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Ministry of Design's 100PP joins a wave of "edgy and interesting" buildings for Singapore creatives

World Architecture Festival 2014: Singapore's creative industries are moving out of the central business district to more affordable light-industrial areas, says architect Colin Seah, who has recently completed a layered workplace building in the Pasir Panjang neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about Ministry of Design's 100PP joins a wave of "edgy and interesting" buildings for Singapore creatives

Amy Frearson | 8 October 2014 | 5 comments
Design

11+ designs USB-powered portable humidifier

Korean design studio 11+ has created a portable humidifier with a transparent bottle, minimal monochrome packaging and a red USB charging cable (+ slideshow). More about 11+ designs USB-powered portable humidifier

Jessica Mairs | 8 October 2014 | 7 comments
Architecture

UNStudio's Theatre de Stoep improves its acoustics with a moving auditorium ceiling

UNStudio has completed a theatre in the Dutch town of Spijkenisse, featuring a spotty facade that glows purple at night and an auditorium with a ceiling that moves to improve acoustics (+ slideshow). More about UNStudio's Theatre de Stoep improves its acoustics with a moving auditorium ceiling

Amy Frearson | 8 October 2014 | 5 comments
Design

Patricia Urquiola designs slanted water jug for Bilbao restaurants

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has reinterpreted a traditional Basque vessel in ceramic to serve water from a local aqueduct in the region's restaurants. More about Patricia Urquiola designs slanted water jug for Bilbao restaurants

Dan Howarth | 8 October 2014 | 2 comments
Architecture

Ole Scheeren's The Interlace envisioned as "a blatant reversal" of tower-block housing

World Architecture Festival 2014: architect Ole Scheeren has revealed more about the motivations behind The Interlace, an "important prototype" for housing where horizontal buildings are stacked diagonally across one another to frame terraces, gardens and plazas (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren's The Interlace envisioned as "a blatant reversal" of tower-block housing

Amy Frearson | 7 October 2014 | 14 comments
Design

Aldo Bakker exhibits new designs at Galerie Vivid Rotterdam

A solo exhibition of Dutch designer Aldo Bakker's sculptural furniture, including a minimal swing and a number of more ambiguous objects, is on display at a Rotterdam gallery (+ slideshow). More about Aldo Bakker exhibits new designs at Galerie Vivid Rotterdam

Dan Howarth | 7 October 2014 | Leave a comment
Technology

Microsoft's RoomAlive transforms any room "into an augmented interactive display"

News: technology company Microsoft's research branch has combined projection mapping with motion sensors to turn enclosed spaces into immersive augmented experiences. More about Microsoft's RoomAlive transforms any room "into an augmented interactive display"

Dan Howarth | 7 October 2014 | Leave a comment
Design

Valentin Vodev's Vello bike folds with "a simple kick" thanks to one big magnet

Vienna Design Week 2014: Bulgarian designer Valentin Vodev has launched a folding bike that can be wheeled when folded and uses a magnet to create the locking system that holds the frame together (+ slideshow). More about Valentin Vodev's Vello bike folds with "a simple kick" thanks to one big magnet

Anna Winston | 7 October 2014 | 11 comments
Interiors

i29 converts Amsterdam garage into a single-storey apartment

Dutch studio i29 has refitted the interior of a two-bedroom garage conversion in the centre of Amsterdam (+ slideshow). More about i29 converts Amsterdam garage into a single-storey apartment

Jessica Mairs | 7 October 2014 | 2 comments
Architecture

Sean Godsell unveils inaugural MPavilion designed to "bloom like a flower"

Pneumatic arms lift the walls of Sean Godsell's MPavilion, the project billed as Australia's answer to the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which opened to the public today in Melbourne's Queen Victoria Gardens (+ slideshow). More about Sean Godsell unveils inaugural MPavilion designed to "bloom like a flower"

Amy Frearson | 7 October 2014 | 6 comments
Architecture

Kouichi Kimura's Scape House uses a variety of windows to create a hierarchy of views

