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interview: Mr. examines tensions between fantasy and reality in japanese otaku culture

the iconic japanese artist tells designboom about his exhibition, ‘those that bring color to life and living’, at lehmann maupin’s pop-up in london. The post interview: Mr. examines tensions between fantasy and reality in japanese otaku culture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Mark Jeavons and Ohlo Studio restore 1970s home in Australia

Australian architect Mark Jeavons worked with interior design practice Ohlo Studio to restore Tomich House, a heritage-listed 1970s house in City Beach, Perth. Originally designed by brutalist Bulgarian architect Iwan Iwanoff in 1971, the home features a landscaped garden and sculptural curved walls built from white-painted concrete blocks. Tomich House had recently been acquired by

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Towering house extension in New Zealand mimics “childhood treehouse”

Wood is the dominant material throughout Karaka Tower, a vertical house extension in Wellington, New Zealand, designed by local studio Arête Architects to evoke a treehouse. Located on a densely vegetated and sloped site, the tower-like structure comprises an art studio and bedroom, which connects to the main house via a polycarbonate corridor. Arête Architects

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Deond creates parametric cardboard pavilion for Dubai Design Week

As part of Dubai Design Week, British designer Ross Lovegrove has unveiled the first completed project from Deond, the design practice he founded with creative director Ila Colombo after moving to the United Arab Emirates. The Enfold pavilion is clad in 945 sheets of recycled cardboard, hand-folded into trapezoidal modules that overlap across its circular

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Technology designed to capture waste heat wins 2024 Earthshot Prize

Prince William has announced the five winning projects of this year’s Earthshot Prize, including technology designed to capture waste heat and convert it into usable and clean electricity. Founded by the prince and British wildlife presenter and historian David Attenborough in 2020, the annual Earthshot Prize awards five winners £1 million each to scale up

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25×25 Workshop Kitchen by Mette Fredskild for Kongacph

Dezeen Showroom: Danish architect Mette Fredskild has designed a customisable kitchen island for Lithuanian brand Kongacph that draws on the “calm and simplicity” of Japandi design. The bespoke solid oak 25×25 Workshop Kitchen is based on a simple grid system and named after the 25 by 25 milllimetre battens that comprise its structural frame. The

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“Can’t decide if it’s out of place or fittingly random” says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a house in Melbourne with a curved roof and textured concrete walls designed by LLDS Architects. Called Northcote House, the home is slotted into the site of a former car park, with bespoke elements including the irregularly shaped plywood roof structure created using computer numerically controlled (CNC) robotics.

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