Interiors
Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock
Birds' nests inspired the facade of this Singapore cafe by designers Outofstock, where eggs are served all day. More about Hatched at Holland Avenue by Outofstock
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Design
Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Movie: the base and sock lining of these lightweight football boots by Nike are made of castor beans, as explained in our next movie with the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti ahead of this evening’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges. More about Movie: Nike GS Football Boot
Architecture
Luke Hayes photography in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Prints of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre by photographer Luke Hayes are now on display in The Changing Room, a space at Dezeen Super Store that is regularly given over to different creatives to showcase their products or artwork. More about Luke Hayes photography in The Changing Room at Dezeen Super Store
Furniture
Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen has covered pieces of furniture in a fine web of steel rings before destroying them with fire to make functioning objects that resemble fuzzy fading memories of the originals (+movie). More about Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Interiors
Villa Sonnehaert by Hollandse Nieuwe
These offices for the Dutch Football Association in Zeist by interior designers Hollandse Nieuwe are concealed behind the classical facade of a reconstructed mansion (+ slideshow). More about Villa Sonnehaert by Hollandse Nieuwe
Architecture
Tea Houses by Swatt Miers
Architects Swatt Miers have suspended three glass pavilions over the edge of a valley in northern California (+ slideshow). More about Tea Houses by Swatt Miers
Design
Designed to Win at the Design Museum
An exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. More about Designed to Win at the Design Museum
Architecture
Australia House Gallery and Studio by Andrew Burns
Australian architect Andrew Burns has completed a pointy gallery and studio for artists-in-residence in Japan to replace one that was destroyed during the major earthquake of last year (+ slideshow). More about Australia House Gallery and Studio by Andrew Burns
Architecture
Movie: London 2012 Olympic venue fly-throughs by Crystal CG
Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG has sent us its animated flights over the city that TV broadcasters are using to zoom between venues for the London 2012 Olympics. More about Movie: London 2012 Olympic venue fly-throughs by Crystal CG
Architecture
MVRDV's The Why Factory to show LEGO towers at Venice Architecture Biennale
Dezeen Wire: architect Winy Maas of MVRDV and the studio's think tank The Why Factory will present 676 miniature LEGO towers at the Venice Architecture Biennale later this month for an exhibition to promote the inclusion of architectural discourse within European Union development policies. More about MVRDV's The Why Factory to show LEGO towers at Venice Architecture Biennale
Architecture
United States Land Port of Entry in Calais by Robert Siegel Architects
Drivers crossing the border from Canada into the USA at Calais, Maine, would never know that there's a tranquil rock garden sandwiched between the checkpoint buildings designed by New York firm Robert Siegel Architects. More about United States Land Port of Entry in Calais by Robert Siegel Architects
Design
Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Movie: basketball games have become so aggressive that sports brand Nike decided to include combat pads in its latest kit, explains the brand's global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the next Dezeen movie in anticipation of tomorrow’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. More about Movie: Nike Basketball Hyper Elite Uniform
Architecture
Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT College of Architecture
Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Wiel Arets has been appointed as dean of the College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. More about Wiel Arets Named Dean of IIT College of Architecture
Furniture
Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Swiss studio Bernhard Burkard assures us this deck chair with no back legs is perfectly safe. More about Curt deck chair by Bernhard Burkard
Software and web design
Software that can tell what city it's looking at
Dezeen Wire: researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have designed software that can look at a photo and identify the city in which it was taken by recognising building typologies. More about Software that can tell what city it's looking at
Architecture
House on the Marsh by A1 Architects
A dormer window provides a first-floor observatory at this gabled lodge in the Czech Republic by A1 Architects of Prague. More about House on the Marsh by A1 Architects
Architecture
Theatre on the Fly by Assemble
Design collective Assemble and a team of volunteers have constructed a temporary theatre in West Sussex, England, out of scaffolding, chipboard and plastic pond liner (+ slideshow). More about Theatre on the Fly by Assemble
Design
A Sign in Space by Gunilla Klingberg
Stars are printed in the sand by a tractor as it drags a giant roller back and forth across the beach, then left to fade at the mercy of footsteps and the tide in this installation by Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg. More about A Sign in Space by Gunilla Klingberg
Architecture
Samaranch Memorial Museum by HAO and Archiland Beijing
Construction is underway on a Olympic-themed museum in Tianjin, China, comprising five connected rings. More about Samaranch Memorial Museum by HAO and Archiland Beijing
Lighting
Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon
London Design Festival: London designer Tom Dixon will launch a range of iridescent stoneware pendant lights at next month's London Design Festival. More about Lustre pendant lamps by Tom Dixon