Rotonda candle holder by Studioforma

Dezeen Showroom: Swiss architecture and design practice Studioforma sought to show the high aesthetic value of waste marble with its creation of the Rotonda candle holder.

The Rotonda candle holder is made of white waste marble streaked with anthracite grey veins, obtained through a collaboration with century-old Swiss natural stone manufacturer Valsecchi Marmi.

The Rotonda candle holder is made of white and grey waste marble

Studioforma owner and CEO Alex Leuzinger wanted to create a design that symbolised the epitome of sustainability, beauty and nature.

He gave it a form inspired by the golden ratio – nature's formula for perfection – with eight cylinders encased in circular slabs.

Its circular, cylindrical forms are inspired by the golden ratio

The elements fit into each other and can be arranged as desired.

"The design idea is to create a profound sense of ownership by enabling everybody who purchases the Rotonda candle holder to become the master designer of their home," said Leuzinger.

Product: Rotonda
Designer: Alex Leuzinger
Brand: Studioforma
Contact: [email protected]

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Harmony collection by Muza Rugs

Dezeen Showroom: Kosovan brand Muza Rugs has reimagined ancient Albanian motifs in a colourful, contemporary style to make its Harmony rug collection.

The Harmony rug collection is guided by the women-led Albanian textile tradition, but with a simple and minimalist twist to the aesthetic.

The Harmony collection is inspired by ancient Albanian motifs

Co-founders Njomza Havolli and Fitore Syla, who also run the architecture and interiors studio Muza, wanted to recreate the feeling of an Albanian living room, which they say can resemble a small exhibition of folk art.

"As children, we remember our vibrant home with different colours, shapes, figures and ornaments," said Havolli and Syla. "Inspired by these symbols more and more every day, we wanted to reanimate these old forms in a different form and dimension."

The rugs are hand-tufted from New Zealand wool

There are seven rug designs in the collection – Hug Me, Love Me, Stand By Me, Keep Me, Walk By Me, Dance With Me, Smile at Me – all meant to symbolise harmonious living.

The rugs are hand-tufted from 100 per cent New Zealand wool and are each available in one of two sizes, 200 by 200 centimetres or 160 by 240.

Product: Harmony
Brand: Muza
Contact: [email protected]

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Disney moves into "aspirational furniture" and homeware with new brand Disney Home

Entertainment and media conglomerate Disney has launched Disney Home, a design brand selling furnishings, home accessories and limited-edition collaborations.

Disney Home brings together various existing products under one roof including kids' bedding and homeware made by Disney and its affiliated designers and retailers.

The Disney Home brand will include franchises such as Marvel

It also introduces some new products, with Disney promising "aspirational furniture" and "bespoke design pieces".

"As our homes are now more important than ever, we wanted to introduce a new homeware brand that brings iconic Disney storytelling into everyday living spaces," a Disney representative told Dezeen. "The result is Disney Home."

The brand will bring together existing products with "aspirational" new offerings

Blockbuster franchises including Star Wars, Marvel and various Pixar films are featured within the Disney Home range alongside classic characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

"This newly defined interiors brand encapsulates homeware products from a range of our licensees and retailers and will also include new products such as aspirational furniture and one-off collaborations," said Disney.

"However, there is one shared ethos – all products under the Disney Home brand are created to complement every interior style and budget."

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Among the higher-end pieces in the Disney Home collection at launch is a life-size reimagining of Mickey Mouse created by interior designer Kelly Hoppen, along with figurines by "pop sculpture" studio Leblon Delienne.

There is also a collection of rugs, which Disney says offers a "modern and sophisticated interpretation" of some of Disney's celebrated characters and stories.

The Mickey Doodles rug, for instance, features drawings of Mickey Mouse in loose minimal lines while The Rebellion rug shows a painterly rendering of the Millennium Falcon and Rebel Alliance Starfighters from Star Wars over a black background.

Among the Star Wars homewares is The Rebellion rug

Details on the one-off collaborations that will fall under the Disney Home umbrella are yet to be announced.

