Design
MoMA Design Store in Tokyo
Tokyo Design Week: New York's Museum of Modern Art has opened a new design shop in Tokyo. More about MoMA Design Store in Tokyo
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Architecture
Gyre by MVRDV
Tokyo design week: here are some snapshots of Gyre, the new retail building on Omotesando street in Tokyo designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. More about Gyre by MVRDV
Design
The light that thinks it's a candle: Hono by Metaphys
Tokyo Design Week: the Hono light by Japanese brand Metaphys is ignited by touching it with a magnetic match and extinguished by blowing on it. The LED light source even flickers like a real candle. More about The light that thinks it's a candle: Hono by Metaphys
Architecture
Urban Lobby by MRGD architects
Urban Lobby is a research project by architects MRGD, that combines infrastructure and architecture for a speculative redevelopment of the Centre Point office tower in central London. More about Urban Lobby by MRGD architects
Design
Dezeen loves... Bitfall
We've finally got our movie-playing technology sorted, which means we can at last show this video of Bitfall, the rain-printing machine developed by Julius Popp of Spherical Robots. More about Dezeen loves... Bitfall
Events
Pecha Kucha at Tokyo National Stadium
Greetings from Tokyo! If you're in town tonight, join us at the special www.pechakucha.com being held at Tokyo National Stadium as part of Design Tide. Speakers include Pecha Kucha originators Klein Dytham Architecture, MVRDV, Moritz Waldemeyer and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. More about Pecha Kucha at Tokyo National Stadium
Architecture
Souan Tea House by Toshihiko Suzuki
We're heading to Tokyo today for Tokyo design week so, while we're on the plane, here is some contemporary Japanese architecture for you to enjoy, courtesy of New Zen, a recent book about contemporary Japanese tea houses published by 8Books. The project shown here is Souan Tea House by Toshihiko Suzuki, which was built in 2003.
Design
Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian church
Robert Stadler has sent us photos of his lighting installation in the church of Saint-Paul Saint-Louis in Paris during the annual Nuit Blanche all-night festival earlier this month. More about Robert Stadler installation in a Parisian church
Architecture
Sagaponac House by Stan Allen Architect
Stan Allen Architect of Princeton, New Jersey has sent through some new images of Sagaponac House, a weekend house at Eastern Long Island. More about Sagaponac House by Stan Allen Architect
Design
Instant Allotment by Louise Campbell
Louise Campbell's website shows Instant Allotment, a portable fabric structure that allows you to set up an allotment wherever you are.
Design
Brandmerk by Esther de Groot
Dutch Design Week ended in Eindhoven yesterday (Sunday) but here is another project from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show: Brandmerk, by Esther de Groot, is a series of amulets representing national identity based on brand logos from the wearer's home country. More about Brandmerk by Esther de Groot
Design
Urban Camouflage by Aya Tsukioka
This has been around a bit, but we can't not do something on Aya Tsukioka's clothing designs for people scared of crime. More about Urban Camouflage by Aya Tsukioka
Design
Gallery 113 by Arne Quinze
Designer Arne Quinze has opened a new 10,000 square metre headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium, called Gallery 113. More about Gallery 113 by Arne Quinze
Design
Dieter Rams at Moss in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles branch of New York design retailer Moss presents an installation of Dieter Rams' 606 Universal Shelving System. More about Dieter Rams at Moss in Los Angeles
Architecture
Denton Corker Marshall win Australian design award for Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall have won their country's most prestigious architecture prize - the RAIA Jørn Utzon Award for International Architecture - for their Manchester Civil Justice Centre in England. More about Denton Corker Marshall win Australian design award for Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Interiors
Coso Cafè in Palermo
Coso Cafè is a bar in Palermo, Sicily by Italian architects Francesco Moncada and Massimo Tepedino. More about Coso Cafè in Palermo
Design
Bottled Lamps by Kiki van Eijk
Kiki van Eijk presents a new collection of hand-made glass lampshades at Eat Drink Design, the temporary restaurant set up in Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week this week (and which continues until Sunday 28 October). More about Bottled Lamps by Kiki van Eijk
Design
Theme & Variations by Julien Carretero
Here's another project from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show, which opened on Saturday during Dutch Design Week. More about Theme & Variations by Julien Carretero
Interiors
Wonder Room at Selfridges by Klein Dytham Architecture
We're rounding off Dezeen's Klein Dytham day with their recently completed Wonder Room, a major refit of part of the ground floor at Selfridges department store in Oxford Street, London. More about Wonder Room at Selfridges by Klein Dytham Architecture
Architecture
R3 Ukishima by Klein Dytham Architecture
It's Klein Dytham day on Dezeen, and here's another of the Tokyo-based architects' new projects: a commercial building in Naha, Okinawa, called R3 Ukishima. More about R3 Ukishima by Klein Dytham Architecture