Following our video interview with designer Yuya Ushida, this film demonstrates the earlier bamboo version of his Sofa_XXXX expanding seating system, which is made from thousands of components. Ushida developed the concept while studying at Design Academy Eindhoven. More about XXXX_Sofa by Yuya Ushida for Ahrend
Japanese studio UID Architects have completed this timber house at the foot of a mountain in Japan that has wide openings in the walls and roof, as well as between the ground and first floors. More about Nest by UID Architects
This medical research building at the University of California in San Francisco by Rafael Viñoly Architects projects out from a forest hillside, supported on steel truss stems that fan upwards from the ground. More about Stem Cell Building at UCSFby Rafael Viñoly Architects
In this movie filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month Japanese designer Yuya Ushida talks to Dezeen about the mechanical engineering behind his XXXX furniture range for Dutch brand Ahrend. More about XXXX by Yuya Ushida
Dezeenwire: designer Ron Arad is to create an installation at London's Roundhouse in August this year to host performances by designers and musicians including Hussein Chalayan and Javier Mariscal. More about Ron Arad to create Curtain Call installation at the Roundhouse
Bicycles are displayed in backlit boxes at this Barcelona bike store designed by architect Joan Sandoval. More about Pave by Joan Sandoval
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Dezeen is proud to have been included in a list of the top 100 "people who count" in the design world in the latest issue of French magazine Architectural Digest. More about Dezeen in Architectural Digest's top 100
In this game of chess created by designer Florian Hauswirth of Switzerland, pieces that are taken can be stacked to create new pieces with combined abilities. More about Democratic Chess by Florian Hauswirth
Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these photographs of a university library in Tokyo by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto that has an exterior of timber shelves covered by planes of glass. More about Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Japanese designer Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office presented this series of wooden tables with fluorescent resin encasing their gouged-out tops at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. More about Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office
French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel's online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. More about HI matic by Matali Crasset with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet
Architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about his visit to Masdar, the zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners under construction in Abu Dhabi. The Guardian
More about "Inside Masdar City: A Modern Mirage" - The Guardian
This house on a rocky hilltop in Sweden by Swedish architect John Robert Nilsson sits upon on a limestone-covered concrete plinth, which provides a continuous floor surface inside and outside of the house. More about Villa Överby by John Robert Nilsson
Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month Rotterdam designer Diederik Schneemann presents his series of vases and lamps made from recycled flip-flops. Watch the movie »
More about Interview: a Flip Flop Story by Diederik Schneemann
Korean design studio MAEZM and designer Sarah Kim have completed the interior of a tea cafe in Seoul with walls graduating from white to black. More about Everyday Chaa by MAEZM and Sarah Kim
Concrete wedges project out from the facade of this single-storey residence near Madrid by Spanish architecture studio A-Cero. More about Concrete House II by A-Cero
Spanish architects MYCC have designed the interior for a combined coffee and book shop in Madrid, exposing the original warehouse structure and inserting a glass floor between storeys. More about Book and Coffeeshop in Madrid by MYCC
Dezeen Screen: new to our movie site Dezeen Screen is this movie by Bjarke Ingels Group that explains their competition-winning design for a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: Cultural Centre in Tirana by BIG
Munich designer Matthias Demacker presented this chair with interchangeable upholstery pads for Italian brand Area DeClic in Milan last month. More about Mixx by Matthias Demacker for Area DeClic