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Seven minimalist bedrooms where wood adds visual interest

This lookbook collects seven minimalist bedroom interiors where designers have embraced wooden details to introduce natural warmth and texture.

Wood is often seen as an indispensable material in minimalism, particularly in pared-back bedroom interiors, where it adds much-needed warmth and cosiness.

Whether in the form of a sleek contemporary bed frame or a rustic armchair, the examples in this roundup testify to this idea, showcasing wood’s potential to enrich a minimalist bedroom without compromising on simplicity and serenity.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides curated visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring sculptural Akari lamps, poured resin floors and statement-making staircases.

Minimalist wooden bedroom in holiday home by Hanna Karits — Photo by Tõnu Tunnel

Holiday home, Estonia, by Hanna Karits

A wooden wall and ceiling add warmth and depth to this monochrome bedroom, located in a forested holiday home by interior architect Hanna Karits.

More subtle wooden details, including lamp bases and a timber-framed Pierre Jeanneret armchair, help tie the backdrop in with the space, which is otherwise finished with black and off-white furnishings.

Find out more about this holiday home ›

Mori House interior — Photo by Rafael Soldi

Mori House, USA, by SHED Architecture & Design

This pared-back bedroom is located within Mori House, a home built in 1963 but recently renovated by US studio SHED Architecture & Design.

Its neutral furnishings are paired with layers of wood in the form of flooring, ceiling panels and bedside tables. These add visual interest to the space while connecting the room to its forested surroundings, visible through the large wood-framed windows.

Find out more about Mori House ›

Minimalist bedroom of MA House by Timothee Mercier from Studio XM — Photo by Simone Bossi

MA House, France, by Studio XM

During a minimalist makeover of this old farm building in Vaucluse, architect Timothee Mercier aimed to emulate the “monastic qualities” of the surrounding landscape.

In the main bedroom, a bedframe made from oak and raffia sits against the whitewashed walls. Oak was also used for the desk, which is paired with an aubergine-coloured chair by Cassina.

“I decided early on to infuse the house with the monastic qualities of its surroundings,” Mercier told Dezeen. “The project tried to stay clear of fuss and clutter.”

Find out more about MA House

Barbican apartment designed by John Pawson — Photo by Gilbert McCarragher

Barbican flat, UK, by John Pawson

John Pawson applied his trademark minimalist style to this apartment in London’s Barbican estate, adorning its bright white surfaces with just a handful of furnishings.

Among them is a wooden bedframe with an oversized headboard, providing the space with a sculptural centrepiece without overpowering the deliberately sparse aesthetic.

Alongside it sits a marble plinth displaying a Buddha figurine – one of only five personal items the clients chose to display in their home.

Find out more about this Barbican flat ›

minimalist bedroom of Casolare Scarani in Puglia by Studio Andrew Trotter — Photo by Salva López

Casolare Scarani, Italy, by Studio Andrew Trotter

Rustic wooden wardrobes and a Shaker chair add texture to this stripped-back, plaster-walled bedroom, located in Casolare Scarani in Puglia.

Studio Andrew Trotter designed the interior as part of an overhaul of the building, which was once a school for girls. The studio aimed to keep alterations and furnishings to a minimum to retain focus on its original character and detailing, such as the vaulted ceilings.

Find out more about Casolare Scarani ›

Fleet House by Stanton Williams — Photo by Jack Hobhouse

Fleet House, UK, by Stanton Williams

Pale wooden finishes and white walls dominate the interiors of this house in London’s Hampstead by local studio Stanton Williams, including its uncluttered bedroom featuring an Elbow Chair by Hans J Wegner.

According to the studio, the minimalist design was chosen to provide the client with a “contemporary but timeless” home.

Find out more about Fleet House ›

Bedroom inside Low Energy House designed by Architecture for London — Photo by Lorenzo Zandri and Christian Brailey

Low Energy House, UK, by Architecture for London

UK studio Architecture for London achieved a minimalist interior for its Low Energy House by using a restrained palette of natural materials.

In the main bedroom, this saw white-plaster walls and simple bed linens teamed with chunky Douglas fir floorboards and a bedframe with prominent wood grain, adding texture and tactility to the room.

