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Don't Think. Discard!: Dirty Furniture Addresses Our Anxiety About Clutter on a Global Scale

2018-12-20T16:59:00-05:00

Founded by three design writers, Dirty Furniture is a biannual magazine that focuses on domestic design criticism, each issue taking on a different piece of furniture as its theme from which to explore topics spanning politics, design, history, technology, and beyond. Their latest focuses on the topic of closets, the modern wardrobe essential that serves as an entryway for thinking about things like moths, fashion, modularity, coming out, and the latest obsession with decluttering.

This issue of Dirty Furniture can be purchased at our online shop or in store.

dIONISO LAB's new home puts the outside at the center

2017-02-26T10:20:00-05:00

Located in a suburban area of Póvoa de Varzim, a coastal town in Portugal known unsurprisingly for its fish and beach resorts, sits a stark white home. Inserted into a gridded plot and enclosed by fragmented gardens and paved areas, House L27, stands apart from its neighbors. Designed by José Cadilhe of dIONISO LAB, the home plays with the standard geometry of the surrounding construction by offering a more fluid alternative in which the exterior becomes the central, organizing space.

Waka Waka's furniture strikes a balance between simplicity and playfulness

2016-02-08T11:17:00-05:00

Waka Waka is a Los Angeles-based design studio founded by the Japanese-born designer Shinichiro Okuda. Taking a minimal approach softened with a bit of humor, the studio’s striking, handmade plywood furniture has a distinct and contemporary look.

Showcase: A’ House by Wiel Arets Architects

2015-01-05T22:58:00-05:00

Wedged between the narrow alleys and razor-sharp property lines of Tokyo's Nishi-Azabu neighborhood, A' House fits in its dense context like a shiny puzzle piece. Bold yet familiar, expansive yet compact, transparent yet opaque, open to dialogue yet impenetrable like an oyster shell.

Designed by Wiel Arets Architects, the building's innovative system of immense sliding windows responds to varying desires for privacy, air flow, light intake and participation in the neighborhood's social life.

Turns out, where Dutch and Japanese practicality intersect, one might discover concrete poetry.

ShowCase: White Wolf Hotel by AND-RÉ

2014-03-22T15:37:00-04:00

The White Wolf Hotel sits low to the ground in the verdant landscape of Penafiel, Portugal, calmly set by forest and stream. AND-RÉ's neutral white hotel is no-frills in and out, its simple geometry free of distracting stimuli for visitors to enjoy a complete mental and physical respite. The hotel shares its namesake with a local wolf species, and while it bares little biomimetic relation, appears similarly at home in the landscape.

ShowCase: Hotel Wiesergut by GOGL ARCHITEKTEN

2013-03-06T19:55:00-05:00

ShowCase is an on-going feature series on Archinect, presenting exciting new work from designers representing all creative fields and all geographies.

We are always accepting nominations for upcoming ShowCase features - if you would like to suggest a project, please send us a message.

In Focus: Ward Roberts

2011-12-20T13:28:08-05:00

In Focus is Archinect's series of features dedicated to profiling the photographers who help make the work of architects look that much better. What has attracted them to architecture? How do they work? What type of equipment do they use? What do they think about seeing their work in blogs?

In this feature, we talk to Australian photo artist Ward Roberts.