The Disney Home news comes two months after Disney announced another major expansion for the company with the building of resort-like mixed-use residential communities in the US.

The Mickey Doodles rug features loose drawings of the iconic character

The first Storyliving residential development is set to be constructed in California's Coachella Valley, where the company's late founder Walt Disney owned a home.

Some of Disney's previous homeware products include a Winnie-the-Pooh glassware set by Nendo and a Star Wars furniture collection by Filipino designer Kenneth Cobonpue, which features a wooly stool designed to emulate Chewbacca's hair.

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Phoenician by Adam Nathaniel Furman for Beit Collective

Dezeen Showroom: London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has created a collection of recycled glass vases and tumblers for Lebanese homeware label Beit Collective.

The Phoenician collection includes a pair of drinking glasses called Blue Quay and a vase called Fluted Buoy. The range is made from recycled glass using a traditional Phoenician glassblowing technique.

Furman has created two glass tumblers for Beit Collective

"I created this line to echo the aquatic and ancient environment of Phoenician cities," said Furman.

"I wanted these pieces to represent a treasure washed up on the beach, coming from ancient civilisations lost for millennia."

A larger vase also makes up the Phoenicia range

Each item in Furman's Phoenician collection comes in turquoise, navy or clear – drawing on the aquatic colours associated with Phoenicians.

Phoenicia was an ancient coastal civilisation that originated in what is now called Lebanon. Many members of its society were mariners in the navy.

The items are informed by the ancient civilization Phoenicia

Beit Collective called on glassblowing artisans who have worked in Lebanon for many generations to manufacture Furman's glass and vase designs.

In the making of the collection the artisans blew molten glass and then placed it into a custom-made cast-iron mould that resulted in the irregularly-shaped Phoenician range.

Product:Blue Quay and Fluted Buoy
Designer: Adam Nathaniel Furman
Brand: Beit Collective
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Häggå Icon rugs by Kasthall

Dezeen Showroom: Swedish brand Kasthall has updated its Icon woven rug collection of classic Häggå patterns with contemporary colour palettes.

Kasthall's Häggå family of designs consists of small-scale patterns that the brand considers timeless and compatible with any interior style, including Stripe, Dot and Post, a lattice-like motif.

Kasthall has updated some of its classic Häggå pattern family, including Post, which is now available in colours including Redwood Haze

The updates to these rug designs feature colours informed by nature and shifts in seasons, with bolder contrasts to emphasise the pattern.

"Today you want to distinguish different intricate patterns in your rugs and preferably already at a first glance," said Kasthall head of design Lena Jiseborn. "It shows the rug's solid craftsmanship and quality."

The new colours for Dot Icon include Raw Umber and other nature-inspired hues

The new Stripe Icon palette consists of soft and warm colours with adjacent tones designed to create the illusion of a relief, with hues including Straw Yellow, Green Field and Griffin Grey.

Dot Icon now features colours reminiscent of burnt terracotta and silver treetops, while Post Icon takes its cues from the meeting of nature and cities, with colours such as Evening Blue and Redwood Haze.

Product: Icon
Brand: Kasthall
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Studio Agne uses waste materials to create dyes for Lutetia and Juno rug collection

Design studio Studio Agne has created a collection of rugs that were crafted using textile dyes made from byproducts from industrial processing.

The studio applies natural dying techniques to industrial-scale production in an attempt to avoid the environmentally harmful use of commercial textile dyes.

The collection was titled Lutetia and Juno after two asteroids

"Commercial textile dyeing causes a significant amount of environmental and health problems due to the chemicals used in the process, whereas natural dyeing is rarely employed on an industrial scale," Studio Agne explained.

"Typically, secondary raw materials don’t meet the 'industry standard' or are contaminated and are therefore dumped or down-cycled."

The rugs were tufted using linen fabrics

The studio's Lutetia and Juno linen rugs were coloured and hand-dyed using nine textile dyes. These were made using byproducts from industrial pharmaceutical and food processing, including materials such as hemp, mustard, evening primrose, coal and iron.

