Design

Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a flexible, solar-energy-generating textile called Heliotex, which forms the canopy of her Dutch Design Week pavilion. Umbra Pavilion is currently on display in Eindhoven’s Strijp-S district as part of the city-wide Dutch Design Week. The architectural installation is defined by its sky blue kite-like canopy, formed from Heliotex

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A shelter for Gaza and a traditional Ahwari reed house are among the pavilions at this year’s Dubai Design Week, which explored using natural and circular materials to expresses their context. The festival’s landmark 10th edition featured work by more than a thousand designers from over 50 countries including more or less “every single country

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New York architecture studio Young Projects has created a wooden pavilion on the grounds of Art Omi in the Hudson Valley with pine wood slats that “clatter and sway” in the wind. The Match House was commissioned by arts centre Art Omi to be installed in its Sculpture and Architecture Park, which sees a rotation

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Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of boutique hotel villas in Thailand. The various building designs are inspired by the silhouette of surrounding mountains, the contours of the landscape, and the site’s organic characteristics. The project has three room types: a 3 bedroom Pool Villa, 2 […]

Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of boutique hotel villas in Thailand. The various building designs are inspired by the silhouette of surrounding mountains, the contours of the landscape, and the site’s organic characteristics. The project has three room types: a 3 bedroom Pool Villa, 2 […]