A collection of differently sized cuboids make up the volume of this family house in Shiga, Japan, designed by architect Kouichi Kimura to offer "versatile spaces" with "light and scenery" (+ slideshow). More about Kouichi Kimura's Scape House uses a variety of windows to create a hierarchy of views

Amy Frearson | 7 October 2014 | 6 comments
Architecture

COBE's Copenhagen kindergarten designed as a "village for children"

Vertical strips of masonry wrap around the buildings and playgrounds that make up Forfatterhuset Kindergarten, a new preschool in Copenhagen by Danish studio COBE (+ slideshow). More about COBE's Copenhagen kindergarten designed as a "village for children"

Jessica Mairs | 7 October 2014 | 5 comments
Comments

"If this is the answer then you are asking the wrong question"

Comments update: a proposal to create a £600 million floating cycle path on London's River Thames was the most debated project on Dezeen last week. More about "If this is the answer then you are asking the wrong question"

Anna Winston | 7 October 2014 | Leave a comment
Interiors

Archiproba transforms 1920s telecommunications building into offices in Moscow

The top floor of this former Soviet telecommunications building in the centre of Moscow has been converted by studio Archiproba into an open plan office for a technology company (+ slideshow). More about Archiproba transforms 1920s telecommunications building into offices in Moscow

Jessica Mairs | 7 October 2014 | 8 comments
Design

Claudio Gatto's Bolla rechargeable LED lamp works both indoors and outdoors

This small portable lamp by ECAL graduate Claudio Gatto is powerful enough to be used on a balcony, in the basement or at the park. More about Claudio Gatto's Bolla rechargeable LED lamp works both indoors and outdoors

Katie Treggiden | 7 October 2014 | 4 comments
Architecture

Architecture photographs of the year revealed

World Architecture Festival 2014: an image of the cavernous white interior of Zaha Hadid's Heydar Aliyev Center has been named architectural photograph of the year, from a shortlist that also featured a twisted skyscraper and a sunken flea market (+ slideshow). More about Architecture photographs of the year revealed

Amy Frearson | 6 October 2014 | 1 comment
Furniture

Ross Lovegrove designs first wooden chair to mark Bernhardt Design's 125th anniversary

American company Bernhardt Design has celebrated its 125th anniversary by commissioning designers Ross Lovegrove, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and Jephson Robb to create new furniture pieces for the brand (+ slideshow). More about Ross Lovegrove designs first wooden chair to mark Bernhardt Design's 125th anniversary

Dan Howarth | 6 October 2014 | 2 comments
Architecture

Ole Scheeren: Asia has "a certain fearlessness and vision for the future"

World Architecture Festival 2014: after working as project architect for OMA's giant CCTV tower, architect Ole Scheeren stepped out of Rem Koolhaas' shadow and set up his own practice in China. He spoke to Dezeen about what he learned from his former mentor and the vastly different speed, scale and ambition of working in the east (+ slideshow). More about Ole Scheeren: Asia has "a certain fearlessness and vision for the future"

Amy Frearson | 6 October 2014 | 5 comments
Interiors

Piet Boon brings "Dutch design" to Huys apartments in New York

Dutch designer Piet Boon has renovated a former office building in New York to create luxury apartments that borrow aesthetics from interiors in his home country (+ slideshow). More about Piet Boon brings "Dutch design" to Huys apartments in New York

Dan Howarth | 6 October 2014 | 3 comments
Design

"Education through eBay" is the best business training for designers, says Heal's chairman

News: Will Hobhouse of high-street furniture retailer Heal's has berated design schools for failing to teach business principles, claiming there's "no better background than an education through eBay" for designers who want to learn how to make a living. More about "Education through eBay" is the best business training for designers, says Heal's chairman

Dan Howarth | 6 October 2014 | 2 comments

Studio Font perches cliffside home in Mexico on inhabitable concrete columns

Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp

Studio NRG designs Lilium Chair out of recycled metal car rims

Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar

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