Jean Nouvel's Reflect kitchen for Reform among new products on Dezeen Showroom

French architect Jean Nouvel's Reflect kitchen collection, which creates a mesmerising play of light, is among 16 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom this week.

Reflect kitchen by Jean Nouvel for Reform

Reflect is a kitchen collection with high-gloss reflective surfaces created by Jean Nouvel for Copenhagen-based kitchen brand Reform.

The all-metal kitchen comes in two monochrome finishes: black or untreated metal. The pieces have stainless steel fronts with vertical ridges, which create an interplay of light and reflections.

Reflect was featured on Dezeen Showroom this week, alongside products including cordless lamps that provide 500 hours of lighting and a textile that has the appearance of wool but is entirely made of recycled plastic bottles.

Read on to see the rest of this week's new products:

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Storage Black Sugi closet by Piero Lissoni for Porro

Architect Piero Lissoni has updated his Storage Black Sugi closet system for Italian brand Porro, which can be made to order in a bid to reduce waste and enable freedom of composition.

The new additions include wireless lighting integrated into the shelving, a black vein-marked finish informed by ancient Japanese wood-burning techniques and architectural-style Glide doors.

Find out more about Storage Black Sugi ›

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Turn and Turn+ portable lamps by Nao Tamura for Ambientec

Turn and Turn+ is a series of lighting comprising rechargeable and portable lamps created by New York-based designer Nao Tamura for Japanese brand Ambientec.

The sleek metallic forms are designed to contrast the soft, candle-like glow that emanates from the shades. The lamps, which can provide up to 500 hours of light, are also waterproof and dust-resistant.

Find out more about Turn and Turn+ ›

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Twist&Sit Soft seating by Strand + Hvass for Narbutas

Twist&Sit Soft is a family of seating, including lounge chairs and sofas, created by Christina Strand and Niels Hvass for office furniture brand Narbutas.

Intended for office cafes, collaborative spaces and receptions, the range includes high-back seating to foster privacy and enhance concentration for focused work, as well as low-back versions for a more relaxed feeling conducive to collaboration.

Find out more about Twist&Sit ›

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Viva chair by David Regestam via Suite NY

Viva is a cosy chair intended for use as a reading chair, lounge chair or dining chair, created by designer David Regestam and exclusively available via Suite NY.

Designed for maximum comfort and durability, the chair is composed of a wooden frame upholstered in layers of cushions that are made from recycled blankets.

Find out more about Viva ›

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Pleiadi outdoor rug by Paolo Zani for Warli

Pleiadi is a handsewn rug created by designer Paolo Zani for Italian brand Warli, which is designed for outdoor spaces and is suitable for wet areas such as saunas and spas.

The rug, which is available in an array of monochrome colours, is woven with a UV-resistant and weatherproof rope that is wound to form a serpentine pattern.

Find out more about Pleiadi ›

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Back-Wing Pro armchair by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina

Back-Wing Pro is an armchair created for offices, lounge areas and lobbies by Spanish architect Patricia Urquiola for Italian furniture brand Cassina.

The chair is composed of a solid wooden frame with an enveloping folded backrest designed for ergonomic support, while its seat is made from polyurethane foam and upholstered in a wide selection of leathers and fabrics.

Find out more about Back-Wing Pro ›

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Ventaglio Pro table by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina

Ventaglio Pro is a multifunctional table that can be used in the kitchen, living room or even as a desk, created by French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand for Cassina.

The asymmetrical table, which accommodates between five to nine people, can be finished in natural oak or oak-stained black and also features integrated power access.

Find out more about Ventaglio Pro ›

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Utrecht Pro armchair by Gerrit Rietveld for Cassina

Utrecht Pro is a geometric armchair characterised by its neoplastic form, created by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld in 1935.

The chair is designed as four puzzle-like parts comprising the seat, backrest and two angular armrests. It features zigzag or blanket stitch upholstery details and is available in five colours.

Find out more about Utrecht Pro ›

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Volage EX-S Slim Pro sofa by Philippe Starck for Cassina

Volage EX-S Slim Pro is a contemporary sofa available in one, two or three-seater versions, created by French designer Philippe Starck for Cassina.

