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Architecture

Architecture

Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami

Design Miami 2013: here's a preview of the nearly completed Pérez Art Museum Miami by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which opens tomorrow to coincide with the Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach collectors' fairs, and which suggests a new "kind of vernacular" for the city according to Jacques Herzog (+ slideshow + photography is by Iwan Baan). More about Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami

Slideshows

Slideshows

Detailed photos capture exploded sports cars

Classic sports cars appear to be frozen as they explode in this series of images by Swiss artist Fabien Oefner (+ slideshow). More about Detailed photos capture exploded sports cars

Promotion

Promotion

Design+World event at Luminaire Lab during Design Miami

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire is presenting work by designers Tokujin Yoshioka, Patricia Urquiola and Daniel Widrig at an event in its exhibition space this Thursday evening, to coincide with Design Miami. More about Design+World event at Luminaire Lab during Design Miami

Design

Design

"4D-printed" shape-changing dress and jewellery by Nervous System

Massachusetts design studio Nervous System has developed a method of 3D-printing jewellery and garments with articulated joints so they automatically change shape once removed from the printer (+ movie). More about "4D-printed" shape-changing dress and jewellery by Nervous System

Interiors

Interiors

Office in a former strip club featuring concrete cast against bubble wrap

Swedish designers Toki Drobnjakovic and Per Sundberg have renovated an underground strip club in Stockholm to create a workplace where walls are embellished with concrete set against bubble wrap (+ slideshow). More about Office in a former strip club featuring concrete cast against bubble wrap

Architecture

Architecture

Hump-shaped house covered in plants by Patrick Nadeau

A layer of grasses, herbs and flowers blankets the roof of this hump-shaped house near Reims, France, by architect Patrick Nadeau (+ slideshow). More about Hump-shaped house covered in plants by Patrick Nadeau

Design

Design

Studio Job designs a postage stamp for the new Dutch king

News: Belgian artists Studio Job have designed a postage stamp for Dutch king Willem-Alexander, who took office in April, that features a digitally modelled image of his face. More about Studio Job designs a postage stamp for the new Dutch king

Architecture

Architecture

British architect claims "first architectural application" of 3D printing

News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry. More about British architect claims "first architectural application" of 3D printing

Interiors

Interiors

Signage system designed for hospitals "reduces violence by 50 percent"

News: a redesigned accident and emergency department by London studio PearsonLloyd has been found to reduce aggression and violence by 50 percent. More about Signage system designed for hospitals "reduces violence by 50 percent"

Architecture

Architecture

Cafeteria with exposed timber framework by Niji Architects

Exposed timber beams branch out from the tops of columns that support the roof of this cafeteria in the Ushimado district of Setouichi city in Japan by Niji Architects (+ slideshow). More about Cafeteria with exposed timber framework by Niji Architects