Studio Agne collaborated with and collected waste residue for the dyes from companies including Jorus, a Lithuanian food manufacturer that provided hemp waste from food and pharmaceutical products, and Forest Energija, which focuses on botanic waste.

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Lutetia and Juno take their names from two asteroids, and the organic, amorphous shapes embedded into the pile of the rugs were informed by the shapes of these same planetoids.

The rugs, which have been shortlisted in the homeware design category of Dezeen Awards 2021, come in a rectangular and a circular shape.

The rugs were dyed with waste byproducts

The linen for the rugs was hand-tufted within the asteroid-like shapes to form multicoloured rectangular strips. The fabrics were then sheared at different lengths and heights, creating varied textures and depths of pile across different areas of the rug.

The rug collection forms part of Studio Agne's "Ignorance is Bliss" project, which the studio describes as "ongoing experimentation and disruptive cross-disciplinary thinking".

The rugs have hues of greens, oranges and reds

Studio Agne hopes that this experimentation and development of natural dyes from botanical and metal waste can eventually be applied to architectural materials and interior surfaces.

Other projects shortlisted in the homeware design category of the Dezeen Awards include design studio Kukka's vibrant tapestry collection titled Chromarama and Armadillo and House of Grey's collection of minimal rugs.

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GoodWaste repurposes Selfridges scrap materials to create homeware line

Design studio GoodWaste has collaborated with Selfridges to give new life to the department store's waste materials, recycling them into lamps, candles and vases for sale in its London location.

The aim of the Super Circular Department Store project was to reimagine waste materials as a valuable local resource by exploring how department stores could create marketable stock from their own refuse.

The Super Circular Department Store collection includes lamps (top image) and candles (above)

The five-piece collection, which includes two candles, two table lamps and one vase, was made using scrap wax, steel and acrylic sourced from Selfridges' Oxford Street store and the surrounding area.

The products were completed with components from local suppliers, including LED bulbs by London-based lighting brand Tala, before going on sale in the same shop.

The Dot table lamp was constructed from recycled perforated steel

"We've designed this collection of homeware to be representative of a new model of super local, super circular production," said GoodWaste.

"As with any department store, Selfridges manages large amounts of waste through store fit-outs, temporary brand concessions and packaging," the studio continued. "With their help, we started to investigate the material flows of the store."

"We believe in real and actualised solutions wherever possible, so it was imperative for us that the project culminated in a real collection of products that went on sale to the public at reasonable prices."

The Slot table lamp was made using perforated steel from a Selfridges concession stand

GoodWaste recycled steel sheeting from a former Selfridges concession stand to make the Dot and Slot table lamps, which take their names from the different perforations that are punched into the metal.

The studio decided to turn the scrap steel into lights after seeing the alluring shadows that were cast through the cut-outs.

The lamps can be taken apart and recycled when no longer needed

Each lampshade was welded into shape and painted in either white or cobalt blue, with the Dot design resembling an upside-down taco shell.

GoodWaste assembled the items using only the reclaimed sheets of steel and standard electric components to ensure all attention remains on the waste material itself.

All parts of the lamp can be unscrewed for recycling or reuse in other designs once the lamp has reached the end of its life.

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Offcuts of Corian surfacing, taken from disused Selfridges display boxes, were CNC cut and heat formed to create the ribbed Bora vase, with its dented shape designed to represent "the revival of the material from the skip to the shop floor".

The Crack candles were made from waste wax donated by churches and restaurants from the area around Oxford Street.

The candles, which are designed to be snapped in two, mimic the natural breaks and raw edges of stone.

The Bora vase was made using offcuts of Corian rescued from disused display boxes

"We believe the beauty of the collection lies in the way in which each product celebrates its own provenance," said GoodWaste. "Each design is highlighting the source material, the waste, through its form."

"Unlike most sustainability projects, which focus on plastic alternatives and highly refined, often energy-intensive new materials, we are effectively saying: look how little you have to do to go from waste to useful, ugly to beautiful," the studio added.

"While materials are cleaned, cut and formed, they are not reconstituted, broken down to almost nothing or held together with questionable binders. It's a direct, honest approach."