The chair features a capitonné-tufted backrest and has thin armrests to offer ample seating space. The sofa has a compact footprint which makes it suitable for smaller spaces such as executive offices, lobbies or lounges.

Find out more about Volage EX-S Slim Pro ›

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Cotone Slim Pro sofa by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Cassina

Cotone Slim Pro is a sofa seating range created by French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. The sofas are available with either a high back for privacy or a low back to foster a sense of openness.

The sofa has a slender form and is composed of a linear extruded aluminium frame and a rigid backrest upholstered in a wide selection of fabrics and leathers.

Find out more about Cotone Slim Pro ›

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Sarpi Office Pro table by Carlo Scarpa for Cassina

Sarpi Office Pro is a sculptural table intended for workplaces, created by Italian architect Carlo Scarpa for Cassina.

The table, which was originally made with glass and metal but now has a timber-top option, has a small footprint and features integrated power access and cable slots in the centre.

Find out more about Sarpi Office Pro ›

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Rudiments carpet tile collection by IVC Commercial

Rudiments is a carpet tile collection intended to add warmth to offices, created by flooring manufacturer IVC Commercial.

The range is informed by historical styles of natural flooring, such as the Jute tile, which is based on the textiles spun from hand-woven hessian. Other options in the range include versions that echo the texture of fine-grained soil or the organic patterns of volcanic rocks.

Find out more about Rudiments ›

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Ila armchair by Patrick Jouin for Pedrali

Ila is an enveloping armchair designed to cocoon its sitter, created by French designer Patrick Jouin for Italian brand Pedrali.

The chair features a comfortable seat made from flexible polyurethane and is available with the choice of a swivel base, four-leg steel tube frame or a solid ash base.

Find out more about Ila ›

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Primo Specialist Washpod by CDUK

Designer Neil Wilson has expanded CDUK's Primo washbasin range by adding a washpod intended for public spaces, called Primo Specialist Washpod.

The washpod is freestanding and touchless to further promote good hygiene and is made from solid surface material Corian, which is non-porous, easy to clean and durable.

Find out more about Primo Specialist Washpod ›

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Dolly Recycled fabric by Søren Møller for Texstyle

As its name suggests, Dolly Recycled is a textile made from 100 per cent recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which uses thirty empty bottles to create one metre of the fabric.

Created by Danish brand Texstyle, the fabric is designed to mimic wool and is available in a neutral palette of white, natural, classic grey, black and brown, as well as more vibrant colours such as forest green and Bordeaux grapes.

Find out more about Dolly Recycled ›

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Alex McDowell's Planet Junk asks students to "destroy the world"

Production designer Alex McDowell has launched Planet Junk, a project that invites university students to imagine a future world that is built on the detritus of our current planet.

The project, which McDowell first introduced during a panel discussion with Twinmotion on redesigning the world, started with the fundamental question: what if we destroy ourselves as a civilisation?

From this prompt, McDowell challenged students from 12 universities across six continents to use his "World Building" technique to come up with a society that exists 300 years from now.

The World Building technique involves creating conceptual versions of a world in which "characters" can be inserted to test the environment.

Students working on Planet Junk use World Building techniques to imagine a new world

To start building their worlds, the students – who come from a diverse range of fields such as architecture and economics – examined current events and disasters across the planet in order to look forward.

"We've created a new society in 300 years, but we had to look back at this destroyed civilization in order to extract all of the things that are really valuable for a new society," McDowell told Dezeen.

"We start off with how you can create a realistic world. In order to do that, you need to reflect on what's happening right now in the sense of global warming, rising sea levels, fires, the pandemic and so on," he explained.

Twelve universities from six continents are currently involved in the project

For example, in San Francisco where McDowell teaches, students are exploring how the current rise in homelessness might look in a new world.

One of the concepts they came up with is a world in which the hierarchy of our current society is turned on its head.

"The people who would be the least valuable or the most useless in surviving a future world would be the technologists. So Silicon Valley would be of no value whatsoever," said McDowell.

