Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! We'll be back with more architecture and design tomorrow, in the meantime enjoy this wintery scene, featuring a cosy woodland retreat by Swiss studio Nickisch Walder Architects.
As it's Christmas Eve, we've rounded up some of our favourite takes on the traditional Christmas tree, including one upside-down and one encased in ice. More
We've received dozens of Christmas cards from architects, designers and brands this year. Here's a selection of our favourites, including a disappearing pile of mince pies from Studioilse and an icy woodland cabin by Invisible Studio. More
Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed this latticed pavilion in lieu of a Christmas tree for the courtyard of a building designed by the late Jørn Utzon in Aalborg, Denmark. More
British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More
London's Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling. More
An immersive Christmas tree installation by Apple's Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson has been unveiled in London. More
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a festive ice cream cake for Häagen-Dazs. More
Apple's Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson will create the annual Christmas tree for luxury London hotel Claridge's. More
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This idyllic winter scene was created by rendering studio Forbes Massie, and is among our favourite Christmas cards of 2015.
Here is a selection of some of the best Christmas cards we've received from architects, designers and brands this year, including a winter scene by MVRDV that shows Father Christmas lounging on top of the studio's sofa-like clubhouse in Amsterdam. More
We've collected together five unusual Christmas designs, from a rock-shaped mince pie to a collection of bouncing baubles and downloadable wrapping paper. More
Dezeen Watch Store: our timepiece-dedicated Christmas gift guide includes a design made from real marble, a watch for long-distance lovers, and a new classic from Uniform Wares. More
French chocolate company Alain Ducasse has released a dried fruit and nut-covered festive chocolate tree that comes in a flat-pack box. More
From limited-edition watches to folding toys, Postmodern coffee makers to notebooks that turn sketches into digital files, Dezeen editor Anna Winston picks 21 of the best new designs to give an architect or designer this holiday season (+ slideshow). More
Design Miami 2015: a miniature terrarium and a cluster of small balloons coated in blue resin are among the bespoke Christmas tree ornaments by US designers that are being sold to raise money for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. More
New York-based Rockwell Group has suspended hundreds of illuminated cubes inside an atrium in Lower Manhattan, each containing an LED that changes colour based on input from visitors (+ movie). More
Reindeer, peacocks and foxes adorn these Christmas stamps designed by Studio Tord Boontje for Dutch national delivery company PostNL. More
A white chocolate shell forms a calendar on top of this year's Häagen-Dazs Christmas cake by Italian interior designer Paola Navone. More
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! More