Dezeen Guide update: August 2014
Dezeen Guide: design events are taking place in Bangkok, São Paulo and Melbourne (pictured) this month, along with five other exhibitions and festivals listed for August. More about Dezeen Guide update: August 2014
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Architecture
Apollo Architects specifies concrete and plastic for Frame house in Tokyo
Apollo Architects & Associates swapped timber frames for concrete and fibre-reinforced plastic to reduce the cost of building this house and studio for a fashion photographer in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More about Apollo Architects specifies concrete and plastic for Frame house in Tokyo
Design
Phoebe Kowalska layers neoprene and nylon to create protective clothing
Magnetic fastenings hold together these billowing layered outerwear garments by Kingston University graduate Phoebe Kowalska. More about Phoebe Kowalska layers neoprene and nylon to create protective clothing
Architecture
"I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings," says Toyo Ito
Movie: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito tells Dezeen that, while his buildings vary in material and style, the key to all of them is their close relationship with the people that inhabit them. More about "I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings," says Toyo Ito
Promotion
West End Design Quarter returns to London Design Festival 2014
Dezeen promotion: UK design show designjunction will bring together showrooms across central London to form the West End Design Quarter during this year's London Design Festival. More about West End Design Quarter returns to London Design Festival 2014
Design
Fabric Pen by Ingrida Kazenaite repairs clothes without stitching
Lithuanian designer Ingrida Kazenaite has developed a conceptual pen that would mend damaged clothes by "printing" over rips and tears. More about Fabric Pen by Ingrida Kazenaite repairs clothes without stitching
Dezeen Mail #213
A man-made leaf that could help humans colonise space, blown-glass sex toys and seven architect-designed bus shelters (pictured) feature in Dezeen Mail issue 213. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Opinion
"There's still one more park taboo to be broken"
Opinion: the AstroTurf lawn installed on the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art symbolises the next step in our acceptance and desire for artificial nature, says Alexandra Lange. More about "There's still one more park taboo to be broken"
Architecture
Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area
News: these new images by Foster + Partners reveal a pair of skyscrapers proposed by the firm for San Francisco's rapidly developing Transbay area. More about Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area
Design
Chameleonic gemstones map brain activity across headdress by The Unseen
Fashion studio The Unseen has created a gemstone-encrusted headdress that changes colour in response to varying energy levels in the brain. More about Chameleonic gemstones map brain activity across headdress by The Unseen
Interiors
DSDHA creates light-filled warehouse studio and gallery for Edmund de Waal
British firm DSDHA has created a new studio and gallery for ceramic artist Edmund de Waal within the shell of a converted munitions warehouse in south London (+ slideshow). More about DSDHA creates light-filled warehouse studio and gallery for Edmund de Waal
Furniture
Satsuma chair by Läufer + Keichel modelled on wooden fruit crates
Berlin studio Läufer + Keichel has designed a lightweight chair for German manufacturer Schneiderschram based on the wooden crates used to transport fruit (+ slideshow). More about Satsuma chair by Läufer + Keichel modelled on wooden fruit crates
Architecture
Photography studio by Cassion Castle takes over an east London mews house
A gabled brick facade with a three-metre-high door fronts this former mews house in east London, renovated by architect Cassion Castle as a private studio for a photographer (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by Cassion Castle takes over an east London mews house
Architecture
BIG's Givskud Zoo makeover to offer "freest possible environment" for animals
News: Danish firm BIG has unveiled a vision for the future of Denmark's Givskud Zoo where animals and humans "co-exist", and all the architecture is hidden within the topography (+ slideshow). More about BIG's Givskud Zoo makeover to offer "freest possible environment" for animals
Design
Bridal Veil installation by Louis Sicard creates a curtain of water through the forest
A veil of water stretches 40 metres between the trees of a wood in central France to form this installation by French architect Louis Sicard (+ slideshow). More about Bridal Veil installation by Louis Sicard creates a curtain of water through the forest
Design
Blown-glass sex toys form Adult Tool Kit by Michael Reynolds and Jeff Zimmerman
Horsehair tails and a candle holder are among the accessories integrated into this range of blown-glass "high-fashion sex toys" by editor Michael Reynolds and artist Jeff Zimmerman. More about Blown-glass sex toys form Adult Tool Kit by Michael Reynolds and Jeff Zimmerman
Interiors
Toyo Ito wanted delicate textiles to "float in the air" in his Milan showroom for Kinnasand
Movie: Japanese architect Toyo Ito says his showroom for textile brand Kinnasand was designed to complement the company's "very delicate transparent and semi-transparent fabrics" in this video interview filmed in Milan. More about Toyo Ito wanted delicate textiles to "float in the air" in his Milan showroom for Kinnasand
Competition: five digital Dieter Rams monographs to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with British publisher Phaidon to give away five iBook editions of a new Dieter Rams monograph. More about Competition: five digital Dieter Rams monographs to be won
Architecture
Signal Ethique pavilion by Arnaud Huart sits atop a French mountain
This slatted wooden structure by French designer Arnaud Huart provides a beacon and landmark for visitors to the mountainous landscape of central France (+ slideshow). More about Signal Ethique pavilion by Arnaud Huart sits atop a French mountain
Architecture
Sinkholes found near construction site of KPF-designed skyscraper in Seoul
News: sinkholes have been discovered in the residential neighbourhoods surrounding the construction site of one of the world's tallest skyscrapers – the 555-metre Lotte World Tower near Seoul by Kohn Pedersen Fox. More about Sinkholes found near construction site of KPF-designed skyscraper in Seoul