News
News
Open-plan offices discourage face-to-face communication, says research
Workers in open-plan offices have less face-to-face interaction with colleagues than those who work separately, according to research by Harvard students. More
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Retail
Retail
Five New York City pop-ups offering design-focused gifts
With the holiday season on the horizon, brands are opening temporary stores across Manhattan to entice design-savvy shoppers. Here are five worth a visit ahead of the annual retail rush. More
Interview
Interview
Luca Guadagnino looked to "forefathers of modernism" for Suspiria sets, says designer
Luca Guadagnino's rendition of horror movie classic Suspiria takes its design cues from the modernist architecture of masters such as Le Corbusier and Adolf Loos, says production designer Inbal Weinberg. More
Video
Video
Mondrian Doha hotel is "a place of fantasy" says Marcel Wanders
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders describes the eccentric and theatrical spaces he created for the Mondrian Doha hotel, in this movie Dezeen produced for the AHEAD hospitality awards. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Bad Lab Beer Co brewery in New Hampshire features steely interiors by Richard Lindvall
Contemporary, greyscale interiors complement the stainless-steel equipment at this brewery in New Hampshire, by Swedish firm Studio Richard Lindvall. More
Hotels
Hotels
Mismatched furnishings create "bipartisan aesthetic" at The Line DC hotel
A mash-up of different styles is used to decorate this hotel in Washington DC, which New York firm INC Architecture and Design created inside an old church. More
Residential
Residential
Valentí Albareda turns bomb-blasted banana warehouse in Barcelona into triplex apartment
Crumbling brick surfaces hint at the rich past of this triplex apartment in Barcelona, designed by architect Valentí Albareda with arch-shaped openings and warm oak floors. More
Salons and spas
Salons and spas
Yoko Kitahara spa blends Japanese and Arabic designs in Jaffa
An Ottoman-era home in Jaffa has been refurbished as a spa, where Japanese elements sit alongside original Arabic details like arched ceilings and stone walls. More
Interiors
Interiors
i29 revamps interiors of Princessehof ceramics museum in Leeuwarden
Dutch interior architecture firm i29 has completed a contemporary renovation of the 18th-century buildings of the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. More
Residential
Residential
John Wardle Architects restores and extends Captain Kelly's forgotten Tasmanian cottage
Australian studio John Wardle Architects has painstakingly restored an original weatherboard cottage in a remote bay on Bruny Island in Tasmania. More
Interiors
Interiors
Seven shared offices that make co-working worthwhile
Co-working spaces offer an alternative to spending the nine-to-five in a dull desk cubicle. Interiors reporter Natasha Levy selects seven unusual examples from across the globe, including a shared office in a former distillery and a women-only workspace in New York. More
Retail
Retail
Studio David Thulstrup designs minimalist boutique for Mark Kenly Domino Tan
Studio David Thulstrup combines pale pink panels, glass bricks and birch veneer in this minimalist store in Copenhagen for fashion designer Mark Kenly Domino Tan. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Castell rooftop bar by BHDM offers cosy setting with Midtown Manhattan views
American design studio BHDM has chosen warm materials and Spanish-influenced motifs for the interior of this bar, located at the top of the AC Hotel near New York's Times Square. More
Interiors
Interiors
Ministry of Sound opens co-working space in revamped 19th-century printworks
Ministry of Sound has teamed up with architecture studio Squire and Partners to create a co-working space and private members lounge in southeast London, just around the corner from the infamous nightclub's home. More
Residential
Residential
Casa Salvatori in Milan brings together marble furnishings and flecked terrazzo floors
Marble artworks, ornaments and furniture appear throughout this Milanese apartment, designed by Elissa Ossino Studio for the head of Italian stone brand Salvatori. More
Furniture
Furniture
Office of 21st century is "wherever people happen to be" says Vitra
Dezeen promotion: designers Barber and Osgerby, Konstantin Grcic and Sevil Peach explore what the office of today looks like in an exhibition for furniture brand Vitra. More
Retail
Retail
Golucci Interior Architects creates "simple and clean" fan shop in Beijing hutong
A former house in Beijing's old town is transformed into a specialist fan shop with a minimalist oak-lined interior, in this project by Golucci Interior Architects. More
Interiors
Interiors
WeWork opens co-working space inside Stirling's No 1 Poultry
WeWork has added to its roster of London locations by setting up a shared working space inside James Stirling's renowned No 1 Poultry building, one of the UK's most significant postmodern buildings. More
Retail
Retail
Aesop teams up with film director Luca Guadagnino for interior of Rome store
Studio Luca Guadagnino has used roughened stone, rosy marble and bundles of straw throughout Aesop's store in Rome, which is meant to visually echo the city's ancient buildings. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Wood, stone and adobe create cosy interior for Lima's Mérito restaurant by Ghezzi Novak and Blanco
This compact dining spot in Lima is designed by local studios Ghezzi Novak and Blanco as a snug space, decorated with natural materials that reflect the authenticity of the food. More