"But homeless and indigenous tribes who are deeply resourceful would have the most chance of survival so they would move to the top of the hierarchy."

Each of the 12 universities currently involved in the project will come up with their own new world, based on catastrophes unique to their region.

"One of the things that quickly emerged out of this was that if we took a global view, we'd start amassing this deep, informed view from multiple different cultures," McDowell said.

The university team will then create an online museum, or "junk archive" as McDowell calls it, where users can log in and traverse the different worlds in one place.

To create the new worlds, students look to problems that exist in our current society

Although the project has dystopian qualities, McDowell is confident that at its core, it is aspirational.

"As much as it sounds like this, the intent is not dystopian but quite the reverse: if the world is destroyed, what would you do differently?" he said.

McDowell's World Building technique was first used in films such as the Minority Report and Man of Steel.

It has since been transferred to practical applications, like the development of future cities in the face of refugee migrations.

The project aligns with Dezeen's Redesign the World competition, in partnership with Epic Games, which calls for radical proposals to rethink planet Earth.

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Verdant courtyard occupies centre of Seattle home by Chadbourne + Doss

A courtyard designed to create an "idealised atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest" sits at the centre of this house in Seattle by local architects Chadbourne + Doss.

Named The Perch, the three-storey house is located in the city's residential Queen Anne Hill neighbourhood. Facing west to enjoy views of the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, the home encircles "a courtyard that encapsulates an idealised atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest," according to Chadbourne + Doss.

The Perch house is located in Seattle's Queen Anne Hill neighbourhood

This central outdoor space is accessed by pivoting open a large cedar door, revealing a mossy island and a tree enclosed by board-formed concrete walls.

"One is greeted with the sights and sounds of a water feature with a lush island, walnut swings that float over the water, and a patio with fire pit that opens to western views of the [Puget] Sound," the architects added.

The home encircles a central courtyard that features native planting, a water feature and a swing

The courtyard separates the two wings of the 5,500-square-foot (511-square-metre) home.

The owner's quarters occupy the western half of the house, while the east has space for entertaining guests, or potentially hosting a future caretaker for the residents.

Floor-to-ceiling glass offers views of the courtyard from the home's two connected wings

A dramatic suspended staircase connects the two halves, and overlooks the courtyard through a window wall that spans the full height of the building.

Stair treads are made of walnut, while vertical blackened steel rods form balusters that are intended to reference the area's high annual rainfall.

Blackened-steel balusters are intended to evoke the region's frequent rainfall

All of the home's bedrooms are on the intermediate level. Here, the architects also included a secondary sitting area and kitchenette, which could be used by long-term guests, family, or a live-in caretaker.

"They wanted a house that would age well, support their active lifestyle, and adapt as they age," Chadbourne + Doss said of the homeowners.

The upper level contains the public areas, which have an open-concept configuration that makes the most of the dramatic sunset views towards the Salish Sea.

"The landscape is ever-changing, with views of the Olympic Mountains on gloriously sunny days and urban vistas in the foreground when the fog hangs low," the architects said.

Living spaces on the upper level enjoy views of the city

Sliding glass doors open out onto a covered balcony, which helps residents enjoy the outdoors despite Seattle's frequent rain. On the eastern side of the home, another terrace has a large dining table and a barbecue, offering of the city.

The exterior palette includes board-formed concrete, metal siding, and red cedar, all of which were chosen for their durability and low maintenance.

Covered terraces allow residents to spend time outdoors even in inclement weather

Chadbourne + Doss also included sustainable features such as high-performance windows, and a photovoltaic array on the roof that produces more energy than the occupants consume.

The minimalist interiors feature muted tones, with tactile accents that include a three-storey plaster surface alongside the staircase and a light-coloured felt wall covering in the owner's bedroom.

Minimalist interiors and panoramic views in the bedroom

Chadbourne + Doss is led by Lisa Chadbourne and Daren Doss, a couple who met while studying architecture at the University of Washington. They established their firm in Seattle in 2001, and also have an office in Astoria, Oregon.

Other homes in Seattle include a modernist floating home on Lake Union by Studio DIAA, and a historical bungalow that was refurbished by Best Practice Architecture.

