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Mich Mich Bakery / entre escalas
© Pedro Kok architects: entre escalasLocation: São Paulo, BrazilProject Year: 2024Photographs: Pedro Kok Area: 117.0 m2
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Industrial Design Case Study: PDR Brings Dignity to Catheter Bags
This Shield concept is by PDR, an industrial design consultancy based in Cardiff, Wales. It aims to bring dignity to those who are required to live with catheters.
Shield is a simple and low-cost redesign that utilises recycled single-use disposable plastic sterilisation tray wraps and drapes, commonly used in hospital operating theatres.
Long term catheter use is a standard treatment that affects millions of people across Europe each year. Urine is collected externally in external drainage bag, typically held in a simple wireframe. These bags and frames cause many difficulties in handling and emptying and cause particular...
In ‘Of the Oak,’ a Magnificent Tree at Kew Gardens Gets an Immersive ‘Digital Double’
“We believe in the power of stories to tickle senses and shift perceptions,” says Marshmallow Laser Feast, an experiential artist collective merging art, extended reality (XR), and film into large-scale, immersive exhibitions.
MLF’s latest work, Of the Oak, situates a monumental, six-meter-tall, double-sided video of the titular tree in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The piece focuses on the garden’s Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” using real-world data.
Photo by Barney SteelMLF collaborated with researchers from Kew to create a vibrant, scientific rendering, blending advanced technologies with artistic imagery. The team stitched together thousands of images, used LiDAR to map the tree’s...
A Modern Take on the Doorknob
This modern take on the doorknob is by L.A.-based industrial designer Will Zhang. Called the Spoke knob, it's made of solid brass.
If you prefer alternatives to the brass look, it comes in a number of finshes.
One thing to note: "The Spoke knob requires handing to ensure that the spoke itself is directed towards the bottom right when at rest, as intended in the design."
"Handing" means you've got to pay attention to whether the door you're spec'ing this for is right- or left-handed, in order to get the knobs oriented...
Nola lamp by Tom Fereday for Nau
Dezeen Showroom: designer Tom Fereday used hand-cast crystal glass and carved solid stone to craft this soft-edged, statuesque lamp for Australian brand Nau.
The Nola table lamp is made of crystal or white jade stone and has a simple form comprised of two seamlessly joined elements – a cylindrical base and a lightly domed top.
The Nola lamp has a serene presenceTurning on the lamp results in a soft, warm-toned mood light that glows through the translucent materials that make up each lamp.
"With a quiet glow and calming presence, the Nola Lamp is more than a light – it's a moment of stillness,"...
Once Known for Scissors, Fiskars Produces a Sought-After Demolition Tool
Fiskars has been around since 1649, making it one of the world's oldest companies. The company started out as an ironworks, making nails, knives and tools, eventually expanding into cutlery and the orange-handled scissors that made them a household name in 20th-century America. In the 21st century, Fiskars focused more heavily on the gardening market, having had experience in the sector dating back to the 1800s. Finding success there, in the mid-2010s they pushed into construction tools.
Their Pro IsoCore Wrecking Bar is a striking example of how competently they've entered this sector. Well-reviewed even by general contractors—you could...
Carisbrooke Residence / DAAS Architecture Inc.
Courtesy of DAAS Architecture Inc. architects: DAAS Architecture Inc.Location: Calgary, CanadaProject Year: 2024Photographs: Courtesy of DAAS Architecture Inc.Photographs: Hayden PatulloArea: 949.0 m2
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Archmongers updates London home to be a "celebration of craftsmanship"
London studio Archmongers has updated and extended Ray House, a Victorian terrace in Hackney, to be a "celebration of craftsmanship", incorporating bespoke finishes including a decorative concrete frieze designed by its client.
The renovation of the three-storey home in a conservation area in Dalston was prompted by its dark, compartmentalised floor plan and poor energy performance.
Archmongers has updated and extended a Victorian home in HackneyIts owners – both of whom work in graphic design and illustration – tasked Archmongers with opening up and updating the home, incorporating bespoke finishes that would provide a backdrop for their collection of art and furniture.
"The...
Naqi & Partners designs Earthenware House in Vietnam as row of terracotta pots
Architecture studio Naqi & Partners has overhauled a house in the southeastern province of Binh Duong, Vietnam, remodelling it to resemble a sequence of terracotta pots.
Named Earthenware House, the home was designed for a building contractor and artist in the Thuan An City district of Lai Thieu, which is about an hour's drive from central Ho Chi Minh City.
Naqi & Partners has created Earthenware House in VietnamNaqi & Partners created the house by reusing the structure of an existing two-storey tube house – a type of narrow shophouse found in Vietnamese cities – and adding a rooftop terrace and a...
Villa Air / ARK-architecture
© Bilel Khemakhem architects: ARK-architectureLocation: Tunis, TunisiaProject Year: 2024Photographs: Bilel KhemakhemArea: 1500.0 m2
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