Find out more about Low Energy House ›

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Build a Tasty Font Pairing with Hamburgerfonts

For a new specimen book and self-promo, Contrast Foundry (CoFo, familiarly) wanted to explore ways to highlight the retail typefaces and give designers a fun way to play with font pairings. The foundry enlisted the help of fellow San Francisco creative agency, The Office of Ordinary Things, to design something deliciously out of the ordinary.

Designers often use ‘Hamburgervons’ to assess the appearance and function of typefaces. Hamburgerfonts came to life as a fun play on this concept.

Based on layering ingredients as you would when assembling the project’s namesake, proteins become display type, veggies form the body, and condiments add a little something on top as supporting type. The concept, designed by TOOOT’s Johnny Gage, Camilla Gwise, and Giorgia Sage, isn’t simply about imagining your perfect burger, in theory; the piece is interactive, like an old-school children’s mix-and-match book.

Love the organic repetition of CoFo FlicFlac? CoFo Sans Black might be an ideal counterpoint. Add a grid-like element with CoFo Sans Pixel, or a variable industrial quality with CoFo Peshka. With CoFo’s 19 typefaces (and counting), you can customize the pairings to your heart’s delight.

Bright and colorful illustrations, a collaboration between the TOOOT team and CoFo’s Egor Golovyrin and Nikita Sapozhkov, complement the typefaces. The burger story continues through the packaging, with the adorable, handheld-sized book presented in a burger-style wrap, enclosed with a sticker.

Who’s hungry?

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Eight homes illuminated by Isamu Noguchi's sculptural Akari lamps

The paper Akari lamps by Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi have become modern classics that work in many different settings and interiors, as seen in our latest lookbook.

Although first launched in 1951, the lamps are still made today using Japanese washi paper and a traditional method from Japan’s Gifu region.

Akari lamps come in many different shapes and colours, as seen in the interiors below, which range from a London house with a small playful orange light to a Kyiv home with a spaceship-like floor lamp.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides curated visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring poured resin floors, statement-making staircases and kitchens with open shelving.

Living room inside Low Energy House designed by Architecture for London — Photo is by Lorenzo Zandri and Christian Brailey

Energy-saving home, UK, by Architecture for London

This home in north London‘s Muswell Hill area was designed to save energy, with solutions such as lime plastered walls to mitigate heat loss.

Its minimalist interior is enlivened by details such as Noguchi’s orange Akari 1AY light, which keeps watch over the hallway entrance.

Find out more about the energy-saving home ›

Bathroom with Akari lamps — Photo is by Justin Chung

Duane House, US, by OWIU

Design studio OWIU refurbished this 1926 home in Los Angeles using mid-century modern and traditional Japanese design touches.

In the airy bathroom, two Noguchi lamps have pride of place. A smaller light sits on a wooden side table next to a large bathtub, while the large cloud-shaped 25N model was placed on the floor next to the room’s floor-to-ceiling windows.

Find out more about Duane House ›

São Paulo apartment with wooden panels — Photo is by Denilson Machado

São Paulo apartment, Brazil, by BC Arquitetos

This 1970s São Paulo apartment, renovated by BC Arquitetos, showcases a large asymmetrical Akari light with decorative black dots.

Its graphic design stands out against the flat’s monolithic concrete columns and walnut panelling, adding a fun touch to the elegant space.

Find out more about the São Paulo apartment ›

Powerscroft Road by Daytrip — Photo is by Jake Curtis and Elliot Sheppard

Powerscroft Road townhouse, UK, by Daytrip

Design studio Daytrip renovated and expanded this London home by excavating its basement, which it turned into a light-filled kitchen.

A lopsided Akari lamp sits on the room’s wood-fired stove, while gleaming stone floors match a white marble table.

Find out more about Powerscroft Road townhouse ›

Shelving and dining space in interior of Kyiv apartment by Yana Molodykh — Photo is by Yevhenii Avramenko

Kyiv apartment, Ukraine, by Yana Molodykh

The spaceship-like shape of Noguchi’s Akari 9A lamp complements the many decorative objects on show in this Kyiv apartment, which also features plenty of storage.

