This week on Dezeen, we revealed all 52 Dezeen Awards 2024 winners together with the structure, interiors and design tasks of the yr.
The Taiwan-Reyhanli Centre for World Residents was named structure challenge of the yr, Aesop Diagonal finest inside of the yr and the Faneeri folding chair design challenge of the yr.
We additionally introduced the Dezeen Awards 2024 Designers of the Yr and Fernando Laposse was named the winner of the Bentley Lighthouse Award 2024.
In design, automotive model Audi ditched its distinctive four-ring emblem for its Chinese language electrical automotive vary, which as a substitute options an all-caps AUDI wordmark.
The rebrand follows Jaguar revealing a brand new visible id final week. In an opinion piece, design author Sophie Tolhurst stated “the long run Jaguar is providing feels baffling fairly than visionary”.
Additionally in design, Dezeen reporter Jane Englefield investigated the “knotty drawback” of polyurethane foam within the gentle furnishings business. A agency favorite for over half a century, the versatile materials has dominated the business for the reason that late Fifties, however has critical sustainability points.
Foam is a “vital environmental and security drawback”, in accordance with Celine Sandberg, founding father of all-women-run Norwegian biofoam producer Agoprene.
“Polyurethane is the product of two petrochemicals, derived as by-products of the petroleum business, which makes it extraordinarily inexpensive however extremely polluting,” she stated.
In structure information, the 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà social housing challenge in Barcelona, Spain, was named the world’s finest constructing by RIBA.
Designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, the constructing has a modular timber framework and was described by the judges as “inclusive and sustainable”.
With December starting subsequent week, we additionally featured a collection of design-led Christmas timber from all over the world, together with a pair designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for the Version inns in Tokyo.
In London, designer Anna Lomax reimagined a Christmas tree as a twisting column for the V&A, whereas artist Liz West designed a neon Christmas tree in King’s Cross.
This week, we additionally spotlighted 15 Indian furnishings and homeware manufacturers value figuring out.
In response to a latest IMARC Group report, India’s design market will develop from $31.5 billion in 2023 to $67.4 billion in 2032, and these studios wish to make their mark.
Widespread tasks featured on Dezeen this week included a chapel within the Czech Republic, a cube-shaped church and group centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a timber-framed inside for a house on a Croatian island.
This week’s lookbooks featured trendy kitchens with metallic gold surfaces in sudden locations and bedrooms with bedside tables that add a contemporary contact.
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