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Architecture studio Bureau de Change has covered a Cotswolds house formed of a pair of interlocking barn-style buildings in brick and larch, which has been charred for a graduated effect.

Long House is comprised of two parallel volumes that appear pushed together so they overlap, merging internally to create a large living space overlooking a patio.

“We took the elongated forms of two 30-metre-long timber chicken sheds as the starting point for the new design,” Bureau de Change co-founder Billy Mavropoulos told Dezeen.

The chicken sheds used to occupy the site where the house now stands.

Both barns have been lent a distinctive character by their contrasting finishes, chosen to blend in with the surrounding landscape of the English countryside.

The materials are complimentary but contrasting – one heavier and with fewer openings, the other lighter and more open.

“The front barn has been built in dry stone wall by a local craftsman, chosen not only for its local relevance but also for its mass and muscularity,” said  Mavropoulos. “This facade is monolithic, with fewer openings to produce a heavier, solid volume at the front,” he added.

“As a counterpoint, the taller barn at the back is clad in a lighter-weight natural larch which has been charred to a deep leathery black at each window recess.”

These charred black strips  blend into the facade with ombré-effect edges, running the full height of Long House. The darker areas frame windows at both the ground and first floor levels.

Inside, simple white interiors frame views of both the patio and the surrounding countryside.

The two barns are loosely divided around their functions, and a small annexe sits alongside the main house.

Facing the road, single-storey brick volume houses a bedroom and studio for the artist who owns the house, giving greater privacy at a slight remove from the centre of the home.

To the south, a two-storey, wood-clad volume is occupied by a large living, dining and kitchen area at ground floor with bedrooms and bathroom above.

Where the two meet, a large cut into the lower barn was made to create space for the patio space with a tree planted at the centre. This terrace also cuts slightly into the taller barn, and is lined internally with copper.

Bureau de Change was founded by Billy Mavropoulos and Katerina Dionysopoulou.

The practice has recently completed several other projects in its home city of London, including a concrete extension to a home in Clapham and a mixed-use building in Fitzrovia with a “twisting” brick facade.

Photography is by Gilbert McCarragher.

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A large window punctures white-painted brickwork to reveal fashion brand Everlane‘s store in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighbourhood.

The 4,400-square-foot (409-square-metre) Everlane store in Williamsburg is the US clothing brand’s “largest store yet”, and doubles the size of its other New York store on Prince Street in Soho to create more space for shoppers.

“We love our Soho location, but the lines can sometimes be a bit much,” said Everlane.

Everlane Williamsburg is an existing brick building that is painted white – a characteristic of the brand’s pared-back aesthetic.

A 20-foot (six-metre) tall glazed facade marks the entrance of Everlane Williamsburg with glass, double doors that bring natural light inside. The interior decor continues Everlane’s “signature minimalist design” with a bright, white space paired with touches of wood and concrete floors.

A series of pale wooden volumes for displaying clothes fill the store, along with matching wood shelves and white racks. Decor includes Alvar Aalto‘s Stool 60 by his furniture brand Artek.

At the heart of the store on the ground floor are 12 fitting rooms concealed behind pale grey curtains. A slatted wood wall flanks a corridor for the changing area, and a series of round, wood stools provide seating nearby.

The design of the store is intended to alleviate the congestion caused by people queueing to try on clothes, as well as those visiting and purchasing.

With the text-to-try-on system, Everlane holds the products customers want to try on and sends messages via devices to signal when the changing room is ready. It works similar to a restaurant reservation system.

“We’re doubling the number of fitting rooms in our Williamsburg store, adding more checkouts, and introducing a brand new fitting room system: Save My Spot (Everlane SMS),” the brand said.

At the rear of the store, on the main level, is an area dedicated to denim with three large graphics on the expansive wall overhead. A tree scales the double-height space and is surrounded by a blue cushion bench.

A staircase leads to the first floor, which is occupied by the brand’s first space dedicated solely to menswear. Smaller than the ground floor, it features glass balustrades on two of sides that overlook the front and black of the store below. Four changing rooms are also located on this level.

Rounding out Everlane Williamsburg is a wooden check-out counter, placed near the stairs.

Everlane was founded in 2010 in San Francisco, where it also has a small showroom to accompany its headquarters and another store located in a historic building.

