PaperStone surfacing by CDUK

Dezeen Showroom: PaperStone is a composite finish by CDUK that's designed to resemble stone but made with recycled paper and petroleum-free phenolic resin.

PaperStone can be used to cover surfaces, bathroom products as well as furnishings such as tables.

PaperStone is a composite surface material

CDUK describes the material as a cost-efficient solution that is "hard as stone yet made from paper".

The final result is non-porous, UV- and impact-resistant and can withstand temperatures of up to 180 degrees Celcius.

The material is available in three thicknesses and comes in two different sizes

As well as being made from recycled FSC-certified paper and cardboard, the material is once again recyclable at the end of its life.

"The more we re-use products, the less we acquire new products, deplete world resources and waste energy manufacturing new materials," said CDUK.

PaperStone is available in 11 colours, two sizes and three thicknesses of 6, 13 and 19 millimetres.

Product: PaperStone
Brand: CDUK
Contact: info@cdukltd.co.uk

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Fjord stoneware series by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces among new products on Dezeen Showroom

This collection of porcelain tiles informed by the wild landscapes of Scandinavia is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom this week.

Fjord stoneware collection by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces

Italian brand Fiandre Architectural Surfaces has created a porcelain tile collection called Fjord, which is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors.

The collection comprises semi-polished or structured tiles with a tone-on-tone cloud effect to echo staggering cliffs and rocky inlets.

Fjord was featured on Dezeen Showroom this week, alongside products including a chair made from used coffee grounds and a modular bookshelf-cum-room divider.

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

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Solida tile range by Fiandre Architectural Surfaces

Fiandre Architectural Surfaces is also behind Solida, a series of neutral-coloured tiles for residential, commercial and public settings.

The tiles are available in six different colours ranging from warm brown to cool grey, including variations that resemble the texture of nuts and seeds.

Find out more about Solida ›

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Mute Fraction PET felt acoustic panel by De Vorm

Mute Fraction PET is an acoustic panel made from PET felt by Dutch design brand De Vorm, which is made from recycled plastic bottles and is recyclable.

The panels, which are based on a variation of the golden ratio, feature a distinctive pattern made up of five unequal segments separated by five ribs to create a sense of "harmonious composition."

Find out more about Mute Fraction PET ›

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Surf task chair by Narbutas

Surf is a task chair created by office-furniture brand Narbutas. As its name suggests, the Surf chair is distinguished by its backrest that resembles a windsurfing sail.

The backrest is designed to enhance comfort for long periods of time and is upholstered in a mesh textile, which offers further comfort as it contours to the back and provides constant airflow to avoid overheating.

Find out more about Surf ›

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Atal Chair by Form Us With Love presented at Maison&Objet

Presented at Maison&Objet, Atal is a collection of high stools, armchairs, lounge chairs and simple chairs created by Swedish design studio Form Us With Love.

The chairs are composed of a single wooden shell made from oak veneer and metal tubing. These come in six different wood stains and five colours for the metal frames, as well as various upholstery options.

Find out more about Atal Chair ›

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Bay Sofa by Omayra Maymó presented at Maison&Objet

Also presented at French furniture fair Maison&Objet is Bay Sofa, created by Spanish designer Omayra Maymó for interiors brand Broste Copenhagen.

The sofa is distinguished by its relaxed and fluid silhouette with ample seating space and its base, which extends out from below the seat. This extension of the base serves as a convenient place to keep trays, books or lamps.

Find out more about Bay Sofa ›

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Fréquence shelf by Jean Couvreur presented at Maison&Objet

Fréquence is a minimalist aluminium shelf designed by Jean Couvreur for Kataba as a multipurpose piece of modular furniture, available through Maison&Objet.

The shelf, which doubles as a bookcase or room divider, takes the form of geometrically shaped modules that can be combined into various arrangements to adapt to a wide range of interior settings.

Find out more about Fréquence ›

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Leaf Lamp by Dániel Máto presented at Maison&Objet

Designer Dániel Máto created Leaf Lamp for Budapest Select by Hungarian Fashion & Design Agency, which is available through Maison&Objet.

The pendant light, which is based on the shape of palm leaves, has an intricate outer shade made from glossy anodised aluminium tubes held together via a 3D-printed holder.

Find out more about Leaf Lamp ›

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Albert Kuip Coffee chair by Zuiver presented at Maison&Objet

As its name suggests, Albert Kuip Coffee is a chair created by Dutch furniture brand Zuiver with a seat made from used coffee grounds, which is available through Maison&Objet.

