New York photographer Randy Scott Slavin has joined hundreds of photographs to create distorted views of American cities and landscapes (+ slideshow). More about Alternate Perspectives by Randy Scott Slavin
This range of tables by Swedish company Massproductions features simple poles on circular bases with interchangeable tops. More about Odette by Massproductions
Here's the line-up for our Designed in Hackney Day on 1 August. This event is FREE! Click here to register now and read on for more details... Update: additional tickets have now been made available after initial allocation sold out in less than 24 hours. More about Designed in Hackney Day line-up announced - register now for FREE!
Belgian studio EXAR Architecture have replaced walls of brick and plaster with glass and Corten steel on this extension to a suburban house outside Brussels. More about Campanules by EXAR Architecture
The timber-framed rooms of this house in Osaka prefacture by Japanese architects Suga Atelier are on show to the street though a transparent facade. More about House of Cedar by Suga Atelier
Drivers along a coastal road in Iceland can now stop at a curved concrete service station styled like an American diner by architects KRADS of Iceland and Denmark. More about Stöðin Roadside Stop by KRADS
Illuminated installations inspired by the structures of microorganisms were created for the BUGA festival in Germany by Stoke Newington design studio Loop.pH. More about Lichtstroeme by Loop.pH
French architect Jean Nouvel has renovated a nineteenth century brewery in Barcelona to make way for restaurants, bars, a bakery and a museum. More about Fábrica Moritz by Jean Nouvel
Wall panels and shelves in this north London design shop are made from reclaimed floorboards and scaffolding planks. More about Folklore by Danielle and Rob Reid
These ceiling lights by Seattle design studio Graypants are made from salvaged remnants of corrugated cardboard. More about Scraplights by Graypants
Dezeen Wire: new Royal College of Art dean of architecture Alex de Rijke will steer students away from proposing unrealisable "paper architecture" and instead focus on how their ideas could be built (+ movie). More about RCA architecture course to move away from "paper architecture" - new dean
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Architects Colboc Franzen & Associés have masked the facade and balconies of three apartment blocks in the south of France behind curved galvanised-steel grids. More about Housing in Sète by Colboc Franzen & Associés
This week five years ago fashion projects were catching our attention, including garments based on the inkblot patterns of the Rorschach psychological test and polo shirts covered in a plastic crocodile skin. More about Five years ago...
Barcelona graphic design company Lo Siento has created a set of sculptural letters that can be read from all sides (+ movie). More about 4D typography by Lo Siento
Dezeen Super Store is now open at 38 Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London. The micro-department store brings together our designer watch boutique Dezeen Watch Store, our pop-up design concept The Temporium and our Designed in Hackney Shop so drop by if you're in town!
Dezeen Super Store
38 Monmouth Street, London WC2
1 July – 30 September 2012
Monday to Saturday: 11am to 7pm
Sunday: 11am to 5pm
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a lot of parasitic architecture so here's a selection of buildings on Dezeen that sit, lean or cling on to others. See all the stories »
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Test tubes of olive oil line one wall of this high-tech workshop designed for Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero by Spanish studio Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos. More about Paco Roncero's workshop by Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos
Turkish designer Yigit Ozer has created a range of three dimensional wall tiles for ceramic company Kutahya Seramik. More about Nexus by Yigit Ozer for Kutahya Seramik
This time last year we featured projects constructed from all kinds of unusual materials, including a car made of cartilage that generates its own fuel from algae, pencils created from workshop dust and a table made from polystyrene steamed inside fabric moulds. More about One year ago...
