New York exhibition "reimagines the home" using furniture made of biomaterials

Eames chairs reupholstered with a denim-mycelium hybrid textile and mycelium fibre encased in an acrylic coffee table have been showcased in a biomaterials exhibition in New York City.

The Living Room exhibition is located at downtown studio Fugue Gallery and was curated by local designer Helena Elston, who brought together furniture and objects made by a variety of designers across the US who work with bio- and reclaimed materials such as discarded coffee cups, bioresin and woven salmon fish skin.

Ceramics Mimic Cardboard in Jacques Monneraud’s Trompe-l’œil Ode to Giorgio Morandi

A quick glimpse of Jacques Monneraud’s vessels give the impression of lighthearted craft time, with cardboard tubes and layered cutouts affixed with pieces of clear tape. Perhaps they’re maquettes for larger pieces or simply playful experiments with an inexpensive material. But look closer, and you’ll discover there’s a lot more to these vessels than they first let on. Namely, they’re actually ceramic.

Monneraud’s ongoing CARTON series explores the relationship between material and perception. He blends three types of clay, then uses a potter’s wheel to throw the core shapes. When the form has dried to a leather-hard consistency, he trims where...

A Mobile, Wireless Sewing Machine Workstation

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Modern sewing machines may be portable, but they all require elecricity. Anytime you use one, you're either near a wall or you're creating a trip hazard.

British designer Dom Johnson has changed that up with this Caddy, a mobile sewing station.

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A Casio G-Shock That Fits on Your Finger

A year ago, to celebrate their 50th anniversary, Casio released this fully-functional Casio Ring Watch:

That was a feat of engineering that the company couldn't have imagined in 1974. And now they're doing another ring thing, this time with their venerated G-Shock model.

The G-Shock Nano, as it's called, is about 1/10th the size of the wristworn version. And it's shrunken down but faithful to the original design—the buttons, the LCD and even the buckle have all been "precisely reproduced using advanced molding techniques in a form so compact it comfortably fits on your finger."

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Irene Saputra Invents Elaborate, Playful Outfits in Her Vibrant Embroideries

Flowers, stars, leaves, eyes, and countless patterns transform into billowing garments in Irene Saputra’s vibrant embroideries. The South Jakarta-based artist, who also goes by Nengiren, repeats the playful motif of nona kecil, which means “little woman” in Indonesian.

Saputra’s fashion-forward character might be described as a clotheshorse who dons numerous bold outfits, some of which seem to have personalities of their own. Saputra has often referred to these styles as OOTD’s, or outfits of the day, borrowing from a hashtag historically used by fashion influencers on social media.

The faceless figure’s cropped bob and black boots are the...

The Evolution of the HiAce, Japan's Work Truck

In the 1960s, Toyota's designers tackled a challenge that they hadn't yet: Design a vehicle with a lot of interior space, enough to carry up to eight passengers. Japanese law strictly regulated the length of vehicles, which presented the designers with a problem. They concluded that having the engine in the front, as was common at the time, ate up too much footprint to fulfill the mandate. So they opted for a cabover design, placing the engine beneath the driver.

The result was the 1967 Toyota HiAce (pronounced "high ace"):

Side note: The HiAce came standard with...

Sawtooth-roofed extension with "factory-like aesthetic" added to Ghent home

Local studios Atelier Avondzon and Macadam Atelier have renovated a derelict home in Ghent, Belgium, adding a sawtooth-roofed extension clad in corrugated-metal panels.

Named Rinskopf, the project was completed for a client who desired a home that would blend in with the site's industrial surroundings. It was recently shortlisted in the house renovation category of Dezeen Awards 2025.

Retaining the existing derelict brick structure, Atelier Avondzon and Macadam Atelier wrapped it externally with insulation and corrugated metal panels.

Internally, its rough brickwork walls were painted white and its timber ceilings and floors exposed.

Ten projects that illustrate Piers Taylor's call for "deeper and messier" architecture

British architect Piers Taylor advocates a radically local approach to contemporary architecture in his book, Learning from the Local. In this roundup, he picks 10 featured projects that embody the idea.

Published with the Royal Institute of British Architects, the book by Invisible Studio founder Taylor encourages the design of more contextual architecture that is responsive to local climate, communities and culture.

It features more than 30 case studies to exemplify this philosophy, including the work by renowned architects Frank Gehry, Glen Murcutt and Diébédo Francis Kéré.

Taylor said that his call for...

Rificolona lamps by E-ggs for Miniforms

Dezeen Showroom: Italian brand Miniforms and design studio E-ggs worked together to create a fleet of different versions of this tiltable, flying saucer-shaped lamp.

Rificolona lamps feature a warmly glowing translucent shade with a texture created through a spray technique, dappling the polyethylene surface with small grains of the same material. This gives it a pockmarked look reminiscent of the surface of the moon.

This technique gives the sculptural shade varying densities, influencing how bright the illumination appears in different areas.

An additional playful element is introduced via a tilting mechanism, which allows...