The brand is striving to create more sustainable pieces, including Tread sneakers made from leather, recycled rubber and plastic bottles and coats and fleece sweaters also made from plastic bottles.

These initiatives form part of Everlane’s goal to eliminate virgin plastic from its supply chain by 2021.

Williamsburg is gaining traction as a shopping hub in New York City, and several other stores have locations here including Lunya, Supreme, Le Labo and Levi’s.

Photography is by Guillermo Cano.

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I imagine having a backyard pool is much more complicated than just pouring water into a pit. It needs to be periodically cleaned, chlorine-regulated, pH moderated, etc. Sutro’s Pool Monitor floats around your pool like a miniature buoy, keeping track of the water’s composition. It beams all this data right to your phone, allowing you to manage your pool efficiently. The floating monitor comes with a month-long battery life, and shares data to your phone, letting you know your pool’s pH level, chlorine level, and even the water’s temperature should you choose to use the Pool Monitor in a hot-tub. The Pool Monitor works even with pool-covers on, allowing you to use it throughout the year, and its partnership with a network of pool-maintenance companies lets you simply take charge of your pool by clicking a button to order the right materials and tools for your pools!

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You have to love origami for the creative freedom and empowerment it gives to humble materials like paper and leather. Using simple, intuitive yet strengthening techniques, origami is like a shot of superhero juice that transforms these products into super-products that fold, hold heavy weights and basically challenge your perception of the capability of that material! And let’s not forget, all this is happening under the beautiful and minimal approach ushered in by the nation that designed origami in the first place, Japan. So get ready to watch and be awed by this collection of designs that will surely transform and find a place in your everyday lives!

With the Imagiro, the carpet isn’t just a carpet anymore, but instead is an imagination-fueled origami art-installation that decorates your home (or even a hotel/retail space) in all three dimensions, displayed as a part of the Wayon showcase by EINA University of Design, Barcelona.

When packaged, the Fold wallet comes as an open, unfolded piece of leather, secured to a packaging board that also contains the instructions to assemble the wallet together. With two simple fasteners, the Fold wallet comes together, transforming from a flat piece of leather to an incredibly useful, classy, zero-compromise wallet that’s sure to spark conversation by Lemur Design.

The Polygons is the origami-like measuring spoon that lays flat and folds to 4 different sizes to fit your cooking and baking needs by Rahul Agarwal.

Crafted from environmentally friendly PVC and PP, the FODI is a nifty little stand for your tablet and smartphone. When flat, it measures a cool 1mm thick and uses the powers of Origami to fold open into a convenient stand that lets you dock your smartphone or tablet onto it at a convenient angle for watching videos, movies, or just regular video-chatting by Kade Chan & Kiho Satoshi.

This technique takes a spin on the everyday mechanism of contracting and stretching an origami structure to turn on the light! Designed by Yael Akirav, this ‘conductive origami’ came to life by 3D printing the conducting filament on fabrics.

The Bone Aid is a simple flat-packed board with a printed folding guide. The guide allows it to be folded in three different ways, making it an effective cast for elbows, legs or ankles by Yu-Chi Wang.

The Omotenasino Otomo employ an Origami-esque pattern, and their innovation lies in the treatment of the paper, which makes these dishes infinitely washable and reusable.

The pop-up booster for Bombol is the first fold and store away booster seat for toddlers. The pop-up is comprised of an origami structure which is incredibly strong and safe. How strong? The pop-up met both the international safety standard for boosters and even the standard for adult furniture, which meant pounding it with a 75kg weight over 20,000 times – and it still didn’t break, designed by Frederic Gooris for Bombol.

3box is a series of foldable boxes, which size and function can be adjusted by scaling the triangular 2d mesh by King Kong Design.

Setting out to design a motorbike that is indicative of Japan’s culture, spirit, and aesthetic, Artem and Vladimir designed the Motorbike for Great Japan. The motorbike’s design makes use of planar surfaces, reminiscent of samurai uniforms, and a body with an origami-inspired form.

LaCrosse Footwear, Inc. is looking for a Senior Designer to join our creative team to produce and oversee digital and print creative projects. This person will need experience creating all forms of graphic design: digital/online, print and in-store, creative concept and campaign ideation, and the ability to move from big ideas down to detailed production executions. Part of this role will be to ensure that high quality creative pieces are on-brand and delivered on-schedule.

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