Design
Reebok to launch Sigourney Weaver's Alien Stomper trainers
Reebok has announced the release of the boot-like sneakers worn by Sigourney Weaver in 1986 sci-fi film Aliens. More about Reebok to launch Sigourney Weaver's Alien Stomper trainers
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Architecture
CF Møller plans Copenhagen harbour baths that will double as school classrooms
The craze for harbour baths in Denmark continues, with CF Møller set to build a trio of floating classrooms to provide "aqua learning" and water sports training for the new Copenhagen International School. More about CF Møller plans Copenhagen harbour baths that will double as school classrooms
Promotion
Roche Bobois' Mah Jong sofa shown in new movie and reinterpreted for charity auction
Dezeen promotion: French furniture brand Roche Bobois has produced a movie featuring its Mah Jong sofa, which has been reinterpreted by a group of artists for a charity auction (+ movie). More about Roche Bobois' Mah Jong sofa shown in new movie and reinterpreted for charity auction
Architecture
Threefold Architects transforms workshop and shop to create combined gallery and home
Threefold Architects has combined a Victorian workshop and an old shop unit in east London to create a home and gallery for an art curator (+ slideshow). More about Threefold Architects transforms workshop and shop to create combined gallery and home
Design
Lensvelt designs collection of intentionally boring office furniture
Milan 2016: Dutch furniture brand Lensvelt is producing a collection of "boring" office furniture intended to "restore the balance between work and play" in the workplace (+ movie). More about Lensvelt designs collection of intentionally boring office furniture
Design
Tord Boontje wanted to make the home "softer and more humane" with 2004 Midsummer Light
Most Loved: in the next movie in our exclusive video series, London designer Tord Boontje explains how the decorative paper lampshade he designed in 2004 challenged the dominance of Minimalist design. More about Tord Boontje wanted to make the home "softer and more humane" with 2004 Midsummer Light
Architecture
Crossboundaries converts derelict building into kindergarten and play centre
Slides and climbing frames connect brightly coloured playrooms in this kindergarten and play space by Crossboundaries, set within a formerly derelict building in Zhengzhou, China (+ slideshow). More about Crossboundaries converts derelict building into kindergarten and play centre
Design
Meike Harde's Evergreen Platters contain pressed flowers
Pressed plants and colourful petals are frozen within these glass plates by German designer Meike Harde. More about Meike Harde's Evergreen Platters contain pressed flowers
Architecture
Cargo Architecture completes Scandinavian-inspired holiday home in Quebec
Canadian studio Cargo Architecture used a restrained materials palette for this woodland vacation cottage in Quebec, which has a swing seat and a wood store built into its facade. More about Cargo Architecture completes Scandinavian-inspired holiday home in Quebec
Architecture
Studio Gang's supertall Chicago tower will include $17.1 million penthouse
New images of architect Jeanne Gang's Vista Tower in Chicago have been released to entice buyers to purchase luxury condominiums within the supertall skyscraper (+ slideshow). More about Studio Gang's supertall Chicago tower will include .1 million penthouse
Architecture
Peter Berkowitz builds sleeping pod in friend's apartment to escape San Francisco rents
Bay Area illustrator Peter Berkowitz has constructed a tiny wooden bedroom for himself in a friend's living room to avoid paying San Francisco's "absurdly high" rents. More about Peter Berkowitz builds sleeping pod in friend's apartment to escape San Francisco rents
Design
Inme stackable sex toy offers customisable sensations
Belarussian designer Constantin Bolimond has created a modular sex gadget made up of elements that differ in shape, texture and colour, and provide a variety of vibration, rotation and temperature settings (+ slideshow). More about Inme stackable sex toy offers customisable sensations
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron adds new gallery building to Vitra Design Museum
Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron has completed a new gallery to house the permanent collection of the Frank Gehry-designed Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More about Herzog & de Meuron adds new gallery building to Vitra Design Museum
Architecture
"Let's hear it for temporary architecture"
Opinion: temporary architecture is having a "moment" in Europe, and it has some serious lessons to offer architects that are still obsessed with permanence, says Aaron Betsky. More about "Let's hear it for temporary architecture"
Design
Supersonic Boom aircraft will be the "fastest passenger plane ever"
A group of aviation experts has unveiled plans for a supersonic speed plane named Boom, which is being developed as a replacement for Concorde. More about Supersonic Boom aircraft will be the "fastest passenger plane ever"
Design
10 designs that challenge ideas about body image and idealised beauty
Fed up with the beauty ideals portrayed in the media, designers are challenging body image with products, clothes and accessories that distort the figure and face, highlight preconceptions and poke fun at unrealistic trends. Here are 10 of the best we've seen. More about 10 designs that challenge ideas about body image and idealised beauty
Architecture
Gaze house in Japan also contains a gallery for displaying the client's art collection
Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a top-heavy building in Japan's Aichi Prefecture containing both an art gallery and a family residence (+ slideshow). More about Gaze house in Japan also contains a gallery for displaying the client's art collection
Comments
"Let's stop attacking thin people as the enemy"
Comments update: unrealistic body-image expectations are the hot topic this week, after Soo Kyung Bae created a collection of jewellery designed to highlight the area between a woman's thighs. More about "Let's stop attacking thin people as the enemy"
Architecture
Blaanc uses rammed earth to build house in a Portuguese vineyard
Layers of compacted earth form walls for this house by architecture studio Blaanc, which is set in the middle of a vineyard in Portugal's Montijo municipality (+ slideshow). More about Blaanc uses rammed earth to build house in a Portuguese vineyard
Design
Erotic toys are "an incredible opportunity for new designers"
Adult sex toys are in the midst of a design revolution, says Rita Catinella Orrell, who has written a book on the subject called Objects of Desire. More about Erotic toys are "an incredible opportunity for new designers"