Elastic House by Etienne Meneau

French sculptor Etienne Meneau‘s Elastic House is a concept for an unstable hut in the middle of a lake. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

French sculptor Etienne Meneau‘s Elastic House is a concept for an unstable hut in the middle of a lake. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Architect Daniel Libeskind‘s extention to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is nearing completion. More »

British designer Max Lamb has sent photos and text explaining the making of his Bronze Poly Chair, a recent design that involves hand-carving a polystyrene chair and then casting it in bronze. More »

Architectural photographer Daniel Clements has won the architecture category of the International Color Awards for photography, with this picture called Memorial Blocks Berlin. More »

Creative agency Moving Brands is launching a fashion label that allows consumers to participate in the creation of designer garments. More »

Our story last month about the launch of a product called TranslucentConcrete provoked a lot of comments, with many people pointing out that a similar product called Litracon was patented in 2002. More »

London designers PearsonLloyd recently completed the interior of a new UK headquarters for office furniture manufacturer Steelcase. More »

People with iPhones can now access Dezeen directly from their home screen, using the groovy new “webclip” we’ve created (above). More »

Here are some photographs of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects‘ recently completed canoeing facilities for children and young people on the river Thames in London. More »

Dutch designers Freedon of Creation have created a giant, illuminated shoe containing a miniature city for Japanese footwear brand Onitsuka Tiger. More »

Italian architect and designer Ilaria Marelli created this installation at the Pitti Uomo men’s fashion fair in Florence this month. More »

The proposed Taichung Gateway park by Stan Allen Architects will create a new urban district on the site of the former airport in Taichung, Taiwan. More »

Polish designers AZEdesign have created two textile products embellished with the outlines of objects which may be placed on them while in use. More »

German design student Jana Klein-Kalmer designed this temporary exhibition space to show off student work at the HAWK Hildesheim university of applied sciences. More »

L’arbre de Flonville is a metal tree created by British designer Samuel Wilkinson in collaboration with Swiss designers Oloom. More »