With a colour palette of natural wood and cream, interior designer Yana Molodykh wanted to create a bright and eclectic space in the attic flat.

Find out more about the Kyiv apartment ›

Reading chair in Flat#6 by Studio MK27 — Photo is by Fran Parente

Flat 6, Brazil, by Studio MK27

Vintage and contemporary furniture pieces by designers including Lina Bo Bardi, Jorge Zalszupin and Giuseppe Scapinelli decorate this São Paulo flat.

Among the many recognisable pieces is a small Akari lamp that illuminates a reading corner in the four-bedroom flat, which features ipe wood wall panelling and basalt stone flooring.

Find out more about Flat 6 ›

Oku House by Freight Architects — Photo is courtesy of Freight Architects

Oku House, Singapore, by Freight Architects

Local studio Freight Architects referenced Singapore‘s traditional shophouses for its design of Oku House, which also draws on the Japanese spatial concept of oku or inwardness.

The minimalist interior was kept sparse and uncluttered but is decorated with Akari lamps in specific places, including the staircase (above) and the light-filled kitchen (main image).

Find out more about Oku House ›

House Bäumle by Bernardo Bader Architekten — Photo is by Adolf Bereuter

House Bäumle, Austria, by Bernardo Bader Architekten

The Akari 9A lamp flanks a wood-fired stove in this Austrian home, which stands out for its blackened timber cladding.

Inside, designers Bernardo Bader Architekten used lots of pale wood to create a light, airy interior.

Find out more about House Bäumle ›

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Simplehuman’s First Artist Collaboration Rethinks the Role of Everyday Design

Simplehuman, a brand best known for its minimal, high-function home products, has taken a creative detour. In its first-ever Artist Edition collaboration, the company has teamed up with Brooklyn-based muralist Katie Merz to reinterpret five of its most recognizable items through a bold, hand-drawn lens.

Merz, who is renowned for large-scale murals that feel part-glyph, part-storyboard, brings a playful weight to the collection. Her signature black-and-white linework, referencing architecture, urban signage, and spontaneous mark-making, wraps around Simplehuman staples like their sensor bins and soap dispensers. The limited capsule collection transforms these utilitarian tools into conversation pieces; objects that don’t just blend in, but ask to be noticed.

Per Simplehuman’s website, the collection blends “The best of both coasts — California design meets the art of New York.”

Collaborating with an artist like [Katie] Merz, whose work is rich with symbols and visual storytelling, marks a subtle but significant expansion of the brand’s design language.

What’s compelling here isn’t just the aesthetic shift, but the philosophical one. Simplehuman has long championed precision engineering and a restrained modernism. Collaborating with an artist like Merz, whose work is rich with symbols and visual storytelling, marks a subtle but significant expansion of the brand’s design language. In a space where “form follows function” has often meant stripping away visual complexity, this collection poses a new question: why not both?

Over the past decade, more brands have invited artists into their product development processes — not merely as surface decorators, but as collaborators who reframe how we relate to the objects around us. While many of these partnerships lean into the hype economy of luxury drops or limited runs, the Simplehuman x Katie Merz collection feels more exploratory than commercial.

Merz didn’t merely decorate the products; she responded to them. Her linework doesn’t mask their function, it interacts with it, draws attention to it, and adds a personal layer of meaning. “Partnering with Simplehuman allowed me to bring my visual language into a new, everyday context,” says Merz. “Each product became a starting point, with its shape, purpose, and movement guiding the drawings. These designs are kinetic blueprints, turning functional objects into storytelling surfaces.”

There’s an immediacy to her drawings, as if they were sketched directly onto the surfaces in a burst of intuitive energy. That looseness stands in welcome contrast to Simplehuman’s otherwise tightly controlled, systems-driven design aesthetic.

