Next Office covers house near Tehran in a curved concrete facade
Billowing curves sweep across the concrete facade and continue inside this house near Tehran, designed by Iranian studio Next Office (+ slideshow). More
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Joe Doucet designs flat-pack marble furniture for New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum
New York 2014: to celebrate New York design week, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum commissioned designer Joe Doucet to create a limited edition collection of "snap fit" marble tables. More
MINI and Touring Superleggera unveil open-top concept car
BMW's MINI brand has teamed up with Italian bespoke sports-car design company Touring Superleggera to create the MINI Superleggera Vision (+ slideshow). More
"Nostalgic comfort" brings brass back into contemporary design
Feature: the warmth of brass has made it "metal of choice" for today's designers, who showed products in the material on both sides of the Atlantic this month, finds Dezeen style editor Dan Howarth. More
New Pinterest board: pavilions
A temporary structure in London designed to recreate the humidity of a rainforest was popular last week, so we've created a new Pinterest board that collects together examples of unique pavilions from around the world. See our new Pinterest board »
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Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update
Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Powerhouse Company, Foster + Partners and Aesop, whose retail space in Sydney is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Alison Brooks Architects, PearsonLloyd, ACME and more... More
Within ten years "everything will have data in it", says Nest CEO
News: every electrical device in the home will be linked to the internet within a decade, according to the CEO of connected home products brand Nest (+ interview). More
Dunn & Hillam Architects use angled roof to protect Desert House from the sun
This house in the Australian desert by Dunn & Hillam Architects hunkers down into the earth and features a large angled roof to protect it from extreme temperature fluctuations (+ slideshow). More
Eugeni Quitllet joins plexiglass backrests to Tabu chairs for Alias
Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has used plexiglass to create the backrests for wooden chairs in this collection for Italian brand Alias. More