Stories by Jane Englefield
Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references “sunsets in the Tunisian desert”
Eight immersive saunas in peaceful settings
Hollywood strikes having “massive knock-on repercussions” for film designers
Wright and Wright completes decade-long redevelopment of University of Oxford college
Chair of Virtue presents experimental seating at London Design Festival
Daisuke Motogi reimagines Alvar Aalto’s iconic Stool 60 a hundred times over
Didi Ng Wing Yin presents “down to earth” timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week
Eight alternative churches characterised by unorthodox designs
This week Neom planned a bid to host the 2034 World Cup
Traditional Korean pavilions inform open-sided Aesop store in Seoul
Uchronia conceives Haussmann-era Paris apartment as “chromatic jewellery box”
Spacon & X adds kombucha brewery to 1930s functionalist building in Copenhagen
Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create “honest” Trunk Hotel in Tokyo
Blond design agency creates “first refillable” edge styler for hair brand Ruka
Eight airy and pared-back loft conversions
Marc Newson collaborates with Flite to create “world’s lightest” electric hydrofoil
Abid Javed presents “fluid” cell-like sculptures at London Design Festival
Kustaa Saksi creates vivid oversized tapestries to explore “reality and illusion”
First Kyiv Design Week takes place in Zurich
Frederik Molenschot presents debut solo sculpture show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Arent & Pyke designs Sydney hair salon to be “best appreciated from seated height”
Mid-century Zero House in London imbued with “Kubrick feel”