Jane Englefield

Eight shadowy bedrooms that are perfect for the spooky season

November 1, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Horror-film-style wood panelling and charcoal-coloured sheets feature in this lookbook of moody bedrooms to pore over this Halloween weekend. Located across the globe in homes from Mexico to Ukraine, these bedrooms provide the perfect place to hide under the covers during the gloomier months. This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual

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This week Aldi unveiled a puffer jacket that looks like a giant potato

October 25, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

This week on Dezeen, we showcased supermarket chain Aldi’s Jacket Potato Jacket, a puffer jacket complete with a silver foil poncho as an ode to steaming baked potatoes. Described by Aldi as “comfort food chic”, the limited-edition jacket was designed in collaboration with London fashion brand Agro Studio to mimic an oversized potato. It features

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Pauline van Dongen tops kite-like Umbra Pavilion with solar-powered textile

October 22, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

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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Triennale Milano completes renovation that “enhances Giovanni Muzio’s original 1933 design”

October 3, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Architect Luca Cipelletti has renovated the lower-ground floor of Milan’s Triennale Milano museum, including its restaurant, music venue and children’s play area. Led by Triennale Milano president Stefano Boeri and general director Carla Morogallo, the renovation encompasses 2,300 square metres of interior space in the Giovanni Muzio-designed Palazzo dell’Arte building, alongside 7,300 square metres of

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Eight autumnal living spaces dressed in the colours of fallen leaves

September 27, 2025 Jane Englefield 0

Autumn is well on its way in the northern hemisphere. To mark the seasonal shift, we’ve compiled a lookbook of eight open-plan living rooms cosied up with warm, earthy tones. From mountainous India to the Scottish coastline, these living spaces combine finishes and soft furnishings that nod to the colours of autumn leaves with views

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London’s Cafe François is “reassuringly recognisable and intriguingly different”

November 5, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Wooden banquettes informed by New York City subway benches were paired with classic bentwood brasserie chairs at this French restaurant in London. Set within a brick-clad railway arch next to London’s Borough Market, Cafe François is the sister restaurant of Westminster’s Maison François. Designed by restaurateur François O’Neill and his team, the eatery serves a

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Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be “halfway between Paris and Seoul”

November 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. Located on Rue des Petites-Écuries in the city’s 10th arrondissement, Cafe Shin was designed to pay tribute to Seoul’s thriving coffee culture. “The idea was to

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Eight colourful kitchens designed for cheery living

November 2, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Stained green plywood and a wiggly salmon-pink room divider embellish our latest lookbook, which features a rainbow of colourful residential kitchens. From Athens to Manhattan, these kitchens demonstrate the myriad ways that architects and designers have swapped more traditional, neutral hues for brighter shades when creating modern kitchen interiors. This is the latest in our

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Martino Gamper unveils first London design retrospective

November 1, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Italian designer Martino Gamper has furnished an entire west London house with his eclectic designs for his exhibition Before, After and Beyond. The exhibition, which concluded on 26 October, took place at 11 Mansfield Street – a Georgian residential property in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood, owned by Swiss art collector Maja Hoffmann. Before, After and Beyond

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Kiki & Joost adds self-designed exhibition space to Eindhoven studio

October 31, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Dutch design duo Kiki & Joost has opened a public exhibition space attached to the pair’s Eindhoven studio, allowing them to showcase their work in a more “open and free” way without relying on galleries. Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk are a couple who make work as independent designers and also together under the name Kiki

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