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Play spheres and brutalist platforms added to 1960s Stockholm park

Local practice AndrénFogelström created the striking structures for suburban park Vårbergstoppen

Design
27.08.21

Are we any closer to equity in design?

Design Can, the UK campaign dedicated to a more inclusive design industry, launches a new initiative

Design
12.08.21

The influential design of the Tokyo Olympics… in 1964

Before Tokyo 2020, there was Tokyo 1964 – and a new exhibition in London reveals the design innovation and significance behind the historic event

Design
09.08.21

PVC perils: why bouncy castles are a design nightmare

The inflatable play-houses are more than just lurid eyesores – their use is bound up with plastic waste and social inequality

Design
06.08.21

New pedestrian bridge opens in King’s Cross

Designed by Moxon Architects, the red bridge improves connections in the rapidly growing area

Design
29.07.21

Studio Ossidiana designs floating garden in Istanbul

Traversing Istanbul's waters and islands, Büyükada Songlines formed a hub of conversation and debate, as well as a biodiverse home for birds and humans alike

Design
27.07.21

Morag Myerscough transforms Coventry shopping street

The designer’s Endless Ribbon Connecting Us forms part of a citywide regeneration programme

Design
23.07.21

Projects Office designs colourful mental health hub in Edinburgh

The youth-focused 'third space' is playful, practical and informed by user engagement

Design
16.07.21

A new exhibition celebrates ‘farmer designers’

Can we design a better system of agriculture? An exhibition at madd-bordeaux believes so

Design
15.07.21

Nendo designs roadside mini-markets tackling food waste

The Japanese firm has designed a kit of parts for honesty-box vegetable stands in rural areas

Design
13.07.21

AMO designs Off-White flagship store in Paris

The research arm of OMA has created a space blending Parisian elegance with industrial aesthetics for the Virgil Abloh fashion label

Design
08.07.21

Air-purifying playground designed in Warsaw

Powered by solar energy and play, ecoLogicStudio's specially designed microclimate harnesses algae biotechnology to clean the air of pollutants

Design
06.07.21

Adam Nathaniel Furman completes Proud Little Pyramid in King’s Cross London

The colourful installation kicks off a six-month residency for the designer at King’s Cross

Design
29.06.21

Piet Oudolf designs new garden for Vitra Campus

The Dutch designer's project creates a space of nature to complement the architectural interventions across the Weil am Rhein campus

Design
28.06.21

1970s Beijing warehouse transformed into play landscape 

The Playscape was designed by waa to enable a variety of activity-based learning and adventure

Design
23.06.21

Design installations arrive on Toronto streets

Part of an annual design competition, the three installations respond to the theme of 'refuge'

Design
22.06.21

New gallery space in Accra designed using raw earth 

Amba Gallery is dedicated to ‘taking ownership and control of how African art is represented’

Design
16.06.21

Parley and M.I.A release ocean waste eyewear collection

The Clean Waves eyewear range is created from marine plastic debris and reclaimed fishing nets

Design
08.06.21

Fashion designer Nicholas Daley creates immersive, music-filled exhibition

Return to Slygo at NOW Gallery celebrates the designer’s Jamaican-Scottish roots and love of music

Design
02.06.21

Superflux creates forest installation for Vienna Biennale

Invocation of Hope tackles the urgent crisis of climate change and invites visitors to imagine a post-anthropocentric planet

Design
28.05.21

The Wood Street Altarpiece celebrates community gardening in Walthamstow

The colourful triptych installation by Eleanor Hill animates the underpass of a railway bridge

Design
24.05.21

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