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asia’s leading international design show returns to the historic shanghai exhibition centre

design shanghai celebrates its 13th edition from march 19-22, 2026, uniting global brands with the next generation of east asian talent. The post asia’s leading international design show returns to the historic shanghai exhibition centre appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. ...

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asia’s leading international design show returns to the historic shanghai exhibition centre

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hollow-core door waste finds new life as luminous design object

door boards, punctured by a repeating pattern of round openings, form the structural base of the lamp. The post hollow-core door waste finds new life as luminous design object appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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hollow-core door waste finds new life as luminous design object

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Mexican Design Studio ATRA FORM Frames its New York Outpost as a Multisensorial Experience

The multivalent practice stages its new Hudson Square gallery as a temple-like oasis, replete with biohacking tech-imbedded furnishings that facilitate meditative therapy.

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Mexican Design Studio ATRA FORM Frames its New York Outpost as a Multisensorial Experience

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Assemble reveals design for Maggie's Centre in Kent

Architecture collective Assemble has received planning permission for a Maggie's Centre at Maidstone Hospital, which will feature pitched volumes informed by Kent's local culture and landscape. Like all centres created by the Maggie's charity, Maggie's Kent will aim to provide support to cancer patients ...

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Assemble reveals design for Maggie's Centre in Kent

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'The process was a creativity killer': how Monotype's new AI search tool is changing design for the better

Monotype's Mike Matteo unveils how technology and creativity are evolving together.

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'The process was a creativity killer': how Monotype's new AI search tool is changing design for the better

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Kraft Architects clads minimalist Japanese home with corrugated steel

Corrugated metal cloaks the long, narrow form of An Unfinished House, a minimalist house in Japan designed by Tokyo studio Kraft Architects. Located on a leftover plot in the suburbs of Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture, the home was created for the family of a local carpenter, who worked closely with ...

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Kraft Architects clads minimalist Japanese home with corrugated steel

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Snøhetta and BIG among architects of "landscape-led masterplan" for Istanbul

Architecture studios Snøhetta, BIG and MVRDV are among those designing landmarks for the 84‑hectare Ion Riva masterplan for Istanbul's northern Beykoz district. Set to be built on the coast of the Black Sea, the project will comprise a quartet of landmark cultural spaces and provide homes for 3,000 ...

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Snøhetta and BIG among architects of "landscape-led masterplan" for Istanbul

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SPF Architects clads cantilevered Beverly Hills house in black and bronze

American studio SPF Architects has included an aluminium skin and an upper volume that "appears to float" over the ground level at completed the Bronze and Black House in California. Located in Beverly Hills, the home was built on a property that stretches between the ends of two separate cul-de-sacs. ...

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SPF Architects clads cantilevered Beverly Hills house in black and bronze

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Schemata Architects designs Le Labo store to reflect Tokyo's urban character

Local studio Schemata Architects has renovated a store in Tokyo for perfumery brand Le Labo, featuring shelves and furniture made from the same wood used to cast the textured concrete walls. The store in Tokyo's Daikanyama neighbourhood was Le Labo's first location outside of the US, but after 18 years ...

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Schemata Architects designs Le Labo store to reflect Tokyo's urban character

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"Absolute freedom over who designs buildings only encourages the cowboy practitioner"

Only regulated professionals should be allowed to design buildings, writes Eleanor Jolliffe. Who should be allowed to design buildings? This perennial topic was reignited late last year by RIBA president Chris Williamson's resignation from the register of architects, and the UK Government's continuing ...

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"Absolute freedom over who designs buildings only encourages the cowboy practitioner"

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Jony Ive designs oak rostrum for Christie's auction house

Jony Ive's studio LoveFrom has collaborated with UK studio Benchmark to create a rostrum for Christie's that replaces one designed by Thomas Chippendale. The rostrum, which was unveiled last week, will replace Chippendale-designed podiums in all of Christie's auction houses around the world. LoveFrom ...

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Jony Ive designs oak rostrum for Christie's auction house

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Pluskouple designs monchrome aircraft hangar for Ukraine skydiving collective

Designer Dan Vakhrameyev has created a sleek, multifunctional interior for an aircraft hangar filled with industrial design details for skydiving collective Aerotim in Ukraine. Vakhrameyev, who is co-founder of the Pluskouple design studio, designed the interior of the industrial hangar for Timur Fatkullin's ...

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Pluskouple designs monchrome aircraft hangar for Ukraine skydiving collective

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A Modernist Pedigree Preserved by Studio OSKLO in This Trousdale Estate Home

OSKLO founders Arya and Michael Martin preserve the pedigree of a 1966 post-and-beam home while introducing contemporary furniture, art, and material interventions.

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A Modernist Pedigree Preserved by Studio OSKLO in This Trousdale Estate Home

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Holzrausch references Luis Barragán in colourful refresh of Mallorcan holiday home

The vivid architectural style of Luis Barragán spurred design studio Holzrausch to add bright pops of pink, yellow and orange to this holiday home in Mallorca, Spain. The residence, called Casa da Praia, was built in the late 1970s but now belongs to a couple based in Munich, who frequently visit with ...

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Holzrausch references Luis Barragán in colourful refresh of Mallorcan holiday home

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Mountain home with Cupaclad slate facade features mix of patterns

Promotion: Spanish brand Cupa Pizarras' Cupaclad slate-based cladding system features in four different patterns across the facade of this home, designed by architects EMAKI to harmonise with the natural surroundings of the US Pocono Mountains. The Mountain Home in Hawley, Pennsylvania, is located within ...

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Mountain home with Cupaclad slate facade features mix of patterns

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Apple's new emoji has a controversial past but fans love it anyway

I guess we’ve recovered from that problematic ad...

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Apple's new emoji has a controversial past but fans love it anyway

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Is this the adorable face of Apple's new AI chatbot?

Lil' Finder Guy is taking the internet by storm.

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Is this the adorable face of Apple's new AI chatbot?

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Apple's new Studio Display is on my desk. Here's what I think

Is the new and improved monitor worth having?

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Apple's new Studio Display is on my desk. Here's what I think