Design
Organic tap by Philippe Starck for Axor
Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week uses half as much water as regular taps. More about Organic tap by Philippe Starck for Axor
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Furniture
009 Croquet Shelving by Michael Marriott for Very Good & Proper
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: this wall mounted shelving unit by London designer Michael Marriott is now being produced by design brand Very Good & Proper (+ slideshow). More about 009 Croquet Shelving by Michael Marriott for Very Good & Proper
Architecture
Casa CorMAnca by Paul Cremoux Studio
This family house in Mexico City by local architect Paul Cremoux conceals a three-storey wall of plants behind its slate-clad facade. More about Casa CorMAnca by Paul Cremoux Studio
Furniture
E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: new table sizes and a matching bench have been added to London designer Mathias Hahn's E8 range of colourful wooden furniture. More about E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Dezeen Mail #153
A glazed garden hideaway covered in foliage leads this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, which also features all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Interiors
Donald Judd's home and studio restoration by Architecture Research Office
The New York home and studio of the late American artist Donald Judd will open to the public next month following a three-year restoration (+ slideshow). More about Donald Judd's home and studio restoration by Architecture Research Office
Architecture
House in Sonvico by Architetti Pedrozzi e Diaz Saravia
This rural house in Switzerland by local studio Architetti Pedrozzi e Diaz Saravia is raised off the hillside on a pair of gigantic concrete columns (+ slideshow). More about House in Sonvico by Architetti Pedrozzi e Diaz Saravia
Design
"New Yorkers all of a sudden are interested in quality of life"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: New York designer Stephen Burks tells us how his once rough-edged city is being tamed by world-class architecture, urban design improvements like the High Line and a European-style bike-sharing scheme in the first of our reports from the Big Apple. More about "New Yorkers all of a sudden are interested in quality of life"
Architecture
Wings removed from Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatics Centre
News: the two temporary wing-like seating stands have been removed from Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Park, meaning the building can be seen for the first time as it was originally designed. More about Wings removed from Zaha Hadid's Olympic Aquatics Centre
Interiors
Onn stand at Craft Trend Fair Seoul by VOID planning
South Korean studio VOID planning used handmade paper and gravel to create the appearance of a misty landscape for this exhibition stand at a craft fair in Seoul (+ slideshow). More about Onn stand at Craft Trend Fair Seoul by VOID planning
Architecture
MuCEM by Rudy Ricciotti photographed by Edmund Sumner
Photographer Edmund Sumner has revealed initial images of the filigree-clad Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM) by architect Rudy Ricciotti, which is set to open next month on Marseille's waterfront (+ slideshow). More about MuCEM by Rudy Ricciotti photographed by Edmund Sumner
Furniture
Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada
New York designer Bradley Ferrada presented an elongated chair with a faceted back at NYCxDESIGN this week. More about Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada
Architecture
Museum for Architectural Drawing by SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
Architectural sketches and motifs are etched across the concrete walls of the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin by Russian architecture collective SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov. More about Museum for Architectural Drawing by SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
Design
Tied-Up Pendant Lamp by Vitamin
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: twenty-six cable ties make up this pendant lamp that London studio Vitamin is exhibiting at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Tied-Up Pendant Lamp by Vitamin
Design
Maker Faire Africa Workshop at Afrofuture
Visitors to the Afrofuture exhibition in Milan built light-up glasses from recycled materials at a workshop organised by Maker Faire Africa (+ movie). More about Maker Faire Africa Workshop at Afrofuture
Interiors
8Kumo by TANK
Unfinished concrete is combined with exposed plywood in this Tokyo apartment renovated by Japanese architecture firm TANK (+ slideshow) More about 8Kumo by TANK
Design
Mingus by Cecilie Manz for Lightyears
Copenhagen designer Cecilie Manz has created a collection of aluminium lampshades with softly angled edges for Danish brand Lightyears. More about Mingus by Cecilie Manz for Lightyears
Architecture
Hostel in Kyonan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
Five wooden cabins fan out around a site on Tokyo Bay to form this capsule accommodation by Japanese office Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects. More about Hostel in Kyonan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
Design
Engineering Temporality chandelier by Studio Markunpoika
Steel rings were moulded around a wooden chandelier before it was burnt away, leaving this latest piece in a collection of disintegrated furniture by Amsterdam-based Studio Markunpoika. More about Engineering Temporality chandelier by Studio Markunpoika
Architecture
Professional Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouse by Sol89
Spanish architecture studio Sol89 has converted a former slaughterhouse in the historic town of Medina-Sidonia into a school for training chefs (+ slideshow). More about Professional Cooking School in Ancient Slaughterhouse by Sol89