The chair's brown textured shell seat is composed of 42.5 per cent coffee waste, with the remainder made from polypropylene,  and its legs are made from rejected, imperfect wood.

Find out more about Albert Kuip Coffee ›

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Touch Screen Oven by Fisher & Paykel

Appliance brand Fisher & Paykel has created a series of touch screen ovens equipped with three cooking methods, with a choice of basic cooking options or step-by-step guides with images.

The ovens, which are available in black or stainless steel, feature a self-cleaning technology that breaks down residue at high temperatures to aid cleanliness and to help prep for the next meal.

Find out more about Touch Screen Oven ›

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Loggia Multi-Colored carpet by Talk Carpet

Loggia Multi-Colored is a carpet informed by a 15th century Italian mural, created by flooring brand Talk Carpet.

The carpet features a distinct pattern using yellow, khaki green, mint green and red in a grid-like formation. Each square is shaded in varying muted hues to add a 3D effect.

Find out more about Loggia Multi-Colored ›

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Mathieu Lehanneur designs 3D-printed sculptures based on population statistics

French artist Mathieu Lehanneur has used population data from 140 countries to create a collection of 3D-printed aluminium sculptures.

Called State of the World, the sculptures were presented at an exhibition at Design Miami/Basel.

Top: State of the World was exhibited at Design Miami/Basel. Above: the sculptures are based on population data

Each solid sculpture represents one individual country. The country's birthrate, life expectancy and history are reflected in the shape of the sculpture, with each individual groove representing an age from 1-100.

At the base is newborn children, while the peak represents the elderly. Most of the sculptures are bottom-heavy, demonstrating how few people in society live to be 100 years old.

Lehanneur sourced the data from a UN database

"The idea was to make visible and to also understand all the people who are living right now on the same planet," Lehanneur told Dezeen.

"I wanted to change the two-dimensional statistics into a three-dimensional object – like a spinning object," he said. "You can see that every single silhouette is different from one another."

Each groove represents an age from 1-100

Lehanneur retrieved the population data from a United Nations (UN) database, where it was originally depicted in mathematical graphs.

In order to accurately represent each age demographic to the half millimetre, he 3D-printed the sculptures from aluminium.

"I decided to use the aluminium because when you mash it in carefully, you can absolutely respect every single dimension," he said.

"For me, it makes sense to be extremely precise because every single millimetre means thousands of years."

Lehanneur also created a silver sculpture that represents the population data for all of Earth, which is much wider at its base than its top, showing how young the majority of the planet's population is.

A single silver sculpture represents data from the entire planet

State of the World is the continuation of an earlier series of sculptures by the designer, called The Age of the World, created in 2009.

That project, a collection of ceramic urns, represented the ages of the population in France, the USA, Japan, Egypt and Russia.

Although he started the project a decade ago, Lehanneur believes that 2021 was the right year to finalise and exhibit State of the World because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"This is a turning point in the history of humanity," he reflected. "It's super rare that the entire world basically lived the same catastrophe."

"This moment of the reopening of the world was the right moment," he added.

Lehanneur is known for artwork that explores the relationship between the living world and objects, such as a black marble table that looks like the sea.

The artist also created a range of black marble furniture sculptures that mimic waves in the ocean.

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Education First office in Denver takes cues from city's "outdoorsy culture"

A natural material and colour palette helped the in-house design team at Education First to approximate the feeling of being outdoors inside the company's office in Colorado.

Education First (EF) specialises in language-learning tours across the world, and its Denver outpost occupies the fourth and fifth floor of the city's first commercial cross-laminated timber (CLT) building, Platte 15.

The office's reception features a statement staircase (top image) and rammed-earth desk (above)

The company's in-house design team developed the 4,950-square-metre interior with help from architecture firm Gensler.

"All of our projects strive to be contextual," the EF team explained. "For this project, we used figurative and literal references to nature as a way to connect to Denver's outdoors as well as its 'outdoorsy' culture."

Boxy volumes that hold meeting rooms, kitchens and more are painted in natural hues

Allusions to nature can be seen immediately upon entering the office's reception, which is anchored by a huge boxy desk.

The bottom half of the desk is made from strata of rammed earth, while an overarching canopy is finished in a brownish-red colour that is designed to evoke the sandstone outcrops of Red Rocks, a mountain park located 10 miles west of Denver.

A couple of relaxed seating areas with tubular armchairs were incorporated into the space, as a nod to the log cabins that are found in more rural parts of Colorado.

Glass doors can be pushed back to open up the company auditorium

Much like the reception, private meeting rooms, kitchens, telephone booths and a company auditorium are housed inside boxy volumes that sit apart from the building's shell.

