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Today we like: lights

Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. Marked by displays of brightly-coloured lights and fireworks, the festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.

To mark the occasion, we're revisiting some of the best lighting design from our archives, including an immersive installation that mimics the movements of fireflies and a spinning disk that created glowing light inside a dark gallery (pictured). See all our lighting design stories »

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Interiors

Interiors

Orang+Utan vegetarian cafe features stark white tiling and neon signage

Ukrainian studio AKZ Architectura completely covered the interior of this vegetarian cafe in Kyiv with white tiles and installed a "jungle" in the toilets (+ slideshow). More about Orang+Utan vegetarian cafe features stark white tiling and neon signage

Interiors

Interiors

Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre

Japanese design studio Nendo has completed a set of mirrored interiors for a cafe and office in Tokyo's Kenzo Tange-designed Sogetsu Kaikan building (+ slideshow). More about Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre

Design

Design

Grocery-delivering robots by Skype co-founders to be tested in London next year

Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla are trialling a fleet of six-wheeled self-driving robots designed to deliver shopping to consumers' doorsteps. More about Grocery-delivering robots by Skype co-founders to be tested in London next year

Design

Design

Egg-shaped urns for cremated ashes rock back and forth without falling over

Wolfgang Natlacen's ovoid funerary urns can rock like a Weeble toy to offer an alternative to the "grey and sad conformism of death" (+ movie). More about Egg-shaped urns for cremated ashes rock back and forth without falling over

Comments

Comments

"Architects should spend more time designing for the super poor"

Comments update: architect Magnus Ström is helping the super rich commission bespoke homes, but should more attention be placed on housing for the less fortunate? Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More about "Architects should spend more time designing for the super poor"

Architecture

Architecture

Robots will transform the building industry in 50 years says BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann

World Architecture Festival 2015: the architecture industry is at the start of a "maker revolution" that could see robots transform construction, according to BIG partner Kai-Uwe Bergmann. More about Robots will transform the building industry in 50 years says BIG's Kai-Uwe Bergmann

Design

Design

Didier Faustino's AA exhibition includes a spiky yellow stage for public speaking

French artist Didier Faustino has installed a spiky stage in front of the Architectural Association in London's Bedford Square to encourage spontaneous public speaking. More about Didier Faustino's AA exhibition includes a spiky yellow stage for public speaking

Architecture

Architecture

Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists

Volcanic ash is mixed into the concrete shell of this angular house in central Tokyo, which was designed by Atelier Tekuto for a pair of chemists (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists