15/09/2026
Design picks of the week š”
Image 1: An abandoned canal-edge site in Hackney has been reimagined as āThe Playscape Gardenā a community hub that swaps static rooms for a climbable, explorable terrain of cave-like structures, gardens, and play spaces. Central to the design is "tending," a principle drawn from Derek Jarman's gardening philosophy, where data from his garden's planting activity was translated into structural form.
Image 2: Sylvan Hillebrand has reworked 125 years of Dutch craftsmanship, giving the oil paint company Rembrandt a brand refresh. With a new type system, expanded palette, and a heritage badge inspired by one of Rembrandt's own etchings. Still unmistakably Rembrandt, just with more range
Image 3: 19-year-old UK designer Alexandra Burch was one of eight finalists in the Redress Design Award, competing in Hong Kong with a collection made entirely from salvaged offcuts and faulty blankets from the now-closed Cotswold Woollen Weavers mill. As Burch argues - "waste is not inevitable, it's a design decision.ā.