Each product became a starting point, with its shape, purpose, and movement guiding the drawings. These designs are kinetic blueprints, turning functional objects into storytelling surfaces.
Katie Merz, artist

This collaboration also reflects a larger trend in branding: artist partnerships as cultural strategy. In an era where authenticity and visual narrative matter more than ever, brands are increasingly turning to artists to humanize their products and engage audiences in new ways. From IKEA’s collaborations with street artists to Gucci’s work with contemporary illustrators, what once felt niche now signals relevance.

What makes this partnership stand out is how quietly it challenges assumptions, especially those about what design is “supposed” to look like in a domestic context. It’s not about ornamentation for its own sake; it’s about rethinking our relationship with the tools we use every day. A soap dispenser doesn’t need to tell a story — but what happens when it does?

That kind of thinking opens the door to new creative possibilities. And for a brand like Simplehuman, whose innovations have typically been hidden in sensors, hinges, and touchless features, it raises a bigger question: can design solve problems and still spark joy?

Whether this collection resonates with longtime fans remains to be seen. But it offers a clear reminder: even the most functional objects can become a canvas.

For the branding world, it signals a quiet evolution; from products that disappear into the background to those that become part of our visual and emotional lives. And for Simplehuman, often dubbed the “Apple of home goods,” it’s a confident first step into the expressive, unpredictable terrain of art-meets-everyday.

As Merz herself might say, every line tells a story. And in this new chapter, Simplehuman suggests that even the most routine rituals, taking out the trash, washing your hands, can be moments of subtle delight.

A soap dispenser doesn’t need to tell a story — but what happens when it does?

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Mohawk and Hybrid Design Reimagine Paper Promotion as a Recipe for Creativity

San Francisco-based agency Hybrid Design brings Mohawk’s latest packaging promotion to life in a delightfully tactile and imaginative way. Taking inspiration from vintage recipe boxes—once used to store handwritten family favorites—this promotional piece reinterprets that nostalgic form to present something entirely fresh.

Designed to showcase Mohawk’s premium paper offerings, the box neatly organizes samples into key packaging applications: folding cartons, rigid boxes, hang tags, and shopping bags. Each piece demonstrates a range of production techniques, including embossing, foil stamping, and digital printing, offering a tangible look at what’s possible with Mohawk’s materials.

More than just a sample kit, Mohawk’s promotion is meant to inspire. It encourages designers to explore, mix, and match papers as they think through packaging solutions for their next big idea. The execution is thoughtful and refined, packed with sensorial detail, and it beautifully reflects the versatility and creative potential of paper in packaging design.

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Six homes where poured resin floors provide a colourful backdrop

Apartment on a Mint Floor by Fala Atelier living room

Epoxy flooring, typically reserved for garages and industrial settings, is increasingly crossing over into residential interiors to introduce an unexpected burst of colour, as testified in our latest lookbook.

Developed by chemists in the 1930s, epoxy is made by mixing a base resin with a hardening agent to create a durable thermosetting plastic that found its first applications during world war two.

At the time, it was mainly used to coat and protect military equipment from moisture, chemicals and corrosion.

But the material’s wartime success soon spawned further research and the discovery that epoxy adheres easily to concrete, making it a popular choice for industrial flooring in factories, warehouses and laboratories.

Resin flooring eventually made its way into the home by the 1960s – although largely limited to garages, basements and the occasional kitchen.

Now, a new generation of colour-hungry architects and interior designers are bringing epoxy into living spaces as a more durable, low-maintenance alternative to tiles or carpets.

As the material is poured in situ and left to harden, it opens up the possibility of creating seamless floors across the whole home or custom patterns that respond to the architecture, as seen in the six examples below.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides curated visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring statement staircases, terracotta floors and kitchens with open shelving.

Apartment on a Mint Floor, Portugal, by Fala Atelier

Portuguese studio Fala Atelier spread glossy pistachio-green epoxy across the floors of this Porto apartment – including the terrace – to create a seamless surface.

“The colour choice was very much an intuitive one,” studio co-founder Filipe Magalhães told Dezeen.

“The goal was to unify all the spaces of the project, inside and outside, somehow compensating for the overall complexity of the plan.”

Find out more about Apartment on a Mint Floor ›

Riverside Tower apartment, Belgium, by Studio Okami Architecten

The original concrete structure of Antwerp’s brutalist Riverside Tower takes centre stage in this duplex apartment by local firm Studio Okami Architecten.

