Promotion
Final call for entries to A' Design Awards 2015
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers have until the end of this month to submit projects for this year's A' Design Awards. More about Final call for entries to A' Design Awards 2015
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Design
London's first electric black cab approved for fare-paying passengers
News: a "zero-emission" electric black taxi design has been approved to operate on London's roads and could replace the city's famous diesel-fuelled cabs (+ slideshow). More about London's first electric black cab approved for fare-paying passengers
Comments
"Paying a lot of money to look poor is just silly"
Comments update: Kanye West's Yeezy collection for Adidas – described by the rapper himself as the world's "first solutions-based" clothing line – was the most commented story this week. More about "Paying a lot of money to look poor is just silly"
Design
LG targets luxury market with metal smartwatch
News: electronics company LG has unveiled an updated version of its G Watch R smartwatch that is designed to look like a luxury timepiece (+ slideshow). More about LG targets luxury market with metal smartwatch
Architecture
Kengo Kuma designs Tokyo hospital wrapped around a garden
News: Japanese firm Kengo Kuma + Associates has unveiled plans to replace an ageing Tokyo medical centre with a louvre-clad hospital built around a landscaped garden. More about Kengo Kuma designs Tokyo hospital wrapped around a garden
Architecture
Concrete and timber retirement house sits amongst a Dutch orchard
Board-marked concrete forms the walls of this rural home designed by Belgian studio Marie-José Van Hee Architecten for a Dutch businessman (+ slideshow). More about Concrete and timber retirement house sits amongst a Dutch orchard
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron unveils updated design for Hong Kong M+ museum
News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed the latest images of its design for M+, the new museum of visual culture that recently broke ground in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron unveils updated design for Hong Kong M+ museum
Design
Muller Van Severen to present new furniture at Viaduct exhibition
Belgian studio Muller Van Severen will debut its latest pieces of furniture and lighting that "ooze a sort of fruitiness" at London gallery Viaduct next month (+ slideshow). More about Muller Van Severen to present new furniture at Viaduct exhibition
Technology
Galleries around the world are finally "starting to take digital art seriously"
Movie: in this film produced by Dezeen for the British Council, leading artists and curators discuss the increasing significance of digital art and the new opportunities open to artists working "in a digital age." More about Galleries around the world are finally "starting to take digital art seriously"
Interiors
Kois Associated Architects furnishes Athens jewellery shop with metal "forest" and smoke
A veil of smoke clouds the window of this jewellery shop in Athens, behind which Kois Associated Architects has installed display cases modelled on trees (+ slideshow). More about Kois Associated Architects furnishes Athens jewellery shop with metal "forest" and smoke
Architecture
Holy Cross House by TBA hides a multi-level courtyard behind a "working-class facade"
Behind a shimmering aluminium facade, the rooms of this Montreal house are organised around a three-tiered courtyard that allows daylight to funnel through to every storey (+ slideshow). More about Holy Cross House by TBA hides a multi-level courtyard behind a "working-class facade"
Design
Yuki Yoshikawa accentuates Grain Chair with painted patterns
Stockholm 2015: Japanese designer Yuki Yoshikawa of Nanashiproducts used layers of acrylic gouache paint to highlight wood grains on the seat and back of these simple chairs. More about Yuki Yoshikawa accentuates Grain Chair with painted patterns
Architecture
Smoking Room by Gianni Botsford Architects is a translucent-concrete garden folly
Gianni Botsford Architects worked with translucent concrete to create this boxy garden pavilion in Zurich, dedicated to "the old fashioned art of smoking" (+ slideshow). More about Smoking Room by Gianni Botsford Architects is a translucent-concrete garden folly
Technology
Five useful ideas from the World Cup of Drones
We've picked five of the best realised prototypes and proposed uses for unmanned aerial vehicles from Dubai's World Cup of Drones. More about Five useful ideas from the World Cup of Drones
Furniture
Aalto University students design chairs from bright blue plywood
Stockholm 2015: furniture design students from Helsinki's Aalto University have used blue-coloured plywood and black tubular steel to form sculptural chair prototypes. More about Aalto University students design chairs from bright blue plywood
Architecture
Studio Fuksas to design Australia Forum convention centre in Canberra
News: Studio Fuksas has been selected to design a major new convention centre in Canberra, with a proposal that features wavy floors and a bulging, elliptical roof. More about Studio Fuksas to design Australia Forum convention centre in Canberra
Design
Icy pendant lamp drips back into its mould for refreezing
Stockholm 2015: Swedish designers Siri Bahlenberg and Sofia Bergfeldt have created a lampshade made of ice that slowly melts back into its mould so it can be re-frozen and used again (+ movie). More about Icy pendant lamp drips back into its mould for refreezing
Architecture
BIG's curvaceous Calgary skyscraper breaks ground next to Foster's Bow tower
News: construction is now underway on the 66-storey Telus Sky Tower designed by Bjarke Ingel's firm for Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More about BIG's curvaceous Calgary skyscraper breaks ground next to Foster's Bow tower
Architecture
Blackened-timber boathouse completed by Weiss Architecture on a Canadian island
This blackened-timber boathouse and pavilion designed by Weiss Architecture occupies a cedar jetty that projects out from the rocky coastline of an Ontario island (+ slideshow). More about Blackened-timber boathouse completed by Weiss Architecture on a Canadian island
Design
Apple rumoured to be working on an electric car
News: technology giant Apple is designing an electric vehicle that could revolutionise automobiles and challenge electric car manufacturer Tesla, according to reports that emerged over the weekend. More about Apple rumoured to be working on an electric car