Issey Miyake transforms "wafer-thin" layers of waste paper into marbled furniture

Fashion house Issey Miyake has created handcrafted furniture out of compressed log-like rolls of paper salvaged from the production of pleated garments, which will be unveiled at Milan design week.

The furniture prototypes will form part of The Paper Log: Shell and Core, an exhibition that will open at the Issey Miyake Milan store on 21 April.

Ranging from stools and chairs to tables and a bench, the pieces were created from tightly compressed rolls of paper known as "paper logs".

These "logs" are the byproduct of Issey Miyake's trademark pleating process, where paper...

SYS's performancewear is designed to "move with intention"

Promotion: South Korean brand SYS has entered the US market with its collection of "precision-engineered" performancewear for men and women.

SYS, which says it is the first Korean performancewear brand to launch in the United States, aims to bring the aspirational power of K-culture – the global interest in music and styles from South Korea – to the fitness sector.

Its clothes are designed in SYS's Innovation Lab in South Korea, where it creates what the brand defines as "a new uniform for evolution".

SYS's designers and engineers work together to create proprietary fabric blends, each...

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Max Mara - Jacket Circle

A series of imaginary words through which women shape their everyday wardrobe, combining design, lightness, and personality.

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Quiet Rhythm Sleep is a dynamic process?moving in rhythm from sleep onset to light sleep, and ultimately into deep sleep. The visual identity of Jingyun follows this inherent rhythm: core elements such as the logo, stripes, and flags are all developed around the idea of "rhythm," forming a cohesive system with a sense of breath. As a key visual language, the flag serves both to structure product categorization and evolution, and to express the brand's core value of "ultra-softness" through gentle, flowing forms.

Flower-covered theatre forms centrepiece of Denise Scott Brown's photography exhibition

A flower-covered theatre has been installed at the centre of an exhibition dedicated to architect Denise Scott Brown's photographs at the brutalist Yale architecture school building in New Haven, USA.

Set within the Paul Rudolph-designed architecture school, Encounters: Denise Scott Brown Photographs aims to draw attention to the photographs taken by the highly influential architect in the early part of her career.

"Our two main aims were to present this extraordinary body of work, much of which has never before been exhibited, and to prompt audiences to think critically about it in the...

Five furnishings that help outdoor spaces turn over a new leaf

Dezeen Showroom: in the wake of the dark winter months, we've rounded up a handful of outdoor seating solutions that ring in the warmer parts of the year.

To gear up for spring and summertime in the northern hemisphere, the following brands have been busy designing and launching outdoor pieces that help users to make the most of milder weather.

The selection includes modular sofa systems with various characterful detailing – such as woven cord side panels and cage-like bases – as well as weather-resistant chairs with metal, tubular frames.

Dezeen Showroom regularly lists furnishings and products for al fresco living and dining...

Dozie Kanu collaborates with Knoll on "animated" fringed furniture

American furniture company Knoll has collaborated with Texas designer Dozie Kanu on leather-fringed tables that combine motifs of African ceremonial dress with Texas cowboy culture, for this year's Salone del Mobile

The Dozie Kanu Table Collection produced by Knoll encompasses a console, coffee table and side table, all of which are wrapped in bronze or dark manganese leather skirts with floor-length tassels.

The design was informed by Kanu's Nigerian and Texas roots, according to the team, along with his time spent in Portugal, where he lives and works.

"The leather top references...

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