All articles by Katherine Houston

Katherine Houston

Adidas x Parley create trainers using illegal plastic from the ocean

Adidas and Parley have worked together to suggest an extraordinary answer for the immense plastic quandary polluting the earth’s oceans. The solution? Wear the problem, turning deadly fishing gear into a revolutionary stylish shoe. Adidas has teamed up with renowned designer Alexander Taylor, who will be releasing 50 pairs of stylish trainers created using over 16 plastic bottles, and 13 grams of gill nets each.

A metal morphing head visualizes Franz Kafka’s distressed psyche

A visually striking 11m tall head kinetic sculpture in Prague has been formed of renowned writer Franz Kafka. Located inside a busy shopping centre, right next to a building in which Kafka himself once worked as a clerk in an insurance company, the sculpture has been named ‘K on Sun’ and was created by David Černý, a courageous Czech sculptor.

Sweden’s smörgåsbord of Architecture

Sweden is an astounding country being the home of Ikea, smörgåsbord, ABBA, Max Burger and incredibly successful in Eurovision. Today is the National day of Sweden, so what better way to celebrate than to delve into the top five picks of architecture throughout this stunningly modern Scandinavian country.

Dubai takes the lead with the world’s first 3D-printed office

The City of Gold has decided to use 3D-printing for its newest showpiece building structure, using a 3D-printer to construct an innovative office space in just 17 days.

Clerkenwell Design Week 2016 begins

DesignCurial takes a swift tour around Clerkenwell to get a feel for what to expect from this year’s festival

Getting to know Marilyn, ‘Legacy of a Legend’ Exhibition 2016

Experience the one off opportunity in the UK exploring inside the life of the Blonde Bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, where Julien’s Auctions will open its doors to a fascinating exhibition at the Design Centre in Chelsea Harbour.

Driverless cars could be on roads within four years, Queen says

During the Queen’s annual speech of announcing what the UK government will be focused on over the coming the 12 months, she spoke very futuristically from her famously thick paper which takes the ink three days to dry, that the country will focus on space tourism, autonomous cars and drones.