This week on Dezeen, we revealed all 52 winners of the 2024 Dezeen Awards, together with the structure, interiors and design tasks of the 12 months.
The Taiwan-Reyhanli Heart for World Residents was named Structure Undertaking of the 12 months, Aesop Diagonal Greatest Inside of the 12 months and Faneeri Folding Chair Design Undertaking of the 12 months.
We additionally introduced the Dezeen Awards 2024 Designers of the 12 months and Fernando Laposse was named the winner of the Bentley Lighthouse Award 2024.
By way of design, the Audi automotive model has ditched its distinctive four-ring brand for its vary of Chinese language electrical vehicles, which as an alternative characteristic an all-caps AUDI phrase.
The rebrand follows Jaguar unveiling a brand new visible identification final week. In an opinion piece, design author Sophie Tolhurst mentioned “the long run Jaguar affords is extra baffling than visionary”.
Additionally in design, Dezeen reporter Jane Englefield investigated the 'knotty drawback' of polyurethane foam within the delicate furnishings business. A agency favourite for over half a century, the versatile materials has dominated the business for the reason that late 1950s, however has severe sturdiness points.
Foam is a “important environmental and security situation,” in keeping with Celine Sandberg, founding father of all-female Norwegian biofoam producer Agoprene.
“Polyurethane is the product of two petrochemicals, derived as byproducts of the oil business, which makes it extraordinarily reasonably priced, however extraordinarily polluting,” she mentioned.
In structure information, Cornellà's 85 social housing challenge in Barcelona, Spain, has been named the perfect constructing on this planet by the RIBA.
Designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, the constructing has a modular timber body and was described by the judges as “inclusive and sustainable”.
With December beginning subsequent week, we've additionally featured a number of Christmas timber from all over the world, together with a pair designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma for Tokyo's Version Inns.
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've additionally highlighted 15 Indian furnishings and homeware manufacturers value understanding about.
Based on a current report by IMARC Group, the design market in India will develop from $31.5 billion in 2023 to $67.four billion in 2032, and these studios wish to make their mark.
Well-liked tasks featured on Dezeen this week included a chapel within the Czech Republic, a cube-shaped church and neighborhood heart in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a timber-framed inside for a home on a Croatian island.
This week's lookbooks featured modern kitchens with metallic gold surfaces in surprising locations and bedrooms with bedside tables that add a contemporary contact.
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