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Apple launches iPad Pro and "extraordinary" Apple Pencil for technical drawing
Tech giant Apple has released its latest series of hardware updates – including the first Apple Pencil, a stylus designed for technical drawing (+ movie). More about Apple launches iPad Pro and "extraordinary" Apple Pencil for technical drawing
Brackenbury House by Neil Dusheiko features a curved brick extension and pop-up cinema room
This refurbished and extended London house by local studio Neil Dusheiko Architects includes a pop-up screening room for the owner, who works for film company Universal Pictures (+ slideshow). More about Brackenbury House by Neil Dusheiko features a curved brick extension and pop-up cinema room
Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
The wooden frame of this two-storey family home in Japan's Shiga Prefecture is disguised by a layer of ridged steel panels (+ slideshow). More about Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
Paritzki & Liani recreate Marc Chagall painting in perforated aluminium for Tel Aviv school facade
A primary school building in Tel Aviv features a facade of perforated screens patterned with an image from a painting by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall – the school's namesake. More about Paritzki & Liani recreate Marc Chagall painting in perforated aluminium for Tel Aviv school facade
Tropical Box house in Kuala Lumpur is wrapped in a concrete "egg crate"
Malaysian studio WHBC Architects wrapped this house with a gridded concrete facade, designed to create privacy while providing a frame for tropical plants to grow around the building (+ slideshow). More about Tropical Box house in Kuala Lumpur is wrapped in a concrete "egg crate"
CEBRA wins international competition to design Smart School in Russia
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has won a competition to design an education campus in Irkutsk, Russia, which the firm described as "a new kind of school" (+ slideshow). More about CEBRA wins international competition to design Smart School in Russia
Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
Pauline van Dongen’s Solar Parka charges electronic devices for nature reserve workers
Fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a coat for workers on the Wadden Sea World Heritage site, with detachable solar panels on the pockets for charging electronic devices (+ slideshow). More about Pauline van Dongen’s Solar Parka charges electronic devices for nature reserve workers
Feilden Fowles plans rammed-earth visitors' centre for Yorkshire Sculpture Park
London architecture studio Feilden Fowles has revealed plans for a visitors' centre with rammed-earth walls in Europe's largest modern and contemporary sculpture park. More about Feilden Fowles plans rammed-earth visitors' centre for Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Instagram users offer a preview of The Broad museum in Los Angeles
The Broad museum designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro is set to open in September, heralding an architecture boom in Los Angeles. More about Instagram users offer a preview of The Broad museum in Los Angeles
Today we like: magnets
Magnets have long been used as a way of creating temporary connections for products as diverse as flat-pack furniture and bike lights. But now designers are finding increasingly weird and wonderful uses for them, with recent examples including wallpaper, spiky shoes, fluid clocks, and even a hoverboard. See all of our stories about design with magnets »
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Dezeen Mail #268 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail includes the world's first technique for 3D printing with molten glass (pictured), Zaha Hadid's campaign to resuscitate her Tokyo Olympic stadium, and a house embedded into a cliff in Chile. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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"Perhaps we could give the homeless actual homes to live in"
Comments update: a crowdfunding campaign for "modular parasitic sleeping pods" for homeless people generated the most debate this week. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More about "Perhaps we could give the homeless actual homes to live in"
13 of Dezeen's favourite IKEA designs and hacks
This month, Swedish furniture giant IKEA launched its first collection with British designer Ilse Crawford in stores and saw its modular kitchens hacked by some of Denmark's best architects. We've collected together 13 of our favourite Ikea designs and hacks from Dezeen's archive – from furniture for space-poor hipsters to a bar made from storage boxes. More about 13 of Dezeen's favourite IKEA designs and hacks
Today we like: crowdfunding
Once the preserve of independent product designers, crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter are evolving into powerful tools for financing and testing public appetite for architecture and infrastructure projects.
Recent examples include BIG's campaign to raise money for a prototype power plant chimney and a pedestrian bridge described as the "world’s first crowdfunded public infrastructure project". See more crowdfunded projects on Dezeen »
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BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant
Bjarke Ingels has become the latest architect to use crowdfunding to finance a project, launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for development of a power plant chimney that will blow smoke rings (+ movie) More about BIG launches Kickstarter campaign for smoke-ring-blowing chimney at Copenhagen power plant
Today we like: handmade bricks
Architects are beginning to rediscover the potential of handmade bricks, which offer wider variations of colour and texture than their industrially produced cousins. Recent examples include an asymmetric house in Belgium, a canal-side development in London and a housing complex in Rwanda. Explore more handmade brick architecture »
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Converse unveils first redesign of classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers since the 1930s
Converse has redesigned its iconic canvas basketball shoe – the Chuck Taylor All Star – to appeal to a growing audience of non-sports-playing sneaker fans in the music, fashion, arts and design industries (+ slideshow). More about Converse unveils first redesign of classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers since the 1930s
The Dezeen guide to Postmodern architecture and design
Pomo summer: the Postmodernists aimed to break Modernism's hold on design by offering something warmer, brighter and more experimental. Glenn Adamson, director of New York's Museum of Art and Design, presents a potted history of one of the 20th century's most divisive movements. More about The Dezeen guide to Postmodern architecture and design
Postmodernism is back: introducing Dezeen's Pomo summer
Pomo summer: this summer, we celebrate the revival of the architecture and design movement everybody loves to hate. To kick off the series, Dezeen editor Anna Winston explains why Postmodernism is back. More about Postmodernism is back: introducing Dezeen's Pomo summer