Suppose Design Office creates spotlit "stage" for chef at Tokyo sushi restaurant
Suppose Design Office has used dim lighting and minimal furnishings to create a theatrical dining space for an intimate sushi restaurant in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Cooper Hewitt museum launches crowdfunding campaign to bring design to school classrooms
The Cooper Hewitt museum in New York has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for its Design in the Classroom programme, which it hopes to launch across the US. More
Kengo Kuma installs climbable wooden pavilion in Paris park
Visitors can clamber to the top of this pavilion by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma in Paris' Jardin des Tuileries, which is made up of a complex lattice of identical timber beams. More
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"Eames has become a vaguely suggestive word applied to alchemise junk shop remnants"
Opinion: as London's Barbican gallery launches a major retrospective on Modernist designers Charles and Ray Eames, Sam Jacob wonders whether it matters that the Eames name has taken on a life of its own. More
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The World of Charles and Ray Eames exhibition opens at the Barbican
From triple-screen films to plywood chairs, the multi-disciplinary careers of American Modernist design duo Charles and Ray Eames are the focus of an exhibition at London's Barbican Centre. More
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As a designer you will sometimes "fail completely" says Nils Holger Moormann
Movie: German designer Nils Holger Moormann told young designers they must learn to be resilient if they want to have successful careers at this year's Blickfang design workshop. More
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Dutch Design Week returns to Eindhoven for 2015 edition
Dezeen promotion: Dutch Design Week 2015 is taking place in Eindhoven from 17 to 25 October, and this year's theme focuses on the power of designers' imaginations. More
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"The use of ivory is utterly repulsive"
Comments update: Marc Newson faced a backlash over his decision to use mammoth ivory in an £82,000 tea set this week on Dezeen. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More
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Vera de Pont's Pop Up clothing is assembled without stitches
Dutch Design Week 2015: each garment in graduate fashion designer Vera de Pont's Pop Up fashion collection can be cut out from a single piece of material by the wearer (+ slideshow). More
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Serbian mountain home by EXE Studio clad in both white ceramic tiles and dark wooden shingles
One half of this tiny mountain dwelling in western Serbia is faced in white ceramic tiles, while the other is clad in dark timber shingles – a nod to both traditional and contemporary styles (+ slideshow). More
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Troy Nachtigall's 3D-printed high heels are "more comfortable than normal shoes"
Dutch Design Week 2015: designer Troy Nachtigall has used scans of feet to create a pair of 3D-printed shoes personalised for a Dutch politician, which he claims are more comfortable than typically manufactured footwear (+ slideshow). More
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Coloured metal slats and textured concrete panels enclose hospital car park in Spain
Rows of brightly lacquered metal slats wrap the upper levels of this multi-storey car park that serves the maternity and oncology wards of a hospital in A Coruña, Spain. More
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Windows spiral towards the roof of Osaka house by Alphaville Architects
Long horizontal windows step around the matt black facade of this family home in Osaka by Alphaville Architects to frame different views of the nearby Yodo River (+ slideshow). More
