1+ hour, 12+ min ago   (260+ words) DesignWanted How Aristides Dallas Architects made the ancient Greek village contemporary An award-winning hospitality proposal treats the traditional Greek village not as an image to imitate, but as a set of principles to extract, test, and rebuild for contemporary use....

6+ day, 12+ min ago   (301+ words) On a stretch of farmland near Imola, an Italian company called WASP has finished building a house through additive manufacturing. The project is called Itaca, and its makers describe it as Italy’s first certified 3D-printed construction which is compliant with…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (727+ words) In this conversation, founder Zain Ansari reflects on how a background in biology shaped his architectural practice, why research must move beyond academia to create real impact, and how designing for other species may ultimately change the way we think…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (628+ words) DesignWanted Folding chairs: a history of contemporary living Why are designers still obsessed with folding chairs? A journey through history, industrial design and contemporary experiments in adaptable furniture. Few objects seem to capture today’s design discourse better than folding chairs....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (202+ words) History provides a framework for understanding how architecture contributes to identity, allowing existing buildings, local materials and cultural practices to inform contemporary interventions. By examining what already belongs to a place, the studio develops an architectural language connected to its…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) Every workshop generates waste. Offcuts, trims, the odd-shaped remainder of a board that’s been cut, these are the by-products of furniture making, and they typically end up as kindling or landfill. Studio Booboon‘s Fragments Becoming collection starts from the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (307+ words) The design team is led by PARK and CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati together with the firm Politecnica Building for Humans, and Openfabric, Dotdotdot, Eckersley O’Callaghan, and Studio Mattioli rounding out the collaboration. The design’s starting point lies in the current Spedali…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (308+ words) From wearable devices to ambient systems, these projects explore new ways of connecting the body, emotional experience, and technology. From Cognitive Bloom, which transforms inner states into a garden that can be cultivated, to Pulse Pack, which uses the heartbeat…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) Designed and created by Aaron DeJule for KI, the Kiaura Collection is not just another seating project, but a new product category that challenges the long-standing assumption that sitting means immobility through the application of the new Cognetic Technology. The…...

3+ week, 25+ min ago   (415+ words) Rameshwari Jonnalagedda is a London-based architect and designer whose work sits at the intersection of computation, digital fabrication, and biology. A graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL, she developed the ideas that now define her practice, Serame…...