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Takuto Ohta’s Deku is a playful, modular furniture set

Design Wanted

The modular wooden blocks can be stacked at various angles to form different furniture pieces. I don’t think about what I’m making, I feel the laws of physics in the freedom and inconvenience of combination, and I see the forest with the smell and texture of trees,” says the designer. Play in its most primitive form.

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Alex Cochrane Architects designs shops to "embrace the elegant proportions" of National Portrait Gallery

Dezeen

A green marble cash counter adds a subtle pop of colour The practice used arched forms in their design, taking their cues from the historical door and room openings within the space and in the wider gallery. "We They have a roughness, a texture that compares well with our metallic finishes."

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The Internet of Senses and the retail sector

CAAD

We’re talking about tools that allow us to control our sound environment and experience smell, taste, textures, and temperature digitally. Beyond the vibration of the controls or video game equipment, it is believed that smartphones will be able to reproduce shapes and textures, or the emulation of aromas in a movie.

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