Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has lined every wall and surface in the bar of this Basel restaurant with copper, while a dark green dining room looms just behind. More about Union Restaurant by Aurélie Blanchard
Five years ago this week Dezeen arrived in Milan for the 2007 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where we saw a lamp comprising a cluster of writhing human bodies and a vase made by bees. More about Five years ago...
A steel screen zigzags in front of a shampoo area at this dimly lit beauty salon in Gifu, Japan, by architect Hiroyuki Miyake. More about Troove Beauty Salon by Hiroyuki Miyake
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a trend in golden buildings recently, including The Hive by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Maidstone Museum East Wing by Hugh Broughton Architects just this week, so we thought we’d round up all our stories that feature a lavish use of golden materials. See all the stories »
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Milan 2012: Austrian designer Robert Stadler will present a bookshelf that separates the books you've finished from those you haven't read yet at Galleria Nilufar in Milan next week. More about Transitory Bookshelf by Robert Stadler
Our latest Pinterest board collates all the rugs and blankets from the Dezeen archives, including textiles by Studio Makkink & Bey, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Richard Hutten, Damien Hirst and more. Follow us on Pinterest »
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One year ago this week we were still presenting some of our favourite projects from Milan's annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile, which included chairs from a mist-filled showroom, a desk that cascades off the wall and a midnight meal in a darkened apartment. We also featured the zigzag-shaped chair launched there by Zaha Hadid, which no one could work out how to sit on. More about One year ago...
Milan 2012: this inkjet printer has been adapted by Ecole Cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) student Christophe Guberan to print patterns that contort pieces of paper into specific 3D forms. More about Hydro-Fold by Christophe Guberan
Danish architects BIG have unveiled proposals for a 150-metre-high skyscraper in downtown Vancouver. More about Beach and Howe St. by BIG
This week a group of urban climbers revealed that they'd secretly scaled the 309-metre-high exterior of Renzo Piano's London skyscraper the Shard and J. Mayer H. completed a crooked concrete police station that one reader thought was actually worth getting arrested for. More about This week on Dezeen
As part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro's series of talks on Italian design, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will chair a discussion with Italian designers Formafantasma at the RIBA in London on 26 April. More about Peroni Collaborazioni Talks: Formafantasma
Milan 2012: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec present this slender ash chair for Magis. More about Pila and Pilo by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullecfor Magis
Milan 2012: designer David Weeks has teamed up with Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan to present a giant version of his Cubebot toys for New York producers Areaware at MOST in Milan next week. More about Giant Cubebot by David Weeks for Quinze & Milanand Areaware at MOST
A suspended ceiling folds erratically around the uppermost apartment of a Lisbon block that Portuguese architect Jorge Mealha has refurbished. More about Building rehabilitation in Calçada do Lavraby Jorge Mealha Arquitecto
The Design Museum Collection App for iPad is now available to download, featuring interviews filmed by Dezeen with Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic about 59 objects from their collection. Download it free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App:music
These masks by German designer Meike Harde cover just the eyes and mouth, replacing the wearer's features with idealised ones from the media. More about Too Beautiful To Be True by Meike Harde
Designed in Hackney: Hackney designer Lee Broom will launch crystal light bulbs cut like whiskey decanters at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next week. More about Designed in Hackney: Crystal Bulb by Lee Broom
The surrounding mountains were the inspiration behind the textured concrete forms of a civic centre and police station in Mestia, Georgia, by German firm J Mayer H Architects. More about House of Justice and Police Station, Mestia by J Mayer H
Milan 2012: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a table that's almost invisible at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. More about Luminous by Tokujin Yoshiokafor Glas Italia
Dezeen Wire: local architects EllisMiller have been granted permission to create a series of temporary structures in the London borough of Hackney that will provide a hub for media and commerce during the upcoming Olympic games. More about EllisMiller secure planning permissionfor Hackney House