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Andu Masebo and Rio Kobayashi are among 23 designers who have created birdhouses for an exhibition held at South London Gallery that aimed to unpack “what it means to build a house for a bird”. Conceived by design studio Computer Room and birdwatching collective Flock Together, the Dwellings project focused on shared themes of sanctuary

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Rio Kobayashi has collaborated with engineering firm Webb Yates on the designer’s first-ever pavilion, an abstraction of his childhood home in Japan, as part of the London Design Festival. As the name suggests, the Off The Shelf pavilion is made using off-the-shelf materials – standard-sized Douglas fir planks, sheets of polycarbonate and PVC – that

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Design studio Diez Office and urban greening specialists OMCC have collaborated with the American Hardwood Export Council to create a “greening machine” exhibited during London Design Festival. Displayed within the courtyard at Chelsea College of Arts, the Vert installation features a timber structure traversed by greenery and was designed to address rising temperatures and dwindling

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