To counterbalance the building’s rough cementitious surfaces, a peach-tinted resin floor was added alongside plenty of plants and a pastel-blue spiral staircase that leads up to the private spaces.

Find out more about Riverside Tower apartment ›

Univers Uchronia, France, by Uchronia

Leaning heavily into a 1970s theme, Uchronia founder Julien Sebban poured resin in different pastel colours across the floors of his apartment in Paris.

The result is a wavy pattern that moulds and responds to the architecture of the building, with swirls of butter yellow, mint green and baby blue.

Find out more about Univers Uchronia ›

Slab House, UK, by Bureau de Change Architects

Deep blue resin serves to delineate the kitchen from the open-plan living area of south London‘s Slab House by Greek duo Bureau de Change Architects.

Matching blue storage cupboards line the walls, concealing ample storage on one side and a cloakroom on the other.

Find out more about Slab House ›

Relámpago House, Spain, by H3O

Zigzagging walls and colourful surfaces come together to create an unexpected interior in this converted barn (top and above), where all the floors are coated in either seafoam green or fleshy pink epoxy that’s so glossy, it almost looks wet.

Spanish architecture studio H3O designed the interior to offer a counterpoint to the “anodyne interiors we are used to”.

Find out more about Relámpago House ›

Lika Lab, China, by Say Architects

Although not technically set in a home, the lounge of Hangzhou‘s Lika Lab boutique features an almost residential set-up, combining designer Patricia Urquiola‘s Tufty-Time sofa with custom furniture clad in milky resin.

The same translucent resin was also used to cover the store’s two windows to create a hazy ambience, completed by spreading glossy, peach-coloured epoxy across the floors.

Find out more about Lika Lab ›

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Eight statement-making staircases that elevate living spaces

From minimalistic silhouettes to sculptural curves, staircases offer creative ways to play with function and form. Our latest lookbook highlights eight staircases that take residential interiors to new levels.

Staircases can be central to a room or pushed off to the side, but no matter their position, they play an important role in the home.

Beyond their obvious functional aspect, staircases can play an important visual part, with designers orienting interior design schemes around them.

Often, renovations present creative opportunities to rethink existing staircases and unlock the potential of a historical space.

In this selection, we have selected a wide variety of different approaches to the staircase, from a blue-stained staircase in London to a brutalist one in Bengaluru.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring staircases with built-in bookshelves and staircases with unusual functional elements.

Flow House by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design — Photo by Riley Snelling.

Flow House, Canada, by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

This renovated Victorian home in Toronto features a sinuous staircase that connects all four levels of the home and sits under a skylight installed as part of the renovation.

Its white railing blends in with the walls of the home and accentuates both the curves and the stained-pine steps.

Find out more about Flow House ›

Metal staircase and concrete walls — Photo by Alex Shoots Buildings.

House of Seven Floors, Czech Republic, by Malý Chmel

This “quasi-spiral” steel staircase bridges a void between concrete structure elements as it provides access to the upper levels of the seven-floor home.

The industrial feature was referred to as an “inner statue” by the studio and is accentuated by the unfinished concrete walls and supports as it links the many levels of the house.

Find out more about House of Seven Floors ›

Cobalt Coach House by Foils — Photo by French & Tye

Cobalt Coach House, United Kingdom, by Foils

This London renovation required a staircase to connect the newly constructed second floor with the rest of the house.

Architecture studio Foils commissioned a birch-faced plywood staircase that was prefabricated and assembled on site. The stairs were stained a light blue colour that allows the wood grain to shine through and makes it a “key feature” of the renovation.

Find out more about Cobalt Coach House ›

Brussels townhouse, Belgium, by Mamout

This staircase fills an atrium space created when an addition was placed at the rear of a townhouse in the northeast of Brussels, connecting the home both vertically and horizontally.

It features blue-painted metal that curves while retaining straight lines. Its colour pops from the white-painted brick of the atrium, making it an “iconic element”, according to the designers.

