Architecture
Composite Building by Aedas
This luxury apartment building in Hong Kong references the local vernacular of overcrowded high-rise towers covered in ad hoc extensions. More about Composite Building by Aedas
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Design
Dezeen's London Design Festival 2013 highlights
The London Design Festival is over but we've still got plenty of great content from the event to come. See all our stories so far including our first Dezeen and MINI World Tour movie and read on for our pick festival highlights. More about Dezeen's London Design Festival 2013 highlights
Architecture
City Centre and Pavilion Main Square by Comac
Reclaimed ceramic tiles decorate the recesses of this long white pavilion, which stretches across a redesigned town square in Provence by French architecture studio Comac (+ slideshow). More about City Centre and Pavilion Main Square by Comac
Furniture
Competition: one Fauteuil Direction chair by Jean Prouvé to be won
Competition: Nest.co.uk is giving Dezeen readers the chance to win a special-edition Fauteuil Direction chair by Modernist designer Jean Prouvé. More about Competition: one Fauteuil Direction chair by Jean Prouvé to be won
Furniture
Issue No.1 by Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp
London Design Festival 2013: designers Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp have created a collection of furniture and products including a magazine holder that resembles a toast rack (+ slideshow). More about Issue No.1 by Laetitia de Allegri and Eva Feldkamp
Architecture
Serpentine Sackler Gallery by Zaha Hadid
News: Zaha Hadid's extension to the Serpentine Gallery has opened today in London's Kensington Gardens (+ slideshow). More about Serpentine Sackler Gallery by Zaha Hadid
Architecture
3D-printed buildings to become reality "in the not-too-distant future"
Interview: 3D printing will revolutionise the way buildings are designed and built - and could herald a new aesthetic, according to Bart Van der Schueren, vice president of Belgian additive manufacturing company Materialise. More about 3D-printed buildings to become reality "in the not-too-distant future"
Design
"The current trend is to have an outdoor kitchen"
Movie: Katrin Schön of garden trade fair Spoga+Gafa shows Dezeen around the Garden Unique section of this year's show and discusses the growing trend for outdoor cooking in this movie filmed in Cologne. More about "The current trend is to have an outdoor kitchen"
Design
Garden of Russolo by Yuri Suzuki
London Design Festival 2013: sound machines that transform and distort visitors' voices feature in this interactive installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ slideshow + movie). More about Garden of Russolo by Yuri Suzuki
Technology
Thermoboothby taliaYstudio and Jonas Bohatsch
This photo booth detects when subjects kiss, fires a high-tech OLED flash and captures the moment on a low-fi thermal print-out (+ movie). More about Thermoboothby taliaYstudio and Jonas Bohatsch
Design
Grace K handbags and So K sandals by Kartell
Italian plastic brand Kartell has released its first accessories collection of translucent bags with shoes to match (+ slideshow). More about Grace K handbags and So K sandals by Kartell
Architecture
Villa Kanousan by Yuusuke Karasawa
Angular cutaways create apertures through the walls, floors and ceilings of this house in the Bousou Peninsula mountains of Japan by architect Yuusuke Karasawa (+ slideshow). More about Villa Kanousan by Yuusuke Karasawa
Design
Movie: Bocci 28.280 at the V&A
London Design Festival 2013: Canadian lighting brand Bocci has sent us this movie showing its giant chandelier of colourful glass spheres being installed in the main hall of London's V&A museum. More about Movie: Bocci 28.280 at the V&A
Furniture
Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
London Design Festival 2013: London designer Benjamin Hubert has expanded his Pelt collection of furniture for De La Espada with two bar stools, a low stool and a shelving system (+ slideshow). More about Pelt by Benjamin Hubert for De La Espada
Interview
"Fab did rely too heavily on kitsch" says co-founder Bradford Shellhammer
Interview: Bradford Shellhammer, founder and chief design officer of Fab, explains why the company dropped the "flash sales" model to become both a manufacturer and online retailer of design. In an interview with Dezeen he discusses how Fab is disrupting the industry, how it can help designers and how it "absolutely" wants to open physical stores. More about "Fab did rely too heavily on kitsch" says co-founder Bradford Shellhammer
Furniture
The Hatton and Hyde ranges by Assemblyroom
London Design Festival 2013: British design brand Assemblyroom introduced the Hyde and Hatton furniture ranges at designjunction last week. More about The Hatton and Hyde ranges by Assemblyroom
News
"I'm working with five architects at a time" - Kanye West
News: rapper Kanye West has revealed he is frustrated he's not taken seriously as a "real designer" and that he plans to move into architecture. More about "I'm working with five architects at a time" - Kanye West
Architecture
Science-fiction author proposes 20-kilometre rocket-launching skyscraper
News: science-fiction author Neal Stephenson is developing a concept for a 20-kilometre (12.4-mile) skyscraper that could be used to launch rockets into space. More about Science-fiction author proposes 20-kilometre rocket-launching skyscraper
Architecture
Dear Ginza Building by Amano Design Office
This towering commercial block in Ginza, Tokyo, by Amano Design Office features a faceted aluminium facade reminiscent of a crumpled-up sweet wrapper (+ slideshow). More about Dear Ginza Building by Amano Design Office
Promotion
Call for entries to A' Design Award and Competition 2014
Dezeen promotion: entries from architects and designers are now being accepted for this year's A' Design Award and Competition. More about Call for entries to A' Design Award and Competition 2014