The photography is by Kevin Scott.

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Project credits:

Building construction: Dovetail
Landscape architecture: Land Morphology

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Alter & Company revamps 1960s home to create Sri Lankan-informed Bawa House

Architecture studio Alter & Company has updated a mid-century house in East Sussex, England, using a layout and materials palette inspired by trips to Sri Lanka.

Bawa House, named after Sri Lankan modernist Geoffrey Bawa, is a renovation of a typical two-storey detached house built in the 1960s.

Vertical larch battens now clad the exterior

Alter & Company's design sees the interior layout reconfigured to better connect with the gardens – just like many of Bawa's projects – while the exterior features a new cladding of vertical larch battens.

The Sri Lanka reference originally came from the property's owners, who love the country and spend a lot of time there. They run a travel company, Soul & Surf, which specialises in surfing and yoga trips.

The house was originally built in the 1960s

For Alter & Company directors Grant Shepherd and Leith Mckenzie, this led them to explore some of Bawa's house designs, with a particular focus on the flow through indoor and outdoor living spaces.

By adding extensions to the ground floor on both sides, then flipping the orientation of the existing staircase, they were able to create a more open-plan ground floor for Bawa House with various openings to the gardens.

The renovation creates more connection with the gardens

"The house is positioned central to the plot, which enabled us to design a house that had multiple vistas into the gardens," said Shepherd.

"Taking from Bawa's work a distinct relationship the interior has with its landscape, our approach was to make it feel like the garden opens on to the interior, not the other way around," he told Dezeen.

An open-plan layout has been created on the ground floor

Externally the 200-square-metre building looks very different.

The new larch cladding on the upper section of the walls made it possible for extra insulation to be added, improving the building's thermal performance. Brickwork is still exposed below, but has been painted in a dark grey shade.

The kitchen contrasts black and natural wood cabinets

"The style of the architecture is very much a retro-mod villa," said Mckenzie.

"However, the experience of the house looks to Bawa's architecture for sense of approach, relationship to nature, and attention to craftsmanship and materials."

The staircase was relocated to create a more efficient layout

Inside, the house brings together a range of materials, tones and textures.

In the ground-floor kitchen, dining and living areas, a mix of dark and light surfaces include a black tiled fireplace, oak parquet flooring, a two-tone kitchen and wooden pocket doors.

The hallway features a soft shade of pink, while the bathrooms feature dark green, hexagonal tiles and speckled terrazzo.

With the new layout, the house now contains four bedrooms. In addition to the three upstairs, there is now a guest suite on the ground floor that might one day house an elderly parent.

The bathrooms feature dark green, hexagonal tiles and speckled terrazzo

 

"Turning the existing staircase around opened up a number of spatial opportunities," added Mckenzie.

An oak window seat was created in the main bedroom

"It allowed us to remove the landing floor and create a double-height entrance hall, and it better connected the bedrooms and bathrooms, which in turn meant the master suite became more private," he added.

This main bedroom now includes an oak window seat overlooking the south garden.

Photography is by Lorenzo Zandri.

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Ten timeless mid-century modern interiors

For our latest Dezeen lookbook, we have collected 10 projects from the Dezeen archives that showcase elegant mid-century modern interiors with a contemporary feel.

As the name suggests, mid-century modern is the name of a style of design and architecture from the middle of the 19th century, usually seen as spanning from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s.

A number of designers and architects who were active during this period created furniture pieces that have gone on to become modern classics, including chairs by Ray and Charles Eames and lights by Isamu Noguchi.

Here, we have gathered images of 10 projects where mid-century modern design has been used to create interiors that are elegant without feeling cold or stark.

This is the latest roundup in our Dezeen Lookbooks series that provides visual inspiration for designers and design enthusiasts. Previous lookbooks include home libraries, minimalist bedrooms and Shaker-style interiors.

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Frost House, US, Karen Valentine and Bob Coscarelli

Michigan's Frost House is a prefabricated house from the 1960s. New owners Karen Valentine and Bob Coscarelli decided to minimise their interventions and take a preservationist approach when they bought the house, which still has its original layout.

