Furniture
VIK lounge chair by Arian Brekveld for Spectrum
Product news: Dutch designer Arian Brekveld based the design of this lounge chair on the shapes of seats in cars. More about VIK lounge chair by Arian Brekveld for Spectrum
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This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
A smog-removal machine and a modular phone concept (pictured) are among the highlights from Dutch Design Week, which we've been covering for the past seven days. More from Eindhoven, plus this week's architecture and design news and our Dezeen Music Project featured track follow. More about This week on Dezeen
Interiors
Scandinavian Shades of White photo-realistic images by Milan Stevanović
Young Serbian architect and 3D artist Milan Stevanović created these convincingly photo-realistic renderings of an imaginary Scandinavian interior furnished with favourite design pieces he found on the internet. More about Scandinavian Shades of White photo-realistic images by Milan Stevanović
Design
Future Fashions exhibition by You Are Here and Glamcult Studio
Dutch Design Week 2013: from synthetic biology to 3D printing, technologies that could signal the future of fashion are demonstrated in garments and accessories at an exhibition in Eindhoven (+ slideshow). More about Future Fashions exhibition by You Are Here and Glamcult Studio
Job of the week: transport/product designers at Priestmangoode
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for transport/ product designers at Priestmangoode, whose concept for high-speed trains that would transfer passengers while still moving is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
More about Job of the week: transport/product designers at Priestmangoode
Design
The Incredible Shrinking Man by Arne Hendriks
Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch artist Arne Hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an average height of 50 centimetres as a way to reduce the amount of food and natural resources we consume. More about The Incredible Shrinking Man by Arne Hendriks
Technology
Doubts emerge over police "first ever 3D gun" claims
News: Greater Manchester Police have issued a new statement following earlier claims that they had seized "component parts for what could be the UK's first ever 3D gun" after the 3D-printing community pointed out they may be harmless printer upgrade parts. More about Doubts emerge over police "first ever 3D gun" claims
Slideshows
Competition: five books about Wilkinson Eyre's cooled conservatories to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers ORO Editions to give away copies of a book about British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects' cooled conservatories at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five books about Wilkinson Eyre's cooled conservatories to be won
Architecture
Zaha Hadid's Tokyo Olympic stadium to be scaled back
News: a stadium designed by Zaha Hadid as the centrepiece for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is set to be downsized following criticisms from a band of Japanese architects over its scale and cost. More about Zaha Hadid's Tokyo Olympic stadium to be scaled back
Lighting
Nola colour-mixing lamps by Studio Drift at Eat Drink Design
Dutch Design Week 2013: Amsterdam designers Studio Drift have created a series of colour-mixing LED lamps with hand-blown glass domes. More about Nola colour-mixing lamps by Studio Drift at Eat Drink Design
Technology
"3D-printed gun parts" seized by police in Manchester
News: police have seized parts of a suspected 3D-printed gun during a raid on a property in Greater Manchester, England. More about "3D-printed gun parts" seized by police in Manchester
Architecture
Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge by Shigeru Ban
Architect Shigeru Ban has constructed another building using cardboard tubes - this time a cabin for hikers in a Japanese national park. More about Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge by Shigeru Ban
Lighting
Tip of the Tongue by Michael Anastassiades
Product news: this spherical lamp by London designer Michael Anastassiades looks like it is about to tip off the edge of its base. More about Tip of the Tongue by Michael Anastassiades
Architecture
Dapto Anglican Church Auditorium by Silvester Fuller
Faceted white walls frame the entrances to this monochrome auditorium in rural New South Wales by Australian architects Silvester Fuller (+ slideshow). More about Dapto Anglican Church Auditorium by Silvester Fuller
Design
"Eindhoven has design, it has science and it has industry"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: the penultimate stop on our Dezeen and MINI World tour is Eindhoven. In our first video report from the city, co-founder of Dutch Design Week Miriam van der Lubbe explains how the small industrial town has become one of the leading centres for design and technology in the world. More about "Eindhoven has design, it has science and it has industry"
"The future is a small, ugly town in the south of Holland" - redirect
Opinion
"The future is a small, ugly town in the south of Holland"
Opinion: on his return from Dutch Design Week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs argues that "something special is happening" in Eindhoven, a dowdy post-industrial sprawl that was recently named "the most inventive city in the world". More about "The future is a small, ugly town in the south of Holland"
Architecture
Green8 by Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus
Architects Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus have unveiled a conceptual skyscraper for Berlin with a twisted figure-of-eight structure that curves around elevated gardens and is held up by cables. More about Green8 by Agnieszka Preibisz and Peter Sandhaus
Architecture
Three houses in Meco by DNSJ.arq
Portuguese studio DNSJ.arq has completed a cluster of three white houses on the outskirts of a small town in southern Portugal (+ slideshow). More about Three houses in Meco by DNSJ.arq
Dezeen Mail #175
Our interview with rendering guru Peter Guthrie leads this week's Dezeen Mail newsletter, followed by Gehry and Foster's Battersea collaboration plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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