Colour

Beata Heuman designs colour-drenched Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris

October 13, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Saturated greens and blues contrast pale pink sheets and playful flower details at Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris, which Swedish designer Beata Heuman created to be “a bit like a stage set”. Set in a 19th-century building, the 40-room hotel in Paris’ 8th arrondissement was designed with Heuman’s signature colourful interior style. While it

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Eight restful bedrooms decorated in the colours of autumn leaves

October 8, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

In this lookbook, Dezeen has selected eight bedrooms that feature shades of green, yellow, orange, red and brown to create cosy environments with an autumnal feel. As the northern hemisphere settles into the autumn season and the days get colder, this roundup showcases examples of how to create serene and restful bedrooms by using colours similar

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Rado unveils two-tone watches informed by Le Corbusier’s colour palette

September 19, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Swiss watch brand Rado has launched True Square Thinline Les Couleurs Le Corbusier, three limited-edition timepieces that use architect Le Corbusier’s “naturally harmonious” colour palette. Made from ceramic and sapphire crystal, the watches come in three different-coloured versions, each with a slim, square shape that combines Rado’s True Square and True Thinline designs. One watch is

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Studio Besau-Marguerre designs colour-block foyer for Hamburg’s MK&G museum

August 29, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

German practice Studio Besau-Marguerre has overhauled the entrance hall of Hamburg’s MK&G design museum, using colours to guide visitors through the space. The brief was to create new zoning in the foyer for better wayfinding and orientation while setting the tone for the rest of the museum with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. “We wanted

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2LG Studio brings colour and personality into London family home

July 20, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Ornately corniced ceilings were preserved and painted pastel inside this detached Edwardian house in southeast London, which local firm 2LG Studio has renovated for a returning client. Set in the leafy residential area of Forest Hill, the house on Sunderland Road belongs to a couple who needed space for their three young children to grow

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Eight interiors where Barbiecore pink adds a playful touch of colour

July 16, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

As the upcoming Barbie film has created a shortage of pink colour and launched a real-life dollhouse in Malibu, we gathered eight pink interiors to exemplify the Barbiecore aesthetic for this lookbook. The pink hues that are usually associated with Barbie, a children’s toy first launched by manufacturer Mattel in 1959, are influencing both clothes

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Ten all-pink buildings to rival Barbie’s Dreamhouse

July 11, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Following the news that Airbnb has created a life-sized Dreamhouse in Malibu, we’ve rounded up 10 buildings that prove pink facades aren’t just for dollhouses – from a Chinese church to a garden pavilion in Somaliland. Much like Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie movie aims to reframe how we think about the world’s most popular doll,

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Intersecting coloured blocks “celebrate creativity” in Chinese school

June 24, 2023 Katie Last 0

Brightly coloured volumes and sweeping curves create a playful atmosphere in the Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School, which Trace Architecture Office has added to the Chinese island of Hainan. Designed as part of a wider development alongside a kindergarten and student accommodation, the secondary school was created to encourage a retreat from traditional forms of

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Ten living spaces that are punctuated by saturated primary colours

April 15, 2023 Alice Laycock 0

Our latest lookbook compiles residential living rooms that have been given an air of playfulness through their use of the three primary colours. In design, the primary colours are yellow, blue and red. They usually appear in this context as strong cobalt blues, vivid sunshine yellows and intense fire-engine reds. This trio of colours is

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Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor adds colour to 1980s Stockholm apartment

March 23, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

An all-lilac kitchen and bright geometric storage solutions feature in this colourful Stockholm apartment renovation by local studio Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor. The two-bedroom apartment, which is housed within a 1980s prefabricated concrete building in southern Stockholm, was transformed by the architecture studio for a family with four-year-old twins. As part of the renovation, Westblom Krasse Arkitektkontor

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