Interiors
AIA Coffee & Restaurant by Inês Aia
Portuguese designer Inês Aia has inserted a coffee shop and restaurant inside a nineteenth century townhouse in Porto (photographs by José Campos). More about AIA Coffee & Restaurant by Inês Aia
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Design
Capital headphones by KiBiSi for AIAIAI
Copenhagen designers KiBiSi designed these headphones to withstand being worn in the rain and snow. More about Capital headphones by KiBiSi for AIAIAI
Architecture
The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence Search
French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves. More about The Mantes-la-Jolie Water Sports Centre by Agence Search
Design
Competition: five Urban Gridded Notebooks to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Brooklyn firm Aminimal Studio to give away five copies of their sketchbooks printed with a city grid on each page. More about Competition: five Urban Gridded Notebooks to be won
Design
Static Bubbles by Nendo for Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Japanese designers Nendo will present three new projects for Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris next week, including this series of lamps, vases, bowls and tables made by heating agricultural nets. More about Static Bubbles by Nendo for Carpenters Workshop Gallery
News
Studio Job forced to alter plans for Holocaust-themed fence
Dezeen Wire: artists Studio Job have been forced to amend controversial designs for a fence to a private estate that intentionally resembles the gates of a Nazi concentration camp where over 50,000 people died during World War II - Co.DesignThe is the second set of contentious proposals to come from the Netherlands in recent months, following proposals by architects MVRDV for skyscrapers that look like the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.
See all our stories about Studio Job here.
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Design
Dezeen presents upcoming designers and brands at Home
Dezeen will present a range of products by upcoming designers and brands at Home, the new domestic interiors trade show taking place in London from Sunday. More about Dezeen presents upcoming designers and brands at Home
Architecture
Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
Daylight floods into the reading rooms of this Chilean library though the high level windows of faceted ventilation stacks. More about Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
Architecture
Single Family House in Kacergine by Gintaras Balcytis
The yellow stone and white render walls of this house in the Lithuanian countryside curve around to form a semicircle. More about Single Family House in Kacergine by Gintaras Balcytis
Furniture
Pro by Konstantin Grcic
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic will present this chair for German manufacturer Flötotto at trade show imm cologne in Germany next week. More about Pro by Konstantin Grcic
Design
OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. More about OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
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News
Anne Tyng 1920 - 2011
More about Anne Tyng 1920 - 2011
Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Anne Tyng, known for her professional and personal relationship with architect Louis Kahn, died on 27 December 2011 aged 91 - New York Times 
Design
Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of Paris design show Maison & Objet have announced Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka as this year's Now! Design à Vivre Creator of the Year. An exhibition of his Crystalized Project will be held at the fair from 20 to 24 January 2012. More about Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet
Furniture
e15 at Qubique 2011
In this movie that we filmed at Qubique 2011, Philipp Mainzer, founder of German furniture brand e15, talks about the furniture and accessories the company showed during the Berlin design fair. More about e15 at Qubique 2011
Architecture
The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
This faceted museum in the Alps by South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl is precariously cantilevered. More about The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
Architecture
House with Empty Lot by ON design
Japanese firm ONdesign have completed a wooden house in Fujisawa where two sliced halves are connected by a shared living area. More about House with Empty Lot by ON design
Design
X Hanger by Kfir Schwalb
X marks the sport where you hang your hat and coat with these hooks that also function as coat hangers. More about X Hanger by Kfir Schwalb
Architecture
Dezeen’s top ten: memorials
This week a pair of commemorative structures by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois were our most clicked story, so our first top ten of the year features the most popular memorials from our archive. More about Dezeen’s top ten: memorials
Architecture
DI-VA House by Tectoniques
French architects Tectoniques have completed a townhouse in Lyon that is entirely black at the front but has three oversized windows at the rear. More about DI-VA House by Tectoniques
One year ago...
At the start of 2011 two of our most popular stories were about sex toys. New online brand Made to Pleasure invited customers to customise the shape of their toys, while designer Marc Dibeh designed one that discreetly tucks into the side of a bedside lamp. More about One year ago...