This week on Dezeen
We've been reporting on the imm cologne trade fair this week, where a proposed home of the future is installed. Our Dezeen Music Project featured track plus more architecture and design news from the past seven days follows. More
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Atelier Tekuto creates an angular house with a pattern of pointy skylights
A geometric pattern of skylights frames views of the sky from inside this angular white residence in Tokyo by Japanese firm Atelier Tekuto (+ slideshow). More
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JDS Architects designs fictional museum for Danish television drama
News: architect Julien de Smedt has designed a museum to feature at the centre of a plot line in popular Danish television series The Legacy. More
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Google's "smart contact lenses" could help diabetics monitor blood sugar levels
News: scientists at the Google[x] research facility in California are working on contact lenses containing tiny electronics that could constantly monitor glucose levels in the tears of people with diabetes. More
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Job of the week: visual artist at Herzog & de Meuron
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a visual artist with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, whose cylindrical skyscraper design proposed for London's Canary Wharf is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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"Cyborg scenario" will see computers in the brain replace wearable tech
News: surgically implanted chips that feed digital information directly into the brain will supersede wearable technology, according to the co-founder of a leading 3D imaging studio. More
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M03 house renovation by BAST contrasts an old brick base with a new metal extension
Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). More
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Augmented reality demonstration at Dezeen's Imagine Shop for Selfridges
This movie we filmed at Dezeen's pop-up shop of the future at London department store Selfridges demonstrates how augmented reality technology could transform retail. More
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Wooden table by Ruben Beckers weighs just 4.5 kilograms
Cologne 2014: a grid of thin wooden strips supports the surface of this table by German designer Ruben Beckers to make it extremely lightweight (+ slideshow). More
