Affluent Genre Scenes Erupt in Chaos in Sabrina Bockler’s Uncanny Paintings

There’s always something a little bit unsettling about Sabrina Bockler’s dynamic paintings, although it can sometimes take a moment to narrow down the reason why. At first glance, a table appears sumptuously set, or a floral scene unfolds with brilliant hues. Upon further inspection, we’ll notice a two-headed goose, a table of food being ravaged by cats and dogs, or the disquieting feeling you’re being watched.

Bockler combines glowy, Rococo-esque figures with elements of Dutch Golden Age painting, specifically still-lifes that incorporate tables full of flowers, dead game, and decomposing fruit. She also taps into romance, allegory, and the hunting genre,...

Wearable device to manage sensory sensitivity among projects from Hongik University

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Dezeen School Shows: a wearable AI device designed to help people with sensory sensitivity is among the projects from Hongik University.

Also featured is a project reshaping the influence of the Met Gala and a robot designed to assist with everyday home lives.

Institution: Hongik University
School: College of Fine Arts
Course: BA Industrial Design
Tutors: Tate Eunyoung Kim, Sook Yeon Kim, Kang Hyun Lee, Joo Yun Kim, Seung Il Lo and Dre Ahn

School statement:

"The Department of Industrial Design at Hongik University continues to push the frontiers of design education, nurturing designers who understand the evolving relationship between humans, technology and society with both...

Ghezzi chair by Tom Black

Dezeen Showroom: Australian interior designer Tom Black looked to the curved fonts on traditional Italian handwritten signage when creating this chair.

Supported by a steel frame, the Ghezzi chair is characterised by looped forms folded on top of each other and upholstered in velvety fabric.

Black was informed by the shapes present in the many handwritten signs that once populated Rome – a cursive typographic style that still appears in more contemporary iterations to advertise shops and restaurants.

Ghezzi is available in a handful of coloured fabrics, ranging from chocolate...

Best Tool Designs Spotted in 2025

Even as our world becomes increasingly digital, physical tools have exploded in popularity. Though once the domain of tradespeople, modern tool companies now target both them and the consumer sector—not to mention the rabid EDC crowd—with a seemingly endless supply of new product. Here are some of the standouts we saw this year, placed into subcategories:

Once Known for Scissors, Fiskars Produces a Sought-After Demolition Tool

A Designey Divot Tool from Formawerx and Discommon Goods

A Beautiful, Bizarrely Tiny EDC Folding Knife

The Elegant Kinetic Driver, Designed by Giacomo Di Muro

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Pezo von Ellrichshausen organises pink concrete Lima House around pool

Rooms are organised around a swimming pool in this pigmented concrete house, designed by architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen on farmland in central Chile.

Pezo von Ellrichshausen, the studio led by Yungay-based architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, designed the single-storey Lima House for a retired couple in a valley near the town of Chepica, O'Higgins Region.

The home's cast concrete structure is exposed both inside and out, with a red pigment giving it a dusky pink colour that echoes the warm hues of the local soil.

"The pale rose tone tempers the interior with...

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