Find out more about the Brussels townhouse ›

Sculptural wood staircase — Photo by Tom Ross

Northcote House, Australia, by LLDS Architects

This Melbourne home features several sculptural wood elements, the central spiral staircase being perhaps the most prominent.

The curved plywood curves upwards in a sculptural form reminiscent of art nouveau styles. It has a polished brass coating on the steps, and a banquette was placed at the nook created by the tapered base.

Find out more about Northcote House ›

Void House by Light and Air Architecture — Photo by Cesar Bejar

Void House, United States, by Light and Air Architecture

The staircase in this narrow New York City townhouse was completely turned in order to open up the interior spaces and to divide the programme.

The custom steel and white oak staircase was positioned under a skylight with a small gap left beside it to bring in additional light.

Find out more about Void House ›

Concrete house India — Photo by Ishita Sitwala

Pearls on Swine, India, by Multitude of Sins

This staircase blends into the concrete interiors of a house in Bengaluru, while providing a void for light to enter the living room.

The concrete used for the stairs is slightly lighter in places, allowing for the zig-zag form to stick out, and red detailing on the railing further accentuates its form as it floats from a landing to the second floor.

Find out more about Pearls on Swine ›

Light House by OFIS Arhitekti — Photo by Tomaz Gregoric

Light House, Crotia, by OFIS Arhitekti

Minimalistic wood framing characterises the interiors of this home on a Croatian island, placed inside a portion of a historic stone building.

On the ground floor, the wooden staircase is thicker and features storage underneath, but as it rises, it becomes lighter, sharing a similar configuration with the wooden flooring. Vertical wooden railing highlights the elevation of each step.

Find out more about Light House ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring decorative terracotta, banquette seating, wood-clad ceilings and statement pivot doors.

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Eight kitchens where open shelving turns storage into display

Our latest lookbook gathers stylish kitchens where open shelves and cabinets proudly display kitchenware, proving storage does not need to be hidden behind doors.

By opting out of cupboard doors, these kitchens achieve a spacious look where crockery and cookware are easily reached.

Whether it’s a single floating shelf, under-counter storage on a kitchen island or a larger wall display, open shelving gives the opportunity to show off kitchenware as decorative items in the home.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring kitchens with banquette seating, homes with terracotta floors and dining rooms with cantilevered chairs.

The Maker's Barn by Hutch Design outside London — Photo by Helen Cathcart

The Maker’s Barn, UK, by Hutch Design

Architecture studio Hutch Design used a palette of natural and neutral-toned materials for this holiday home on the outskirts of London.

In the kitchen, a shelf with a hanging rail, wood-lined niches, and a shelf suspended from the ceiling over a kitchen island display homemade ceramics and kitchenware.

Find out more about The Maker’s Barn ›

A kitchen with wooden shleving units — Photo by Cristobal Palma

Punta Chilen, Chile, by Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados

Rows of open shelves line the walls at Punta Chilen, a home extension containing an open-plan kitchen, living and dining room that was designed by Santiago-based architecture studio Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados.

Located on the island of Chiloe in Chile, the open shelves provide much-needed storage space while allowing views of the sea and surrounding landscape through floor-to-ceiling windows.

Find out more about Punta Chilen ›

Budapest studio flat, Hungary, by Position Collective

Hungarian studio Position Collective aimed to create a minimal interior suited to the needs of a pair of guests for this rental studio flat in Budapest.

Position Creative designed a functional and adaptable plywood storage unit for the kitchen, which features detachable shelves and pegs that can be reconfigured into different arrangements.

Find out more about the Budapest studio flat ›

Woodbury Residence by Of Architecture with open shelf kitchen — Photo by Lorenzo Zandri

Woodbury Residence, UK, by Of Architecture

Local studio Of Architecture renovated and extended Woodbury Residence in north London, adding a kitchen to the rear of the property that leads to a garden.

The kitchen has mix-and-match storage solutions, including wall-hung shelving and cabinets made of elm floorboards that were reused from the home’s former extension.