"Rather than try to hide the structure as we might have in a less interesting building, swallowing up columns with rooms and wall partitions, we sought to celebrate it," said the design team.

Natural-fibre curtains help keep noise levels under control

Each of the "boxes" has been painted a colour that loosely references different elements of nature, with one finished in sandy beige and another in sky blue.

All have been fitted with gauzy natural-fibre curtains to temper acoustics save for the auditorium, which has concertinaed glass doors that can be pushed back in case the space needs to be used for larger company gatherings.

Break-out areas are situated at the edge of the office

Staff can have more casual catch-ups in the break-out areas that appear around the perimeter of the office, dressed with comfy sofas, leafy potted plants and rattan pendants lamps.

A handful of outdoor furniture pieces such as chain-link swing seats are integrated into the interior to help reinforce the feeling of being outside.

The rest of the office is filled with banks of work desks, loosely organised around custom timber storage units that are inbuilt with whiteboards for impromptu brainstorming sessions.

Some areas have outdoor furnishings

The two levels of the office are linked together via a statement staircase made from the same CLT that was used in the construction of the building.

Designed to "feel like passing through a forest of trees", its balustrade comprises a series of vertical timber beams that rise from the fourth floor all the way up to the ceiling on the fifth floor.

A CLT staircase connects the office's two floors

Founded in 1965, EF combines language training with cultural exchanges, encouraging participants to learn by doing.

The company's Denver office is one of six projects shortlisted in the large workspace interior category of this year's Dezeen Awards.

Others in the running include the headquarters of lifestyle and wellness brand Goop, which Rapt Studio decked out with soft colours and rounded furnishings to foster a calming ambience.

Photography is by David Lauer.

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Project credits:

Project architect: Ronnie Leone, Gensler (Denver)
Construction: Rand Construction Company

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Tulip tower by Foster + Partners set to be given go-ahead

UK housing secretary Michael Gove is expected to approve the construction of the Tulip tourist attraction designed by Foster + Partners, over-ruling London mayor Sadiq Khan's previous decision to refuse planning permission.

Gove is preparing to give the controversial 300-metre-high tower by Foster + Partners the go-ahead within the next month according to a report in the Telegraph newspaper.

Michael Gove is expected to give the Tulip tourist attraction the go-ahead

The decision would overturn London mayor Khan's rejection of the Tulip in 2019 due to concerns that the structure would provide "very limited public benefit" to the capital city.

At the time, the mayor's spokesperson also said Khan felt the design was "of insufficient quality for such a prominent location" and that it would "result in harm to London's skyline".

Tulip is "inevitably controversial"

The Tulip was designed by Foster + Partners in 2018 for a site next to the Stirling Prize-winning 30 St Mary Axe, known as The Gherkin, which the studio also created.

If built, it would contain a publicly accessible observation deck along with bars and restaurants and become the tallest structure in the City of London financial district.

According to the Telegraph, the government is believed to be backing the City of London Corporation, which originally approved the structure and believes it will establish the area as a "world-class destination".

"The Tulip would play an important role in further realising a vision for the Square Mile as a vibrant 24/7 world-class destination and that the building would send a powerful message that London remains open to all," a City of London Corporation spokesperson told the Telegraph.

If built it will become the tallest structure in the City of London

Plans for the Tulip tourist attraction have proved controversial from its inception. London City Airport has previously raised concerns about the structure impacting its radar system and Khan said it would breach London's planning guidelines when it was first revealed.

Norman Foster,  the founder of Foster + Partners, also said himself that the project was "inevitably controversial" but that it has "the possibility of being a symbol beyond its host city".

Decision to be made by 11 November

Gove's final decision on the Tulip is expected to be announced by 11 November at the latest.

Former housing secretary Robert Jenrick was due to make the decision in September, but he was removed from his post in a cabinet reshuffle.

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Foster + Partners reveals updated visuals of The Tulip viewing platform as planning inquiry begins

New London Architecture chairman Peter Murray is another supporter of the Tulip, having previously said the attraction could help the city recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

"The whole of London needs a strong centre if we are to remain a competitive global city," Murray said. "If it is to do so it needs investments like The Tulip more than ever."

The Tulip is not the only controversial proposal for a new London landmark to be opposed by Khan. In 2017, plans for the Thomas Heatherwick-designed Garden Bridge were scrapped due to a lack of support from the mayor.

It followed a financial inquiry into the project found that it would be likely to cost over £200 million, well above the original estimated price tag of £60 million.

The renders are by DBOX for Foster + Partners.

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