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Diorama converts old grocery store into tropical cocktail bar in southern Italy

August 8, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Italian studio Diorama has transformed an old grocery store in Puglia into a bar and restaurant complete with tropical plants, flamingo wallpaper and neon palm trees. Having previously designed the interiors of Bloom beach bar for the same client, the practice was tasked with recreating the vibe in an urban setting for Bloom in Town, located in

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Competition: win a book detailing digital fabrication projects across architecture and design

July 19, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dezeen is giving away five hardcover copies of Fabricate 2017: Rethinking Design and Construction, which brings together the best architecture and design projects involving digital fabrication. The book is the official supporting publication of Fabricate, the international triennial conference for those working at the intersection of design, architecture, construction and computation. This year’s conference took

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Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like “melted ice cream cake”

July 18, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. Glace et Chocolat has been designed as a sister store to adjoining patisserie À Tes Souhaits!. The interior features striped soil walls of varying tones, made to appear like a cut ice cream cake with layers of different

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Tomomi Kito remodels Tokyo home to accommodate four generations of the same family

July 1, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Japanese studio Tomomi Kito Architect & Associates has renovated the interior of an 1970s house in Tokyo to provide a open-planned home for multiple generations of the same family. The Tokyo firm wsa tasked with remodelling the two-storey timber structure to house the  young family, as well as the wife’s parents and her grandmother in a project it named House for 4

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10 houses from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards that offer ideas for outdoor dining

June 23, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

A Miami Beach residence that takes indoor-outdoor living to the extreme and a Japanese house with a garden dining room feature in our Pinterest roundup of homes that prioritise entertaining in the summer months. Midden Garden Pavilion, South Africa, Metropolis A concrete pavilion in the grounds of this Cape Town residence houses a dining area with

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10 pastel-hued interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

June 9, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dusty pinks, faded blues and pale yellow tones feature in this week’s Pinterest roundup, which shows how contrasting pastel colours can be used in contemporary interiors. Hidden Tints, Sweden, by Note Design Studio Note Design Studio embraced the pastel aesthetic for this Stockholm apartment full of sage greens, lemon yellows and peach tones. The designers were aiming

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10 pastel-hued interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

June 9, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dusty pinks, faded blues and pale yellow tones feature in this week’s Pinterest roundup, which shows how contrasting pastel colours can be used in contemporary interiors. Hidden Tints, Sweden, by Note Design Studio Note Design Studio embraced the pastel aesthetic for this Stockholm apartment full of sage greens, lemon yellows and peach tones. The designers were aiming

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10 pastel-hued interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

June 9, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dusty pinks, faded blues and pale yellow tones feature in this week’s Pinterest roundup, which shows how contrasting pastel colours can be used in contemporary interiors. Hidden Tints, Sweden, by Note Design Studio Note Design Studio embraced the pastel aesthetic for this Stockholm apartment full of sage greens, lemon yellows and peach tones. The designers were aiming

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10 pastel-hued interiors from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

June 9, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Dusty pinks, faded blues and pale yellow tones feature in this week’s Pinterest roundup, which shows how contrasting pastel colours can be used in contemporary interiors. Hidden Tints, Sweden, by Note Design Studio Note Design Studio embraced the pastel aesthetic for this Stockholm apartment full of sage greens, lemon yellows and peach tones. The designers were aiming

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10 idyllic Greek island retreats from Dezeen’s Pinterest boards

June 2, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Following the completion of an unusually domed holiday home in Greece, we’ve rounded up 10 summer houses on far-flung Greek islands, including a modernist home inspired by Yves Klein’s paintings and a once earthquake-damaged property restored using historical photographs. Silver House, Zante, by Olivier Dwek Olivier Dwek’s modernist house perches above the coastline of Zante, a popular Greek holiday island. Its stark

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