Find out more about Woodbury Residence ›

Microloft apartment in Melbourne by Studio Edwards with open kitchen shelving — Photo by Peter Bennetts

Microloft, Australia, by Studio Edwards

Microloft is a 24-square-metre micro apartment in Melbourne that was remodelled by Australian architecture firm Studio Edwards to have improved storage and clutter-free interiors.

Angular sheets of aluminium were used as countertops and to create triangular shelves over the kitchen stove, which were designed to make the best possible use of the corner space.

Find out more about Microloft ›

Brushed stainless steel kitchen with orange chairs — Photo by Edmund Dabney

London apartment, UK, by Holloway Li

A shiny steel kitchen informed by London’s many fast food shops takes the central focus in this apartment, which was self-designed by Alex Holloway, founder of local studio Holloway Li.

A curved backsplash takes cues from kebab and fish and chip shops, with a curved shelf providing space for cookbooks, sauces, glassware and pots and pans.

Find out more about the London apartment ›

Casa del Sapo by Espacio 18 Arquitectura in Oaxaca, Mexico — Photo by Onnis Luque and Fabian Martinez

La Casa del Sapo, Mexico, by Espacio 18 Arquitectura

La Casa del Sapo is a concrete seafront home situated on Zapotengo beach in Oaxaca, designed by Mexican practice Espacio 18 Arquitectura to have a minimalist appearance.

Two thick shelves jut out from the concrete back wall in the kitchen, which opens onto an outdoor patio.

Find out more about La Casa del Sapo ›

Vinyl House by Benjamin Wilkes — Photo by Chris Wharton

Vinyl House, UK, by Benjamin Wilkes

Open cabinets span along the wall over the kitchen countertop at Vinyl House, a London home extension designed by architecture studio Benjamin Wilkes to cater to the owners’ hobbies of cooking and music.

Combined with closed oak cupboards, the open shelving displays the owners’ best-loved kitchenware alongside cookbooks and potted plants.

Find out more about Vinyl House ›

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Kit Studio Designs a Brand Where Music Meets Mission

At times, cause-driven branding often teeters on the edge of performative, but Kit Studio’s identity for Raise the Roof doesn’t just talk the talk, it belts it out across dancefloors, timelines, and ticketing apps alike. A new music series amplifying emerging talent across the UK and Ireland, Raise the Roof is as much about social change as it is soundwaves, with 100% of profits donated to Centrepoint UK, the country’s leading charity working to end youth homelessness.

Raise the Roof’s branding is emotionally intelligent: not just a visual system, but a social contract between culture and care.

Kit Studio’s challenge was to create a brand that could hold both the energy of a live gig and the gravity of a social issue.

Kit Studio’s challenge was to create a brand that could hold both the energy of a live gig and the gravity of a social issue, which they met with a visual identity that radiates optimism without erasing urgency. The design captures the electricity of youth culture with a sharp, clean, and mobile-forward identity that feels native to Instagram stories, Spotify playlists, and gig posters alike. It’s flexible but not generic, recognizable without being overbearing. I’m particularly fond of the house hidden in the negative space of the raised hand icon.

And that’s the magic of it. The identity doesn’t lean on cliché or charity tropes; instead, it builds a credible bridge between Centrepoint’s mission and the music scene’s hunger for meaning. It speaks to a generation that wants their nights out to stand for something and for their money to go towards worthy causes.

Chris Bounds, creative partner at Kit Studio, sums it up well: “Raise the Roof is about good vibes and great music, and it’s also about making a difference.” That ethos is baked into every component of the campaign, from the adaptive brand assets to the roll-out across platforms like DICE and Eventbrite, creating a language of belonging, energy, and action.

Raise the Roof is a reminder that design can be loud, joyful, and generous, all at once.

Kit Studio, known for their work with culture-forward brands like Square, charity: water, and the London Transport Museum, has once again proven that purpose and play can not only coexist, but they can elevate each other. Raise the Roof is a reminder that design can be loud, joyful, and generous, all at once.

In an industry where youth culture is often commodified without being cared for, this brand doesn’t just raise the roof, it raises the stakes. 100% of the profit is donated to Centrepoint UK, making Raise the Roof the most feel-good gig you’ll ever attend.

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