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    10 movies with striking interior design to watch under lockdown

    The coronavirus crisis means we’re spending more time indoors than ever before, so Dezeen’s Natasha Levy has selected 10 films with stand-out interiors that can offer some escape from your own four walls. [embedded content] The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2014 The snowy mountaintops of a fictitious country in Eastern European is the backdrop for The […] More

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    10 homes designed for practising yoga and meditation

    We’ve rounded up 10 houses from across the globe with rooms dedicated to yoga and meditation – including a beachfront spot in Mexico and a plywood-covered nook in Canada. Hatley House by Pelletier de Fontenay and François Abbott, Canada This gabled house in the Canadian town of Hatley, Quebec features a minimally furnished room clad […] More

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    10 miniature clay homes created in self-isolation

    Instagram users have shared the tiny clay versions of their ideal homes they created to keep busy while in isolation. The clay sets were created for a competition that Brooklyn designer Eny Lee Parker launched on Instagram, just as New York began to tighten measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I started three weeks ago when […] More

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    Eight new London restaurants where design is as important as food

    With new restaurants opening in London all the time, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out eight where the interior design is just as interesting as what’s on the menu. Photo is by Yann Deret Folie, Soho, by Studio KO Having previously designed the notorious Chiltern Firehouse, Studio KO aimed to resurrect “the sensuality and glamour of the […] More

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    Five hotels and holidays homes that double up as showrooms

    Holiday homes and hotels that also function as shoppable furniture showrooms are growing in popularity. Here are five examples including a Copenhagen hotel, a Melbourne apartment and a Hamptons house. Stephen Kenn Loft, Los Angeles, by Stephen Kenn Studio Stephen Kenn Studio turned a Los Angeles apartment inside an old factory building into “part showroom, […] More

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    Eight designs that make use of waste products

    The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Here are eight highlights including vases sculpted from PVC pipes. The exhibit comprises over 30 projects that reimagine discarded materials and byproducts – sourced from manufacturing, agriculture, food and human waste – including building materials, home furnishings […] More

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    Seven vibrant homes that use colour to make a statement

    A growing number of designers are ridding homes of nondescript magnolia walls and instead painting surfaces a rainbow of colours. We pick out seven striking examples. Nagatachō Apartment, Japan, by Adam Nathaniel Furman Sugary shades permeate this Tokyo apartment designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman. In the kitchen, candy-pink cabinetry juxtaposes watermelon-green vinyl on the floor, […] More