Six alternative Christmas trees to get you in the festive spirit
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
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Designer Christmas cards 2016
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
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SOM creates Christmas tree alternative at Denmark's Utzon Center
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
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Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube
British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More
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Upside-down Christmas tree suspended from Tate Britain ceiling
London's Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling. More
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Jony Ive and Marc Newson create room-size interpretation of a Christmas tree
An immersive Christmas tree installation by Apple's Jonathan Ive and industrial designer Marc Newson has been unveiled in London. More
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Jaime Hayón designs cake creature for Häagen-Dazs
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a festive ice cream cake for Häagen-Dazs. More
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Marc Newson and Jony Ive to design Christmas tree
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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Merry Christmas from Dezeen
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This idyllic winter scene was created by rendering studio Forbes Massie, and is among our favourite Christmas cards of 2015.
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Designer Christmas cards 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
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Sebastian Bergne's bouncy baubles and four other unusual designs for Christmas
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
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Alain Ducasse's chocolate Christmas tree is assembled like flat-pack furniture
French chocolate company Alain Ducasse has released a dried fruit and nut-covered festive chocolate tree that comes in a flat-pack box. More
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Dezeen's Christmas gift guide for architects and designers
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
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US designers create Christmas decorations to raise funds for Detroit museum
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
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Rockwell Group creates canopy of 650 pulsating lanterns inside New York's Winter Garden
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
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Tord Boontje's festive stamps feature "small stories" of animals and people
Reindeer, peacocks and foxes adorn these Christmas stamps designed by Studio Tord Boontje for Dutch national delivery company PostNL. More
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Paola Navone designs edible Christmas calendar for Häagen-Dazs
A white chocolate shell forms a calendar on top of this year's Häagen-Dazs Christmas cake by Italian interior designer Paola Navone. More
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Merry Christmas from Dezeen
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! More
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Designer Christmas cards 2014
Here is a selection of our favourite Christmas cards, movies and gifs we've received this year, including this tiny skier racing down a balustrade from London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. More
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Madrid installs moon-themed Christmas lights
Architecture studio Brut Deluxe has designed this year's Christmas lights in Madrid to work like a "flip book on an urban scale", taking spectators on a trip to the moon as they walk through the city (+ movie). More
