Dezeen Showroom: Madrid's Mayice Studio has designed a pendant light for LZF Lamps, which is clad in a single piece of hand-blown borosilicate glass.Called Dune, the design consists of a tube that is regularly shaped on both...

Who needs a beach when choosing a location for a weekend retreat from the city? A young Auckland couple wanting a rural getaway opted for a site on a farm owned (though not worked) by their family...

Hamilton has something of a reputation, and it’s not for design. Modern and innovative wouldn’t, perhaps, be appropriate words for the Hamilton City coat of arms. But on the bank of the Waikato River in Hamilton East,...

Mercury Bay’s main town of Whitianga has a permanent population of about 4,000 but swells with the summer tides by thousands more. On the northern end of the township is Buffalo Beach, named for the HMS Buffalo,...

On his first day on the job, President Joe Biden signed a flurry of executive orders rolling back Trump administration proclamations on everything from environmental regulations (rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement) to immigration (preserving the Deferred Action...

Basements are like blank canvases because they are typically storage rooms and not made for anything else, or so we thought. But like any other part of the house, the basement needs lighting. As a matter of...

Graf Lantz has released some fun new products for home and office – which may be the same place right now – that we’re excited to share with you! Made by a team of artisans in Los...

January is a great time to contemplate your stash, and if you’ve got some odd balls you want to use up, the Stash Dive Scarf from Summer Lee is a great option.Her version used worsted and fingering...

As quilters, sometimes it is fun to get back to the basics.  With all of the intricate and beautiful quilt patterns available, it’s nice to do something simple, and quilt block tutorials are a great way to...

I love being thrifty with household goods, especially in the kitchen. Since I don’t have my own compost, I try to reduce food waste in creative ways. I use herb stems in stews and vegetable scraps to...