Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More »
Schwinge unveils futuristic pyramid-shaped Tetra superyacht concept
Designer Jonathan Schwinge has created a conceptual superyacht with a pyramid-shaped body that would lift itself above the water at high speeds. More »
Gwyneth Paltrow enlists Gensler to design Hollywood members-only club
Lexus announces finalists for 2016 design award for young creatives
Dezeen promotion: a clock that uses UV-responsive liquid to tell the time, eco-friendly packaging made from algae, and modular clothing are among the prototype designs shortlisted for this year's Lexus Design Award. More »
Will.i.am's second wearable tech device is a voice-activated smartwatch
Music producer Will.i.am has returned to the world of wearable technology with another smartwatch: a voice-activated device named Dial that runs on a bespoke operating system called AneedA. More »
Folkform's Revolving Bookcases designed to make physical books look desirable
Stockholm 2016: responding to the rise of digitalised texts and e-reader devices, Swedish design duo Folkform has created a set of revolving units for presenting "increasingly desirable" physical books. More »
Spark unveils plans for colourful beach huts built from recycled ocean plastic
Architecture firm Spark wants to use plastic to build a series of elevated beach huts resembling giant pine cones in Singapore. More »
Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More »
Ikea's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More »
Morrow + Lorraine to build five holiday homes on England's Jurassic Coast
Architecture studio Morrow + Lorraine has been given the go ahead to build a set of clifftop holiday homes on the Isle of Portland, England (+ slideshow). More »
Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More »
Ventura Lambrate announces theme and designers for 2016 exhibition
Dezeen promotion: Ventura Lambrate has revealed the participants who will exhibit under one of its themes, Thinking Traditions and Academies, for its event during Milan design week from 12 to 17 April 2016 (+ slideshow). More »
Car brands are dazzled by technology and neglecting users, say van der Lubbe and van Eijk
Design Indaba 2016: the car industry is so obsessed with new technology that it is forgetting about people, according to Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. More »
"Floating" extension to be built over roof of Vienna's Wien Museum
SelgasCano creates London bookstore promoting "a return to physical material things"
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More »
Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More »
Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update
See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with the Hassell, Dezeen, NBBJ and Scandinavian furniture brand Hem, which opened its first physical store in Berlin last year (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, Foster + Partners, the Van Alen Institute and more... More »
Light is bent, refracted and projected at Formafantasma's Anno Tropico exhibition
Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma is hosting a solo exhibition that explores the "expressive qualities of light" at the Peep-Hole Contemporary Art Centre in Milan (+ slideshow). More »
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