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Designers experiment with traditional tile-making techniques for Pentagram x Huguet collection

Deezen

The designers were briefed to experiment with materiality and craft, taking advantage of Huguet 's capabilities as a manufacturer of artisan tiles, cement and terrazzo. Le Corbusier informed Lobe's tile design. Graphic designer Luke Powell 's Streno design is informed by the geological process of stratification.

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City cars could become smaller thanks to electrification says Peugeot head of concepts

Deezen

The "global footprint of the automotive in big cities" could shrink thanks to advances in car technology, Peugeot 's Philippe-Emmanuel Jean told Dezeen at the European unveiling of the brand's Inception Concept EV. The same material also forms the chassis.

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Philippe Block on Sustainable Construction: “Building Technique Is More Important Than Materials”

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It is estimated that 8% of global carbon emissions are caused by the manufacture of cement, the binding agent in concrete. From the jump, our conversation was all about proving his thesis that geometry, or building technique, is more important than materials when it comes to sustainable construction. Order your copy today.

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Lars Beller Fjetland designs "100 per cent recyclable" aluminium bench for Hydro

Deezen

The bench can be modified to integrate tables, lamps or chargers for use in public places The bench is characterised by its ridged surface, which Beller Fjetland explained was informed by the shape of penne rigate pasta. Read: Bello! For the Bello! bench, molten metal is poured through a moulded opening to create a ridged surface.

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Zaha Hadid Design launches undulating modular display system at LDF

Deezen

British studio Zaha Hadid Design has unveiled its Nth Display System, a prototype modular furniture system that was informed by the natural shapes made by erosion, at London Design Festival. The pieces form part of Zaha Hadid Design's focus on innovative fabrication processes. "We

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Sagrada Familia shows stone "can return to being used as a structural material"

Deezen

It can also transform the construction process and result in a structure that combines natural materials, traditional craftsmanship and digitally driven manufacturing to provide a building that people can better relate to, that provides greater pleasure and wellbeing." Top: engineer Tristram Carfrae is a proponent of structural stone.

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Seasonal shifts and the changes it brings: TSAR Carpets’ latest collection embraces the passage of time

Habitus Living

The Passage collection sees Aitken achieve her unique vision through the materiality and technical possibilities of rug manufacturing. Working within the parameters of TSAR’s expert technical, manufacturing and material capabilities, Aitken’s initial design concepts evolved to accommodate what was achievable.