American firm Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island that consists of three barn-like structures wrapped in cedar and constructed using prefabricated timber elements. The project, called North Fork, sits within the quiet town of Peconic and is named after its location on Long Island's North Fork. Lake Flato Architects has completed a family retreat on Long Island Located about two hours by car from New York City, the agrarian area is known for its family farms and vineyards, along with its strong connection to the sea. "The North Fork is a place of simple barns, f ..read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a family home in the South Downs National Park by Sandel Rendel Architects. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. The five-bedroom home was built on the site of a 1950s bungalow situated on a gently sloping terrain on the outskirts of Pulborough. Readers analysed the home, with one characterising it as "a peaceful place to live a peaceful life." Another, concurring, lauded the studio for its "dignified and thoughtful design." Heineken and Bodega unveil nostalgic Boring Phone for Gen Z and Millennials Other stories in this week's newsletter ..read more

LA-based design studio Do Lab has created a series of fabric "mushrooms" to cover the audience and performers for one of the stages at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The installation consisted of nine, oversized satellite-shaped sculptures distributed across a field, under which festival-goers could get some shade, rest and dance. LA design studio and festival producers created a series of mushroom-shaped installations for this year's Coachella Do Lab, founded by brothers Jesse, Josh and Dede Flemming, has created installations and stages for Coachella since 2004 ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: first created for the TV show Denmark's Next Classic, designer Thomas Albertsen's Grasp portable lamp for Danish brand Frandsen has an innovative rechargeable bulb. Frandsen picked up the Grasp portable lamp after Albertsen debuted it on the reality TV competition Denmark's Next Classic, in which it was one of the best lighting designs. The Grasp portable lamp is designed for indoors and out The brand says it recognised the 'exceptional potential' of the design, which has a refined metal form made up of two cones – one for the base and one for the lampshade – connected by a s ..read more

Students at Swiss design school HEAD Genève have created an installation of speculative furniture design depicting a dystopian campsite at Alcova during Milan design week. Designed by students at the Master of Arts in Interior Architecture (MAIA) at HEAD Genève, the installation was placed in an outbuilding at Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, a 16th-century villa that was one of design showcase Alcova's outposts during this year's Milan design week. Students from HEAD Genève created an installation of post-apocalyptic furniture at Alcova Milan 2024 Called 2084, Diorama of the Future, the installation ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Patricia Urquiola brings the textured look and feel of clay to bathroom sinks with the Cenote washbasin, created for Italian brand Agape. The Cenote washbasin draws inspiration from the ancient Mayans, who considered the rocky natural waterholes known as cenotes as both water sources and places of spiritual significance. The Cenote basin is made of hand-moulded clay Here, Urquiola reinterprets the idea in two ways, one version in fireclay and the other in lava stone. The original Cenote basin is made on a potter's wheel and showcases the rough texture of natural- or ..read more

Promotion: British studio Zaha Hadid Design has created an updated version of its sinuous Cove kitchen for Italian brand Boffi's 90th anniversary that offers "the flexibility of a modular system". Made from mouldable materials including Corian and wood, the 2024 Cove kitchen has a sleek, sinuous shape. The Cove kitchen by Zaha Hadid Design It is a continuation of Zaha Hadid Design's customisable island launched with Boffi in 2017, which was fitted in the firm's 520 West 28th project that was then nearing completion in New York's Chelsea neighbourhood. The new Cove kitchen, which was designed ..read more

Dezeen Showroom: Italian manufacturer Marazzi has created a range of stone-effect porcelain tiles named Silver Root, with veiny surfaces made by 3D printing. Silver Root has a neutral colour palette with dark brown veining contrasting against a light background, informed by the appearance of Turkish marble. Silver Root references the veining of Turkish marble The tiles come in rectangular and square formats and they can be applied to a range of surfaces, including floors, walls, bathrooms and kitchen worktops. Its veined surface pattern was made by the 3D Ink technology developed by ..read more

Kelly Wearstler is often hailed as contemporary interior design's most recognisable name. In this interview, she tells Dezeen about crafting her textured and eclectic style. American interior designer Wearstler has been dressing rooms since her mid-twenties, rising to become one of the discipline's most significant names. "I'm obsessed with nuance," she told Dezeen. "I view design as boundless and undefined, but if I had to choose a single word to describe my approach it would be 'mixology'." Top: Kelly Wearstler designed the interiors for the Austin Proper hotel. Photo by Ingalls Photography ..read more

Nendo founder Oki Sato broke two frying pans when creating the heated-up material for his colourful Hana-arashi furniture collection for Paola Lenti, which was shown as part of Milan design week. The designer, whose studio Nendo is known for its innovative but often pared-back and monochrome designs, created an unusually colourful collection for his collaboration with Italian design brand Paola Lenti. Called Hana-arashi, it was made from leftover material and offcuts from Paola Lenti's outdoor furniture as part of the brand's Mottanai series of projects that aim to reuse waste. The Hana-arash ..read more