This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Localarchitecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. More about Localarchitecture's Confignon House features concrete walls and a zigzagging roof
Kickstarter has changed the way designers get their products to market and shifted the balance of power between individuals and corporations, according to the crowdfunding website's co-founder and CEO Yancey Strickler (+ interview). More about Kickstarter means that "big brands are at a disadvantage"
German auto brand Volkswagen's XL1, which it claims is the most fuel-efficient production car ever made, has been named the winner of the Transport category at Designs of the Year 2014. More about Volkswagen claims XL1 is "the most efficient production car in the world"
A team of London-based designers claim to have created the world's smallest 3D-printing pen – an anodised aluminium device called Lix that allows users to "doodle in the air" (+ movie). More about Lix 3D-printing pen allows users to create solid drawings in the air
British house producer and DJ Jo Noon has sent us another gorgeous chilled-out dance track called Wednesday. Like October, the previous track we featured by Noon, Wednesday is lush and dreamy in all the right places, but is underpinned throughout by crisp, purposeful percussion.
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Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the way we interact with technology "needs to be updated", according to Talia Radford of taliaYstudio, who shows us two of her studio's projects that enable people to take a photo by kissing rather than pressing a button. More about Why not "take a photo through gestures" rather than pushing a button?
The 200th issue of Dezeen Mail includes MAD's mountainous complex of skyscrapers and a table for cats and their owners, as well as a tribute to Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein, plus the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion: Nest's intelligently connected thermostat is a surface solution for a much deeper problem in cities like London – we need innovation in services not surfaces, says Dan Hill. More about "We need a Prouvé of plumbing, a Rogers of rewiring, an Utzon of U-values"
Japanese studio TSC Architects modelled the roof of this house in Japan's Mie Prefecture on the folded paper shapes of origami (+ slideshow). More about Origami House by TSC Architects features a roof modelled on folded paper
Maison&Objet 2014: this simple lamp by design studio Something for French brand Ligne Roset has a bell-shaped shade similar to a wild flower (+ slideshow). More about Something designs lamp for Ligne Roset to look like a bellflower
There are barely any partitions between the rooms of this family house in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, which was designed by architect Yamazaki Kentaro as an open container that "changes as you design and live in it" (+ slideshow). More about Yamazaki Kentaro's Unfinished House offers little privacy to residents
Mirrored displays and walls have been designed to create a surreal visual effect at this pop-up design shop that Dutch interiors studio i29 has created inside an 18th-century building in Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about Pop-up design shop by i29 creates a hall of mirrors in an 18th-century building
Dezeen Guide: design events in May include Clerkenwell Design Week in London and ICFF in New York (pictured), as well as 11 others listed in our guide. More about Dezeen Guide update: May 2014