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Metaform Architects creates customisable face shields for children

May 12, 2020 India Block 0
Children's face shield by Metaform Architects

Child-sized face shields with interchangeable decorations have been designed by Metaform Architects for children going back to school, plus today’s other design-related coronavirus news. Designed for children aged four to eight years old, the face shield includes studs to secure personalised adornments such as crowns, animal ears or googley eyes. A 3D-printed plastic frame is designed

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American architects mobilise to make coronavirus face shields for hospital workers

March 29, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0
American architects mobilise to make coronavirus face shields for hospital workers

Architects across America including BIG, KPF and Gensler have teamed up as part of an open-source project to manufacture face shields to protect hospital workers treating coronavirus patients. Firms across the country are using their own 3D printers and laser cutters to make the visors, which are being delivered to hospitals for distribution to front-line

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Pretty Plastic shingles made from recycled PVC windows and gutters are “first 100 per cent recycled cladding material”

March 3, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Overtreders W and Bureau SLA Music Pavilion at Sint-Oelbert Gymnasium with Pretty Plastic cladding by Overtreders W and Bureau SLA

A new range of facade cladding tiles made of recycled PVC construction waste, designed by Dutch studios Overtreders W and Bureau SLA, has been used on a permanent building for the first time. Called Pretty Plastic, the designers claim the product is the “first 100 per cent recycled cladding material” in the world. The first permanent

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Flying Panels exhibition charts the evolution of prefabricated concrete-panel construction

November 15, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Flying Panels – how concrete panels changed the world exhibition at ArkDes

ArkDes has mounted an exhibition celebrating the role of concrete panels in contemporary architecture, with an exhibition design by Note Design Studio that evokes the dynamism of a construction site. The exhibition titled Flying Panels – How Concrete Panels Changed the World, looks at the history of prefabricated concrete architecture and the impact it has had

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Arch Group installs Sleepbox pods at Dulles International Airport

July 23, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Sleepbox by Arch Group

A row of intimate sleeping pods designed by Arch Group has been installed at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC. Sleepbox has 16 bookable nap rooms that are available for hire for a minimum of one hour, to offers travellers a place to rest in privacy. The 1,200-square-foot (111-square-metre) space in Washington Dulles International Airport, located post-security in the

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Studio Drift deconstructs everyday objects for Materialism series at Frieze LA

February 21, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Materialism by Studio Drift

Amsterdam-based Studio Drift “de-produced” a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles. The studio deconstructed the manmade items to highlight the amount of natural resources and effort involved in the extraction, labour and manufacturing of their

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Volvo creates Living Seawall to combat pollution and promote biodiversity

January 31, 2019 Gunseli Yalcinkaya 0
Living Seawall by Volvo

Volvo has installed an environmentally-friendly seawall along the coast of Sydney’s harbour that aims to improve biodiversity and water quality in the area. The Volvo Living Seawall consists of 50 hexagonal tiles with small corners and recesses that are designed to imitate the root structure of native mangrove trees – a popular habitat for marine

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Marc Newson exhibition in New York features swords and surfboards

January 23, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Marc Newson exhibition at Gagosian Gallery Chelsea

Industrial designer Marc Newson worked with Japanese swordsmiths, Czech glass makers and an American surfer to create the pieces currently on show at the Gagosian’s Chelsea gallery. Newson designed the furniture, swords and surfboards in the exhibit at the Gagosian outpost on New York’s West 21st Street to celebrate a variety of finishes and traditional

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Kelly Hoppen-designed cruise ship features a moving cantilevered exterior deck

January 18, 2019 Augusta Pownall 0

The cruise ship, called Celebrity Edge, has 1,500 suites designed by British interior designer Kelly Hoppen, who also fitted out the world’s first cantilevered deck that can move up and down the ship’s exterior. The moving deck, or Magic Carpet, is the size of a tennis court and travels 16 storeys up and down the

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