The Crack candles are designed to be snapped into two pieces

Super Circular Department Store has been shortlisted in the homeware design category of this year's Dezeen Awards.

Other products also nominated in the category include a collection of graphic tapestries designed for people with colour blindness and everyday hardware items that have been upcycled into quality homeware by The Misused.

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Armadillo's Ellipse rug collection is designed to "evoke a sense of tranquility"

Australian rug brand Armadillo has teamed up with British interior design studio House of Grey to create a collection of minimal rugs that references the tones and textures found in nature.

The Ellipse Collection is a collaboration between Armadillo and the London-based practice led by interior designer Louisa Grey, which aims to create products with positive ecological and health properties.

The Ellipse Collection is a minimalist range of neutral-coloured rugs

The collection, which is shortlisted in the homeware design category of Dezeen Awards 2021, comprises five rug designs that are handmade in India using only sustainably-sourced natural fibres.

"We were driven to create pieces of integrity that simply could not be found elsewhere," said the studio.

"Throughout the design process, we sought to evoke a sense of tranquillity while pushing the envelope in terms of innovation and technique."

The studio drew on the tones and textures found in nature for the rugs

Ellipse Collection rugs are made using natural fibres such as jute, wool and linen that will last a long time and eventually biodegrade at the end of their lifespan, helping to minimise their impact on the planet.

The materials are either left in their original state or dyed, before being hand-knotted on traditional looms in a production process conducted according to Fair Trade practices.

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Included in the collection are designs that celebrate the natural properties of the raw materials, along with rugs that showcase experimental weaves and finishes.

"Each rug is pared back to its very essence, tailored and sculpted to encourage visual and tactile exploration as well as individual introspection," added Armadillo.

The Terra rug has a textured surface creating a rustic quality

The Terra design is an earthy everyday rug made from jute that lends it a rustic quality. The simple textured surface and hues are influenced by paths found in sand, grass or soil.

Etoile is a Tibetan-knotted rug that features a gradation of textures and asymmetrically curved edges on one end, which frame the low-cut pile.

Palus is made from marled wool

The Palus rug features marled wool that is felted and then twisted to create a surface with varying heights and a soft irregular texture, while Perilune uses wool that is hand-spun with silk to produce a subtle sheen.

Finally, the Umbra design is hand-knotted using soft Afghan wool that is left undyed to celebrate the natural variations in its tone and texture. Lines inspired by early cave paintings are carved into the pile.

The Umbra rug is made from natural Afghan wool

Armadillo was founded in 2009 by Jodie Fried and Sally Pottharst.

In 2020, the brand opened a showroom in Sydney, which Studio Goss designed using a palette of concrete, plaster and tiles to create a minimal backdrop for the rugs on display.

House of Grey was behind the design of a home in London's Highgate neighbourhood that features a palette of natural colours and soft textures.

The photography is byEmma Lee.

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Airbnb Host Essentials by Muji provides hosts with a kit of useful amenities for their guests

Dezeen promotion: Airbnb has teamed up with Japanese retailer Muji to produce an affordable kit of home essentials for the holiday rental platform's hosts, featuring key amenities for guests to use during their stay.

Airbnb Host Essentials by Muji is a set of 23 items designed by the retailer, with each $400 kit accommodating up to two guests staying in an Airbnb.

The kit was designed by Japanese retailer Muji. Photo by Muji. Above photo by Airbnb

Presented in Muji's distinctive minimalist, neutral style with an all-white and neutral wood palette, the kit includes items that travellers deemed essential in a recent survey by DKC Analytics.

It provides Airbnb hosts with a simple but substantial set of amenities for their guests, designed to complement a variety of homes and decors in any location.

According to the survey, 43 per cent of participants believed that small touches and accessories that a guest might use in their own home can distinguish a regular Airbnb host from an exceptional one. These include toothbrush holders and coat hangers, both of which feature in the kit.

Airbnb Host Essentials is designed to make guests feel at home. Photo by Airbnb

The Host Essentials kit aims to provide a wide range of such useful items for those staying in temporary accommodation.

