Design
Grid Plank and Grid Table by Daphna Laurens
Product news: Dutch design duo Daphna Laurens carved diamond-shaped grids into these wooden chopping boards and tables (+ slideshow). More about Grid Plank and Grid Table by Daphna Laurens
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Architecture
SportPlaza Mercator by VenhoevenCS
This leisure centre in Amsterdam by Dutch architects VenhoevenCS was designed as a fortress covered in plants (+ slideshow). More about SportPlaza Mercator by VenhoevenCS
Architecture
Polar ice cap-building umbrella wins eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2013
News: a conceptual proposal for huge buoyant umbrellas that rebuild polar ice caps has been awarded first prize in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. More about Polar ice cap-building umbrella wins eVolo Skyscraper Competition 2013
Competition: three €100 vouchers for Triitme! to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with online design store Triitme! to offer readers the chance to win one of three €100 vouchers to spend on their site. More about Competition: three €100 vouchers for Triitme! to be won
Architecture
MIT researchers to 3D print a pavilion by imitating silkworms
Researchers at MIT plan to 3D print a pavilion by imitating the way a silkworm builds its cocoon. More about MIT researchers to 3D print a pavilion by imitating silkworms
Technology
Wiki Weapon firm launches 3D printing Pirate Bay
News: the US group that developed open-source 3D-printed gun parts has launched a file-sharing website for blueprints to 3D-printed illicit items including weapons, drugs and medical equipment. More about Wiki Weapon firm launches 3D printing Pirate Bay
Architecture
Space architects plan 3D-printed lunar base
News: a team of London "space architects" has developed a proposal for a lunar base that would be 3D printed by spider robots using microwaves, solar energy and lunar dust. More about Space architects plan 3D-printed lunar base
Architecture
BIG to restructure Smithsonian Institution campus
News: Danish studio BIG has been appointed to lead a team of architects and engineers to redesign the campus of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. More about BIG to restructure Smithsonian Institution campus
Design
Wooden Mesh by Diego Vencato
Italian industrial designer Diego Vencato has created a collection of wooden textiles (+ slideshow). More about Wooden Mesh by Diego Vencato
Architecture
Workshop Siegen by Ian Shaw Architekten
White light glows through the translucent facades of this workshop in Siegen, Germany, by Ian Shaw Architekten (+ slideshow). More about Workshop Siegen by Ian Shaw Architekten
Lighting
Pilu lamp by Leoni Werle
German designer Leoni Werle has created a bell-shaped lamp that can seesaw between upright and inclined. More about Pilu lamp by Leoni Werle
Architecture
Hewlett House by MPRDG
Australian architects MPRDG were inspired by the shapes of tree branches to add a privacy screen across the glass-fronted upper storey of this family house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte (+ slideshow). More about Hewlett House by MPRDG
Architecture
BIG and RAA to design Lego visitor centre in Denmark
News: Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and American firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) have been chosen to design a Lego visitor experience centre in Billund, Denmark. More about BIG and RAA to design Lego visitor centre in Denmark
Design
Hood by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan
Product news: these large, modular, compressed-felt lamp shades by Stockholm studio Form Us With Love are designed to create a cosy environment around a table (+ slideshow). More about Hood by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan
Interiors
Neil Barrett Shop in Shop by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed five new boutiques for Milan-based fashion designer Neil Barrett, with each one containing portions of an abstract volume that was designed in one piece (+ slideshow). More about Neil Barrett Shop in Shop by Zaha Hadid Architects
Design
Sensory Sky by Sieger Design for Dornbracht
This movie by German art director Mike Meiré for bathroom and kitchen brand Dornbracht features one shower that makes you feel like you're washing outdoors and another that you use lying down. More about Sensory Sky by Sieger Design for Dornbracht
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
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
Lighting
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