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Laser Etching Colors Onto Metal
You've probably seen welds, on stainless steel, that have changed the color of the metal around them.
That happens because the heat causes a thin layer of chromium-oxide film to form on the surface. When light passes through this film, the eye sees different colors, depending on how thick the film is. (Same principle as light passing through seemingly clear soap bubbles, yielding multiple colors.)
Well, here's some wild news. Turns out that with certain laser engravers, like this xTool F1, you can actually dial in the amount of color you'd like, on stainless steel and titanium:
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Paul Doumer School Complex / AT architectes
© Florent Joliot architects: AT architectesLocation: La Fare-les-Oliviers, FranceProject Year: 2025Photographs: Florent JoliotPhotographs: Area: 3396.0 m2
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MoDus Architects contrasts "refinement and ruggedness" for Italian home
Italian studio MoDus Architect has completed Hometown House, a dwelling in Trento that contrasts a black-timber exterior with light and airy larch-lined interiors.
Set among the rolling hills and orchards of the Non Valley, Hometown House was designed by MoDus Architects for a client returning to his hometown after decades abroad.
It occupies the site where the client's parents' home once stood and next to which his brother still lives.
MoDus Architects has completed a black-timber dwelling in TrentoLooking to mirror the character of the rural site, Hometown House sits on a base of local porphyry stone, with its upper levels finished with...
Poster Collection 2025 | HKU Architecture
Architects "must rethink how and why we build" in 2026
Tough times lie ahead for architects and 2026 must be the year to reshape the profession, industry leaders have warned.
Dezeen asked architects from leading and emerging studios about what trends they predict will define the profession this year, including Dutch studio OMA, Chinese studio MAD, New York-based Selldorf Architects, London studio Nimtim Architects and Indian firm Earthscape Studio.
The challenges of designing in a period of economic uncertainty – and what that means for the role of the architect – emerged as major themes.
"Architecture, as we know it, is in crisis"
OMA partner Reinier de Graaf warned that the architecture profession is...
Tamar Grande Chandelier by Sophia Han for Shakuff Bespoke Lighting
Dezeen Showroom: US brand Shakúff has unveiled a statement light with a five- or seven-foot-long textured glass bulb, which references the ever-moving nature of the sea.
The Tamar Grande Chandelier was created by Shakúff's in-house product designer, Sophia Han. The light is an evolution of the other, smaller lighting solutions in Shakuff Bespoke Lighting's wider Tamar collection.
It comes in five- or seven-foot-long iterationsA pair of slender metal rods suspend the light from the ceiling, and bread up its three-segmented body, comprising a trio of rippled glass tubes containing a tubular lighting element.
The bulb can be specified in clear or amber glass, with...
Kwangho Lee creates anime-informed chairs from sponge pipes and nylon ropes
South Korean designer Kwangho Lee drew on a cult anime film for his Ghost in the Shell exhibition, which features chairs in his signature knotted style made from sponge pipes and nylon ropes.
The designer used plastic chairs that he covered in his knotted designs to create the pieces for the show, currently on display at the SKWAT Kameari Art Centre (SKAC) in Tokyo.
The Ghost in the Shell chairs were shown at SKAC"I first formed a shape by knotting sponge pipes or nylon ropes onto the chair structure, then applied four to five coats of polyurethane to produce a bolder...
Butterfly Townhouse / Atelier Tom Vanhee
© Filip Dujardin architects: Atelier Tom VanheeLocation: Bruxelles, BelgiumProject Year: 2024Photographs: Filip DujardinArea: 227.0 m2
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The Clicks Communicator phone is made specifically for messaging
UK-based company Clicks Technology has followed up its Blackberry-like keyboard accessory for smartphones with the Clicks Communicator, a phone built for messaging, launched at this week's Consumer Electronics Show.
The Clicks Communicator brings together all of a user's messages and emails on their home screen, giving them a phone primarily tailored to communication.
With a QWERTY keyboard on the bottom, it is designed for people who enjoy the tactility of physical buttons and want to divide their phone usage across multiple devices tailored to specific functions.
The Clicks Communicator phone is designed primarily for messaging"Communicator is to a smartphone what a Kindle is...
Wohnpark Alterlaa: Vienna’s Monumental Vision for Everyday Life
© Thomas Ledl, via Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0
On the southern edge of Vienna, a cluster of monumental terraces rises above the cityscape, their stepped balconies cascading with greenery and their rooftops crowned with swimming pools. This is the Wohnpark Alterlaa, one of the most ambitious social housing projects in postwar Europe. Designed by Austrian architect Harry Glück and built between 1973 and 1985, the complex was founded on a provocative principle: municipal housing should not only provide affordable shelter but also offer the pleasures and amenities usually reserved for...