Cajsa Carlson

London

Deputy Editor at Dezeen

Swedish journalist and editor in London, writing about design and architecture. Deputy editor @Dezeen.

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I IN designs Blue Bottle Coffee in Takanawa to carry "the essence of history into the present"

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

Japanese studio I IN has created a cafe for Blue Bottle Coffee in Takanawa, Tokyo, with a design that references historic stone gates and aims to promote human interaction. I IN, which is led by Yohei Terui and Hiromi Yuyama, was tasked with designing the cafe in Tokyo's Takanawa Gateway City. The historic area served as the gateway to the city when Tokyo was named Edo. It is also where Japan's first railway was built.
This week we revealed the A to Z of the art deco style

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

This week on Dezeen we listed key examples of the influential art deco style, which is celebrating its centenary this week, ranging from the Chrysler Airflow car to ziggurats. Concluding our Art Deco Centenary series, the A to Z guide aimed to provide an overview of the style. First catapulted onto the global stage with the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, which opened 100 years ago this week, art deco was the defining style of the 1920s and 1930s.
Dimore Studio's La Dolce Vita Orient Express is "an homage to the golden age of travel"

1 week ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

Milan-based Dimore Studio drew on Italian design from the 1960s and 70s when creating the interior of luxury train La Dolce Vita Orient Express, the latest launch from the world's most famous train line. The work of designers such as Cini Boeri, Claudio Salocchi and Mario Marenco influenced the studio's design of the train, which is the first in a number of new initiatives from the travel brand.
Do Ho Suh | Dezeen

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson |Amy Frearson |Alice Morby

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.
Do Ho Suh explores why architecture is "important in forming your identity"

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

Artist Do Ho Suh has created a colourful, woven-together model of his former homes for the Walk the House exhibition, which opens today in London. Named Walk the House after a Korean expression related to how a traditional hanok house could be disassembled and reassembled, the Tate Modern exhibition comprises architectural installations, videos and paintings.
A to Z guides

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Nat Barker |Cajsa Carlson |Tom Ravenscroft

New! Dezeen Agenda US Sent on alternate Fridays, this US edition of Dezeen Agenda is a fortnightly newsletter rounding up everything you need to know from America, featuring news, projects and interviews with industry figures. Plus occasional updates and invitations to Dezeen events. New! Dezeen Showroom New Releases A quarterly newsletter rounding up a selection of recently launched products by designers and studios, published on Dezeen Showroom.
Michael Anastassiades designs triangular Cygnet light to evoke sun-lit kites

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

Designer Michael Anastassiades unveiled his Cygnet light, made from Japanese washi paper and informed by childhood memories of kite flying, at this year's Milan design week. An exhibition at the Jacqueline Vodoz and Bruno Danese Foundation in central Milan showcased Cygnet alongside two other new designs by Anastassiades – Frame and Floor Mobile Chandelier.
Eight homes with hardwearing and decorative terracotta floors

2 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

For our latest lookbook, we've gathered eight homes with decorative and practical terracotta floors, from a living room in a Menorcan barn to a Los Angeles home informed by ryokans. Terracotta-brick floors can give homes a warm, rustic feel and have the advantage of being hardwearing and low-maintenance. Made from reddish-brown earthenware clay fired at a low temperature, terracotta was used to create sculptures as early as 3,000 BCE.
Logy restaurant in Taipei features lights resembling bamboo stalksLogy

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Cajsa Carlson

Warm and earthy tones and materials were used to create Taiwanese fine-dining restaurant Logy, which architect Keiji Ashizawa designed for "intimate dining experiences". Located in Neihu, Taipei's business district, Logy's interior was designed in reference to the Taiwanese and Japanese ingredients that its chef, Ryogo Tahara, uses in his cooking. Teapots decorate the entrance areaVisitors enter the space via a brick-clad waiting area, where downlit teapots decorate the terracotta-hued wall.
Studio TOOJ | Dezeen

3 weeks ago | dezeen.com | Rima Sabina Aouf |Cajsa Carlson

Stockholm-based Studio TOOJ has designed Contourage, a bright-blue table with a wood-grain pattern that was constructed from 3D-printed sand using a binder jetting process. More