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Colour trends · 11 stories, +11 vs last week

Colour trends: 11 stories in seven days, +11 on the week before.

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Core77Furniture Designer Chiara Verde's Cork Lounge Chair dIn the early- and mid-20th century, we saw the advent of chairs slung with leather. These were radical because they did away with supporting surfaces and upholstery, instead relying on leather…

September 18

Core77Strutt's Awesome Powered Wheelchair is Not a Wheelchair (For Legal Reasons) Let's say you've assembled a team and designed an awesome powered wheelchair. One that works better than incumbent designs and is easy on the eyes. How do you bring it to market?

September 18

Core77Core77 Weekly Roundup (9-8-26 to 9-11-26) Here's what we looked at this week: Handsome, utilitarian pop-up furniture by industrial designer Tom Ducarouge. ShiftLens : A system for 3D-printing lenticular objects.

September 18

AD EspañaEn un ático con vistas al Tíber: así era la vida de Alberto Moravia, genio de la literatura y autor de ‘El desprecio’ Por esta vivienda de Roma pasaron Pier Paolo Pasolini, Schifano y Guttuso, mientras que de una ‘Olivetti 82’ salían algunas de sus historias más hermosas, entre ellas, la novela que llevó al cine…

September 18

roomieJapan旅行先でなくなる&絡まるアクセサリー。無印良品の「着脱式ケース」に収納するのが正解でした ※本記事は 2024年9月14日に公開された記事 を再編集して公開しています。 Text and Photographed by sato 旅行時に迷うのが、サプリやアクセサリーなどの 小物類の収納 。 そこで、こまごましたものでも 荷物を最小限にしながら、なくさないように持ち運べる アイテムを見つけました。

September 18

Casa Vogue BrasilCasa em formato de nave espacial dos anos 1960 ganha releitura em festival de design ]]> Na última edição do festival de design de Helsinque, que ocorreu de 28 de agosto a 6 de setembro de 2026, a capital da Finlândia ganhou uma instalação que resgatou um curioso capítulo da…

September 18

Elle Decor JapanJapan朽ちたところはそのままに。ローラ・キラールが手掛けたメキシコの邸宅 あえて直さずに、そのまま残した"痕跡"がむしろ美しい、希有なリノベーションプロジェクト

September 18

Casa Vogue BrasilPalazzo do século 15 é transformado em hotel com apenas seis apartamentos em Florença ]]> Há uma Florença que se revela entre monumentos disputados por turistas e ruas movimentadas. E há outra, mais silenciosa e reservada, que sobrevive do outro lado do rio Arno, entre palácios…

September 18

Casa Vogue BrasilInspirada em vilas italianas, casa em São Paulo equilibra design modernista e aconchego ]]> Inspirada na arquitetura mexicana e nas villas italianas, esta casa de 600 m² em São Paulo, assinada pelo escritório Felipe Hess Arquitetos, recebe farta luminosidade natural que evidencia a…

September 18

Tokyo WeekenderJapanJapanese Craft Meets Contemporary Design at London Design Festival When we think of craft, we tend to picture tradition: skilled hands patiently repeating techniques and materials that have changed little over time.

September 18

RemodelistaThe Architect at Home: Saba Ghorbanlinejad’s Compact Paris Apartment Architect Saba Ghorbanlinejad is particularly good at undoing a floor plan. In the projects of hers we’ve featured previously, the most consequential changes have often been reconfiguration: rooms…

September 18

ELLE Decoration VietnamVietnamNhững giản lược tinh tế Earle’s Court, Căn hộ duplex Earle’s Court rộng khoảng 279 m² tại Nam Kolkata được văn phòng Spaces & Design cải tạo từ một công trình gần 30 năm tuổi cho một gia đình ba thế hệ.

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