No Footprint House in Costa Rica by A-01 Architects.The No Footprint House by A-01 Architects is set amidst the small village of Ojuchal, Costa Rica, at the edge of vast tropical rainforests. Driven by efficiency and sustainability, the home was developed as a prototype residential typology...
Daylesford Longhouse Residence & Working Farm by Partners Hill.At Daylesford Longhouse, Partners Hill employed radical contrasts to demarcate internal spaces, such as giant vs. petite, agricultural vs. refined, hard with romantic and tactile. Materials are largely pragmatic and robust, with Australian...
‘Soapack’ Bottles Made From Useable Soap by Mi Zhou.Part of her Material Futures post-grad degree, Central Saint Martins student Mi Zhou has re-imagined toiletry bottles usually made from disposable plastic into sustainable and usable soap vessels. Combatting the incredible waste and...
Arresting Rope Tapestries by Textile Artist Joana Schneider.Textile artist Joana Schneider pushes the boundaries of rope with her Totem wall tapestries, drawing on technical inspiration from fishermen and net makers. Using chunky rope and sustainable yarn, Joana Schneider hand wraps and crochets...
Bricks Decoded: The Versatility of Ceramic Facades & Screens.The options are vast when it comes to clay-based ceramic tile facade systems, holding major appeal for contemporary projects thanks to their durability, versatility, and sustainable merit. We’re exploring some of our favourite...
ExCinere Volcanic-Ash-Glazed Tiles by Formafantasma for Dzek.After over three years of research and experimentation, Dzek has released ExCinere, a collection of volcanic ash-glazed tiles for architectural surfaces developed in collaboration with Formafantasma. ExCinere is an innovative tile...
Composite Apartment in Madrid, Spain by Gonzalo del Val, Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.Besides the bright yellow bathroom in this Madrid apartment, natural cork, black rubber, and pale orange living room columns provide the only tonal colour throughout the common areas of the apartment. Stark white surfaces lead all...
Lexus Design Award 2019 Announces Six Designers Harnessing the Power of Innovation to Build a Better Tomorrow.Worldwide competition Lexus Design Awards fields entries from thousands of upcoming creative talents, of which just six finalists were announced for 2019. Working to the directive of ‘Design for a Better Tomorrow’, entrants put forth...
Bolon’s Latest Collection Celebrates Diversity & Swedish Brand’s 70th Anniversary.Family-run flooring brand Bolon celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Their latest collection, Diversity, celebrates variation, participation, and inspiration through the lens of ‘seven decades of daring to be different’. Bolon...