Kitchenware such as porcelain table sets, glass tumblers and serving dishes are included in the kit, as well as bathroom amenities such as comforting waffle towels, soap dispensers and a streamlined dustpan and brush.

To make guests feel at home during their stay, the kit also includes some Muji favourites. Recycled paper notebooks and coloured gel pens can be used to create a guestbook, while the brand's Aroma Diffuser with essential oils provides a welcoming atmosphere.

Essential items such as toothbrush holders feature in the kit. Photo by Muji

"It's so important to have the right amenities to become much more than just a place to sleep," said Airbnb host of The Joshua Treehouse in California Sara Combs.

"Airbnb's commitment to good hospitality and mission of providing authentic and positive experiences for its guests and hosts in the spaces that they live and stay is so core to our work, we were delighted to create a kit of essentials that would embody this philosophy of a commitment to reliable, quality basics," added Muji president for the US and Canada Taku Hareyama.

Kitchenware is included in the set of products. Photo by Muji

The Host Essentials kit provides hosts with a ready-made solution to help stock their Airbnb with amenities for their guests as travel begins to resume in parts of the world after international lockdowns.

More information is available via the Muji website.

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Ohmie is a 3D-printed lamp made from orange peels

Milan-based start-up Krill Design has 3D printed Sicilian orange peels into a tactile lamp that can be composted along with organic household waste.

The designers at Krill Design turned to orange peel to create the lightweight lamp because of the citrus fruit's ubiquity in Sicily, Italy.

Each lamp is made from the discarded peels of two or three oranges sourced from a family-owned food producer in the Messina province of Sicily.

Top: each lamp is made from two or three oranges. Above: Ohmie retains the natural bumpy feel and smell of oranges

"We needed a material that would not run out and given that Sicily alone produces about 3 per cent of global oranges, that allows us to stock up on the peels and be able to always produce Ohmie," Krill Design told Dezeen.

"We are keen on promoting a local and fully Italian supply and production chain. Oranges are one of the many Italian produces renowned worldwide and we believe it is a nice symbol."

Ohmie is made from locally sourced Sicilian oranges

From its patterned surface to its orangey smell and vibrant colour, the 23-centimetre-tall lamp was designed to reflect its origins.

The designers hope the lamp demonstrates how food waste can be successfully repurposed into an "eco-design product that is both "beautiful and functional".

The peels are ground down and combined with starch before being 3D printed

After use, the Ohmie lamp can be broken down by hand into smaller pieces before being thrown away with the household's organic waste, the studio explained.

"The orange lamp, at the end of its life, can simply be broken into fragments and tossed with the household's organic waste to be disposed of in composting facilities and be turned either into compost or biofuel depending on local dispositions," said Krill Design.

Currently, the remains have to be sent to a composting facility instead of decomposing straight into nature.

"We decided to develop a material that, for now, would only decompose in industrial facilities for performance and durability reasons, but we would like to research more and achieve a biopolymer that can be durable and sturdy as well as easy composted in nature or in an at-home compost," it added.

The light can be broken down and composted in a composting factory

Krill Design used 3D-printing techniques to "avoid any form of waste during production". The orange peels are ground down and combined with vegetable starch before being 3D printed.

"Once the peels have arrived in our office in Milan they are dried – the organic scraps need to have moisture level below 4 per cent – ground to a fine powder and sifted to make sure all grains are fine enough," the studio said.

The designers hope to show how food waste can be effectively repurposed

The peel powder is then sent to a compounding facility where it is added to a biopolymeric vegetable starch base. Afterwards, the orange biopolymer is produced in the form of pellets.

This is the only part of the production phase that is outsourced, the brand said.

"Only this phase of the process is outsourced as the machinery needed is extremely bulky and expensive," Krill Design explained.

"After this, we extrude the orange filament from the pellet and use it within a 3D printer to bring Ohmie to life."

Fruits have been used in a number of designs. Copenhagen-based brand Beyond Leather combined apple juice leftovers with natural rubber to create Leap, a plant-based alternative to leather, while Júlia Roca Vera has created a cosmetics line made from discarded fruits.

Photography is byKrill Design.

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