsson has designed a stool with a base of birchwood “teeth”...

Wingårdhs slides glass restaurant under Foster + Partners-designed bridge thumbnail
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Wingårdhs slides glass restaurant under Foster + Partners-designed bridge

Swedish studio WingÃ¥rdhs has unveiled Slussporten, a glass-fronted restaurant located underneath Stockholm‘s Goldbridge that was designed to challenge the idea that “nothing good...

Parametricism "changed how we think" as architects says Melike Altınışık thumbnail
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Parametricism "changed how we think" as architects says Melike Altınışık

The theories of parametricism have positively influenced the direction of architecture, but the ambition to make it the universal style is misguided, says...

Dezeen picks the eight most covetable products from IKEA's latest PS collection thumbnail
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Dezeen picks the eight most covetable products from IKEA's latest PS collection

For the first time in nearly 10 years, IKEA has unveiled a new edition of its experimental PS collection, known for letting “designers...

Larder cupboard by Inglis Hall thumbnail
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Larder cupboard by Inglis Hall

Dezeen Showroom: British kitchen brand Inglis Hall has launched its Larder cupboard, a handsome wood cabinet handpicked from obscurity by designer Jay Osgerby...

António Bessa Cruz Architects replaces Porto car workshop with industrial-themed home thumbnail
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António Bessa Cruz Architects replaces Porto car workshop with industrial-themed home

Exposed concrete, steel-framed windows and handmade bricks reference the formerly industrial site of Agramonte House, a home in Portugal designed by local studio...

Smart Shelf by Philippe Malouin for Very Simple Kitchen thumbnail
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Smart Shelf by Philippe Malouin for Very Simple Kitchen

Dezeen Showroom: designer Philippe Malouin‘s Smart Shelf for Italian brand Very Simple Kitchen combines air extraction, lighting and storage, and is operated with tactile...

Metropol Parasol wears its parametric structure "on its sleeve" thumbnail
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Metropol Parasol wears its parametric structure "on its sleeve"

We continue our Parametricism series by looking at Metropol Parasol by German architecture studio J Mayer H and engineering firm Arup, a flowing...

Metamorphoses wall covering by Oliver Laric and Ceramiche Refin thumbnail
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Metamorphoses wall covering by Oliver Laric and Ceramiche Refin

Dezeen Showroom: Italian company Ceramiche Refin worked with artist Oliver Laric on large-scale porcelain stoneware wall coverings that change appearance depending on viewing...

Ten DesignMarch highlights that encapsulate Iceland's eclectic creative scene thumbnail
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Ten DesignMarch highlights that encapsulate Iceland's eclectic creative scene

From a fish-skin lamp to housing wrapped in road barriers, here are Dezeen’s picks of the top exhibits at this year’s DesignMarch in...