This week, IKEA launched its first furniture range for PC games at Disney and we created a guide to wood in architecture, interiors and design.
IKEA’s collection of desks, chairs and accessories is designed in collaboration with the popular hardware brand Republic of Gamers and is designed to make professional gamer setups more accessible.
“The needs of billions of players around the world are very diverse, while the existing supply is quite technical and is often considered masculine in design, although about 46 percent of the players are female,” said Ewa Rychert, global business space business leader. . by IKEA.
A largely digital version of Stockholm Design Week took place this week, which was visited by a hologram version of British designer Tom Dixon.
We have put together ten of the best projects from the showhouse’s Greenhouse showcase of emerging talent, while the Misschiefs exhibition offers a more punk side of Swedish design.
In New York, residents of the supernumerary skyscraper 432 Park Avenue, designed by Rafael Viñoly, reported numerous problems, including flooding and getting caught in elevators.
Also in the city, architecture studio Skidmore Owings and Merrill have announced their plans to build a skyscraper located at Donald Trump’s old Grand Hyatt hotel.
In other architecture news, three British studio studies have unveiled a range of upcoming projects. Grimshaw has unveiled footage of its latest barn-shaped ventilation shaft for the HS2 motorway in the UK.
Zaha Hadid Architects is designing an exhibition center in Beijing with a rooftop landscape reminiscent of tiled roofs in traditional Chinese architecture. And Foster + Partners unveiled images of a resort to be built on a Saudi Arabian island within the Red Sea.
As the impact of Brexit is still being felt in the UK, designers told Denneen that “everything has become an administrative nightmare” with companies abandoning exports and setting up offices in the European Union (EU) to lose customers.
As a “direct response” to leaving the UK from the EU, architectural firm Rogers Stirk Harbor + Partners decided to set up an office in Paris.
This one has created a guide for wood for those who want to use the material in architectural, interior or design projects.
The guide explains 15 of the most popular types of wood and wood products and contains links to hundreds of examples for inspiration.
Popular projects this week included a house clad in charred pine on the coast of Chile, a house in India with an egg-shaped garden temple and a steel cabin in Lithuania.
This watchbook this week focused on cozy living rooms that place the fireplace in the heart of the room.
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