Stories by Alice Finney
Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide
Sruli Recht designs “futuristic” footwear for extreme environments
Heatherwick “isn’t involved” in designing national Covid-19 memorial
Telfar designs unisex uniforms for Liberian Olympic team
Ten Tokyo 2020 Olympics designs that help the games move “towards zero carbon”
Liverpool stripped of World Heritage status due to waterfront developments
Tokyo 2020 Olympic torchbearers wear uniforms made from recycled bottles
Tokyo 2020 Olympics ban on Soul Cap designed for Afro hair “under review” following backlash
The News Pavilion by Softroom allows newsreaders to “extend reality”
Creatives share what they’re grateful for during the pandemic in 100 Days of Gratitude
Reframd creates “Afropolitan” sunglasses designed to fit black faces
Bak Gordon Arquitectos builds Casa Azul alongside elongated pool
IKEA Sundvik furniture allegedly made from illegal Russian wood
Emmanuelle Simon designs “welcoming” Parisian bakery
Thomas Heatherwick in discussions with UK government over Covid-19 memorial
Jony Ive and Prince Charles launch Terra Carta Design Lab to encourage “truly powerful solutions” to climate change
Summerfield Park basketball court updated with colourful mural and geometric patterns
Ohmie is a 3D-printed lamp made from orange peels
Unit9 creates Lotus Aeroad tensegrity structure at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Iris van Herpen’s Earthrise collection is designed as a “living organism”
Airweave creates cardboard beds and modular mattresses for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Southwark Brick House peeks above a brick wall in Bermondsey