Technology
Google tests Project Wing drone delivery service
News: Google's research division has tested a delivery service using unmanned aerial vehicles in Queensland, Australia (+ movie). More about Google tests Project Wing drone delivery service
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Design
The Average Font combines hundreds of characters into a single typeface
New York artist and designer Moritz Resl has compiled a new "ghostly" typeface by overlaying each letter of the alphabet from over 900 existing font families (+ slideshow). More about The Average Font combines hundreds of characters into a single typeface
Technology
"No one will ever write a book called Zen and the Art of iPhone Maintenance"
Opinion: is the Internet of Broken Things the logical conclusion to the ever-escalating cycle of technological development and built-in obsolesce in our gadgets, asks Justin McGuirk. More about "No one will ever write a book called Zen and the Art of iPhone Maintenance"
Architecture
Atelier Pierre Thibault's Le Grand Plateau house is raised on stilts above a forest floor
Canadian architecture office Atelier Pierre Thibault has completed a lakeside house in a forest near Quebec, which is raised above its hillside site on thin metal stilts (+ slideshow). More about Atelier Pierre Thibault's Le Grand Plateau house is raised on stilts above a forest floor
Design
Stian Korntved Ruud is hand carving a wooden spoon every day for a year
Norwegian designer Stian Korntved Ruud has committed to carving one spoon per day for a year to explore the forms that are possible using different types of wood (+ slideshow). More about Stian Korntved Ruud is hand carving a wooden spoon every day for a year
Architecture
Long Brick House by Foldes Architects accommodates a 17-metre-long bookshelf
This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). More about Long Brick House by Foldes Architects accommodates a 17-metre-long bookshelf
Design
Zimoun uses motors to create moving cardboard installations
Swiss artist Zimoun has used motors to add jostling and spinning motions to three installations made up of cardboard boxes (+ movies). More about Zimoun uses motors to create moving cardboard installations
Technology
Motion sensors as "small as a grain of sand" could be integrated into clothes
News: technology firm mCube has developed an accelerometer small enough to be embedded into clothing or sports equipment – enabling developers to turn almost anything into a piece of wearable technology. More about Motion sensors as "small as a grain of sand" could be integrated into clothes
Architecture
BIG's second Kimball Art Center proposal rejected by city planners
News: the second proposal from Danish architecture firm BIG to extend the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, has been thrown out by planning authorities for failing to meet strict local preservation guidelines. More about BIG's second Kimball Art Center proposal rejected by city planners
Dezeen Mail #217
Zaha Hadid's latest legal row, a glass moulded on Kate Moss' left breast and a low-cost prefabricated home (pictured), feature in Dezeen Mail issue 217. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Architecture
Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced
News: a shopping centre that replaced an iconic Brutalist car park and a controversial tower beside the River Thames are among the six projects on the Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist for the UK's worst new building. More about Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced
Architecture
Zhan Wang's animation imagines China as a trade leader in extra-terrestrial minerals
Architectural Association graduate Zhan Wang has produced an animation depicting a fictional technotopian future in which China has built a giant port to distribute minerals mined from the moon (+ movie). More about Zhan Wang's animation imagines China as a trade leader in extra-terrestrial minerals
Architecture
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture may lose accreditation
News: the school founded by Frank Lloyd Wright may lose its accreditation to award architecture degrees following a rule change from America's Higher Learning Commission. More about Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture may lose accreditation
Architecture
ADN Architectures adds V-shaped extension to Brussels bungalow
Belgian firm ADN Architectures gave this wooden house extension in Brussels a V-shaped roofline that inverts the pointed gables of the existing property (+ slideshow). More about ADN Architectures adds V-shaped extension to Brussels bungalow
Design
Moleskine Livescribe Notebooks transfer ideas from paper to screen
Stationery brand Moleskine has created a series of notebooks for use with a Livescribe smartpen to turn notes written on the pages into digital files (+ slideshow). More about Moleskine Livescribe Notebooks transfer ideas from paper to screen
Architecture
LCR Architectes clads French middle school with tarnished copper panels
French studio LCR Architectes used gently patinated copper to give the exterior surfaces of this school near Toulouse a weathered, metallic appearance (+ slideshow). More about LCR Architectes clads French middle school with tarnished copper panels
Design
Fabrica's Statera desk tidy brings plants into the workplace
Researchers at Italian design centre Fabrica have created a desk tidy for both plants and stationery to encourage office workers to make their spaces more verdant (+ slideshow). More about Fabrica's Statera desk tidy brings plants into the workplace
Architecture
Assemble's latest pop-up theatre combines Tudor design with stadium architecture
This pop-up wooden theatre in Southampton, England, was designed by London architecture collective Assemble to look like a cross between a performance venue and a football stadium (+ slideshow). More about Assemble's latest pop-up theatre combines Tudor design with stadium architecture
Interiors
Penda's indoor planting modules provide a "green oasis" inside Home Cafe
Wooden box shelves and planters populate the gridded metal framework installed around the perimeter of this cafe in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). More about Penda's indoor planting modules provide a "green oasis" inside Home Cafe
Architecture
Schaufelschlucht Bridge by Marte.Marte Architects is second in trio of Alpine structures
This arching concrete bridge is the second of three structures designed by Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects for a winding mountain road between two Alpine towns (+ slideshow). More about Schaufelschlucht Bridge by Marte.Marte Architects is second in trio of Alpine structures