Design
Ladder by Charlie Styrbjörn Design
London Design Festival 2013: Gothenburg designer Charlie Styrbjörn will present a ladder with curving linked rungs during the London Design Festival next month. More about Ladder by Charlie Styrbjörn Design
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Architecture
House in Itami by Tato Architects
Wooden furniture forms sections of staircases at this house in Japan by Tato Architects (+ slideshow). More about House in Itami by Tato Architects
Design
Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
Product news: German designers Till Grosch and Björn Meier have created a modular office furniture system that can be arranged in a variety of groups and islands (+ slideshow). More about Docks for Ophelis by Grosch + Meier
Architecture
Sejong Center for Performing Arts by Asymptote
New York studio Asymptote has designed a faceted performing arts centre for South Korea that references the curved rooftops of ancient Buddhist temples and pavilions (+ slideshow). More about Sejong Center for Performing Arts by Asymptote
Design
INDEX: Award 2013 winners announced
News: glow-in-the-dark roads, a childbirth training kit in a back pack and spicy paper that keeps food fresh have been announced among the winners of the world's biggest design prize, the INDEX: Award (+ slideshow). More about INDEX: Award 2013 winners announced
Design
"When you try to separate art and design you create a ghetto" - Job Smeets
Studio Job founder Job Smeets looks back over his career to date and explains why sculpture is so important to his studio's work in this movie Dezeen filmed at Moooi's Unexpected Welcome exhibition in Milan. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about "When you try to separate art and design you create a ghetto" - Job Smeets
Architecture
"Libraries are the most important public buildings" - Francine Houben
Interview: after completing Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, architect Francine Houben of Dutch studio Mecanoo spoke to Dezeen about the role of the library in the digital age and claims libraries are as central to society as cathedrals once were. More about "Libraries are the most important public buildings" - Francine Houben
Design
Model Home 2013 by Michael Lin and Atelier Bow-Wow with Andrew Barrie
Architectural drawings of a small workers' shack that featured in an exhibition in Shanghai, China, have been enlarged and used to create a full-scale replica in Auckland, New Zealand. More about Model Home 2013 by Michael Lin and Atelier Bow-Wow with Andrew Barrie
Dezeen Mail #167
Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, UK, leads Dezeen Mail issue 167, which also features all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Architecture
"Prison-like" student housing wins Carbuncle Cup 2013
News: a student housing block in London with a retained brick warehouse facade has been named Britain's worst building of the year. More about "Prison-like" student housing wins Carbuncle Cup 2013
Architecture
KPF to wrap steel ribbons around LA's Petersen Automotive Museum
News: architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has unveiled plans to surround the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles in a cloak of steel ribbons as part of major refurbishment. More about KPF to wrap steel ribbons around LA's Petersen Automotive Museum
Design
Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
London Design Festival 2013: German designer Samuel Treindl has made a clock, lamp and other products from shapes cut out of existing furniture (+ slideshow). More about Parasite Production by Samuel Treindl
Architecture
Share House LT Josai by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Japanese firm Naruse Inokuma Architects has designed a shared occupancy house in Nagoya with communal areas for eating, cooking and relaxing that encourage the residents to interact in different ways (+ slideshow). More about Share House LT Josai by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Architecture
Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo
Dutch studio Mecanoo has completed Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, England, with a sunken amphitheatre, rooftop gardens and a shimmering facade clad with interlocking metal rings (+ slideshow). More about Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo
Architecture
Casa Transportable ÁPH80 by Ábaton
Spanish architecture studio Ábaton has developed a micro home that can be transported on the back of a lorry and placed almost anywhere (+ slideshow). More about Casa Transportable ÁPH80 by Ábaton
Architecture
Special feature: Marseille Capital of Culture 2013
A series of new cultural venues has sprung up along the waterfront in Marseille, including the contemporary art centre by Kengo Kuma we featured yesterday and a mirrored pavilion by Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). More about Special feature: Marseille Capital of Culture 2013
Design
The home of the future will "know where you are" - Yves Behar
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated into the home in this movie filmed in Milan. More about The home of the future will "know where you are" - Yves Behar
Architecture
MuSe Museum by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
The MuSe Museum by Italian architect Renzo Piano has opened to the public in Trento, Italy, and features angled profiles that echo the shapes of the nearby Dolomites mountains (+ slideshow). More about MuSe Museum by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Architecture
OMA to masterplan civic centre in Colombia's capital
News: architecture firm OMA has won an international competition to masterplan a 275-hectare mixed-use development in the Colombian capital, Bogotá (+ slideshow). More about OMA to masterplan civic centre in Colombia's capital
Installations
Floatastic by Qastic
American studio Qastic has created an inflatable pavilion with a floating roof held down by fabric veils (+ slideshow). More about Floatastic by Qastic