Frost House has also retained its original Knoll furniture, including a gridded-steel Bertoia side chair, as well as its distinctive built-in cabinetry.

Find out more about Frost House ›

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Biscuit Loft, US, by OWIU Studio

Pieces by mid-century modern designers such as Ray and Charles Eames, whose lounge chair sits next to a floor-to-ceiling window, and Isamu Noguchi decorate this Los Angeles loft that was designed to nod to Japanese minimalism.

The living room's neutral cream-coloured palette is enhanced by wooden details and black window frames, which add a graphic element to the interior.

Find out more about Biscuit Loft ›

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Eames House, US, by Charles and Ray Eames

Perhaps the ultimate example of mid-century modern design, designer couple Ray and Charles Eames' eponymous house is filled with the couple's own creations.

The current decor is meant to reflect how they enjoyed the property, with various furniture, books, fabrics, art, shells, rocks and straw baskets kept in the building, which was completed by the Eameses in 1949.

It is viewed as a key example of the Case Study House experiments for building postwar American homes.

Find out more about Eames House ›

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Puro Hotel, Poland, by Studio Paradowski

Studio Paradowski's renovation of a hotel in Kraków, Poland, was informed by the city's interwar cafes as well as the "clean functionalism" of its mid-century modern cinemas.

The result is a beautifully realised interior with a strong retro flavour but a contemporary layout and details. Natural oak panelling and stone was used together with Polish-made glass and ceramics to create tactile surfaces.

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Moore House, US, by Woods + Dangaran

Los Angeles studio Woods + Dangaran gave the Moore House in LA's Los Feliz neighbourhood a refresh that preserved many of the 1960s house's original details.

In the bedroom, pale teak panelling and large glazing that opens out onto a verdant garden lend the room the feeling of a mid-century holiday home. A black-leather upholstered Eames chair and bedside rice lamp add to the laid-back vibe.

Find out more about Moore House ›

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Louveira Apartment, Brazil, by Ana Sawaia

This São Paulo apartment features vintage furniture and colourful patterned surfaces in a clever broken-plan interior. Pieces such as the wood-and-leather Boomerang chair by American architect Richard Neutra perfectly suit the style of the 1946 Louveira building.

Window frames were painted yellow to match the facade of the building, their bright hues matching the polished wood used for both the floor and much of the furniture.

Find out more about Louveria Apartment ›

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Eichler house, US, by Michael Hennessey

This two-storey residence in San Francisco's Diamond Heights neighbourhood features post-and-beam structures, an open floor plan and glass walls.

In the living room, an elegant metal reading light hangs over a mid-century style chair and a cosy rug softens the room's hard surfaces and symmetrical lines.

Find out more about Eichler House ›

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Gallery apartment, Brazil, by BC Arquitetos

BC Arquitetos designed this Brazilian apartment to look like an art gallery, filling it with decorative sculptures and classic furniture designs by Brazilian masters of the 1950s and 1960s.

Sculptural furniture is displayed against a backdrop of walnut panelling that wraps the apartment. A black and white Akari light by Isamu Noguchi for Vitra peeps into the living space from an adjacent room.

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Azabu Residence, Japan, by Norm Architects and Kaiji Ashizawa Design

This minimalist Tokyo home features muted dark tones and natural materials, as well as bespoke furniture created by the studios who designed it together.

"This project has been inspired from the interior design of mid-century American and Brazilian modernist uses of warm dark natural materials and wooden wall panelling, lush carpets and tactile upholstery," designer Keiji Ashizawa told Dezeen.

Find out more about Azabu Residence ›

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Irwin Caplan house, US, by SHED

This 1950s house in the Pacific Northwest was originally built for cartoonist Irwin Caplan. Today, it is a modern home, with an interior that nonetheless respects the bones of the building.

White Eames shell chairs sit around a streamlined wooden table in the dining area, which also has a graphic "Modernist" lamp from Z-Lite.

Find out more about Irwin Caplan house ›

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This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks showcasing home libraries, minimalist bedrooms and Shaker-style interiors.

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