Technology company Dyson has unveiled the OnTrac noise-cancelling headphones, the brand’s first-ever audio-only headphones. Launched today, the OnTrac is designed to make an impact on the headphone market, similar to Dyson’s launch of the DC01 vacuum cleaner in 1993. Dyson has launched its first audio-only headphones “At Dyson, we are driven by the opportunity to … Read more
British architecture firm Will Gamble Architects has extended and modernised a Victorian house in South London, using curved forms and a palette of natural materials to create a calm, minimalist look. The clients – a couple looking for a forever home – asked Will Gamble Architects to oversee the transformation of the semi-detached house in … Read more
The European Space Agency ESA has created its own version of a Lego brick that is 3D printed from meteorite dust. The organization is using it to investigate how buildings can be built in space. The “space bricks,” as Lego and the European Space Agency (ESA) call them, are made from the dust of a … Read more
This survey of American industrial installations, photographed by Christopher Payne, features pencil production in New Jersey and the construction of massive wind turbines in North Dakota. Payne has spent the past decade studying factories in America, ranging from “traditional industries” like wool carding to the production of contemporary technological machines that he says are often … Read more
Architecture studio FRPO has designed DH Palencia, a thermal power plant in Spain consisting of a concrete base topped by a lantern-like building and an adjacent tower. Located in Palencia, the 1,960 square meter building is the center of the city’s new heating network. DH Palencia converts heat energy into electricity It converts heat energy … Read more
Architecture studio OMA has collaborated with DJ Harvey on a nightclub at the Potato Head resort in Seminyak, Bali, where optimized acoustics and a sprung dance floor take the experience for partygoers to the next level. Following the completion of the resort itself in 2020, OMA went back to work with the Potato Head Design … Read more
For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up eight micro-apartments and micro-homes that use clever solutions to best fit into one room, which often functions as both a living room and a bedroom. A ‘sleeping cocoon’ and built-in space-saving furniture are among the solutions used to create comfortable living and sleeping spaces in these projects. The … Read more