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Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Vienna Design Week, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his Austrian background, the benefits of keeping a diary and trying to prevent his studio growing. More »
English architect John Glew has introduced new fenestration and a zinc-clad extension to this mock-Georgian house in north London, squeezing the new structure into a wedge of land between the house and its neighbour. More »
Dezeenwire: clothing brand Gap have scrapped their new logo, launched last week, after customers objected to the design – BBC
London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story). More »
This sofa by Copenhagen designers KiBiSi consists of stacked pillows with fiber concrete buttons. More »
Tel Aviv studio Derman Verbakel Architecture have installed a series of archways and mobile furniture between the city and the sea in Bat Yam, Israel. More »
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. More »
British car brand Aston Martin are to launch a luxury compact city car, called Cygnet, next year. More »
This house by Suppose Design Office in Hiroshima, Japan, is nestled into the hillside beneath a road and commands views over the city of Fukuyama. More »
English furniture company Another Country launched their inaugural collection at The Tramshed as part of the London Design Festival last month. More »
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of this building by AGi architects of Spain and Kuwait, comprising three homes clad in white stucco and three homes in black stone. More »
Vienna Design Week: for Vienna Design Week Swiss designer Nicolas Le Moigne presents a series of rings that incorporate mirrors, manipulating the diamond’s image. More »
Japanese designer Yuko Shibata created separate living and working areas in this Tokyo apartment by installing two mobile walls. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
This shopping centre and apartment block by Slovenian architects OFIS Arhitekti is due to begin construction in Ljubljana, Slovenia, next year. More »
Dezeenwire: at Tokyo Designers Week later this month Thomas Heatherwick is to be named Designer of the Year and Tokujin Yoshioka is to be named Artist of the Year in the Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards. See press release below.
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