Architecture
MIMA House by MIMA Architects
This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). More about MIMA House by MIMA Architects
This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). More about MIMA House by MIMA Architects
Norman Foster discusses the significance of two of Buckminster Fuller's most iconic designs in this movie filmed at the Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller & Lord Norman Foster exhibition in the Miami Design District. His consideration of the Fly's Eye Dome and the Dymaxion car leads to a description of Fuller's architectural relevance in today's society. More about Architecting the Future at Miami Design District
The Temporium: each piece in this jewellery collection by London designers Logical Art conceals a USB memory stick. They're on sale at our Christmas shop The Temporium until 24 December. More about Empty Memory by Logical Art at The Temporium
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers Brusselssprout to give readers the chance to win five copies of their new Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia. More about Competition: five copies of the Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia to be won
Danish architects BIG seem to have a thing for skiing on rooftops and have designed some more buildings that double up as ski slopes, this time for a resort in Lapland. More about Koutalaki Ski Village by BIG
Chinese architects MAD have sent us new images of a museum they completed earlier this year in the city of Ordos, in the Gobi desert. More about Ordos Museum by MAD
A triangular courtyard slices through the centre of this woodland retreat in Nagano, Japan. More about Forest Bath by Kyoko Ikuta and Katsuyuki Ozeki
Six architecture students have created a temporary fashion store in Budapest with a billowed canvas canopy and a sliced firewood floor. More about Nanushka Beta Store
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Qubique 2011, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Cape, his sofa for Established & Sons with a loose cover draped over the structure like a blanket that can be changed with the seasons. More about Konstantin Grcic at Qubique 2011
Charred timber lines this Thai bistro in Kuwait City by architect Rashed Alfoudari. More about Ubon by Rashed Alfoudari
The Temporium: design brand Established & Sons present a collection products from their Estd. range at our Christmas shop The Temporium in London, including these storage jars inspired by the shape of space capsules. More about Established & Sons at The Temporium
Dezeen Wire: Grafik magazine is to cease publication once again. The graphic design magazine only reopened under new ownership in February this year after its previous owners went into administration in June 2010.
Read a statement from the magazine's editorial team and owners Woodbridge & Rees here and read critic Rick Poynor's take on the news here.
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Dezeen archive: following this month's opening of our pop-up Christmas shop The Temporium (bottom left), here's a look back at all the pop-up stores we've featured on Dezeen. See all the stories »
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This curvy timber deck belongs to a dorm for restaurant staff completed by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real in an abandoned house. More about White Dormitory for Il Vento by Case-Real
Translucent boxes propped up on a forest of steel rods display products by skincare brand Aesop at a Hong Kong fashion store. More about Aesop at I.T Hysan One by Cheungvogl
The Temporium: regular readers might be surprised to see antiques on Dezeen but these wooden stools from our neighbours Chest of Drawers are today's Advent calendar feature from our Christmas shop The Temporium. More about Antique Chinese stools from Chest of Drawers at the Temporium
This time five years ago Dezeen was less than a month old and reported from Design Miami, where Kanye West took time out from snapping up pieces by the Campana Brothers to tell us about his new apartment by minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin. More about Five years ago
The top floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Apollo appears to be caving in. More about Vista by Apollo Architects & Associates
The Temporium: Palomar's indestructible maps are behind today's Advent calendar featuring products on sale at our Christmas pop-up shop The Temporium. More about Crumpled City by Palomar at The Temporium
One year ago Dezeen readers looked ahead to the apocalypse, when an armoured cabin might come in handy, while Frank Gehry unveiled controversial designs for a business school with a crumpled-up facade. More about One year ago...