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Pinterest

Pinterest

Explore images of balloon-related design on our new Pinterest board

Since an installation comprising 100,000 balloons at London's Covent Garden has been so popular, we've created a new Pinterest board filled with designs that incorporate inflatables – or at least look like they do – including Marcel Wanders' ultra-lightweight chair and a cloud-like transport solution.

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Interiors

Interiors

Wooden gridshell by Anagrama forms shelves inside a Mexico library

Mexican firm Anagrama has installed a dome of interlocking wood panels at a library in Monterrey, creating bookshelves that arch over a stepped reading area (+ slideshow). More about Wooden gridshell by Anagrama forms shelves inside a Mexico library

Architecture

Architecture

Tropical Box house in Kuala Lumpur is wrapped in a concrete "egg crate"

Malaysian studio WHBC Architects wrapped this house with a gridded concrete facade, designed to create privacy while providing a frame for tropical plants to grow around the building (+ slideshow). More about Tropical Box house in Kuala Lumpur is wrapped in a concrete "egg crate"

Architecture

Architecture

Alma-nac skews upper level of Split House to capture best view of the sea

The top of this house for two former politicians near Hastings, England, has been angled and cantilevered to capture views of the sea and provide a covered parking space beneath (+ slideshow). More about Alma-nac skews upper level of Split House to capture best view of the sea

Design

Design

Memphis patterns influence homeware by Camille Walala

Pomo summer: textile designer Camille Walala's collection of home accessories patterned with bold graphics influenced by the Memphis Group will launch at this month's London Design Festival. More about Memphis patterns influence homeware by Camille Walala

Architecture

Architecture

CEBRA wins international competition to design Smart School in Russia

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has won a competition to design an education campus in Irkutsk, Russia, which the firm described as "a new kind of school" (+ slideshow). More about CEBRA wins international competition to design Smart School in Russia

News

News

Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum

Design curator Andrew Blauvelt has been appointed director of the Cranbrook Art Museum in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. More about Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum

Architecture

Architecture

Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea

This pair of charred timber holiday homes by Cheshire Architects stand on the side of a hill in New Zealand that slopes down to the Tasman Sea (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea

Architecture

Architecture

Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground

An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground

Architecture

Architecture

Luigi Rosselli
 constructs ranch housing behind "longest rammed-earth wall in Australia"

Submerged below a sandy bank and enclosed by a zigzagging rammed-earth wall, these twelve subterranean rooms provide temporary accommodation for cowboys on an Australian cattle station (+ slideshow). More about Luigi Rosselli
 constructs ranch housing behind "longest rammed-earth wall in Australia"