Architecture
Pleats.M by Hironaka Ogawa
Zig-zagging pleats embellish the facade of this wedding centre in Saitama, Japan, in our fourth recent story about the work of architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). More about Pleats.M by Hironaka Ogawa
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Architecture
Architecture "is still in the Walkman phase" - Ben van Berkel
Interview: architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio was in London last week to launch Canaletto, a residential tower being built in the east of the city. He spoke to Dezeen about the project, about his plans to create the first open-source architecture studio and about the "devastatingly difficult" situation for architects in the Netherlands. More about Architecture "is still in the Walkman phase" - Ben van Berkel
Architecture
Flag by Apollo Architects & Associates
This narrow house on a high street in Tokyo by Apollo Architects & Associates features a glazed ground-floor gallery (+ slideshow). More about Flag by Apollo Architects & Associates
Design
OOO Lamp by Vasiliy Butenko
This yellow lamp by Ukraine designer Vasiliy Butenko can be adjusted in any direction by rotating the flat, pivoting disc that forms its shade. More about OOO Lamp by Vasiliy Butenko
Architecture
Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects
This mirror-clad visitor centre by Australian firm Charles Wright Architects was designed to be invisible amongst the surrounding trees of the Cairns Botanic Gardens in Queensland. More about Cairns Botanic Gardens Visitors Centre by Charles Wright Architects
Design
Sergio concept car by Pininfarina
Italian design studio Pininfarina unveiled a two-seater concept vehicle without a windshield at the Geneva Motor Show last week (+ slideshow + movie). More about Sergio concept car by Pininfarina
Design
Colored-pencil table by Nendo
Japanese design studio Nendo covered this series of tables in paper and applied colour using crayons. More about Colored-pencil table by Nendo
Design
Creative jobs will be "mechanised and outsourced just like car manufacturing"
News: automated tools threaten to make designers redundant as machine algorithms replace human creativity, the Mayor of London's former cultural strategy manager has claimed. More about Creative jobs will be "mechanised and outsourced just like car manufacturing"
Architecture
Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Construction is now underway on a Zaha Hadid-designed cultural complex on the edge of a lake in Changsha, China (+ movie). More about Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects
Design
Nike Free Trainer 5.0 by Nike
The criss-crossing bands of these running shoes by Nike are inspired by a Chinese finger trap. More about Nike Free Trainer 5.0 by Nike
Architecture
Casa Itu by Studio Arthur Casas
Glass panels slide into the walls to create an outdoor living room at this lakeside house outside São Paulo by Brazilian architects Studio Arthur Casas (+ slideshow). More about Casa Itu by Studio Arthur Casas
Design
Folio Staircase by Disguincio & Co
Italian studio Disguincio & Co has produced a concept for a spiral staircase with steps made from folds of fibreglass. More about Folio Staircase by Disguincio & Co
Design
Tram Chair by Thomas Feichtner for TON
Milan 2013: Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has steam-bent and laminated wood to create a chair for Czech furniture brand TON. More about Tram Chair by Thomas Feichtner for TON
Interiors
Táňa Kmenta Hair Studio by Studio Muon
Prague-based Studio Muon have completed a hair salon in Brno, Czech Republic, that looks like a cross between a warehouse and a dungeon (+ slideshow). More about Táňa Kmenta Hair Studio by Studio Muon
Design
Dream music video by Cauboyz
French design duo Cauboyz built a wall of illuminated words to make this typography-inspired music video (+ movies). More about Dream music video by Cauboyz
Design
Please Kill Me by Sibling
London design studio Sibling continued their fixation on enormous knitted accessories in their Autumn Winter 2013 menswear show, titled Please Kill Me. More about Please Kill Me by Sibling
Architecture
Elevated Sports Court by Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Students arriving at and departing from this school in Zaragoza, Spain, often obstructed sports games in the playground, so architect Guzmán de Yarza Blache decided to lift one of the sports courts up out of the way (+ movie). More about Elevated Sports Court by Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Design
Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Eilish Macintosh
Central Saint Martins graduate Eilish Macintosh showed outfits tied up with knotted lengths of rope at the institution's show during London Fashion Week. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Eilish Macintosh
Architecture
Amsterdam architects plan 3D-printed canal house
News: Dutch studio DUS Architects has joined the race to build the first 3D-printed house with plans to print a full-size canal house in Amsterdam. More about Amsterdam architects plan 3D-printed canal house
Interiors
Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas
A tubular steel slide plummets through four storeys inside this penthouse apartment in New York by architect David Hotson (+ slideshow). More about Skyhouse by David Hotson and Ghislaine Viñas