Design
Joe Doucet encourages westerners to drink sake with SŌTŌ bottle design
New York designer Joe Doucet created the packaging and branding for a new brand of sake, including a dimpled glass bottle designed to represent the mountains of Japan's Niigata Prefecture. More about Joe Doucet encourages westerners to drink sake with SŌTŌ bottle design
Architecture
Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More about Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
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Martin Jakobsen designs spherical Quido cocktail glass
Czech designer Martin Jakobsen has created a globe-shaped cocktail glass that keeps liquids contained with a giant silicone stopper (+ slideshow). More about Martin Jakobsen designs spherical Quido cocktail glass
Architecture
"Architecture is finally moving beyond a homogeneous status quo"
Opinion: the Chicago Architecture Biennial's diverse range of participants and mediums offers hope for the future of the discipline, despite protestations from self-appointed "gatekeepers" of the profession like Patrik Schumacher, says Mimi Zeiger. More about "Architecture is finally moving beyond a homogeneous status quo"
Architecture
Helmut Jahn's Thompson government centre faces demolition threat
The governor of Illinois has announced plans to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago – a move that could lead to the demolition of the Postmodern government office building. More about Helmut Jahn's Thompson government centre faces demolition threat
US job of the week: interior designer with Karim Rashid
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at the studio of Karim Rashid, the New York designer who created the curvaceous interior of Munich sex shop Fun Factory (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Design
Make That Studio designs minimal version of traditional Sicilian jug
Italian design office Make That Studio has unveiled a jug based on the water-smoothed shapes of riverbed pebbles (+ slideshow). More about Make That Studio designs minimal version of traditional Sicilian jug
Architecture
SelgasCano's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion closes this weekend after attracting 170,000 visitors
As SelgasCano's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion closes this weekend, this movie by Stephenson/Bishop takes a closer look at the details of colourful plastic structure, which will now move to a permanent home in Los Angeles (+ movie). More about SelgasCano's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion closes this weekend after attracting 170,000 visitors
Architecture
Kengo Kuma creates sprawling "village" of folk-art galleries for China Academy of Arts
Thousands of curved tiles cover the gabled rooftops of the new folk-art galleries at the China Academy of Arts, designed by Japanese firm Kengo Kuma & Associates to look like a small village (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma creates sprawling "village" of folk-art galleries for China Academy of Arts
Architecture
Alphaville's Slice of the City is a house cut into two uneven sections
A deep slice through the body of this house by Japanese studio Alphaville reveals a trio of staircases that angle up between different rooms (+ slideshow). More about Alphaville's Slice of the City is a house cut into two uneven sections
Job of the week: architects at MAD Architects
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for intermediate architects at the Beijing headquarters of MAD Architects, which modelled its Chaoyang Park Plaza (pictured) on the topography depicted in Chinese landscape paintings. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Architecture
Renzo Piano to convert Moscow power station into art gallery
Italian architect Renzo Piano has unveiled plans to convert a power station on the banks of Moscow's Moskva river into a new venue for contemporary art. More about Renzo Piano to convert Moscow power station into art gallery
Design
Jessica Smarsch transforms muscle movements into textured garments
Dutch Design Week 2015: Eindhoven designer Jessica Smarsch used digitally captured body movements to inform the raised patterns across the clothes in this fashion collection. More about Jessica Smarsch transforms muscle movements into textured garments
Architecture
Stone residence by Doojin Hwang stands among citrus trees on Jeju island
Seoul studio Doojin Hwang Architects has completed a stone house with a bowed roof for a citrus farm on the South Korean island of Jeju (+ slideshow). More about Stone residence by Doojin Hwang stands among citrus trees on Jeju island
Design
Bugs adorn the walls at renovated Renwick Gallery in Washington DC
American artist Jennifer Angus has used an intricate pattern of insects to decorate a vivid pink room at the Renwick Gallery in Washington DC, set to reopen next month following renovation work (+ slideshow). More about Bugs adorn the walls at renovated Renwick Gallery in Washington DC
Architecture
Burntwood School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris wins Stirling Prize 2015
The overhaul of a Modernist 1950s school for girls in London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 for the biggest contribution to British architecture in the last year (+ slideshow). More about Burntwood School by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris wins Stirling Prize 2015
Design
London creatives paid more than city's average hourly wage
Londoners working in the creative industry have an almost 20 per cent higher average hourly salary compared to those in non-creative jobs, according to a government report. More about London creatives paid more than city's average hourly wage
Architecture
MVRDV completes flower-inspired office block near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Designed to looked like a four-petalled flower, this office block is the first of 10 buildings that Dutch firm MVRDV is constructing beside Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV completes flower-inspired office block near Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Dezeen Mail #275 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail features BIG's plans for an art gallery that twists across a river, Elon Musk's attack on tech giant Apple and Marc Newson's mammoth-ivory tea set. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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