Birdie Air-Monitor Knows When Your Room Needs Fresh Air
Quietly poetic and refreshingly practical, Birdie is not just a monitor—it’s a friendly companion that takes a dramatic tumble until you ventilate the room.
Studio Author designs lipstick-red interiors for POUTx Botox clinic
Studio Author’s POUTx beauty clinic fuses glossy red accents, pink micro-cement, and stainless steel into a glowing, futuristic interior.
Motionsleep AI pillow by 10minds
The Motionsleep pillow harnesses Artificial Intelligence to enhance the sleep experience for individuals who snore or face breathing discomfort.
i29’s Dentista clinic soothes green atmospheres with medical professionalism
In Amsterdam, i29 has created the interior design of the first dental clinic of the Dentista chain. Natural wood, abundant greenery and an open plan layout make patients feel at ease.
A flame for research: 10 candleholders to fight cancer
Hope, togetherness, grief and remembrance are the intimate feelings that inspired international designers such as Jaime Hayon, Federica Biasi, Luca Nichetto and Marcel Wanders to create ten candleholders for the A FLAME OF RESEARCH project by Mingardo. The unique pieces will be auctioned to support cancer research.
Milan vs Corona virus – Check our architecture & design blog from the city
Milan vs Corona virus – Check our architecture & design blog from the city.
How can architects and designers contribute to tackle the Corona virus emergency?
While scientists, doctors, and nurses form the first line of defense, architects and designers can contribute to find solutions with design thinking.
Coronavirus closes China to the world… and to the global design business as well
China is facing a progressive isolation disrupting travel and business due to the Corona virus outbreak. Some of the country’s international events like DesignShanghai have being canceled, multinationals like Apple and Ikea shut the their stores, the stock exchange goes on a rollercoaster and major production plants stop, pausing whole supply chains on a global scale.
Chinese metropolis Wuhan braces for Corona virus lockdown
In order to contain the Corona virus outbreak the Chinese government has quarantined the whole city of Wuhan. We look into he most ambitious lockdown in the history of human civilization which turned a vibrant metropolis into a ghost town where silence reigns on empty streets, emergency hospitals are being built in few days and people living in high-rise apartment blocks shout words of encouragement to their neighbours at night
Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? Wellcome Collection explores how graphic design can both cure or kill you
Hard-hitting posters, flashing pharmacy signs, and iconic pill packaging… Can Graphic Design Save Your Life? exhibition at Wellcome Collection showcases the evolution of health-related graphic design.
Cutting Edge Pharmacy by Tetsuya Matsumoto conceal high-tech minimalism with serene interiors
Tetsuya Matsumoto’s Cutting Edge Pharmacy in Japan reflects patients’ trust in advanced medicine with a welcoming and essential architecture and linear interiors.
The Smog Free project: the world’s largest air-cleaning tower opens in Beijing
Daan Roosegarde inaugurates the Smog Free Project, an air-purifying tower envisioning a cleaner urban future. Starting from Beijing.
Losing myself: architects’ contribute to ease Alzheimer progressive sense of displacement
With the Losing Myself exhibition, Irish Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2016 presents a research on Alzheimer. The installation refers to the sensitive architecture of a respite care centre that was designed to alleviate disorientation.
Studio Weave funnel shaped sculpture at Bristol Royal Infirmary
Studio Weave and Willis Nelson designed an innovative sculpture for Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new ward block that creates a pleasant and supportive environment for visitors, patients and staff.
A Medicine Called Fun
Jules van den Langenberg teamed with La Bolleur collective to present an interractive and fun design kit to refresh senior lifestyle.
The Lullaby Factory
Studio Weave has transformed an awkward exterior space landlocked by buildings into the LULLABY FACTORY, a secret world in the heart of London that cannot be seen except from inside the hospital and cannot be heard by the naked ear (only by tuning in to its radio frequency or from a few special listening pipes).